Joey’s parents, Kevin and Angie, who own the beloved Salt Lake City independent record store The Heavy Metal Shop, greeted and hugged Joey’s many friends who showed up that night at the Beehive Social Club. Some they hadn’t seen in years. Some Joey had only told them about.
There were two cakes, one a frosted nod to Joey’s graffiti tag, MOST. The phrase REIGN IN PARADISE KING MOST adorned the club’s marquee, backlit for everyone cruising down State Street to see.
Small kids, oblivious to the mournful tone of the night, ran up and down a skate ramp in the back, injecting some joyful chaos into the room.