On a snowy November night in 1985, a typically quiet intersection on the south side of the Fremont Bridge became an urban warzone. The Seattle Police Department had been called in to break up a punk rock show at Gorilla Gardens, a DIY music venue housed in an old auto body shop. When SPD showed up, the punks fought back. “Several police cars and a fire department car were damaged,” reported KIRO news, “after the youths began throwing things at police.”
These “things” included snow-covered bricks and Molotov cocktails. The “youths” were upset because policemen had barged into the venue and, without any warning, cut power during a Circle Jerks
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