Of course, he mused gently as he rolled over in the reclined seat, those people at the studio window had given in to the force of the music as completely as the kids in that club.
Just before he drifted off to sleep, it occurred to him to wonder how anyone had been able to hear the music outside the closed-off, soundproof studio. But he fell asleep then.
SEATTLE 22 JAN (UPI)—The Aquarius, one of downtown Seattle’s best-known rock nightspots, was heavily damaged last night when the audience rioted during the performance of the White-horse Band, a new group from Los Angeles. Police, who were called to the scene by Aquarius owner Marshall Patrick, were unable to handle the crowd and were forced to call on the city’s special tactical squad for aid. A squad of MPs from nearby Fort Lewis also aided in subduing the crowd, which included a number of young soldiers on leave from the base.
Reports vary on how the disturbance began, but the general impression given was that the crowd was overcome by the fervor of the new group’s performance, though conflicting reports raise some doubt on this issue.
The actual disturbance apparently broke out during the final number of the evening, which one young listener out on bail described, somewhat dazedly, as having something to do with “slaughtered babies and howling dogs.” Police Sergeant Michael
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Washington, a Seattle force veteran, had this to say: “In twenty years on the force I’ve never seen a crowd behave Hike this one. It was like a nuthouse. Kids crying, singing, spitting, and squalling like wildcats. Some of my men were scratched up pretty good. Usually it’s just the girls, but this time the guys seemed to have gone berserk too. I’ll tell you, it scared the —— out of me! I’ve seen so-called riots at rock concerts before, but nothing like this! Most of !em don’t even seem to know what happened. I don’t like using clubs on teenagers, but my men had to do it hi self-defense. It was like a madhouse in there.”