Bent on a Good Time

The deep, resonating thum, thum of a bass being tuned resonates throughout the empty hall of the Aviary in downtown San Luis Obispo. In an hour, it will be filled with hundreds of screaming Cal Poly students. Bent - who travelled all the way from Santa Barbara - is set to be the opening show and the first of five bands playing that night. “The band originally was just me and Tony. I met Tony years ago when I started going to shows when he was in a different band,” said lead singer Luis Vargo. Their bassist for the night Isaias Macedo fills in for their band member Keegan Murray - who was out for his birthday - yet it sounds like they’ve played together for years. Their drummer Kaleb Martin and guitarist Tony Garcia really get into the lively punk rock scene on Saturday night of the 8th, which started at 8. They left in a hurry because of the long drive back, but absolutely killed it. Vargo even joined in the mosh pit during his own song and, with a grin, apologized for anyone he might have knocked over.

^Setting up details for the show at The Aviary

^Kaleb is getting his drums set up - which is the most time intensive part of preparation.

^Luis begins the band's first song of the evening, which is one of their newer Originals called "Deaf".

^Tony solos as Luis takes a breather several minutes in.

^The crowd has reached the building capacity of 200 people and can no longer let anyone else in.

^Kaleb loves playing a fast and aggressive style - like the band's idol Black Flag.

^Luis enjoys getting the crowd involved.

^Spectators are really into the music halfway through the hour-long performance.

^Luis feeds the mic to their temporary bassist Isaias.

^Luis is having a great time with his band mates and giving attendees a fun show.

^Bent packs up their gear quickly for the next band to play within fifteen minutes.

^Kaleb played extra hard that night on drums.

^Isaias is only 16 but got an amazing experience to play a live show.

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