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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 23:26:45 GMT -5
Forgot about seeing those guys. Caught the Dead Milkmen in Little Rock in probably the fall of '87; TMBG played a free gig at Harding College in Searcy, maybe 30 minutes from LR, in the late '90s. Ever saw Hüsker Dü? Seems like your years of concert going. Which I could have seen them, but I'm too young. At least I saw Flag last Year (Keith Morris fronted Black Flag) and will see Black Flag in 2 weeks. Unfortunately, no. I lumped them together with all the other SST bands back in the early '80s, & I wasn't much of a fan of that vibe, Black Flag notwithstanding. (Not a big Black Flag fan, either, but I respected them as pioneers of a sort. First time I saw them was in 9/81 during Henry's first tour as vocalist. Last time was in 2/86; shows by "name" punk bands were so rare in Little Rock back then [though compared to Montgomery at any point over the last 3 1/2 decades, central Arkansas tmight as well have been 1977 Punk London ... but I digress] that it was easily the antisocial event of the season, & I of course had to go despite not being a devotee of the band.) Could've seen HD several times, as SST bills were pretty common in Phoenix when I lived from 8/81-5/84 while going to grad school, but nooooooooooo. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 23:37:44 GMT -5
Realized a couple of days ago that I forgot that I'd seen Billy Bragg as well. PRetty memorable show -- it was in the little Oklahoma town where Woody Guthrie was born, & held on his birthday as the headlining event in a festival they'd launched to capitalize on the connection. A couple of other folkies performed (only one I remember is Ellis Paul, who did a really nice song called "Angel in Manhattan"), & then Billy came out for a great set -- mostly the archival Guthrie tuens he'd recorded with Wilco for Mermaid Avenue, though I don't believe that had come out yet.
Personal highlight for me, though, was hearing his cover of Leon Rosselson's "The World Turned Upside Down," which I've also heard Rosselson himself do (how in heck that guy wound up performing for the Little Rock Folk Club, I have no idea ... but I'm glad he did), as well as Chumbawamba (back in 10/92 or so, a good half-decade before "Tubthumping.") And of course my favorite song of his, "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards."
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Post by paulie on Jun 13, 2014 10:03:59 GMT -5
Ever saw Hüsker Dü? Seems like your years of concert going. Which I could have seen them, but I'm too young. At least I saw Flag last Year (Keith Morris fronted Black Flag) and will see Black Flag in 2 weeks. Unfortunately, no. I lumped them together with all the other SST bands back in the early '80s, & I wasn't much of a fan of that vibe, Black Flag notwithstanding. (Not a big Black Flag fan, either, but I respected them as pioneers of a sort. First time I saw them was in 9/81 during Henry's first tour as vocalist. Last time was in 2/86; shows by "name" punk bands were so rare in Little Rock back then [though compared to Montgomery at any point over the last 3 1/2 decades, central Arkansas tmight as well have been 1977 Punk London ... but I digress] that it was easily the antisocial event of the season, & I of course had to go despite not being a devotee of the band.) Could've seen HD several times, as SST bills were pretty common in Phoenix when I lived from 8/81-5/84 while going to grad school, but nooooooooooo. I can recall about a 2 year period of my life where I was all about SST but moved on to less glum and passive-aggressive strum und drang.
I can still say that New Day Rising, Double Nickels, Sister and Evol I can play over and over again. Damaged? Not so much.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2014 10:27:19 GMT -5
Easily the peak of SY's oeuvre, IMHO, though I suppose the follow-up Daydream Nation is the one a lot of people point to. Pretty sure I'd think that even if I didn't know about the Philip K. Dick connections. |
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Post by paulie on Jun 13, 2014 10:45:04 GMT -5
Easily the peak of SY's oeuvre, IMHO, though I suppose the follow-up Daydream Nation is the one a lot of people point to. Pretty sure I'd think that even if I didn't know about the Philip K. Dick connections. Hmmm, SY is one of those bands that put out excellent music throughout their career. If you consider the late 80s their peak then they never really had a low point did they? The SYR releases from the late 90s are quite good.
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Post by Daryl on Aug 19, 2014 13:29:14 GMT -5
It's been about 7 years since I have been able to see anything. It's a real bummer.
Dinosaur Jr (3x including my aforementioned most recent concert)
Fugazi 2x
Junior Brown 6x
Tito and Tarantula 4x
White Stripes
Monkees/Weird Al- my first "real" concert!
