top 5 shows you have seen at 930

Im suprised how many people here attended the Afghan Whigs set in September 1999. To this day, I think that was one of the most amazing shows I have ever been to! The Whigs need to get back together. Though Twilight is great, and playing a whigs cover encore is sweet, nothing beats the slide guitar the whigs had…

so yeah…

1) Afghan Whigs Sept 99
2) Lemonheads & Ben Lee 2/97
3) Versus (opening for yo la tengo) 99?
4) Hum '98 (my friend got his nose broken there)
5) Ben Kweller Summer 2002
6) Smashing Pumpkins 99 (Fuckin' SOMA baby!)
7) Weird Al in July '04

worst shows:
1) Bebel Gilberto (yeah like a month ago)
2) The Vines (Summer 2002)
3) Matchbox 20 opening for the Lemonheads 2/97 (anyone remember the guy that whipped it out onstage??? and Evan throwing ice cubes at the band??? haha)

I cant believe no one was at that weezer show in 2000.

There are so many good ones….let's see…these aren't in any particular order.

1. Radiohead - OK Computer tour. The played a f**king club…and I saw them. 'nuff said.
2. Elliott Smith - Figure 8 tour. The last time I ever saw him. What a loss…
3. Counting Crows - late 1997. It was the first time I saw this band live. I had no idea Adam Duritz was so captivating live.
4. The Verve Pipe - Villains tour. it's easy to poo-poo this band but they put on a great live show. The best part was hanging out with Jeff Ament before the show.
5. Polyphonic Spree - just a few weeks ago. My first time. I drank the koolaid and I believe.

Notables….Radiohead on the Bends tour. I had no idea what I was in for. Billy Idol kicked my ass on the last time through, too. Ben Folds and Bettie Serveert. Too drunk to remember much of it, though so it doesn't make the top 5 :)

coldplay 2001
nerd/black eyed peas 2004
chemical brothers 1999
groove armada 2003

odd mix, but the shows were stellar on all levels-crowd, sound, song selection, musicianship, etc.

Sonic Youth (2000- 1st night only)
Afghan Whigs- 1999 (apparently a popular forum show)
Spiritualized- 2002
Garbage w/ Abandon Pools -2001
Velvet Revolver (yeah, bring it. That show rocked.)

Honorable Mentions-
Hot Snakes- 2002
Unknown Interpol opening for Clinic - 2001

Was anyone else at the Radiohead show at the Black Cat when David Gray opened up? I don't even think that show sold out.

They were. But apparently the Weird Al show was better.

Originally posted by tinygee:
I cant believe no one was at that weezer show in 2000.

that show was horrid. i left 1/3 of the way thru.

tricky in 1999 or was it 2000, was horrid too.

Originally posted by debaser:
Spiritualized- 2002

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
They were. But apparently the Weird Al show was better.

Originally posted by tinygee:
I cant believe no one was at that weezer show in 2000.

The Weird Al show was good, just not a top five of mine.

Yes weezer has gone far mainstream, but that show was damn good, and f u to all of you who are too cool to admit you were there. That show was right before all the liitle 13 year old girls with weezer shirts got into them. This show was all diehard weezer fans, all the geeks with the bottle cap glasses and what not, and that there made the show even better. Weird Al blows.

Originally posted by lily1:
that show was horrid. i left 1/3 of the way thru.

tricky in 1999 or was it 2000, was horrid too.

Originally posted by debaser:
Spiritualized- 2002

i've seen spiritualized twice at the 9:30, 2002 the first time and then last year as well. the show last year was the one i thought was dire. i left about halfway through. 2002 they were brilliant, so if i were to make a list they'd be top 5.

Originally posted by nonmenthol:
Mindless self indulge (02,03)
tomohawk,melvins (03)
dillinger escape plan (04)
Sonic youth (02)
Marilyn Manson (03)

you went to tomahawk w/ the melvins? damn, I wish I could have gone to that.

quote:
Originally posted by lily1:
that show was horrid. i left 1/3 of the way thru.

tricky in 1999 or was it 2000, was horrid too.

quote:

Originally posted by debaser:
Spiritualized- 2002

i've seen spiritualized twice at the 9:30, 2002 the first time and then last year as well. the show last year was the one i thought was dire. i left about halfway through. 2002 they were brilliant, so if i were to make a list they'd be top 5.

Totally agree. I had seen Spiritualized in 2002 in Cleveland and the show was absolutely transcendent with crazy instrumental freakouts and awesome lights. However, when I caught them here in 2003, it was the complete opposite
…completely mediocre and uninspired. I think the show came a day after Field Day but that's no excuse.

I thought Spiritualized with BRMC was brilliant, the spiritualized shows I saw at 930 before and after that were both pretty poor in my opinion.

I thought Spiritualized were wanktastic that night.

Originally posted by mark e smith:
I thought Spiritualized with BRMC was brilliant, the spiritualized shows I saw at 930 before and after that were both pretty poor in my opinion.

Originally posted by mark e smith:
I thought Spiritualized with BRMC was brilliant, the spiritualized shows I saw at 930 before and after that were both pretty poor in my opinion.

I agree… the one in late '97 disappointed me very much so I never bothered to go back

Originally posted by mark e smith:
I thought Spiritualized with BRMC was brilliant, the spiritualized shows I saw at 930 before and after that were both pretty poor in my opinion.

That was an incredible show! The only thing missing were good drugs.

Didn't see the earlier show but everyone across the country seemed to pan that tour. Also, we were one of the few venues to get the post Field Day tour which was only a stripped down show while they happened to be in the States. In my mind, it was sort of like acoustic Spiritualized even though it wasn't acoustic.

i moved here in summer 2001, so i don't have too much to work with…

1. the roots - jan. 2002 (they absolutely killed it that night)
2. belle & sebastian - oct. 2003
3. air - april 2004
4. the hives - july 2004 (very fun show)
5. the roots - dec. 2002

hmmm, my memory is shot but here goes

1. Afghan Whigs -Sept 99 - surprise, surprise!!
2. Sleater Kinney - One Beat tour
3. The Verve - 1997
4. Wilco - I'm guessing maybe 99 or 2000, pre-YHF though
5. blank

Didn't see the earlier show but everyone across the country seemed to pan that tour. Also, we were one of the few venues to get the post Field Day tour which was only a stripped down show while they happened to be in the States. In my mind, it was sort of like acoustic Spiritualized even though it wasn't acoustic.

Some friends of mine saw Spiritualized a month or so after the disappointing 930 show and reported to me that the band wasn't "stripped down" and they were back to their usual bombastic space/psych rock-style, which made me feel cheated and even more pissed about the DC show.