Top 3 Live Shows Ever!
Kevman
1. Rush - Oakland, CA 1986
2. Jane's Addiction - Sacramento, CA 1991
3. King Crimson - Berkeley, CA 1995
--Kevman
Plattrpuss
>for me. Yech! Check your shorts on this one.... I smell something
>rotten.....
> Progressive rock hits the truffle!
What he said!!
PETEP
writes:
>2) Swinging Neckbreakers @ Maxwells - Either the last show before or the
>first show after, their first European "tour" with the Insomniacs. With
>the great Dave Amels.
>
>3) Southern Culture/Swining Neckbreakers & Cordell Jackson @ CBGBs - Do I
>remember this correctly? Or am I thinking about two shows? Help out on
>this...
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Eric, I gotta agree that after seeing The Neckbreakers countless times,
they were never any better than just prior and just after their first
European tour. Every band has a peak period which they sometimes never
again match...let's hope that they can reach those heights again. It could
be a new band next time out........
john lowe
> I'd be interested in a thread dedicated to a list of the three best live shows
> people on Banana Trivial, oops Truffel have EVER seen.
>
Okay:
1) Teengenerate/New Bomb Turks at Emo's, Austin TX 11/95. I doubt the
feeling of seeing my favorite band on their last tour will ever be topped.
2) 7 Seconds, CBGB's 2/89. My first true punk show. They played a lot of
their best old songs. The memory of it all is so sharp that it feels like
I had an out-of-body experience.
3) hmmm, there's lots that come close, including every Lord High Fixers
show I've seen, every Rev. Horton Heat show, Supersnazz at Emo's in 10/95,
Afghan Whigs in '94. I won't choose, because it really depends on what
mood I'm in.
john
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Bryan O. Bedell
Pixies 1989? (right after Doolittle came out) @ peabody's down under, Cleveland
Shellac 1993 @ Lounge Ax, Chicago.
Flaming Lips 1995 @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago.
Runners up:
Pogues (Fall from Grace-era) Bogarts, Cincinnati
Teengenerate (1995) Empty Bottle, Chicago
The Amps (1995) Fireside Bowl and Lounge Ax, Chicago
Killing Joke (1990) Top Hat, Covington, KY
Jesus Lizard (1989) The Union, Athens, OH
Guided by Voices (1995) Lounge Ax, Chicago
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (1994) Lounge Ax, Chicago
anyone else at any of these shows agree with me?
Bryan
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Bryan Noise, Chicago, IL.
No mod ex-cons!
R. Kondrak
Jethro Tull opens for Jeff Beck's band whose lead singer is Rod the Mod.
This was a winter night in January in the DC suburbs of Virginie. We
dosed up on window pane and drove through the snow primarily to see Tull
whose "That Was" lp was in heavy rotation at the opium den we frequented.
1969
Kinks headline at the U of Maryland sports area, The Youngbloods open.
Sat in bleechers on one side out in left field. A contingent of the
Pagans motorcycle club was just below our little hash ladden trio and
placed an evil halo on the proceedings every time i "loosened up". One
bro had "fuck" tattooed on his chin which added some odd spice to his
rotten tooth grin.
1969
The Band playing at some Opera house in DC or it could have been some
fraternal mosque near the Smithsonian. After nearly memorizing the
lyrics of "The Big Pink" into absurdity all I can "clearly" recall is the
odd stage movements the guys made, bowing and circling in some cryptic
dance movements and that huge rolling organ sound..all very circuslike.
Plattrpuss
I will have to say that my top 3 shows are:
1) Untamed Youth/Swingin' Neckbreakers at Brownies. Even though the
Neckbreakers were a little out of form that night, out of form for them
means better than ever for anyone else. And who can beat the one-two punch
of this truly amazing lineup?
2) Jackie & The Cedrics at Continental. With only a few singles released
on various labels and not getting to tour over here much (They live in
Japan) these guys don't get the credit that they deserve. They are, hands
down, the best surf band I've ever seen (not that they limit themselves to
playing just surf) and they just have so much fun going absolutely nuts on
stage that the feeling is totally contagious..
