Road to Ruin played their final show in Seattle at the Monkey Pub Saturday night. The band lost their second guitarist last fall when he left to pursue a career in glass blowing, and once their bassist announced that he would be leaving to join Down We Go last month, they decided to fold instead of looking for a replacement.

But if anything, the band seemed to have benefited from their post-five man lineup. Losing the flexibility that comes with having two people on the guitar, they focused instead on their blinding post-hardcore blitz. They were tighter than ever, and killed their set to a generally spectacular crowd. One guy freaking out up front with the band lost his shirt, and eventually dropped trou’ by the end of the night.

Closers Whiskey Tango were similarly ruinous, dropping the same vein of hardcore punk rock with the faculty of a seasoned outfit. The word is that the remaining members of Road to Ruin will be going on to form a new band, but for now this chapter in Seattle hardcore is closed.