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!