3) The Lyres at Brownies last Feb. Jeff C never ever sounded better and
the band was as tight as I'd ever seen them. This show really made me
start to appreciate them again after kinda taking them for granted for the
last few years. By the way, their latest CD on Norton is a must have.
4) (Oops, did I say 3? Oh well, I lied) The Swingin' Neckbreakers and The
Insomniacs at some club in Asbury Park. Both bands were in top form so
what more could anyone want. I was especially 'on' that night from having
done Blair's radio show with him earlier that afternoon when he let me
program the whole show.
Chris Alfieri
King Crimson and Rush! You can't get much more anti-banana-truffle than
that! We might as well post about Hootie and the Blowfish!
Steve Alberts
Iggy Pop - Calamity Janes (empty club in Vegas!) - 89? 90?
Dictators - Continental Divide (snuck in to Adny Shernoff's b-day party
as members of the Vacant Lot).
That's just off the top of my head though. Has to be 10 others equally
as good!
son...@inch.com
> I'd be interested in a thread dedicated to a list of the three best live shows
> people on Banana Trivial, oops Truffel have EVER seen.
>
That's a tough question but here I go:
1. The Damned -The Channel (Boston) 198?
2. Garage Rage- Coney Island High (NYC) 1995
3. The Dead Boys - New Yaers Eve - The Rat (Boston) 198?
My memory is definitely not what it used to be...
EFiasco
1) Untamed Youth @ The Loop Lounge - I'd never seen anything like them
before (Or since) I bought everything they had from Deke and tried to pay
extra..
2) The Cramps/Raunch Hands @ The Ritz - I had no idea who the Raunch Hands
were before the show. They fucking blew the roof off the place. I went
out and bought Whap-A-Dang the next day. And the Cramps were the best
they'd ever been
3) Man or Astro-man? @ Maxwells - If I tried real hard I could probobly
name all twenty people who were there. The Woggles were the headliners,
but I will only remember MOAM? "Put the TV Head back on or I'll stab
you...!"
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1) "You Can't Save Everyone From Their Own Stupidity"
2) "It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time"
3) "Somebody Ought To Kick My Ass"
GTwelve
my computer. And Rush are from my country! Kevman, don't EVER mention Rush
around here AGAIN you cruel fucker!
About the three best shows thing, it reminded me of an interesting
conversation I had with a fascinating dude I met in St. Louis a couple of
weeks ago. That's right, it was none other than the fabulous "Beatle Bob",
who has seemingly seen and done it all when it come to rock'n'roll, past
and present. The guy is pretty old, yet still dresses like Paul Revere
(both), still has a Beatle hair cut and still "wigs out" at r'n'r shows.
The guy is full of crazed enthusiasm. Anyhow, I asked him what his top
shows of all time were and his memories blew me away.
Get this... the best show he's ever seen was JAMES BROWN AND HIS FAMOUS
FLAMES at some ballroom in Chicago in '68!!! He said he's seen 'em all
(from the Coasters to Rancid) and NOBODY topped the Godfather's raw, wild,
yet tightly choreographed moves. His runner up was equally impressive: THE
IKE AND TINA TURNER REVIEW in St. Louis in '65!!! Anyone who's seen old
tapes of this amazing live band should be in awe that ol' Bob was actually
able to shake his tailfeather to the real thing!
What amazed me most was this was a guy who just spend all night
out-dancing everyone punk kid in St. Louis to the Smugglers and the Mr. T
Experience!!! He was right at the front the whole time!
My three shows -ahem- would be 1) the Gruesomes at Club Soda, Vancouver BC
1987. 2) Untamed Youth, Railway Club, Vancouver, 1989. 3) every other
rock'n'roll show I've seen, just about (unless me or someone else got
punched in the face... those are down around the #4 spot).
- Grant Lawrence
PETEP
Rockers-CBGB'S, April or May 1995.
2. The Swingin Neckbreakers/Jackie & The Cedrics-Cactus Club,
Poughkeepsie, NY, December 1995.
3. The Lyres-Brownies,NY, Febuary, 1995.
Last year there were so many great shows, what has happened this year?
It's like NY has entered the dark ages...and there are no shows on the
horizon either. What has happened to those booking the bands?
