This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years

Here's a clip about the Sneaker Pimps opening for Aphex Twin, Sept. 5, 1997. Forever one of those perfect, insane nights that can never, ever be replicated. The sound at that show was just ridiculous. Kind of amazing in retrospect that in 1997 it was OK for a laptop to be responsible for an entire performance. I'm still not entirely sure that it was a laptop. I think that Richard D. James was just checking e-mail and surfing the web for 90 minutes. But I've never seen anything like that, and probably won't again. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/09/05/sneaker-pimps-onstage-imprint/8f0d6bdf-890e-449f-be4f-aa2d4d1e7019/

Hutch wrote:

Sidehatch wrote:
not necessarily yours, but I do have an odd fascination with this thread

I have no objection to the concept…but really does this live beyond the year

Will new bordies carry the flame?

though they'd dread the very thought of it, agaz or ksal could quite easily produce a running list of the last 214 bands they've seen on 10/2-9/2000-15

might even be 216?

lets try to keep it to shows attended by at least 10 peeps paying

yikes…16 sounds like a better number than

8/30/09 Virgin Mobile Freefest  Merriweather Post Pavilion 
8/31/85 DOA/Government Issue/Dag Nasty  WUST Radio Music Hall 
8/31/89 Neil Young (solo acoustic)  Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/ 1/89 Jerry Garcia Band/Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman    Merriweather Post Pavilion 
9/ 1/03 Dismemberment Plan/Beauty Pill/The Aquarium  9:30 Club
9/ 1/06 The Screaming Ducks    Cafe 210 West  State College, PA
9/ 2/88 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre  (My 1st Dead show)
9/ 2/89 Jerry Garcia Band/Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman    Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/ 2/96 George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars    Pier Six Concert Pavilion
9/ 2/04 The Phobes/High Dials    Black Cat
9/ 2/06 The Blue Method  Zeno's  State College, PA
9/ 3/88 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre 
9/ 3/89 Jerry Garcia Band/Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman    The Spectrum    Philadelphia, PA
9/ 3/99 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band  MCI Center 
9/ 3/04 Metropolitan/The Caribbean/Clark Sabine      Black Cat
9/ 3/11  The Ettes/Friends    Black Cat
9/ 4/99 R.E.M.  Jones Beach Theater    Wantaugh, NY
9/ 4/04 Cake          Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/ 4/07 Hoodoo Gurus/The Fake Accents  Black Cat
9/ 4/09 The Slickee Boys  Black Cat
9/ 4/14  Buzzcocks/Loud Boyz  Black Cat
9/ 5/88 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre
9/ 5/98 Allman Brothers Band    Fox Theater    Atlanta, GA
9/ 5/99 R.E.M.  Blockbuster-Sony Entertainment Center    Camden, NJ
9/ 5/01 John Mellencamp/The Wallflowers    Nissan Pavilion

That was my first Dead show too!

09/06/96  They Might Be Giants/Morphine/Cardigans @ Hatch Shell
09/12/96  Max Creek @ Paradise
09/10/04  Steve Earle @ Paramount Theater
09/11/04  Jay Farrar/Drag The River @ Fox Theatre
09/06/06  Zero 7/Jose Gonzalez @ Gothic Theatre
09/10/07  Devendra Banhart @ Ogden Theater
09/11/07  Jennifer Gentle/The Dodos @ Hi-Dive
09/11/09  The Psychedelic Furs/Happy Mondays @ Boulder Theater
09/12-13/09  Monolith Music Festival @ Red Rocks (Phoenix, The Dandy Warhols, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Of Montreal, The Walkmen, M. Ward, Chromeo, Deer Tick, We Were Promised Jetpacks, MSTRKRFT etc.)
09/09/10  Pavement/Quasi @ Ogden Theater
09/10/11  Sunnyside Music Festival @ Chaffee Park (Pink Hawks, A.Tom Collins, The Raven and the Writing Desk, Bonnie and the Bead, Broken Tongues)
09/07/13  Deerhunter/Wymond Miles @ Bluebird Theater

