Concerts I saw between '92-'96

[Hair I Go Again]

This thread was inspired by the hunt for my ticket stub for the W.A.S.P./Motorhead show I saw in '96. The list is surely incomplete, but these are the ticket stubs that have survived umpteen moves over the years. Headliner listed first where applicable.

1992
Skid Row/Soundgarden
Spinal Tap
Tesla/Firehouse
Kiss/Great White/Trixter
Ozzy/Alice In Chains

1993
Megadeth/Stone Temple Pilots
Living Colour/Candlebox
Jackyl/Brother Cane
Van Halen/Vince Neil
Poison/Damn Yankees/Firehouse
Dream Theater
Aerosmith/Jackyl
Damn Yankees/Jackyl
Def Lep/Ugly Kid Joe

1994
Scorpions/The Poor
Savatage
Corabi Crue/King's X/Type O Negative
ZZ Top/Jackyl
Skynyrd/Nugent

1995
Van Halen/Our Lady Peace
Nugent/BadCo
Brother Cane/Cheap Trick (yes, BC closed the show)
Megadeth/C.O.C.
Queensryche/Type O Negative
Pantera/Type O Negative
Skynyrd/Tesla
Slaughter
Ugly Kid Joe
Ace Frehley/Peter Criss
Warrant

1996
Kiss/Melvins
Slaughter
I Mother Earth
W.A.S.P./Motorhead
Body Count/Warrant/L.A. Guns
Anthrax/Life of Agony
King's X/Galactic Cowboys
Social Distortion/D Generation

[GoodJudge]

Living Colour/Candlebox - weird combo
Corabi Crue/King's X/Type O Negative - weirder combo
Kiss/Melvins - WTF?!
Body Count/Warrant/L.A. Guns - double WTF
KIng's X/Galactic Cowboys - jealous

[Bono Nettencourt]

Living Colour/Candlebox - weird combo
Corabi Crue/King's X/Type O Negative - weirder combo

That was Living Colour's Stain tour, which was appropriately named.

Never knew who opened for Crabby Crue, but most of those dates got canceled or downsized, so it wouldn't surprise me that they tacked on openers to keep the gigs viable.

[ijwthstd]

Living Colour/Candlebox - weird combo
Corabi Crue/King's X/Type O Negative - weirder combo

That was Living Colour's Stain tour, which was appropriately named.

Never knew who opened for Crabby Crue, but most of those dates got canceled or downsized, so it wouldn't surprise me that they tacked on openers to keep the gigs viable.

They were trying to get the Ramones and Butthole Surfers but that would have been a demotion for those 2 bands. On the west coast it was Gilby Clarke.

[Bono Nettencourt]

Living Colour/Candlebox - weird combo
Corabi Crue/King's X/Type O Negative - weirder combo

That was Living Colour's Stain tour, which was appropriately named.

Never knew who opened for Crabby Crue, but most of those dates got canceled or downsized, so it wouldn't surprise me that they tacked on openers to keep the gigs viable.

They were trying to get the Ramones and Butthole Surfers but that would have been a demotion for those 2 bands. On the west coast it was Gilby Clarke.

Yeah shit in '94 either of those bands would've easily been billed above the Crabfest.

[Mister Freeze]

I'd like to time travel back to 1994 and tell Nikki Sixx the most relevant thing Motley Crue will do in the next 30 years is tour with Poison and Def Leppard.

[Bono Nettencourt]

Nikki Sixx would probably like to time travel back to 92 and beg Vince to stay.

[Brainy Lane]

Nikki Sixx would probably like to time travel back to 92 and beg Vince to stay.

I honestly believe this would have changed everything.

[War_in_D]

What sort of touring did Slaughter do in support of The Wild Life? I know they lost a lot of momentum. All I recall is they were to open for Ozzy. Was that in arenas? Did they go ahead and just headline theatres or anything?

[ijwthstd]

What sort of touring did Slaughter do in support of The Wild Life? I know they lost a lot of momentum. All I recall is they were to open for Ozzy. Was that in arenas? Did they go ahead and just headline theatres or anything?

They did a leg opening for Damn Yankees (another demotion from previous tours) and a smattering of headline shows including McNichols Arena Denver 12/31/1992 but I think it sorta sputtered out after that.

[HueyRamone]

What sort of touring did Slaughter do in support of The Wild Life? I know they lost a lot of momentum. All I recall is they were to open for Ozzy. Was that in arenas? Did they go ahead and just headline theatres or anything?

They did a leg opening for Damn Yankees (another demotion from previous tours) and a smattering of headline shows including McNichols Arena Denver 12/31/1992 but I think it sorta sputtered out after that.

I never liked Slaughter, so I dont know what happened with them. Was their second album a dud? Did they break up after?

[crowes74]

The Ozzy show I seen with slaughter was in a summer shed. Ugly Kid Joe was the first band on that bill.

