Attackers pepper spray punks at St. Henri music venue

  Adherents of Montreal punk scene were shocked after two attackers entered the Death House underground live music venue Saturday night and pepper sprayed people in attendance.
  The attack took place during a show by Death Proof and Thumbsuckr and left victims seriously ill, some almost requiring a visit to the hospital.
     Drummer Kat Valentine expressed her dismay in a social media post noting that they "had no idea what this was related to" and "we don't want to be associated with that bullshit."

 The venue had previously been run by a tattooed punk known as  Maniks but in more recent times was run by Dylan Mckernan, a widely-traveled vegetarian who now operates a chimney sweeping operation.
   One person familiar with the scene suggested that the "original punks didn't find him hardcore or crusty enough and just see him as some hippie capitalist."
   Similar competing punk venues have sprouted up in the adjacent area, including one known as fattal@fattal, listed at 679 St. Remi.