Beastie Boys- the only concert I have been to where I had an assigned seat
Alternative Nation tour
Superchunk 4x
Green Day 3x
Bad Religion
Shudder To Think
Jawbreaker 2x
Shonen Knife
fIREHOSE
Mike Watt
Sleater Kinney 2x
Rocket from The Crypt
Weston
GWAR
Anthrax
Smog
Archers of Loaf
Modest Mouse 2x
Murder City Devils 2x
Zeke
Man or Astroman
Royal Crown Revue
Pavement
Buffalo Tom
Bettie Serveert
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 4x
Tsunami
Ida
Mineral
Pansy Division
Tilt
Girls Against Boys 3x
Jawbox
Samiam
The Smugglers
The Donnas
Queens of the Stone Age 2x
Lois
When I was a kid I went to the Houston Rodeo and saw a lot of early 80s country artists- Oak Ridge Boys, ALabama, Conway Twitty, etc.
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Post by Pharozonk on Aug 19, 2014 14:21:11 GMT -5
I've always wanted to see the White Stripes in concert, but they don't seem to be getting back together and Jack has moved on to other things.
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Post by Daryl on Aug 19, 2014 15:08:09 GMT -5
I've always wanted to see the White Stripes in concert, but they don't seem to be getting back together and Jack has moved on to other things. yeah, they're done. It was a great show. Just the two of them and I didn't notice a third player or lots of backing tracks or any of that. |
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Post by Daryl on Aug 19, 2014 15:25:41 GMT -5
Eh, forgot a few:
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 3x
Palace Music
Face to Face
MxPx
At the Drive In
Small
Garden Variety
The Make Up
Imperial Teen
The Dwarves
They Might Be Giants
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 15:59:15 GMT -5
I've always wanted to see the White Stripes in concert, but they don't seem to be getting back together and Jack has moved on to other things. yeah, they're done. It was a great show. Just the two of them and I didn't notice a third player or lots of backing tracks or any of that. They were set up in the middle of the dance floor in a small club in Memphis when I saw them on 9/10/01. Definitely no backing tracks. |
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Post by antoine on Aug 19, 2014 16:35:13 GMT -5
It's been about 7 years since I have been able to see anything. It's a real bummer. Dinosaur Jr (3x including my aforementioned most recent concert) Fugazi 2x Junior Brown 6x Tito and Tarantula 4x White Stripes Monkees/Weird Al- my first "real" concert! Beastie Boys- the only concert I have been to where I had an assigned seat Alternative Nation tour Superchunk 4x Green Day 3x Bad Religion Shudder To Think Jawbreaker 2x Shonen Knife fIREHOSE Mike Watt Sleater Kinney 2x Rocket from The Crypt Weston GWAR Anthrax Smog Archers of Loaf Modest Mouse 2x Murder City Devils 2x Zeke Man or Astroman Royal Crown Revue Pavement Buffalo Tom Bettie Serveert And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 4x Tsunami Ida Mineral Pansy Division Tilt Girls Against Boys 3x Jawbox Samiam The Smugglers The Donnas Queens of the Stone Age 2x Lois When I was a kid I went to the Houston Rodeo and saw a lot of early 80s country artists- Oak Ridge Boys, ALabama, Conway Twitty, etc. Saw Rocket from the Crypt a month or so ago, in a big festival in Québec. I LOOOOVE their music, so I was pretty excited to see them. But then the singer acted like an asshole all the time, laughing at the mostly French Canadian crowd, I guess thinking people didn't understand English? At first me and my friends thought he was joking, but he didn't stop for 40 minutes... Whats an asshat! |
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Post by Daryl on Aug 19, 2014 16:44:23 GMT -5
Saw Rocket from the Crypt a month or so ago, in a big festival in Québec. I LOOOOVE their music, so I was pretty excited to see them. But then the singer acted like an asshole all the time, laughing at the mostly French Canadian crowd, I guess thinking people didn't understand English? At first me and my friends thought he was joking, but he didn't stop for 40 minutes... Whats an asshat! Yeah, I can't think of many off hand who are as funny as THEY thought they were onstage. Except for Weird Al though. That man's a saint. Actually, Blake Schwarzenbach from Jawbreaker was pretty funny. For all their usual seriousness, Guy and Ian from Fugazi were cool. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 17:00:27 GMT -5
Saw Rocket from the Crypt ages ago ... 1991, I think, at the Antenna Club in Memphis. Probably opening for Superchunk.
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 19, 2014 18:31:49 GMT -5
Kirby and Colletta
Adams and Giordano
Infantino and Giella
Swan and Anderson
Oh, wait... I think I misunderstood.
Never mind.
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Post by Daryl on Aug 19, 2014 20:01:36 GMT -5
Saw Rocket from the Crypt ages ago ... 1991, I think, at the Antenna Club in Memphis. Probably opening for Superchunk. Ha! The exact arrangement I saw them but it was 93 for me. |
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