Petter Tiilikainen
He did a lot of good oldies like "TV eye","I wanna be your dog"
etc.
2. Ramones - Hultsfred, Sweden 1993.
Same damn festival, it was just great. Strength to enduuuurre
all the love so puuuuure.
3. The Lyres, Lulea, Sweden 1996
Well, no not really but..
Petter
john lowe
Tiilikainen) wrote:
> 1. Iggy Pop - Hultsfred, Sweden 1993.
> He did a lot of good oldies like "TV eye","I wanna be your dog"
> etc.
Wow, two Iggy Pop mentions in a row! Maybe I shoulda gone to that free
outdoor SXSW thing last night.
I heard there were people (gasp) stagediving and that he even (yikes) spat
on someone!!!
btw, this is not a rip on Iggy, but the people who were there.
on a related note, I saw James Brown last year and he was still as tight
as any tv show I'd seen of him, but his band sucked ass. But he still had
the moves down even though he's 60-something and heavier than his prime.
Totally predictable, totally fun.
Chris Hedlund
>shows people on Banana Trivial, oops Truffel have EVER seen.
1) Sons of Hercules March 16th, 1996 - Flamingo Cantina - Austin
2) Subsonics March 16th, 1996 - Hole in the Wall - Austin
3) Supernova & New Bomb Turks March 16th, 1996 - VooDoo Lounge - Austin
The Supernova/Turks show ended early (4:30 AM) during the Turks set when the
sound guy shut 'em down. This prompted about 50 drunk punks to kick his ass
on stage. Leave it to the gals at Fizz 'zine to throw an after hours party at
SxSW and give away free beer to an already drunk bunch of hundreds.
Kevman
Easy, Alf...one can like what you call alternative/retro/whatever and
still dig the above. I like DIY music fine - I'm in The Decibels and was
in The E-Types, both power pop/punk bands - but happen to like bands
who actually spend time learning how to play more than three chords and
one time signature...and can write songs over three minutes long.
I've had to bear the pain of hearing too many garage bands in clubs who
are on the verge of a train wreck, both muscially and rhythmically; those
bands have no place playing in front of a paying audience.
And given the opportunity to stay underground and wallow in obscurity
while playing in sweaty, smoky bars, or to sell 12 million-plus copies
of an album, play large venues with better P.A. systems and better
acoustics, AND make enough money off of one record and tour to be set
for life...please. I'll be happy to take the latter.
--Kev
Kevman
>
>Seeing "Kevman"'s mention of Rush marks the first time I've ever puked on
>my computer. And Rush are from my country! Kevman, don't EVER mention Rush
>around here AGAIN you cruel fucker!
Oooh - nice language! And guess what? I'll make mention of any band I
like here....and as I recall, I was speaking only of myself when listing
the three best shows ever. I've seen other's lists and could care less
about the bands they like, but I wouldn't flame the hell out of them.
--Kev
LGEvilEye
1.Lyres at Maxwells, Hoboken 86 or 87
The best Lyres gig I ever saw and by far one of the sweatiest good times
I've ever had in a rock club. They ran out of songs and started to repeat
the set list.
2. Doug Sahm & The Last Real Texas Blues Band, Maxwells 95
Sir Doug is the king and this marathon show (featuring a full horn section
and selections from the earliest SDQ to the new album) was the best I've
ever seen by him
3. Dickies, Green Parrot, Neptune, NJ 1988
Dickies at the top of their form, still promising the new LP that took
about six years to materialize, in a small club with a smaller stage.
INTENSE!
HONORABLE MENTION
Stevie Ray Vaughan, 1981, Royal Manor North, North Brunswick, NJ
very early SRV, saw him from about 10 feet away.
Who, Shea Stadium, 1982, Suffering through their modern crap was worth
hearing Young Man Blues (and I got to see the Clash open)
Worst show I've ever seen...
1. Rolling Stones, JFK Stadium, Philly 1981
Boring, boring, boring crap. I blew a lot of money for those tickets and
will never forgive the Stones for being a bunch of lazy, old fucks
mfid...@imap2.asu.edu
1) New Sounds of the '60s @ Montezuma Hall, San Diego State University,
Summer, 1988. A mod, garage, and ska festival that included the
Funseekers, the Mummies, the Untamed Youth, Manual Scan, and Donkey Show.
