Wide-angle view of a densely packed, high-energy punk or hardcore concert, with audience members standing on the stage and leaning into the crowd, creating a mosh pit atmosphere.
Kids Like Us plays Skatepark of Tampa in Tampa, Florida on Nov. 14, 2025. Credit: Dave Decker / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

There weren’t a lot of people in the pickle juice dunk tank, but maybe the old hardcore heads were saving their energy for the show. Last Friday at the Skatepark of Tampa, Grillo’s Pickles picked up the tab for a stacked bill that included reunion sets from Kids Like Us, The Mongoloids, Orange 9MM, plus more music from Bold.

All photos by Dave Decker


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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...

Dave Decker is a songwriter and photographer living in Tampa Bay.