[Van Ailin']

Rush
Primus
Vinnie Moore
Allan Holdsworth
Steve Morse
Adrian Belew
The Bears
Michael Hedges
Bill Bruford's Earthworks
Steve Howe
Rick Wakeman
Smashing Pumpkins
Dokken
David Lee Roth
King Crimson
Kansas
Al Di Meola
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Sam Bush/John Cowan
Mark O'Connor
Bruce Hornsby
Yes
Steely Dan
Toad The Wet Sprocket
Kevin Gilbert
Eric Johnson
Emmylou Harris

[ijwthstd]

Jan 12 1992 Fear Factory/Harsh/Resistant Militia/Hardcore 918v/Wardance/Silent Scream Coconut Teaszer (cheap gig, real cheap food on the patio, Dr. Heathen Scum of the Mentors played bass in Harsh)

Jan 20 1992 Ugly Kid Joe/Fat Tuesday/Spoon/Louder Than This Club With No Name

Jan 21 1992 Primus Cathouse (secret show as "Sausage")

Jan 29 1992 L.A. Guns/Kik Tracee/Murder In Exile/Salty Dog/Rick Parker Electric Acid (some benefit, more of a consolation gig for missing the sold out Soundgarden show at the Palace)

Feb 26 1992 Snair/Motorpsycho (not the Swedish band)/Face To Face/Full Reign Engine/Laughing Boy Coconut Teaszer

March 5 1992 Excel/Corrosion Of Conformity/Blitzspeer Palace

March 6 1992 Public Enemy/247 Spyz Hollywood Palladium

March 9 1992 Cement/Blitzspeer/Peligro/Rommelz Goggelz Club With No Name
(Cement with Chuck Mosely original FNM singer - they sucked, Blitzspeer was good)

March 21 1992 Shake City/BB Chung King And The Screaming Buddah Heads Roxy

April 5 1992 The Organization/Fear Factory/Therapy(not the Irish band) Coconut Teaszer

April 17 1992 Mr Bungle/Melvins/Grotus Celebrity Theatre
(Melvins got booed, Mr Bungle put on an intentionally bad show)

April 19 1992 Mr Bungle/Grotus Ventura Theatre
(only about 50 people, Mr Bungle was much better)

April 25 1992 KISS/Shooting Gallery Troubadour

April 26 1992 KISS/Shooting Gallery Troubadour
(loudest shows ever, Shooting Gallery was with Andy McCoy of Hanoi Rocks)

May 26 1992 Corrosion Of Confirmity UCLA (free Daytime Rock The Vote concert)

May 26 1992 White Zombie Cathouse (only $8, they did most of the album and Helter Skelter/God Of Thunder/Mandatory Suicide)

May 28 1992 The Fluid UCLA

June 29 1992 White Zombie/Body Count/Exodus/Pantera (with Rob Halford) Palace *** some other band possibly opened, gotta find that info

Aug 3 1992 Rage Against The Machine/Haunted Garage/Dead Of Winter Club With No Name

Aug 4 1992 Shotgun Messiah/T-Ride Roxy
(Kevin who was working for Hollywood Records at the time got me into this, I really wanted to go see Helmet down the street at the Whisky but didn't have any money)

Sep 1992 El Vez free show in Hollywood, went with my cousin, also attempted to go to a Snair show that was advertised as all ages but was 21&over)

Sep 27 1992 Red Hot Chili Peppers/L7 & Joan Jett/Mudhoney/The Fluid/Courtney Love/Hammerbox Palladium (one of the best shows ever, lost about 7 lbs in the pit)

Sep 28 1992 Rage Against The Machine Club With No Name (this is the show where the Killing In The Name video was filmed where Zakk gets in a confrontation with the bouncer, no idea what was going on) $8

Sep 30 1992 Life Sex & Death/Electric Love Hogs/Copperhead Troubadour
(Stanley of LSD shook my hand and gave me a lighter before going onstage)

Oct 3 1992 Guns N Roses/Metallica/Motorhead Rose Bowl (postponed from Aug 22, Faith No More was original opener, Slash played with Motorhead on "You Better Run." Guns N Roses went from great to awful in less than a year)

Oct 13 1992 Motorhead Cathouse (met Joey Ramone!)

Oct 15 1992 Ramones/House Of Pain/Overwhelming Colorfast Palladium
(House Of Pain wasn't well recieved. Ramones were great. 40 mins of this show was later broadcast on KROQ)

Oct 30 1992 U2/Public Enemy/Sugarcubes Dodger Stadium

Nov 14-15 1992 Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath (with Halford!)/Sepultura Pacific Amph and original Black Sabbath reunion on Nov 15
(Halford singing for Sabbath is ne of my favorite moments. Originally billed as Ozzy's farewell shows. He should have stayed retired)


Dec 14 1992 Rage Against The Machine/LavaDiva Whisky A Go Go (stagedived about 15 times)

Dec 19 1992 KISS/Trixter Orange Pavilion
(This tour got downsized and a lot of their stage props wouldn't fit inside)

