A normal weekend on the Strip entails Yellowhammers, cover bands and messy fries. This weekend, however, punk music will take over. Egan’s will host 14 punk bands from around the Southeast this Friday and Saturday as a part of the the first ever WeeeeewFest. Drew Brooks, the creator and coordinator of the festival, said he was inspired by years of attending punk festivals, like The Fest in Florida and Jabroni Fest in Atlanta and wanted to see something similar here in Tuscaloosa. Brooks first began listening to punk music when his sister gave him a Blink-182 album for his 13th birthday. It was the only thing he listened to for a month, he said. He began playing punk music when he was 15 and has been involved with various bands since then. “When you’re 13 years old just getting into it, you’re just like some doofus kid just wanting to listen to these catchy short songs with hooks about girls,” he said. “And you get older and you realize how you just build these relationships with people through it. I have friends around the country and around the world because of it.” He’s in Tuscaloosa-based band August Spies. Although the group technically broke up two and half years ago, they’ve played together a couple times since then and will perform again this weekend. “I’m not going to allow myself to host something like this and not actually play it,” he said. “So I called them all up and they’re like…more detail
