YOU SAID:
were smashing mics in karaoke bars
INTO JAPANESE
カラオケバーでマイクを壊していた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was breaking the microphone at the karaoke bar
INTO JAPANESE
私はカラオケバーでマイクを壊していました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was breaking the microphone at the karaoke bar
That didn't even make that much sense in English.