Jan 21 1993 White Zombie/T-Ride Palace
(Another free show courtesy of Kevin of Hollywood Records)

Jan 22 1993 Faith No More/Babes In Toyland/Kyuss Palladium
(Place was too packed to get a decent pit going)

Jan 23 1993 Screaming Trees/Rage Against The Machine/7 Year Bitch/Concrete Blonde/Eddie Vedder/Holy Water/Mary's Danish Hollywood Palladium (RATM first album had been out almost 3 months, at this show it was pretty obvious they were going to be huge)

March 4 1993 Melvins Whisky A Go Go

March 26 1993 Faster Pussycat/Blackboard Jungle Palace

April 10 1993 L7/Love Battery/7 Year Bitch Fairfax High
(Lost my shoes)

April 17 1993 Rage Against The Machine/Wool Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

April 20 1993 Grotus/Skrew /Delirium Logic/Penal Colony Whisky A Go Go
(Still one of my all time favorite shows, touring one of my all time favorite albums "Slow Motion Apocalypse")

April 30 1993 Stone Temple Pilots/White Zombie/Bad Religion/King Missile/Bikini Kill/Free Kitten Hollywood Palladium

May 5 1993 Helmet/Therapy?/Jesus Lizard Troubadour
(Therapy? was absolutely amazing)

May 15 1993 Anthrax Troubadour (best Anthrax show ever, 2nd show with John Bush)

June 6 1993 Porno For Pyros/Flaming Lips CSUDH Olympic Velodrome
(postponed from June 5, injured myself crows surfing)

July 18 1993 VIDEO ASYLUM Anniversary Party @ Raji's a few songs each by ULTRAVIOLET EYE, RED SAND HAND, LAUGHING US, ROMMELZ GOGGELZ, GODS GIFT TO GOD, SNAIR, GROOVY REDNECKS, TWISTER NAKED)

July 22 1993 Living Colour/Weapon Of Choice Whisky A Go Go

July 31 1993 Aerosmith/Jackyl Pacific Amph
Aug 1 1993 Aerosmith/Jackyl San Diego Sports Arena
Aug 4 1993 Aerosmith/Jackyl Great Western Forum
(Megadeth was original opener but kicked off the tour which was a disappointment, San Diego was my first ever out of town gig, hung out outside the arena all night where they were filming til 4am for Wayne's World 2, got all their autographs)

Aug 6/7 1993 Lollapalooza (Primus/Alice In Chains/Fishbone/Sebadoh/Dinosaur Jr/Front 242/Tool/Rage Against The Machine) Santa Fe Dam

Sep 3 1993 Mentors/Insect On Acid/Anus The Menace/Why Things Burn HBS
(got caught taping, El Duce said to give my tape back)

Sep 9-10-11 1993 Foundations Forum Convention Burbank Hilton 9th: Tad, Eleven, My Sister's Machine, Quicksand, Greta
10th The Big F, Joey Vera, Scorpions, Crowbar, Souls At Zero, Stick, Stripmind

11th: I Mother Earth, White Trash, KISS, Accept, Mindbomb, Mushroom Trail, Battery Club

(all 3 nights for only $50! Many more bands than listed, other events like Scorpions press conference and various artists panels)

Sep 26 1993 Mudhoney/Meat Puppets/Ethyl Meatplow/Thelonious Monster/Clawhammer Palace

Oct 1 1993 The Humpers/Borax/Comatones Coconut Teaszer

(first ever Humpers show, bought Positively Sick On 4th Street a few weeks prior after hearing on KXLU)

Oct 8 1993 The Humpers HBS

Oct 1993 Pop Defect HBS

Oct 14 1993 Rage Against The Machine/X/Manhole/Mecolodiacs/Greta/Azlan Underground/Firehose Hollywood Palladium

Oct 20 1993 Jesus Lizard/Girls Against Boys/Brainiac Whisky A Go Go
(another one of my all time favorite shows, David Yow spent most of his time on the crowd with a roadie holding on the mic cord so no one got strangled)

Oct 24 1993 Redd Kross/Tripping Daisy/Atomic 61/BEst Kissers In The World UCLA (daytime, only a few bucks, lots of free stuff, free JOLT cola!)

Oct 24 1993 Hazel/Butt Trumpet (pre Betty Blowtorch)/Dirt Clod Fight HBS

Oct 31 1993 Duchess De Sade/Kill Whitey HBS

(Nov 7 or 8 - Duran Duran/Dramarama/Cranberries - cancelled!)