9/ 6/88 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre   
9/ 6/92 B-52's/Violent Femmes  Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/ 6/98 Allman Brothers Band    Fox Theater    Atlanta, GA
9/ 6/06 Radio Birdman    Black Cat
9/ 6/14  Bob Mould  9:30 Club
9/ 7/96 David Bowie      Capitol Ballroom
9/ 7/07 9353/King Giant/Rustbuckit  9:30 Club
9/ 8/90 Grateful Dead  Richfield Coliseum    Richfield, OH
9/ 8/07 Washington Social Club  Rock And Roll Hotel
9/ 8/12  Bob Mould  9:30 Club  (Performing "Copper Blue")
9/ 9/04 Les Savy Fav/Detachment Kit    Black Cat
9/ 9/07 Meat Puppets/The Comas/Jay Reatard  Black Cat
9/ 9/12  Jesus And Mary Chain    9:30 Club
9/ 9/13  Blondie/X  9:30 Club 
9/10/90 Grateful Dead  Spectrum    Philadelphia, PA
9/10/99 R.E.M.  Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/10/04 Snow Patrol  9:30 Club
9/11/86 The Kinks            Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/11/90 Grateful Dead  Spectrum    Philadelphia, PA
9/11/99 R.E.M.  Tweeter Center  Mansfield, MA
9/11/04 Guided By Voices/Tommy Keene  9:30 Club 
9/11/05 Idlewild      Black Cat 
9/12/82 Go-Go's/A Flock of Seagulls  Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/12/90 Grateful Dead  Spectrum    Philadelphia, PA
9/12/93 Grateful Dead  Spectrum        Philadelphia, PA
9/12/08 "Black Cat 15th Anniversary Party" - Gray Matter/The Shirks  Black Cat

9/9/9 the cult at the 930 performing Love….
9/9/14 willie nelson at the club

9/13/93 Grateful Dead  Spectrum        Philadelphia, PA
9/13/12 J. Geils Band    The Fillmore 
9/13/13 Black Cat 20th Anniversary    Black Cat
9/14/91 Grateful Dead      Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
9/14/93 Grateful Dead  Spectrum        Philadelphia, PA
9/14/00 Furthur Festival    Nissan Pavilion 
9/14/13 Black Cat 20th Anniversary    Black Cat
9/15/97 George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars  9:30 Club
9/15/98 Allman Brothers Band    Classic Amphitheater    Richmond, VA
9/15/05 Peelander-Z/Bang! Bang!/Kung-Fu Dykes    DC9
9/16/00 Furthur Festival    Blockbuster-Sony Entertainment Center    Camden, NJ
9/16/01 Laurie Anderson              9:30 Club
9/17/93 Grateful Dead  Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
9/17/00 Furthur Festival    Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
9/17/06 Vampyre Bunnies/Rustbuckit  Black Cat Backstage
9/17/10 No Age/Holy Fuck  Black Cat
9/18/93 Grateful Dead  Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
9/18/98 Pearl Jam  Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/18/00 Dickey Betts Band  9:30 Club
9/18/08 Statehood/Red Tag Rummage Sale  Black Cat Backstage 
9/18/10 Dark Star Orchestra  9:30 Club 
9/18/13 D.O.A.  Black Cat Backstage
9/19/98 Pearl Jam/Hovercraft    Constitution Hall

Highlights from previous weeks:
9/3&4/1995  Catherine Wheel @ 9:30
9/7/1996  Red House Painters @ Mercury Lounge (NYC)  (early)
9/7/1996  The Bluetones @ Westbeth Theater (NYC) (late)
9/10/1996  Oasis w/ Screaming Trees and Manic Street Preachers @ Nissan Pavilion
9/12/1996  Smoking Popes w/the Figgs and Jimmy Eat World @ Black Cat
9/5/1997  Aphex Twin w/ Death in Vegas and Sneaker Pimps @ 9:30
9/1/1999  Springsteen @ MCI
9/10/2002  Queens of the Stone Age @ 9:30

From this week:
9/13/1993  Urge Overkill @ 9:30
9/19/1993  Red House Painters @ Birchmere (probably one of my top 10 shows of all time)
9/17/1994  Blur w/ Pulp @ Vic Theater (Chicago)
9/13/1997  Catherine Wheel @ 9:30
9/13/1998  Crystal Method @ 9:30
9/18/1998  Mark Kozelek @ Fletcher's (Baltimore)
9/18/1999  Tricky @ 9:30
9/13/2006  Zero 7 @ 9:30
9/17/2009  Yo La Tengo @ 9:30
9/19/2009  Face to Face @ Sonar
9/17/2010  Superchunk @ 9:30
9/19/2010  Billy Bragg @ 9:30
9/14/2011  Feelies @ 9:30
9/15/2011  Riotfest Chicago (Descendents, Dropkick Murphys, Coheed and Cambria, Frank Turner, etc.)
9/16/2011  Riotfest Chicago (Jesus and Mary Chain, Elvis Costello, Gogol Bordello, Iggy & the Stooges, etc.)

