1995-Belly-Hollywood Palladium

Another Ron show.

Don't remember if I went or Bianca.

Here is a link to a LA Times review of the show

http://articles.latimes.com/1995-05-01/entertainment/ca-60867_1_pop-music

Not able to find a set list.  If you know it or where to look, please share! 

Belly did a signing at Virgin Sunset at this time.

 Ron got a few autographs and I took pictures!

1995-Siouxsie and the Banshees-The Wiltern Theatre

Went with Cathy.

Don't remember a lot about this show.  All Siouxsie shows were fantastic.  She really knows how to play the audience.  Couldn't find anything online about it either.

I did find a set-list from another show on this tour and will include it here. 

Maybe if you went you can add some insight into the show. 

The Double Life

Forever

The Killing Jar

Tearing Apart

Face to Face

Stargazer

Fall From Grace

Christine

Dear Prudence

Not Forgotten

The Rapture

Night Shift

B Side Ourselves

Falling Down

Love Out Me

Cities in Dust

Israel

1995-Adam Ant-The Pantages Theatre

 

Went to see Adam Ant at the Pantages with Ron, Bianca and Cathy.

Ran into Ron's Mom there too.

It was a great show. Had a really good time!

The venue is amazing.  Such a beautiful theatre. 

Set list for the show;

Wonderful

Alien

Viva Le Rock

Desperate But Not Serious

Car Trouble

Cleopatra

Never Trust A Man

Room At The Top

Gotta Be A Sin

Beautiful Dream

Beat My Guest

Man Called Marco

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Stand and Deliver

Vampires

Ants Invasion

Killer In The Home

Dog Eat Dog

Ant Music

Physical

Adam also played a free show at the Virgin Megastore on Sunset Blvd.

A friend took these wonderful pictures! 

Thanks Danny!

The set list for this free show was;

Wonderful

Alien

Won't Take That Talk

Gotta Be A Sin

Beautiful Dream 

Jed the Fish from KROQ

Rodney Bingenheimer back stage

Rodney with Adam

The free show!

1995-Throwing Muses-The Henry Fonda Theatre

Don't think I went to the Henry Fonda Show but I did go to the Coach House one.

When went Ron.  Ron may have gone with Bianca to the other one.

1995-Sebadoh-The Palace

Went with Ron. Happy Birthday! 

Is this the show where the guy tuned his guitar the entire show?!?

I think this was for the release of Rebound.

1995-14th Annual Bob Marley Day Festival-Long Beach Arena

Went with Cathy. 

That's Ice T's autograph.  I met him in the lobby between acts.

Inner Circle, Steel Pulse, Ini Kamoze.  This was the night of Toasters and Dance Hall reggae.

My favourite!  I went to these shows for a number of reasons.  Probably not what you think.  I wanted to eat jerk chicken and fried plantains, buy some souvenirs and remember Bob.

These were my big purchase at the market place.  I had heard Jamaica had issued a stamp in Bob's honor and I really wanted to have one.  Luckily someone there had them! 

1994 - Sugar - Hollywood Palladium

Went to this show with Ron and Bianca.

What a powerful show.

Wish I had seen Husker Du.

Magnapop opened the show.

Can't find a setlist or any info online.

If you were there what do you remember?

1994 - They Might Be Giants - The Pantages Theatre

Went with Ron and Bianca.

Opening artist, Frank Black

This was a crazy show.  It was really like we had stepped into a world we didn't belong too.

Or the joke was on us cause we weren't supposed to be there cause we didn't know the secret handshake.

The crowd knew all the moves and acted out the songs with TMBG as they were played.  Ron and I stood or sat and watched all this play out like we really were in a foreign land.  It was nuts.  Weird Al Yankovick was sitting two rows behind us.  That was awesome.  Frank Black was great.  Playing his songs quickly like the time was running out for him and well maybe it was! 

Here is a review from the LA Times...