Nov 7-8 1993 Lemonheads/Hole/Walt Mink Palace

Nov 21 1993 Front 242/Ethyl Meatplow/Stabbing Westward Palace
(Ethyl Meatplow broke up not long after)

Nov 23-24 1993 Primus/Melvins/MIRV Palladium
(on Nov 23 Gene Simmons joined Melvins for "Goin' Blind")

Dec 8 1993 Melvins HBS
(great venue, closed after Earthquake)

Dec 9 1993 Fight/Mindbomb Palace

Dec 31 1993 Cheap Trick/Dramarama Ventura Theatre (early show/late show)
(another one of my all time favorite concert experiences. Cheap Trick totally changed the set around for each show so I got loads of favorites. Got a bunch of stuff signed after. Clem Burke of Blondie played drums for Dramarama)


Jan 3 1994 Cheap Trick/Cisco Poison Coach House

(around this time - Hole Miss World video shoot, lots more stagediving)

March 10 1994 Ramones/Frank Black Palladium

March 12 1994 Ramones/Frank Black UCI Crawford Hall

March 18 1994 The Humpers/The Living End/Face To Face Coconut Teaszer

April 1 & 2 1994 Breeders/Jon Spencer Blues Explosion/Th Faith Healers Palace (more all time favorite gigs, went with cousin Shorty who was visiting)

April 17 1994 Pink Floyd Rose Bowl

April 26 1994 Nine Inch Nails/Type O Negative Palace
(met David one of the coolest people ever to exist, only to lose his number)

May 13 1994 Gwar/The Dickies/Ex Cops Hollywood Palladium

May 15 1994 Anthrax/Fight Hollywood Palladium (Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley joined Anthrax for "She," got pictures with them afterward)

July 16 1994 Cheap Trick House Of Blues

July 17 1994 Soundgarden Grand Olympic

July 29 1994 Melvins Troubadour

Aug 10 1994 Cheap Trick Irvine Meadows

Sep 4/5 1994 Lollapalooza (Smashing Pumpkins/Beastie Boys/Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds/Breeders/L7/Cypress Hill 2nd stage Sep 4/Breeders 2nd stage Sep 5/George Clinton/Maggie Estep/2 mins of Green Day) another one of my all time favorite shows, last Breeders shows with Josephine

Oct 3/6/7 1994 Nine Inch Nails/Jim Rose Circus Sideshow/Marilyn Manson Universal Amphitheatre
(NIN had the projection setup with an ultra thin curtain in front of the stage where you could see the band behind the projections dependin on the lighting. Absolutely amazing show, only planned to go to one but also went to night 3 which was the best and night 4)

Oct 10 1994 Aerosmith/Collective Soul Lawlor Events Center, Reno

Oct 12 1994 Aerosmith/Collective Soul Thomas & Mack Arena, Las Vegas

(went with my cousin, met 1 Aerosmith fan Becky at these shows, lost touch a few years later, went with my cousin to both shows, first time flying to gigs, the whole trip was a lot of fun, 8,000 people in Reno make a much better crowd than 27,000 in Devore a few days later)

Oct 15 1994 Aerosmith/Collective Soul Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion Devore,CA

Oct 19/21 1994 Rolling Stones/Red Hot Chili Peppers/Buddy Guy Rose Bowl
(went with my mom Oct 19 and alone Oct 21. Amazing cobra head stage set. This was before I could just look up the setlist on the internet and it totally blew my mind when they pulled out my all time favorite song "Rocks Off." I think it was that moment that conditioned me into going to as many Stones shows as possible just to see what rare stuff they would pull out. On Oct 21 the hand of fate drew me and David together in a section near the stage which we both snuck into)

Oct 26 1994 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion/Clawhammer Palace

Nov (??) 1994 The Humpers/Guitar Wolf somewhere down an alley in Pasadena . Guitar Wolf was amazing, never had a chance to see them again.

Nov 11 1994 Hole/Veruca Salt Palladium

Nov 13 1994 Pretenders/Material Issue Palladium
(went with my mom, a major Pretenders fan. It was sold out but I put my talents to work and got us 2 tix under face value outside. Chrissie Hynde was totally annoyed with the crowd all night. Joe Strummer and Brian Setzer joined them for "Brand New Cadillac")

Nov 26 1994 Ace Frehley House Of Blues

Dec 3 1994 Luscious Jackson American Legion Hall (found something that said Ben Harper opened, no recollection)

Dec 8 1994 Jesus Lizard/Kepone Palace

Dec 11 1994 Mudhoney Troubadour

Dec 15/16 1994 L7/Woodpussy Whisky A Go GO

Dec 19 1994 Babes In Toyland/Circle Jerks/X/7 Year Bitch/Ringling Sisters/ Possum Dixon/Jim Carroll/Dave Alvin

Dec 26 1994 Cheap Trick/The Muffs Coach House

Dec 27 1994 Cheap Trick Ventura Theatre (Muffs were supposed to open, got kicked off by venue management due to controversial gig prior night, both places run by same people)

Dec 29 1994 Cheap Trick/Van Gogh's Daughter House Of Blues (helped VGD carry amps in)

Jan 30 1995 Motley Crue/Billy Idol Club Shelter Billy Idol's band was Steve Stevens, Duff McKagen and Matt Sorum

This was a few months after the ill-fated tour with John Corabi ended and was to be the last show with him.

