1992 – Alison Moyet – Variety Arts Theatre

Cathy and I both love Alison Moyet.  She has such a wonderful voice.  Of course most know her from Yazzoo with Vince Clarke.  She puts on an old fashioned show.  A singer, on a stage, singing.  No fancy lights or dance numbers.  Back in our favourite new venue, The Variety Arts Theatre.  I do hate that we didn't see the show there the next night, Nine Inch Nails!  It was already sold out by the time we heard about it.

1992 – Nitzer Ebb – Variety Arts Theatre

Cathy and I were on a concert streak!  We had a new venue, The Variety Arts Theatre in Downtown L.A.  They had opened for Depeche Mode and were so much fun.  Pure energy and I always was a sucker for the psuedo industrial (i say that cause purests will laugh if i put this band in with "real" industrial bands like, cabaret voltaire or kraftwerk)  music!

1992 – Siouxsie & The Banshees – Universal Amphitheatre

This was the time for Siouxsie.  The band was touring like crazy.  Cathy and I saw them a number of times during this period.  They had a song on the Tim Burton Batman Returns soundtrack and released the Once Upon a Time singles cd and the Twice Upon A Time box set.  

A review from the L.A. Times;
Flexed-Up, Sexed-Up Siouxsie Sioux Wisely Loses the Lost-Girl Image
February 03, 1992
STEVE HOCHMAN

Siouxsie Sioux had a surprise for some of her young Siouxsettes at the Universal Amphitheatre on Saturday, the first of two nights there for her and her Banshees. Many of the worshipful young women were dressed the way they must have expected their idol to be: the Louise Brooks-like tragic heroine she's been for much of her lengthy and influential run as a gloom-pop icon. What they got was an aerobicized sex-tease: Sioux, with '40s-ish, piled-up hair topping a very revealing body suit, looked like Sean Young in "Blade Runner" and moved like a Jazzercise instructor. And she didn't mope one bit. It's not quite a reinvention of Madonna-esque proportions, but the message was clear: Limberly flaunting sexuality and fitness the way she used to flaunt misery and confusion, Sioux wants once and for all to lose the lost-girl image in favor of that of a strong, confident woman. Though she strayed perilously close to Sheena Easton territory at times, it's a positive move, showing her still-young, still-confused fans (like Deadheads, there seems to be a constant supply of fresh Siouxsettes) that there can be a bright future. Musically, too, Sioux and crew (who also play San Diego's Golden Hall on Tuesday) have pretty much abandoned the veiled gloom of old for sunnier techno-pop, which is fine, since plenty of others have carried on the old tortured torch. The newer sound isn't as distinctive or hypnotic as the old, but it beats artistically running in place--even as it made an appropriate soundtrack for Sioux's physically running in place.

Setlist;
1. Tattoo
2. Poppy Day
3. Cry
4. Paradise Place
5. Spiral Twist
6. Shadowtime
7. Got to Get Up
8. Drifter
9. Softly
10. Obsession
11. Kiss Them for Me
12. Peek-A-Boo
13. Cities in Dust
14. Fear (of the Unknown)
15. Dear Prudence (The Beatles cover)
16. Silly Thing
17. This Wheel's On Fire (Bob Dylan cover)

This was a great show.  Very entertaining.  I like watching her perform and her working that stage!   
I think it was at this time that they did an in-store signing.  I can't find any references to it online and so don't remember the exact date.  I had the booklet for my favourite Siouxsie cd signed. 

Those of you that have this cd know that the last picture on the final page is of Robert Smith.

I swore then that one day I would have that page signed by Robert.  

And so....  Some 8+ years later....

 

Mission accomplished!

 

1991 – KROQ Acoustic Xmas – Universal Amphitheatre

I got Rodney’s autograph! He was the first DJ I knew at KROQ. I got lots of my new music over the years from him. Thank you Rodney! This show was epic. We probably bring this one up the most. Went with Cathy and Bianca.   

Line Up-


Siouxsie & the Banshees, Ian McCulloch, The Wonder Stuff, The Smithereens, School of Fish, This Picture, Alison Moyet.


Went because of Alison Moyet and Siouxsie. They are both fantastic live. Alison Moyet has a beautiful voice. I really remember Siouxsie and Budgie on stage. She did a Disney song.

1991 – Blur – Roxy Theatre

Went with Christine to this one!  We saw some celebrities too and I can’t remember who!  This was a show with a lot of media cause they were a new-ish band trying to break in America so there was lots of buzz going on. 

1991 – Morrissey – Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

This was a fan show.  There was a Morrissey concert a few days before this one at UCLA where a bunch of people were hurt because Morrissey invited fans to come to the front of the stage.  The show was shut down due to the injuries.  Because Morrissey felt bad, this show was arranged.  Cathy and Bianca and I braved the rabid Morrissey fans and went to this one!  Flyers were handed out while we were in line asking everyone to be safe and behave and sorry about the cancellation at UCLA.   More people were hurt at this show.  People want to be near him, throwing flowers at him. 
Setlist:

1. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
2. The Loop
3. King Leer
4. Sister I'm A Poet
5. Pashernate Love
6. Piccadilly Palare
7. Trash (New York Dolls cover)
8. My Love Life
9. November Spawned A Monster
10. Alsatian Cousin
11. Everyday Is Like Sunday
12. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
13. Asian Rut
14. Driving Your Girlfriend Home
15. Suedehead
16. Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together
17. Encore:
18. That's Entertainment (The Jam cover)
19. Encore 2:
20. Disappointed

A great show in a small venue.  I can only think that this is what it must have been like in those classic shows you see photos from or recordings of from England.   KROQ did release a cassette of three songs that Morrissey played on air with them as a kind of treat for the fans who were hurt or didn't get to see him.

1991 – Big Audio Dynamite – Hollywood Palladium

This was Bianca’s favourite band of the moment.  This show was a birthday present to her.  We went with Cathy.  This was one of the loudest shows I have ever been too.  Probably could have been child abuse taking Bianca there.  Good show.  The Farm was the opening band.