09/18/93  The Samples/The Tragically Hip/Dave Matthews Band/The Reejers @ Red Rocks
09/19/95  From Good Homes/Jackopierce/Guster/Wakeland @ Mama Kin
09/19/96  Acoustic Junction @ Paradise
09/13/97  Strangefolk/The Gibb Droll Band @ Somervile Theater
09/18/98  Massive Attack @ Avalon
09/17/05  BRMC/Mark Gardener @ Bluebird Theater
09/16/06  The Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Boulder Theater
09/14-15/07  Monolith Music Festival @ Red Rocks (BRMC, The Flaming Lips, Spoon, Art Brut, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Flosstradamus, Kid Sister, etc.)
09/14/08  Monolith Music Festival @ Red Rocks (TV On The Radio, Justice, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Arkon/Family, The Kills, The Cribs, CSS, Band of Horses, etc.)
09/15/12  Deltron 3030/Air Dubai @ Cervantes
09/14/13  The Orb @ Gothic Theatre

9/25/1992  Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine @ Cabaret Metro (Chicago)
9/25/1993  The Judybats @ Wild World Water Park (Largo, MD)
9/20/1995  J Mascis @ Black Cat (was supposed to see Supergrass @ 9:30 but they cancelled)
9/25/1995  Blur @ Black Cat
9/26/1998  Bob Mould @ Irving Plaza
9/24/1999  Bis w/ Madder Rose @ 9:30
9/21/2002  Exile Follies (John Doe, Kristin Hersh, Grant Lee Phillips) @ 9:30
9/24/2002  Spoon @ Black Cat
9/26/2006  Yo La Tengo @ 9:30
9/26/2007  Queens of the Stone Age @ Ram's Head Live (Baltimore)
9/22/2008  Dandy Warhols @ 9:30
9/21/2011  Peter Hook and the Light @ 9:30
9/24/2011  Riotfest Philly (Descendents, X, Dead Milkmen, Hot Water Music, etc.)

9/20/87 Dead Milkmen            9:30 Club
9/20/11  Blondie    The Fillmore
9/20/12  The Make-Up  Black Cat
9/20/15  Cheap Trick    The Fillmore
9/21/91 Grateful Dead      Boston Garden
9/22/89 R.E.M./Throwing Muses  Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/22/91 Grateful Dead      Boston Garden
9/22/05 Q And Not U/Supersystem    Black Cat
9/23/82 The Who/David Johansen      Capital Centre
9/23/84 The Fixx/Andy Fraser    Recreation Hall-Penn State
9/23/89 R.E.M./Throwing Muses  Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/23/05 Q And Not U/Supersystem    Black Cat 
9/23/06 Two If By Sea/The Hard Tomorrows  DC9 
9/25/89 Rolling Stones/Living Colour    RFK Stadium 
9/26/03 "Black Cat 10th Anniversary Party"  Black Cat

Bombay wrote:
9/20/15  Cheap Trick    The Fillmore

this seems to soon….

09/23/94  Pavement/The Apples @ Ogden Theater
09/21/96  Acoustic Junction @ Iron Horse Music Hall
09/26/96  Guster @ Levin Ballroom-Brandeis U.
09/24/97  Leftover Salmon/From Good Homes @ Mama Kin
09/26/04  Air w/ Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/Stereolab/Sondre Lerche @ Hollywood Bowl
09/20/05  Oasis/Kasabian/Jet @ Red Rocks
09/26/06  Serena-Maneesh/Evangelicals @ Larimer Lounge
09/23/08  Spiritualized/Grand Ole Party @ Ogden Theater
09/24/10  Wovenhand/Serena-Maneesh @ Bluebird Theater (early)
09/24/10  School of Seven Bells @ Larimer Lounge (late)
09/24/11  Low/Mercuria and the Gem Stars @ Bluebird Theater
09/21-22/12  Goldrush Music Festival @ The Deer Pile (Barn Owl, Stag, Former Selves, Kevin Costner Suicide Pact, Echo Beds, Caddywhompus, Panabrite, Radere, etc.)