I look in the LA Weekly the Thursday it came out and almost missed the
small ad - Club Shelter in Pasadena, Motley Crue and friends, some sort of benefit for a roadie who ran over his own kid. Doors at 7:00.

Even though I really liked this incarnation and wanted to see the band, I really wasn't feeling it (I didn't go to many around this time). I was in no hurry to get there and figure if I am too late I could hit some of the local record stores. Get there at 8:30. No line, club is still dead empty.

At one point I realize it's Nikki Sixx on the balcony in front of me. He is walking around the club and no one is swooping down on him. A few unremarkable bands of various genres (I think I remember a soul/gospel ish act playing) play. Then a surprise appearance by Billy Idol with Steve Stevens, Matt Sorum and an emaciated and unrecognizeable Duff
McKagan. They do Communication Breakdown, Shakin' All Over, Paranoid and Rebel Yell.

I just have to laugh to myself and think if this gig was 5 years earlier it could have been held down the street at the Rose Bowl.

Motley Crue finally takes the stage. The club is no longer empty but I have plenty of elbow room. They play Shout At The Devil and Hammered,
unfortunately the only MC '94 song of the night. Then they bring out
special guest Dannyboy of House Of Pain to join them for Livewire. He sings backups and at the end of the song stagedives. Which you can't really do on a thirty something burnout crowd late on Monday night. He
immedietly gets dropped and disappears from view before ending up on stage and storming off.

Then they do Home Sweet Home without the piano. The dude from House Of Pain comes back out onstage toward the end and heads right toward John Corabi. John is holding him back with his hand on his chest and
looking at him intently as he hums out the last part of the song then surrenders the mic. Dannyboy starts cursing out the crowd because when he stagedived his wallet got stolen.

The last song of the short 30 min set is Primal Scream. They walk offstage through the crowd and right after Tommy leaps off (the last of the 4 to do so) he appears to get in some sort of angry confrontation
with someone in the crowd before his own security intervenes and drags him off.

I still remember this night vividly and it's still my favorite Motley Crue show.


Feb 4 1995 The Humpers Hells Gate

Feb 13 1995 Belly Virgin Megastore

Feb 20 1995 The Cult/Mother Tongue Hollywood Palladium

March 7 1995 Adam Ant Virgin Megastore

March 12 1995 Lifebeat Benefit with Anthrax/Helmet some other bands, Halford did 2 songs with Anthrax and House Of Pain joined Helmet

March 24 1995 7 Year Bitch/Grotus/Season To Risk Las Palmas Theatre

April 1 1995 The Humpers/The Lazy Cowgirls/Satan's Cheerleaders Hell's Gate

April 15 1995 Mad Professor House Of Blues (early show - mainly just wanted to get out of the house, Mom & stepdad were throwing party, didn't want to be there)

April 15 1995 The Humpers/Tommyknockers Bob's Frolic III
(first Humpers show after getting signed to Epitaph)

April 16 1995 Portishead American Legion Hall

April 26 1995 Imperial Teen Luna Park (attempted last minute Beastie Boys show at the Palace, couldn't get a ticket, went to Luna Park instead, glad I did, was originally advertised as Star 69 but the name was already taken, first show as Imperial Teen, held in basement room)


April 27 1995 Faith No More/Steel Pole Bathtub/Phunk Junkeez Palladium
(killer show, much longer than their average set)

April 29 1995 Belly Palladium

May 4 1995 The Muffs Tower Records

May 6 1995 The Humpers/Exploding Fuck Dolls Hell's Gate

May 13 1995 The Humpers Coconut Teaszer

May 16 1995 Luscious Jackson/Lunachicks Palace

May 17-18 1995 PJ Harvey/Tricky Mayan Theatre

May 19 1995 Mike Watt/Foo Fighters/Hovercraft Palace (Eddie Vedder was in Watt's band so Watt was playing bigger venues than usual. He also played drums for Hovercraft. This show was totally sold out but I still scored a ticket. Can't believe how big the Foo Fighters got, they were totally unremarkable)

June 5 1995 Catherine Wheel Tower Records

June 15 1995 The Orb American Legion Hall

June 17 1995 KROQ Weenie Roast (Ramones/Hole/Rage Against The Machine/White Zombie/Rancid/Sublime/Bush/Elastica/Throwing Muses/Matthew Sweet/Soul Asylum, others)

June 19 1995 Moby American Legion Hall

June 23-24 1995 Foreigner/Cheap Trick/Loverboy Universal Amph

June 29 1995 Mudhoney/Clawhammer/Zeros Palace

July 1 1995 Melvins Dragonfly

July 1995 Geraldine Fibbers Las Palmas Theatre

July 16 1995 Grotus Whisky A Go Go

Aug 3 1995 Supersuckers Tower Records (double check date)

Aug 7 1995 NY Loose/The Bogmen Troubadour
(first NY Loose show, was immedietly hooked)

Aug 11 1995 NY Loose Hell's Gate

Aug 21 1995 NY Loose Whisky A Go Go

(Gary Sunshine formerly of Circus Of Power was in NY Loose at the time)

