We had the good fortune of connecting with Amanda Menard and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Amanda, can you talk to us a bit about the social impact of your business?
Wanting to see local bands have success is highly important to me. If I can somehow play a part in that success, I am fulfilled.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
When I was 13 or so I started going to punk shows at rec centers and house parties as well as going to bigger shows with the older kids. The music industry lit a fire inside my belly. I didn’t know what I would be good at, but I knew I wasn’t the next Britney Spears. I am a Cancer, and an alpha female so I’m both good at nurturing others as well as putting my foot down when needed. I was in sales for a long time and customer care as well as marketing so those past jobs helped with my drive to hustle and move up.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
Some of the best places to hang out in Denver are The Crypt on 17th and Franklin, The Brutal Poodle, Both which have great food. HQ and HI DIVE for more intimate shows on South Broadway. Ball Arena for hockey games, Blackhawk for the casinos, Gaetanos for legit Italian food once ran by the Smaldone crime family. When it’s fall, there are haunted ghost tours of Capital Hill which are quite fun, and of course Chain Reaction Records for music!

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
The Hardcore music community and lifestyle has made me the person I am today. Hardcore and Punk has a specific mindset to think for yourself and stick it to the man. I would also like to thank Peter Ore for taking a chance on me who at the time approached him as a random girl at a show and told him I was going to do his street team.

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