9/27/86 Dead Milkmen/Hong Kong Flagset  HUB Ballroom-Penn State
9/28/87 David Bowie            Capital Centre 
9/28/05 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club    9:30 Club 
9/28/07 Bob Dylan/Elvis Costello  Merriweather Post Pavilion
9/29/09 U2  FedEx Field
9/29/12  Crocodiles    Black Cat
9/30/11  The Psychedelic Furs/Tom Tom Club  The Fillmore
10/ 1/96 Tori Amos/Josh Clayton-Felt    Lyric Opera House
10/ 1/04 Bruce Springsteen/R.E.M./John Fogerty  Wachovia Center  Philadelphia, PA
10/ 3/04 The Killers/Ambulance, Ltd.  9:30 Club 

Marc Broussard 9 27 2004 Jammin Java
The Shins 9 27 2005 Merriweather
The White Stripes 9 27 2005 Merriweather
SHINDIG [Jane's Addiction / Rise Against / Clutch / Halestrom / Gogol Bordello / Fishbone / J Roddy Walston & Business / Lucero / The Mahones / Bad Seed Rising9 27 2014 Shindig'14 - Carroll Park
Cracker 9 28 1994 Patriot Center
Hole 9 28 1994 Radio Music Hall
U2 9 29 2009 Fedex Field
The Machine 9 30 1990 Bayou
Crowded House 9 30 1991 Citadel Ctr
Aerosmith (w/ Motley Crue_ 9 30 2006 Nissan Pavilion
Anthrax / Primus / Publice Enemy 10 1 1991 Citadel Ctr
Kravitz, Lenny (w/ Bllind Melon opening) 10 1 1993 Patriot Center
Ben Harper 10 1 1996 Bayou
Monster Magnet 10 1 2004 Recher Theater
Jamiroquai 10 2 1997 Patriot Center
Jimmie's Chicken Shack (w/ Afroman opening) 10 2 2001 Nation
Jimmie's Chicken Shack 10 3 1998 Blocktoberfest
Little Feat 10 3 2000 Warner
Rolling Stones (w/ John Mayer Trio opening) 10 3 2005 MCI Center

09/28/95  Blur @ Axis (Boston)
09/27/96  God Street Wine/Strangefolk @ Clark University
09/27/99  Basement Jaxx @ La Rumba (Denver)
09/29/02  Doves/My Morning Jacket @ Fox Theatre
09/30/03  Hot Hot Heat/Face to Face/I'm a Robot @ Fox Theatre
10/02/03  BRMC/Stratford 4 @ Gothic Theatre
09/28/04  Hope Of The States/Pinkku @ Club 156
09/30/04  Gris Gris @ Bender's Tavern
10/01/05  M.I.A. @ Gothic Theatre
09/27/07  The Aliens @ Larimer Lounge
10/02/07  Midlake/Maria Taylor @ Bluebird Theater
09/27/08  Sigur Ros @ Red Rocks
09/29/09  David Cross/Todd Glass @ Paramount Theater
10/01/09  Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions/Dirt Blue Gene @ Bluebird Theater
09/27/12  Mono @ Larimer Lounge
09/28/12  Mosey West/Grub Street Writer/Strange Americans @ Hi-Dive
09/27/13  Poolside/Luke the Knife/Mantaray @ Cervantes Other Side

Rolling Stones (w/ The Strokes opening) 10 4 2002 FedEx Field
Black Crowes 10 4 2005 Nightclub 930
Tool 10 5 2001 MCI Center
The Bridge 10 5 2006 Nightclub 930
The xx 10 5 2010 Nightclub 930
Kiss 10 6 1996 USAir Arena
Jane's Addiction ( w/ Live opening) 10 6 2001 Nissan Pavilion
Rolling Stones (w/ Trey Anastasio opening) 10 6 2005 Scott Stadium
Allman Brothers Band 10 6 2009 Merriweather
Widespread Panic 10 6 2009 Merriweather
Virgin Free Fest (Jack White, ZZ Top, Alabama Shakes, Dismemberment Plan, Portugal.TheMan) 10 6 2012 Virgin Free Fest - Merriweather
Henry Rollins Band 10 7 1993 Nightclub 930
Kiss (w/ The Deftones opening)10 7 1996 USAir Arena
Bob Mould Band 10 7 2005 Nightclub 930
Phish (w/ Blues Traveler opening) 10 8 1990 Bayou
R.E.M. 10 8 2003 Patriot Center
Meat Puppets 10 9 1991 Nightclub 930
Grateful Dead 10 9 1994 USAir Arena
Steve Earle / Emmylou Harris / Willie Nelson / Lucinda Williams / Sheryl Crow 10 9 1998 Constitution Hall
Steve Winwood (w/ Bruce Hornsby) 10 9 2006 Warner
Sonic Youth (w/ Redd Kross opening) 10 10 1990 Ritchie Coliseum
Grateful Dead 10 10 1994 USAir Arena
Cher 10 10 2003 MCI Center
Foo Fighters (w/ Weezer) 10 10 2005 Patriot Center
Roger Waters (THE WALL) 10 10 2010 Verizon Center