2) Manual Scan @ Soma (last ever "New Sounds"), San Diego, 1991(?). Manual
Scan's gutsiest, crunchiest show that I've ever seen. This show was one of my
favorite ever single band performances, and these mod poppers rocked harder
than any garage outfit that I've seen.
3) Tie between Jigsaw Seen @ Megalopolis (San Diego, 1994) and the
Tell-Tale Heart's reunion at the Casbah (San Diego, 1994). The Jigsaw
Seen jangle popped me in to a blissed out altered state. The Tell-Tale
Hearts proved that age hadn't dulled their spirits, and it helped that
Ray Brandes acknowledged me during their set.
An honorable mention should go to Wire Train and Big Country @ the Fox
Theatre, San Diego, 1983. Both bands are obviously far from Banana
Truffle material; but I was only 13, and these two new wave bands got me
started straying from the beaten path...
Matthew F.
On 11 Mar 1996 dido...@mcrcr6.med.nyu.edu wrote:
>
> I'd be interested in a thread dedicated to a list of the three best live shows
> people on Banana Trivial, oops Truffel have EVER seen.
>
> Mine are as follows:
> The Clash-1979 The Paladium
> Stiff Little Fingers 1980-I forgot where
> Minor Threat-1982 Great Gildersleeves
>
> The runners up are mostly 60's Garage acts from the middle 80's, but
>
>
>
Unkraut
stick in my head (for different reasons) are:
Replacements @ Continental Club 1983(?) Hootenany tour
Teengenerate/New Bomb Turks @ Emo's 1995
Humper's @ "The Satans' Shack" (a tiny wooden garage behind an
old woodframe house in N. Central Austin; the ceiling literally
was falling down; if you ever get a chance to talk to the
Humpers, ask them about it) (1994-5?)
Since this is banana-truffle I considered only "garage/punk"
bands, though all of the bands mentioned above were fairly
proficient musically. I'll take my first Butthole Surfers show
(1983) to the appropriate newsgroup.
Unkraut
: The Supernova/Turks show ended early (4:30 AM) during the Turks set when the
: sound guy shut 'em down. This prompted about 50 drunk punks to kick his ass
: on stage. Leave it to the gals at Fizz 'zine to throw an after hours party
: at SxSW and give away free beer to an already drunk bunch of hundreds.
Earlier in the evening the Turks tried to play outdoors at the Chicken
Ranch (a small house on a large lot). The police arrived so they moved
indoors and played in an extremely small living room. They had no room to
move so Eric was on top of a table or something, (I could hardly see)
dodging or playing with the ceiling fan. Very weird. Unfortunately the
man showed up again, so the Turks headed downtown and got the gig at the
Voodoo Lounge. I also witnessed the spectacle and must say the soundman
pretty much got what he was asking for. Happily none of the Turks'
equipment was damaged in the melee. Now if that soundman would just get a
fucking haircut to go with his new nosejob.
ken white
Sept 95 Rip Offs/Problematics Fireside Bowl Chicago
2 Nov. 95 Teengenerate/New Bomb Turks Empty Bottle (Late show)
2 Nov. 95 Teengenerate/Problematics Fireside Bowl Chicago
(Early)
These are the most memorable shows I've ever been to.
Joanie
ched...@neosoft.com (Chris Hedlund) writes:
> > I'd be interested in a thread dedicated to a list of the three best live
> >shows people on Banana Trivial, oops Truffel have EVER seen.
> >Okay:
>
> 1) Sons of Hercules March 16th, 1996 - Flamingo Cantina - Austin
>
> 2) Subsonics March 16th, 1996 - Hole in the Wall - Austin
>
> 3) Supernova & New Bomb Turks March 16th, 1996 - VooDoo Lounge - Austin
>
> The Supernova/Turks show ended early (4:30 AM) during the Turks set when the
> sound guy shut 'em down.
