Attention is drawn to young musicians who staged a punk concert at BART.

SAN FRANCISCO – Two Bay Area punk bands garnered a lot of attention after putting on a massive impromptu show on the BART train on Friday night.

False Flag and Surprise Privilege rocked the last car of the BART Blue Line from the 16th Street Mission stop in San Francisco to Dublin/Pleasanton.

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The musicians took to Instagram last week to post a flyer with details, including a drawn map of their planned trip. The leaflet was signed: “Wish us good luck and the least fines.”

They invited fans to sit down and enjoy the mobile concert.

And a couple of days before the concert, conscientious and attentive punk musicians gave specific instructions about the rules of conduct that they expected from concert visitors.

“We’re not going to destroy this place or cause any damage, it should be fun,” Surprise Privilege shared on an Instagram story, adding, “Respect each other and don’t let anyone get hurt.” The group also urged their fans not to leave any trash behind and to “clean up after themselves”.

What followed could be called organized or unorganized chaos.

The young musicians, with all their equipment, including bass, guitar, drum kit and amplifiers, boarded 16th and Mission, settled at the end of the train and started playing as the fans arrived in droves.

Videos and photos circulating on social media show a crowded carriage, walls full of bodies, young people dancing, many hanging from the rails of the train. At one point, it is estimated that there were up to 300 people in the crowd. It was a real punk rock party.

But the fun for the concert goers did not last long.

About 25 minutes into the journey, BART police boarded the train at Fruitvale Station in Auckland and dispersed the crowd.

Surprise Privilege later shared a message saying, “It was fun” and apologized to those fans who didn’t get the chance to get on the show.

Fans said the turnout reflected the popularity and mainstream nature of the two local bands.

“Surprise Privilege and False Flag have been placing homemade punks all over San Francisco for almost a year and a half, so I wasn’t too surprised by the fact that so many punks showed up because they both grew up on their own. after,” Chris Parker, photographer and close friend of the band members, told KTVU.

According to Cody Azumi, bassist and vocalist of Surprise Privilege, the group is made up of young people ranging in age from teenagers to 20s, False Flag members go to college and Stanford University.

The musician said that even the organizers of the event were surprised by the scale of their performance.

“It seems to have created a buzz in the so-called ‘punk scene’ on social media, but I don’t think it’s gone as viral as our label is trying to make it,” Azumi told KTVU.

After Friday’s BART show, he received a flurry of praise from other punk enthusiasts.

twitter user @DavidSciacero wrote: “Punk show at BART. I would have loved this as a child. Wait, I like it now.”

@letsgowatts tweeted: “So much fun. This is the science fiction energy we need!”

And on Instagram, @last_train_to_snarksville commented, “Bless the kids because they’re bringing back the SF 90s.”

But not everyone applauded what the musicians did. twitter user @harold_comrade commented, “As someone who regularly rides Bart and also goes to punk shows, it’s incredibly annoying.”

However, there was a sense of triumph among those who pulled off the viral event.

“This show exceeded all expectations,” said Parker.

And as the musicians approached their improvisational performance with concern for their “mobile venue”, they also showed concern for their fans who came.

“Hope you all made it home safe and sound,” Surprise Privilege wrote on social media after the concert, as the band suggested the musical experiment, while very fun, would be a one-time thing, sharing, “We’re never doing this again lol “.