Showing posts with label The Coach House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Coach House. Show all posts

Sunday, October 16, 2011

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.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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.

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!


Tuesday, February 1, 2011

1994 - Frank Black - The Coach House


Went with Ron.
We went to the Coach House quite a few times.
If you have never been there it is like a warehouse
in an industrial park.  It serves dinner and if you make a dinner
reservation you can sit closer to the stage.
Everyone sits at table and watches the show which
is on a smallish stage.  Sound is great, not the hollow weird sound
you would think since it is in a pre-fab industrial building.  
I couldn't find a specific set-list for this show but it was so
fun watching Frank Black at this time.  His backing band was great. 
He was touring for Teenager of the Year and
not only doing these solo shows but opening for The Ramones
and They Might Be Giants.  In the band at this time was
the brilliant Eric Drew Feldman and Lyle Workman.
Who knew then that Lyle Workman would go on the
make such great music and movie soundtracks as,
Get Him to The Greek, Super Bad and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
 I have been searching on the internet for a photo of Frank Black
staring at his pick.  Between songs Frank will tell you about the songs
or just talk and as he does this he will hold out his pick in
front of him and stare at it in the stage lights.
It became one of my favourite parts of the show,
waiting for him to do this!
I will keep looking for a picture of it. 
Someone out there must have taken one!    

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

1993 - Adam Ant - The Coach House

I always liked Adam Ant.  I was lucky enough to have seen him a few times in his career. 
This was a comeback tour.  I hate that word, comeback. 
If you like a band or artist they are always around.
Don't remember who I went to this show with. 

Here's the set list;
U.S.S.A. (instrumental)
Vive Le Rock
Miss Thing
Cartrouble
Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face)
Desperate But Not Serious
Dog Eat Dog
Killer In The Home
Wonderful
Obsession
Room At The Top
Persuasion
Headgear (incl. Ziggy Stardust guitar intro)
20th Century Boy
Young Parisians (part) with Strip vocal
Stand And Deliver
'Antmusic'
Goody Two Shoes
Shakin' All Over
Physical (You're so)  yes love this song and version!!    

A review from the LA Times;
Pop Music Reviews
Adam Ant at the Coach House
February 27, 1993
MIKE BOEHM
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — Adam Ant doesn't seem to have spent his three-year hiatus from rock 'n' roll deep in thought about how to reinterpret the old or explore the new, but at least he's kept his looks.
Ant (whose real name is Stuart Goddard) was adept at packaging and selling back in his early-'80s heyday as a leader of the British "New Romantic" movement. To make his mark, he appeared in Indian war paint or in pirate garb, playing the role of a randy dandy who sailed the naughty seas of sexual indulgence while serving up a catchy, highly commercial mixture of vaudeville and new-wave rock.
Ant wore basic black instead of paint and buccaneer duds on Tuesday at the Coach House, but his approach hadn't changed much. The set found the 38-year-old singer striking poses and fixing the full house with long, intense stares when not turning pirouettes or waving his arms with comical extravagance. His act quickly grew repetitious and predictable.
He received inconsistent support from his band, which included his longtime guitar sidekick and songwriting partner, Marco Pirroni. The best of four new songs, the ballad "Wonderful," found Ant playing a true romantic. But if this performance is the best he can muster, we don't really need another chapter from the erstwhile New Romantic.
Ant also plays today through Monday at the Henry Fonda Theatre, and March 5 at Iguanas in Tijuana.