Well, I'll probably sound like a dick but wasn't the subject top 3 live
shows "ever"? All the best shows you've EVER seen were on one nite,
just three nites ago? I'm still trying to think if I could even answer
this question with the tons of shows I've seen but I do know it would
span a lot more time than one day. How quickly some people forget.
I know one of my tops would be the Dictators somewhere along the line.
Joanie
BenW Grimm
1.Sister Ray --- they were from my home town so anytime they would play.
2.Hasil Adkins---summer of 95 in cleveland at the grog shop.
3.the fireworks-68 comeback- at peabodies down under in cleveland.
but lets not forget about the great shows the Cynics always put on.
since I live in youngstown, ohio it's nothing to get in the car and drive
an hour
to pittsburgh. you always know that will be rockin.
4.henchmen--- in 95 at cedars in youngstown. They played here twice this
year.
later
laurel
Erik Mohr Andrewsen
2) low 1996
3) jsbx 1994
mohr
Steve Coleman
available in the US and Europe). There is a mega article on the man with
lots of great pics. My favourite is a picture of him behind the skins
for the Iguanas circa '66. I haven't read the thing yet but it certainly
looks well put together.
Regards
Steve Coleman
St John's Tavern Home Page
http://idun.unl.ac.uk/~hfa9colemas/western.htm
Chris Alfieri
>>King Crimson and Rush! You can't get much more anti-banana-truffle than
>>that! We might as well post about Hootie and the Blowfish!
>Easy, Alf...one can like what you call alternative/retro/whatever and
>still dig the above. I like DIY music fine - I'm in The Decibels and was
if there's one thing in life I hate, it's when people call me "Alf"
R. Kondrak
First US tour and "The Rock" put them in The Seattle Paramount on a
"Catch A Rising Star" $1.77 Thursday night. My amphetamine Annie had a
poem at the ready when the packed house brought the group back for an
encore. I was happy to see power pop punk on fire with it's "happy
organ" and those black horn rims.
2. Avengers + Dils
A couple of years before St Helens blew closing I5. Staged at a
lovely venue on 2nd ave in Seattle called The Bird, first punk club,
just the middle floor of a small warehouse. I was shitfaced stupid and
the guitar player for The Mentors told me to ask the coke dealer........
"How's your stable?", he was quick to blacken my eye. I laughed it
off and apologized but declined his offer to snort up. Beer blindness
blunted all but the sloppy fun letting loose to "198 Seconds of The
Dils " and Penelope "Car Crash" Avenger...
3. Screamers
Drama meets synth..much pouting, posing and art rock minimalism at the
Carpenders Hall in the Belltown section of Seattle. Way back before
grunge or Sub Poop so the whole scene turned out for this--Tomato,
Tommy, KK and one more whose probably dead and gone now--had a great
time taking pixs, the boys were born to strike a pose. Show was put on
by Dreamland's Danny who sat in the back with his date..away from the
"Devo meets the Sex Pistols" intensity. Hope to contribute some photos
I took that night to the article Allan is writing for his next ish of
DO THE POP.
Andy Peters
1) Richard Thompson, solo, at St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn Hts, Nov 1994.
Like going to Church and having G-d show up and play guitar. Really. And
I'm a Jew, too.
2) Larry mentioned the Doug Sahm/Last Real Texas Blues Band, and he hit the
nail on the head. Why weren't YOU there, ya lazy fuck?
3) buzzcocks at Maxwell's, summertime in 1992 or 1993 or 1991? I forget.
The Buzzcocks at Maxwell's. Need I say more?
--
"No, you cannot get high-hat in your monitor!"
Andy Peters
Kevman
>
>KXT...@ns.net (Kevman) writes:
>>Easy, Alf...one can like what you call alternative/retro/whatever and
>>still dig the above.
>if there's one thing in life I hate, it's when people call me "Alf"
No problem (all puns intended)...if there's one thing I hate, it's
people who try to suppress one's viewpoint due to the narrow focus of
a newsgroup.
--Kev
Woody Delp
> Sunday, March 31st 9:00 PM
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> The Stipjes (Last chance LOSERS!!)
> The Cryin' Out Louds ( 1 & only reunion show!!!)
> Motards (TX bad boys!!)
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Woody Delp
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