Aug 29 1995 Ramones/NY Loose/Gren Hollywood Palladium
Aug 30 1995 Ramones/Gren Tejon Theatre Bakersfield
(a movie theatre with the first several rows of chairs ripped out)



Sep 6 1995 Wayne Kramer/Clawhammer Dragonfly
(The Humpers were supposed to play, Jimmy was sick)

Sep 8 1995 The Humpers/Blag Dahlia/The Crowd Coconut Teaszer

Sep 28 1995 Babes In Toyland Hollywood Parking Lot (free show)

Oct 2 1995 PJ Harvey/Ben Harper Wiltern

Oct 13 1995 The Humpers/Clowns For Progress/Throw Rag Coconut Teaszer
(first Throw Rag show, was drinking in the other room opposite the building, literally felt their presence the moment they hit the stage and ran into the show room to catch most of the set)

Oct 14 1995 Lucid Nation/Tummyache at Cobalt Cafe

Oct 19 1995 David Bowie/Nine Inch Nails/Prick Thomas & Mack Arena, Las Vegas
(first, and still the best David Bowie show I have ever seen. Love the Outside album and was totally blown away by all the awesome obscure album tracks that filled out the rest of the set)


Oct 28 Cheap Trick/The Tubes/Plimsouls Woodley Park (Daytime)
(Clem Burke played drums for the Plimsouls)


Oct 28-29 1995 David Bowie/Nine Inch Nails/Prick Forum

Oct 31 1995 David Bowie/Keanu Reeves Hollywood Palladium
(last minute show without NIN)

Nov 9 1995 Bikini Kill/FYP/Dos/Lucid Nation/Emily Sassylime Jamay Terrazza (Montebello)

(Nov 10 1995 Sonic Youth/The Amps/Bikini Kill at Palladium - listened to the Amps soundcheck from outside, decided to skip show)

Nov 10 1995 The Humpers Hell's Gate

Nov 11 1995 Sonic Youth/The Amps/Mike Watt Wiltern
(got a bunch of stuff signed by Kim Deal)

Nov or Dec Lucid Nation at Peace And Justice Center

Dec 9 1995 Mr Bungle/Melt Banana Palace

Dec 14 1995 Motorhead/Metallica Whisky A Go Go

(Lemmy's 50th Birthday show/Motorhead 20th Anniversary, Metallica surprise appearance as The Lemmies doing all Motorhead covers)

Jan 11 1996 Grotus Dragonfly
(last time I ever saw Grotus, Lars kept dropping his drum set and I would pick it up and hand it to him. After the show he gave it to me. Also signed my CD "Get Out Of California" which I hope to do someday)

Jan 13 1996 The Humpers Record Release Party Long Beach
(2 sets, first set complete "Live Forever Or Die Trying" minus "You Drive Me Bats," 2nd set older songs)

Feb 23 1996 Geraldine Fibbers Troubadour
(I almost passed out from all the cigarette smoke in the air. I am glad that's no longer allowed inside)

March 26 1996 The Humpers/Clowns For Progress/Sluts For Hire Dragonfly

March 30 1996 The Muffs/The Humpers Foothill

April 2 1996 The Muffs/Bobsled Dragonfly

April 17 1996 The Humpers Hollywood Palladium (opening for Rancid & Reverend Horton Heat but I left immedietly for:)

April 17 1996 Lush/Mojave 3/Scheer Whisky A Go Go

April 24 1996 The Amps (Kelley Deal on 5 songs)/Imperial Teen Troubadour

May 4 1996 The Humpers (with original guitarist Jeff Fieldhouse on encore)/ The Adz Coconut Teaszer

May 17 1996 Lush/Mojave 3/Scheer Palace

May 24 1996 Lucid Nation at Jabberjaw

June 5 1996 The Humpers/Bottom Feeders/LaDonnas Faultline

June 8 1996 The Humpers/Bottom Feeders Viper Room
(Legendary drunken train wreck show. Ken All Nite Rocker crawled out his wheelchair and tackled guitarist Mark Lee who fell over into the amps. Security saw it and ran toward the stage and right into his wheelchair. He just put the wheelchair to the side and Ken enjoyed the rest of the show onstage sitting up against the amps)

June 15 1996 KROQ Weenie Roast (KISS/Lush/Garbage/311/Red Hot Chili Peppers and more that I don't even remember, KISS's first reunion show with a few pyro accidents)

June 19 1996 Scorpions/Alice Cooper/some other band Universal Amph
(It was totally sold out when I got there. Someone who worked at the movie theatre brought me into the projection room and sold me a pit wristband for $20. Slash joined Alice for "Only Women Bleed" and "Lost In America.")

June 20 1996 Alice Cooper/NY Loose Ventura Theatre
(Had no idea NY Loose was going to be there until I ran into them outside. Gary was replaced by Mark Diamond. Made the trip totally worth it. Still my favorite Alice show too, much longer set than the night before with a lot of rarities thrown in like "Clones" and "Teenage Lament.")