LA Times Pop Music Reviews

They Might Be Giants, but Then Again . . .
November 19, 1994
RICHARD CROMELIN
It's OK to be geeky.
That's the underlying message in everything done by They Might Be Giants, the Brooklyn band that's gradually built a strong cult following of fans grateful for the freedom to wear fezzes and pogo uninhibitedly down the aisles.
Actually, the fez look has faded into the TMBG archives, but at the Pantages Theatre on Thursday the essence remained the same, even as the sound has matured and expanded. The core duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell now fronts a full-fledged, versatile band, but the two remain nerdy naifs getting a kick out of playing rock star.
The music ranged from an adenoidal, streetcorner vocal-group sound descended from homies Dion & the Belmonts to jerky new-wave to Beach Boys-ish pop to campfire kiddie tunes. Intricate vocal arrangements made unwieldy word clusters flow smoothly and to comic effect, and there was even some black-and-white TV era "sounds of the city"-type scoring.
But a little Giants can go a long way. Balancing the charm of "Birdhouse in Your Soul" and the moral affirmation of "Your Racist Friend" were musical jokes that went on way too long and never paid off, and a lack of coherence in their mix of spoofery and sincerity.
Frank Black opened with a solo set of songs about Pong, the Ramones, John Denver and assorted esoterica. Eventually he started slinging his guitars onto his back when he picked up a new one, and when he walked off the stage he looked like some prehistoric creature festooned with spiky armor.

1994 - Dinosaur Jr. - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

 

Went to this show with Ron.

To all of you who have teased me over the years,

yes, I liked Dinosaur Jr. before they covered

Just Like Heaven by The Cure.  Though that

just made me like Dinosaur Jr. more!

I must have bought two dozen copies

of Just Like Heaven at the SST shop on

Sunset and sent them out to friends.  

I  miss that store.....

This was a fun show.  If I haven't told you already

the Santa Monica Civic is like a high school basketball

gym.  It has bleachers in the back along the wall and

you just sit where you want.  They put on a great

show. This tour was supporting the release of

Without A Sound.  Its still one of my favourite

Dinosaur Jr. cd's. 

1994 - Nine Inch Nails - Universal Amphitheatre

 

I seem to remember going to this show with Ron and Bianca.

Opening acts were Jim Rose Circus and Marilyn Manson.

Marilyn Manson got a mixed reaction.  People either love

or hate this band.  I thought they were really entertaining.

That  Beautiful People song is very catchy.

Found a set-list online from someone who recorded the show.

Thank you and hope its correct!

Pinion / Mr. Self Destruct

Sin

March Of The Pigs

Piggy

Reptile

Gave Up

Happiness In Slavery

Eraser

Hurt The Downward Spiral

Wish

Suck

Ruiner

Down In It

Head Like A Hole

Closer

Dead Souls

I Do Not Want This

Something I Can Never Have

Intro

Sanctified

Maybe Just Once

The Only Time

Kinda I Want To

That's What I Get

Purest Feeling

Ringfinger

Down In It

What can I say?  

By now if you have been following this blog you know 

I have seen this band a number of time.  

This was a great show.  Wish I had been 

able to go all 4 nights that they played Universal.

Happy Birthday Robert Smith!

Happy Birthday Robert Smith!

Welcome Back, Kotter

Recently there was a Welcome Back, Kotter reunion.

35 years ago I was at some event and was able to

get two of the Sweathogs autographs.

Robert Hedges and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.

Wish I had Gabe Kaplan or John Travolta's 

to round out the photo.

Thought I would share though... 

1994 - Lollapalooza - CSUDH Velodrome Field

 

Well, here we are at the end of this tour.  

Remember we caught the incredibly hot first show 

and will never forget it.

This leg of the tour was without the legendary Frogs.

I went to this show for the Smashing Pumpkins.

I love this band.  They make me want to

just get up and dance.  It was late summer 

and a wonderful night.  When it got dark and 

the bonfires were lit it was an amazing thing.

There were some individual experiences 

at this show.  I went with Ron and Bianca.

Ron got his glasses broken in the pit for the 

Breeders of all bands.  He spent the rest of the

show without glasses and drove us home.

I think it was during Green Day cause they replaced 

the Boredoms, that Bianca got caught in their

pit and received a Doc Martin to the back of the 

head and/or someone landed on her back.

I just remember her getting injured.  I stayed

at a safe distance from the shenanigans.

I mean really who would have thought that

someone could sustain damage during The Breeders!

1994 - Lush - Glam Slam

 

Went to this show with Ron.

He will have more in depth comments I am sure!