10/ 4/02 The Rolling Stones/The Strokes    FedEx Field 
10/ 5/86 Robin Williams        Recreation Hall-Penn State 
10/ 5/04 WEDrock  9:30 Club  Washington, DC
        (Benefit for Freedom To Marry - Henry Rollins, Bob Mould, Morel, Sandra Bernhardt, Purty Mouth, Avenue B)
10/ 5/08 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds/The Bellmer Dolls  9:30 Club
10/ 6/96 KISS              USAir Arena 
10/ 6/05 Bob Mould      The Trocadero  Philadelphia, PA
10/ 6/06 Medications  Black Cat
10/ 7/05 Bob Mould      9:30 Club 
10/ 7/07 Two Gallants/Blitzen Trapper/Songs For Moms  Rock And Roll Hotel
10/ 7/08 The Residents  9:30 Club
10/ 8/89 Grateful Dead  Hampton Coliseum        Hampton, VA    (billed as "Formerly the Warlocks")
10/ 8/03 R.E.M.      Patriot Center
10/ 8/07 Klaxons/Washington Social Club  9:30 Club
10/ 8/08 Against Me!/Ted Leo and the Pharmacists/Future Of The Left    Black Cat
10/ 9/94 Grateful Dead  USAir Arena 
10/ 9/95 Blues Traveler            Nissan Pavilion Bristow, VA
10/10/94 Grateful Dead  USAir Arena
10/10/03 R.E.M.      Alltel Pavilion  Raleigh, NC
10/10/05 Foo Fighters  Patriot Center
10/10/06 Eric Clapton    Verizon Center 
10/10/08 Shudder To Think/Pattern Is Movement      9:30 Club
10/10/09 Bob Mould    9:30 Club

I forgot last week, so a few of those are thrown in:

10/2/1991    Jesus Jones w/Ned's Atomic Dustbin @ Citadel Center (DC)
9/28/1993    They Might Be Giants w/ Pere Ubu @ 9:30
9/28/1995    The Charlatans @ 9:30
10/2/1995    Paw @ 9:30
10/10/1995  Oasis @ Hammerjacks
9/28/1996    Bob Mould @ Irving Plaza
10/10/1996  Bob Mould @ 9:30
10/2/1997    Foo Fighters @ Capitol Ballroom
10/4/1998    Blink 182 @ 9:30
9/27/1999    Chemical Brothers @ 9:30
10/3/1999    Echo and the Bunnymen @ Recher Theater
10/2/2001    Travis @ 9:30
10/10/2001  Orbital @ 9:30
10/4/2002    Rolling Stones w/ Strokes @ Fed Ex Field
10/10/2002  The Damned @ Capitol Ballroom (I remember this was during the sniper and I couldn't get a cab home…the streets were deserted and the city felt like a ghost town)
10/2/2003    Grandaddy w/ Super Furry Animals @ 9:30
9/29/2004    Supergrass @ 9:30
10/5/2004    Wedrock (benefit featuring Sandra Bernhard, Bob Mould, Henry Rollins, John Cameron Mitchell, Morel, Avenue D and Purty Mouth) @ 9:30
9/30/2005    Bob Mould @ the Metro (Chicago)
10/6/2005    Bob Mould @ Trocadero (Philly)
10/7/2005    Bob Mould @ 9:30 (filming the DVD "Circle of Friends")
9/29/2006    Massive Attack @ 9:30
10/6/2006    Social Distortion @ Sonar
10/10/2006  Built to Spill @ 9:30
9/26/2007    Queens of the Stone Age @ Ram's Head Live (Baltimore)
9/27/2008    My Bloody Valentine @ Aragon Ballroom (Chicago)
10/6/2008    Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds @ 9:30
10/10/2008  Weezer @ GM Place (Vancouver, BC)
9/30/2009    The Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ Black Cat
10/8/2009    Dinosaur Jr. @ 9:30
10/9/2009    Dinosaur Jr. w/Bob Mould @ Theater of Living Arts (Philly)
10/10/2009  Bob Mould @ 9:30
10/2/2010    Teenage Fanclub w/ the Vaselines @ 9:30
10/7/2011    the Lemonheads @ Black Cat
9/28/2012    Afghan Whigs @ 9:30
10/4/2012    Peaches DJ extravaganza @ Howard Theater
10/2/2014    GusGus @ U Street Music Hall