LONGMONT — The first hardcore show Jacob Morales ever went to was The Runts, a punk band from Los Angeles playing an all-ages show at D3 Arts in Denver in 2022.
“It was horrifying. It was so scary. I was exhilarated,” Morales, the 18-year-old drummer of punk band MONKEYPAW, told The Colorado Sun.
“It was going on a roller coaster for the first time. It’s like you’re going up the hill, and you’re like, ‘I’m going to puke all over my lap. I’m going to! I’m so scared right now!’ And then it drops and just starts going and you’re moving around and it’s twisting and turning and it’s just crazy. And by the time it’s fully hitting you, you’re done,” Morales said. “That’s what punk is to me.”…