“Punks in Vegas would really cover Aqua?” –Aqua’s publicist’s response to my media request for the show. Hell yea we would!  Punks in Vegas has always been a fan of pop music.  PiV founder Emily Matview’s first song she’d always put on a commandeered jukebox would be Mark Morrisson’s “Return of the Mack“, followed immediately by “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”.  Several discussions occurred between us over many tense burgers and pizzas arguing Madonna’s best song, finally both agreeing that it’s “Open Your Heart”. Aqua’s biggest hit “Barbie Girl” was release April 1997, the second semester of my sophomore year of high school.  Around this same time, my friends were getting their driver’s licenses, first cars, and being the 90’s the crucial shitty first car accessory was a subwoofer.   Obviously, we needed something with a lot of bass, and pounding beat to test the subs, and Offspring’s Ixnay on the Hombre wasn’t ...