June 21 1996 Porno For Pyro/Cornershop American Legion Hall (Mike Watt bass)

July 1 1996 Melvins Opium Den

July 2 1996 Melvins Jabberjaw (3 sets almost 2 hours total)

July 5 1996 Melvins/Acid King Alligator Lounge

July 18 1996 Kelley Deal 6000/Cakelike Whisky A Go Go

July 20 1996 The Adz/Electric Frankenstein Coconut Teaszer

Aug 2 1996 The Humpers Whisky A Go Go

Aug 3-4 1996 Lollapalooza (Ramones/Jonny Polonsky/Devo/Rancid/Soundgarden/Metallica) Irvine Meadows, you can see me in the official Devo release when I get to yell "we are DEVO" into the microphone

Aug 5 1996 Therapy? Troubadour (last LA show, Andy hung out with the fans for a long time, got a bunch of stuff signed, PLEASE COME BACK, met and hung out with Dan Clements from Excel before the show when he saw my Devo T shirt, got a Goldenvoice rep to give him free tickets, told some good Devo stories and later on sent me some Excel stuff)

Aug 6 1996 Ramones Adios Amigos Palace (last show, actually last 3 shows including Lollapalooza)

Aug 10 1996 The Cure Forum

Aug 19 1996 Wayne Kramer/The Humpers Viper Room (me and Ken All Night Rocker met Johnny Ramone)

Aug 23 KISS Forum
Aug 24 The Humpers Roxy (aborted after 2 songs)
Aug 25 KISS Forum
(both KISS shows for a total of $10, I still wasn't used to $85 arena shows but did pretty well in the parking lot)

Sep 4 1996 Cheap Trick House Of Blues (they finally ditched the keyboard player and had a killer setlist of rarely played songs from first few albums, one of my top 5 favorite CT shows)

Sep 11 1996 Neil Young & Crazy Horse/Patti Smith/Gin Blossoms Forum
(won tix from LA Weekly, went with Ali)

Oct 3 1996 Melvins Hollywood Moguls (3 sets, 110 mins)

Oct 11 1996 The Humpers Al's Bar

Oct 26 1996 The Humpers Troubadour (opening for somebody but I bailed)

Nov 1 1996 The Humpers/Candy Snatchers/Throw Rag The Clipper
Nov 2 1996 The Humpers/Candy Snatchers Al's Bar
Nov 3 1996 The Humpers/Candy Snatchers Casbah (San Diego)
Nov 5 1996 The Humpers/Candy Snatchers Martini Lounge
^^^^ some of the best shows ever, Candy Snatchers totally ruled, Throw Rag released "She Devil Woman" from the Clipper on a split 45 single with the Starvations as well some stage banter on their debut CD "Tee Tot." Sean puked buckets off the stage in what is still the greatest display of showmanship I have ever seen)

Nov 15 1996 Dickies/Humpers/Throw Rag/Trick Babys Moguls

Dec 8 1996 NY Loose/Lyme Troubadour
(Lyme later became known as Other Star People, with Jennifer Finch formerly of L7, last NY Loose show in L.A. before breaking up. Food drive show)

Dec 21 1996 The Muffs/Penny Dreadfuls/That Dog/3 Hole Punch/Seven Soft/Touch Candy/Extra Fancy/Perfect/Bluebird/ Spaceland, "Rock For Choice" benefit, from mid afternoon until late at night.

[Ryan81]

Jesus! I am very envious of a few of you.

[Nate S Axel]

Jesus! I am very envious of a few of you.

How much did you spend on drugs between '92-'96?

[LAglamrocker]

91-96 cause I want
Eating big bowl Rocky Road ice cream with strawberry syrup
Got Lillian Axe ..Poetic Justice on..going have to think now(never fun)
Poison- Slaughter Bulletboys
Tesla/Firehouse
Metallica 3xs
Van Halen 3x
Def Leppard
Scorpions Alice Cooper
GNR Skidrow
Dwight Yoacam
^ big boy arena

Danzig White Zombie
Pantera Type O Negative
White Zombie
Pantera
Type O Negative
Slayer
Skidrow
Babylon AD Roxy Blue Wildside
Soundgarden Swerve Driver Monster Magnet
Damn Yankees Jackyl
Steve Perry 2x
Firehouse
Great White
Chicago
Foreigner
Huey Lewis
Cinderella
Anthrax Fight
Bad Religion
Beach Boys

^Smaller 1500-3000 venues

LA Guns
Shotgun Messia 3x
Lillian Axe
Love Hate 2x
Warrant
Bulletboys 2x
Arcade
Vince Neil
Pride and Glory 3x
Dirty Looks
Quiet Riot 2x
Tuff
Wildside
White Zombie
Bang Tango
Pauly Shore
Green Jello Testament
Great White
Brother Cane
Battery Club

^ 350 seat venue..next to Spaghetti Factory..my Cathouse it was f*cking rad


Maybe need more ice cream
Got more.. Cookies N Cream using Twinkies as spoons
Got McQueen Street on
Scorpios
Ozzy
Kiss Ted Skidrow
Easy to forget Bakersfield shows

Brain freeze over
Fasterpussy Cat and Spaghetti Factory

[pieceofme]

I was expecting a bigger list from ijwthstd. I guess this was the infancy of his concert going days

[Bono Nettencourt]

I was expecting a bigger list from ijwthstd. I guess this was the infancy of his concert going days

Ha.

