"What kind of tea is this? This is scotch tea! What are they going to do? Kick me out?"

Lagwagon's Joey Cape headlined two nights of acoustic punk rock on Feb. 18 at the Los Angeles Knitting Factory, and Feb. 19 at Alex's Bar, Long Beach. He was joined by the Foo Fighters' Chris Shiflett, Drag the River's Jon Snodgrass, and Patrick Carrie and Robb MacLean of Limbeck.

Joey Cape took to the stage sporting his iconic "beard of shame", pleasing fans with acoustic renditions of Lagwagon's "Violins" and "May 16", as well as some of his solo hits, including “The Ramones Are Dead”. He made no secret of what could be expected of the Long Beach show, telling the Knitting Factory audience "you should all come tomorrow, I'll be playing a completely different set... That's a lie. This is all I know how to play.”

Chris Shiflett surprised fans by opening with a cover of Anti-Flag’s hit “Die For Your Government” and later singing Buddy Holly’s “Rave On”. Joey Cape joined him on stage to sing a song about their time living together in San Francisco with NOFX’s Fat Mike.

An admittedly drunk Jon Snodgrass worked his way self-consciously through an unprepared set, taking requests from the audience of both his solo music and Drag the River’s songs. Robb MacLean and Patrick Carrie also impressed fans with acoustic renditions of Limbeck’s songs, including “Sin City” and “Honk + Wave”.

Despite all performers being somewhat self-conscious about their acoustic abilities, the imperfections in their performances added to the experimental atmosphere. Joey Cape summed up the show saying, “we didn’t really know what to expect tonight, but we’ve had a lot of fun, and hope you have too.”