With the lease at Ybor City music venue Crowbar scheduled to end in August 2026, bands big and small are lining up for a chance to play that legendary stage one last time.
Count Underoath among them.
Tonight during its set opening for Papa Roach at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, the band brought Maren McTague, daughter of Underoath guitarist Tim McTague, onstage to play guitar on “All The Love Is Gone,” from the band’s 2025 album The Place After This One.
The band then told fans that they could see Maren’s band, Social Wreckage, at Crowbar this week when it opens for Underoath in Tampa. Also on the Oct. 6 bill is Thin Spaces, a homegrown rock band that includes Dark Cycle Clothing co-founder Adam Enfinger and original Anberlin drummer Jerad Griffin.
“Social wreckage is a band made up of basically me and some of my closest friends’ children,” McTague told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, adding that the son of Tampa songwriter Preson Phillips is also in the band. His relationships in the Thin Spaces camp go back more than two decades, too.
“It’s cool to be able to just do something that doesn’t have to be through the funnel of ticket sales and Spotify streams,” he added. “And really just be able to pick who you want and celebrate with people that mean a lot to you.”
Tickets to see Underoath play Crowbar in Ybor City on Monday, Oct. 6 are available now for $25. There are no day-of sales for the gig, which will undoubtedly be sold-out by the time doors open.
Crowbar co-founder and owner Tom DeGeorge told CL that he’s appreciative of the relationship that’s made Underoath’s intimate show possible. It’s not the first time the band has played a surprise gig in his room either, after doing one in 2016 and another post-COVID shutdown benefit show in 2022.
He wants anyone who snags a ticket to know how special it is to see a band as big as Underoath play in such a small room. But anyone who misses out on a ticket shouldn’t be too disappointed
According to DeGeorge, this gig for just about 400 people won’t be the last surprise for fans who’ve been coming to Crowbar in the two decades since it opened.
“Fans should also keep their eyes peeled, because there’s going to be more of these with different artists. I’m positive of that, I’m committed to it,” DeGeorge said. “We’re going to give Crowbar the proper send off it deserves—and I just encourage everybody to stay tuned, because it’s going to be legendary.”
And depending on how things go, DeGeorge’s Crowbar could end up with a longer runway than anyone expected after signing a five-year lease extension in 2021.
The agreement with Crowbar’s landlord Ron Rampolla terminates the lease in August, but DeGeorge hopes to talk with him next year to see if anyone’s signed up to take over the space or if an extension for the venue could be hashed out.
“I’m gonna reach out to see if there is a possibility,” DeGeorge added. “If it makes sense for both of us.”
McTague, for his part, is just grateful that end of tour logistics have made the Crowbar gig possible. He said that playing the venue has long been a rite of passage for any hardcore band that hopes to come out of the local scene, and said that an element of the underground moves out of Ybor City when Crowbar shuts its doors.
“It was a no-brainer to kind of end the tour with a sweaty hardcore show alongside local bands that we love, that we think need to be paid attention to,” McTague said about the opportunity to get one last go at Crowbar alongside fans who maybe could not shell out cash for the fees for the band’s 2025 arena tour.
“It’s an opportunity to throw a cool party,” he added. “There’s really not any bad downsides to this.”
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This article appears in Sept. 25 – Oct. 1, 2025.