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Words: Loren • November 24, 2020

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Chase D. Spruiell (Big Loser)

SPB: What is the largest crowd you’ve played to (back when people did that)? Did you approach the set differently than a “normal” show?

Spruiell:

1. One time I was opening up for this famous K-Pop singer in San Francisco. I can’t remember her name, but she was playing a sold-out show and I somehow managed to get on the bill to open up. I was touring at the time, separately. I knew it would be sold-out so I wanted to do something weird. I had this killer mustache at the time (with the curls and everything), so I brought my electric razor to the show and I had a random person volunteer to come up on stage and shave my mustache off while the crowd sang “Happy Birthday.” It wasn’t anybody’s birthday. Everyone was so confused. It was great. 

2. We opened up for Jeff Rosenstock in Austin a few years back, and we are all huge fans of his. The show ended up selling out, so it was a packed house. The only thing we did different was probably play with more energy -- we were all so happy to be playing alongside some of our heroes that we weren’t stressed about playing at all, just amped. 

Loren • November 24, 2020

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