Dirt Hooligan Tribute Page

Photo of Dirt Hooligan in his final performance at House of Blues. Photo by Michael Montes. Orlando Florida Guide. All rights reserved.

Photo of Dirt Hooligan in his final performance at House of Blues in Orlando, Florida.

Photo by Michael Montes
Orlando Florida Guide.
All rights reserved.

June 23, 2003

As I was getting my gear ready to photograph tonight's House of Punk show at the House of Blues the last thing on my mind was I would be getting the last photos of one of the artists performing on stage. It's something that never crossed my mind and I'm sure the same holds true for anyone who was there that night. But that is exactly what happened as Derek Kapetski aka "Dirt Hooligan" of the bands Crizzy and the Punx and Skif Dank was tragically killed in a Traffic accident.

I only photographed him once but "Dirt" really Impressed me with his bass playing and his stage presence. He kidded around with the audience and would smile at me when I took his photo; a true sign he loved performing. When he was up on the House of Blues stage you could tell by the look on his face a dream had come true for him. Sadly, his life was cut short and that was his last performance.

Orlando Florida Guide was fortunate enough to be at his last concert and we will share with our readers the last photos of "Dirk Hooligan" performing live. Dirt may be gone but he will never be forgotten.

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