The scene opens like archive footage from a rock and roll documentary.

It’s 2002, and Cheyenne’s McCormick Junior High School is hosting a talent show. The school buzzes with anticipation as Cross Town Rivals takes the stage.

Dominic Syracuse, clad in black-and-white knee-high socks pulled over his pants, grips his guitar and prepares to make “a punk rock statement.”

Mike Morris stands ready at the microphone. They've practiced for weeks in their buddy's garage, and they have a plan: Syracuse will slide across the stage for a guitar solo while Morris launches himself toward the crowd.

"We were just playing this cool punk rock, rock ‘n roll show,” Syracuse told Cowboy State Daily. “But when the moment arrives, everything falls apart.”

"Right away we could not hear each other on the sta

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