During the early-mid 80's there was a strong illegal party atmosphere in youth culture. It was promoted by the punk rock fanzines and people were throwing illeg

During the early-mid 80's there was a strong illegal party atmosphere in youth culture. It was promoted by the punk rock fanzines and people were throwing illegal shows everywhere. I was an Iowa punker, and my buddy and I (who I later formed software companies with) used to rent out apartment club houses, church basements, various small venues and then overwhelm the situation with 2-3x the allowed occupancy, 3-6 unannounced local punk rock bands, a school bus with literally 60-80 kegs of beer inside, and every local drug dealer had a little private space to do business. These would be "1 night" events that would last 2 days, the situation would be so out of control the police would just try to manage the crowd. We simply took over with a mob of degenerate youth. I remember one major blowout the cops tried to shut the party down and gave up as the crowd simply ignored them. They even tried billy club force, until surrounded by skinheads shaking their heads. Christian Iowa had no idea how to handle this, and we had a blast.