Civil Conflict

Paradigm Winter Release Show

Santa Ana, Calif.

December 15, 2018

From the Winter Edition of Paradigm.

OXNARD, CALIF. – “He’ll be here in 15 minutes,” Civil Conflict lead guitarist A.K. Tapia said into a mic.

Tapia was talking to a crowd of kids lining the perimeter of the large bowl inside the Oxnard Skatepark. The “he” in that announcement was Civil Conflict singer Dorian Hill. It wasn’t the first delay of the evening though; the generator blew out early into South Bay band 1034’s set.

Fifteen minutes passed. A.K. told the crowd it would be another 10 minutes and the final PSA, five minutes. At least it was counting down.

Eventually, the blur of Hill’s silhouette could be made out, racing in from the entrance and then down into the bowl wasting no time starting the set, which was inspired enough to get people and skaters into the pit…. Click Through For More.