played a pair of reunion shows

On December 5, 2010, The Ergs! and Hunchback played a pair of one-off reunion shows at Asbury Lanes. The motivation for the bands’ decision to reunite was to raise money to offset medical bills for Hunchback bassist J Hunchback’s mother, Jackie Nixon. The reunion shows coincided with many other fundraising efforts that weekend, including raffles, limited edition poster sales, auctions, and donated door money from other shows, including a show in Jersey City at which Mikey Erg performed solo, and Mikey Erg & (Ergs! roadie) Jay Insult’s birthday party (also at Asbury Lanes), which featured a performance by The Hamiltons , a Canadian punk rock band with whom The Ergs! normally share an intense rivalry. On the day of the reunion shows, each band played an afternoon and an evening set, which were largely identical, although the Ergs! made the spontaneous decision to play the early song “Pool Pass” at the evening show. No new material was written or played, however the Ergs! performed a cover of “Tommy Gun” by The Clash , a song they had never played in full before, but had constantly referenced by teasing the opening drumroll and guitar riff to punctuate their live sets for years.