That Trick tour from 96 was indeed great, I saw them for free at a riverfront club in DE that doesn't exist anymore.

[Hellsinkey]

Jesus! I am very envious of a few of you.

Especially ijwthstd, what a great list. It would be impossible to see such here.

[ijwthstd]

I was expecting a bigger list from ijwthstd. I guess this was the infancy of his concert going days

18 to 22 and very poor.

[SterileEyes1]

ijwthstd true to form comes in and annihilates the competition.


1994

James Taylor, Irvine Meadows

1995

Green Day, Pond in Anaheim

1996

Alanis, Irvine Meadows
STP, Irvine Meadows


That’s age 10-12, was slowly revving up the concert attendance engine at the time.

[EzyRider]

FACT: ijwthstd saw the Melvins 12 times in these 4 years.

[MetalSludgeCEO]

91-96 cause I want
Eating big bowl Rocky Road ice cream with strawberry syrup
Got Lillian Axe ..Poetic Justice on..going have to think now(never fun)
Poison- Slaughter Bulletboys
Tesla/Firehouse
Metallica 3xs
Van Halen 3x
Def Leppard
Scorpions Alice Cooper
GNR Skidrow
Dwight Yoacam
^ big boy arena

Danzig White Zombie
Pantera Type O Negative
White Zombie
Pantera
Type O Negative
Slayer
Skidrow
Babylon AD Roxy Blue Wildside
Soundgarden Swerve Driver Monster Magnet
Damn Yankees Jackyl
Steve Perry 2x
Firehouse
Great White
Chicago
Foreigner
Huey Lewis
Cinderella
Anthrax Fight
Bad Religion
Beach Boys

^Smaller 1500-3000 venues

LA Guns
Shotgun Messia 3x
Lillian Axe
Love Hate 2x
Warrant
Bulletboys 2x
Arcade
Vince Neil
Pride and Glory 3x
Dirty Looks
Quiet Riot 2x
Tuff
Wildside
White Zombie
Bang Tango
Pauly Shore
Green Jello Testament
Great White
Brother Cane
Battery Club

^ 350 seat venue..next to Spaghetti Factory..my Cathouse it was f*cking rad


Maybe need more ice cream
Got more.. Cookies N Cream using Twinkies as spoons
Got McQueen Street on
Scorpios
Ozzy
Kiss Ted Skidrow
Easy to forget Bakersfield shows

Brain freeze over
Fasterpussy Cat and Spaghetti Factory

""""""""""""""Tuff""""""""""""""

Excellent choice!

Thank you sir for your support!

$tEvil

[Hellsinkey]

I was expecting a bigger list from ijwthstd. I guess this was the infancy of his concert going days

18 to 22 and very poor.

Come on, if you were poor, you wouldn't have the money or time to go to as many shows.

[steviedoes]

Warrant/Lynch Mob November 4, 1992
Kiss/Great White/Trixter November 25, 1992
Poison/Lynyrd Skynyrd/ Damn Yankees/Firehouse May 31, 1993
Poison/Damn Yankees/Firehouse June 2, 1993
Warrant June 17, 1995
Goo Goo Dolls/Universal Honey December 12, 1995
Warrant December 30, 1995
Enuff Z'nuff January 12, 1996
Enuff Z'nuff May 11, 1996
Def Leppard/Tripping Daisy July 2, 1996
Cheap Trick July 19, 1996
Goo Goo Dolls/The Gufs/ Howlin Maggie August 15, 1996
Skold November 7, 1996
Warrant November 25, 1996
Warrant/Bang Tango November 30, 1996

[jhenders]

Wildside/Roxy Blue/Babylon AD
XYZ
Graveyard Train
Great White 3x
Quiet Riot 3x
Lillian Axe 2x
Winger
Cherry Street
Tuff 4x
Accept
Strip Mind
Slaughter 2x
Ace Frehley
Loverboy 2x
Night Ranger 2x
Vince Neil 2x
Love/Hate
Dokken
Tyketto
Trixter
Cinderella
Warrant
KiSS

[inextrem]

I'd like to time travel back to 1994 and tell Nikki Sixx the most relevant thing Motley Crue will do in the next 30 years is tour with Poison and Def Leppard.

Love this

[pieceofme]

I'd like to time travel back to 1994 and tell Nikki Sixx the most relevant thing Motley Crue will do in the next 30 years is tour with Poison and Def Leppard.