Alkaline Trio (w/ Taking Back Sunday, Destroy Boys) Put on Punk Masterclass at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse [Photos]

It might be early March here in the UK, but it’s still a bit on the chilly side as the thousands of punk and emo fans stream in from all directions for this hugely anticipated double-headliner consisting of Chicago punk rockers Alkaline Trio and New York emo kings Taking Back Sunday. With the masses still making their way into the cavernous Victoria Warehouse, it’s up to Californian quartet Destroy Boys to kick things off. Now, usually going on stage early doors means little more than a muted response from the early punters, but that’s not the case for the Californians who certainly have more than a few friends in the crowd. Packing a dirty, grungy, almost L7-esque feel to their songs, the punk/grunge four-piece fling themselves about with the kind of carefree attitude that comes with bein...

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