This show was at the club Prince owned for a time in 

downtown Los Angeles.  It was filled with Prince 

memorabilia and done up in his purple theme! With 

naked lady statues and well typical Prince stuff.

This show had two opening bands on the bill, 

That Dog and Weezer.  Loved them! 

A couple of songs in to Lush's set the electricity 

went out.  It was a small venue for this show.  

Should have been at the El Rey or Wiltern.  

So we waited around for awhile to see if the show 

would resume and it didn't.  We were asked to come 

back the next night and use our same ticket.  

We did!  No Weezer but a band called 

Sammy played. Very fun experience.  

The ticket is signed by Miki.

1994 - Metallica - CSUDH Velodrome Field

Went with Ron, Bianca and Shawn if I remember right.

I had never seen Metallica though 

I had had many opportunities.

I had my secret metal love but it went more 

towards Slayer than Metallica.

I was a secret listener of KNAC. 

But in my defence of that I had listened

to KNAC since I was a kid and it was 

the only station to play rock. 

And it was in Long Beach!

But by the time this tour came around 

Metallica were huge, widely loved MTV gods!

So, I decided I wanted to see them. 

What a well oiled, precision machine they were(are?).

All moves were in perfect harmony 

(who choreographed this thing?),

every "fuck" and city name was perfectly placed.   

And they sounded just like a cd.

It was a great show.  How could it not be? 

Everything was perfect.  

Like a script had been made to tell them to 

insert ______ here, be it guitar solo, 

drum solo, or whatever.

I have to say I really had a good time and was impressed.

Got a setlist from setlist.fm (thank you!)

Intro

The Ecstasy of Gold (Ennio Morricone cover)

1. Breadfan

2. Master of Puppets

3. Where Ever I May Roam

4. Harvester of Sorrow

5. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

6. The God That Failed

7. Kill/Ride Medley

8. For Whom The Bell Tolls

9. Disposable Heroes

10. Seek and Destroy

11. Guitar Solo

12. Nothing Else Matters

13. Creeping Death

14. Bass Solo

15. Fade to Black

16. Whiplash

Encore

17. Sad but True

18. One

Encore 2

19. Enter Sandman

20. So What 

I find it funny how they put the guitar and bass solo in the 

set list like its a song!! 

1994 - Luna - The Coach House

Saw this show with Ron. 

After we saw them open for the Cocteau Twins

on Easter we were fans.

I can't really find any details on the show.  

I had the opportunity to get another set list for them.

Found a link to an article from the L.A. Times on them and this tour.

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-12/entertainment/ca-14767_1_velvet-underground

Loved going to shows at The Coach House. 

Such a relaxed venue.  People eating or sitting at the bar.

And we were lucky enough to see some wonderful shows there!

1994 - Lollapalooza - Sam Boyd Stadium



I was on a roll of not missing any of the Lollapalooza shows.  This was the first show of the tour and we took the four hour drive and had to see it. The line-up was;

Main Stage: The Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars, The Breeders, A Tribe Called Quest, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, L7, Boredoms

Side Stage: The Flaming Lips, The Verve, The Boo Radleys, The Frogs, Guided By Voices, Lambchop, Girls Against Boys, Rollerskate Skinny, Palace Songs, Stereolab, Fu-Schnickens, The Pharcyde, Shudder to Think, Luscious Jackson, God Lives Underwater, King Kong, Charlie Hunter Trio, Shonen Knife, Blast Off Country Style, Souls of Mischief, Cypress Hill, The Black Crowes

This show was in Sam Boyd Stadium.  A football/track stadium made of concrete with metal benches.  It was 126 degrees outside.  Yes, 126 degrees.  You can't bring water or food into the stadium with you.  They had the mist tents set up and the security let the hoses run but it did little to eliminate the heat.  I sat on a bench covered in a shroud to help eliminate the inevitable burn.  The sun going down didn't help cause it stays hot there.  I really liked the Smashing Pumpkins luckily I got to see them a bunch.  It was the first time I got to see Nick Cave.  I loved Boredoms.  I will always remember I got to see the legendary Frogs too! Went with Ron and Bianca and really my biggest memory besides the heat was I told security I had to bring my bottles of water in with me cause I was pregnant.  I wasn't and yes, they let me in with my water!