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Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection

elj
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 01:34 PM UTC #
Bunch of autographs, bunch of setlists (coolest being Dinosaur Jr.'s from earlier this year), but nothing in particular seems awesome. I guess Jimmy Chamberlin's drumstick would win, if only because it clobbered my friend in the eye and I got it on the rebound.
MaLo
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 01:41 PM UTC #
the only thing i have is Bono's autograph on a post it note that i got when U2 were on the Pop Mart tour
saco
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 01:54 PM UTC #
A ticket to an Elvis Presley show on August 18th, 1977; unused obviously…
Rhett Miller
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 02:28 PM UTC #
Who is Jimmy Chamberlin? He plays drums on the new Rhett Miller album.

Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Bunch of autographs, bunch of setlists (coolest being Dinosaur Jr.'s from earlier this year), but nothing in particular seems awesome. I guess Jimmy Chamberlin's drumstick would win, if only because it clobbered my friend in the eye and I got it on the rebound.
ggw
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 02:32 PM UTC #
I have a filterless Camel butt that Lemmy flicked at my head during a Motorhead gig at the Bayou.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 02:35 PM UTC #
I say this with complete love and affection, but this thread proves once and for all that y'all truly are dorks. :p
nkotb
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 02:36 PM UTC #
I'm not too much of a packrat or a memoribilia collector (music anyway), but I have a guitar strap from Conrad Keely (Trail of Dead) guitar strap and a set list from one of their shows, a signed Breeder's press photo signed by Kim & Kelly (with the setlist written on the back) and piece of David Yow's shirt from Lollapalooza 95 when they played the second stage during Hole's performance. It stinks to high heaven.
kosmo
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 02:37 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
Who is Jimmy Chamberlin? He plays drums on the new Rhett Miller album.

he was once trapped like a rat in a cage
bunnyman
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 02:43 PM UTC #
One of my favorite promos I ever got was when I won a Sonic Youth contest in Chicago in 1992 and I got free tickets to their show, backstage passes, t-shirts, and a very cool Sonic Youth skateboard with the Dirty LP cover drawn onto it. I don't know how rare they are, but it was a really neat item. I should try to get the band to sign it next time they come around.
elj
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 03:06 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
Who is Jimmy Chamberlin? He plays drums on the new Rhett Miller album.
If it's the same guy, the Pumpkins drummer. Where did you hear this; I haven't heard anything about it.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 03:15 PM UTC #
In this article:


http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=6846

Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
Who is Jimmy Chamberlin? He plays drums on the new Rhett Miller album.
If it's the same guy, the Pumpkins drummer. Where did you hear this; I haven't heard anything about it.
brennser
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 03:25 PM UTC #
that would be Matt Chamberlain
Rhett Miller
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 03:30 PM UTC #
Sure, get all picky on us. Like drummers with the same last name aren't totally interchangeable.

Originally posted by brennser:
that would be Matt Chamberlain
elj
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 03:39 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
Like drummers with the same last name aren't totally interchangeable.
Originally posted by brennser:
that would be Matt ChamberLAIN
Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Jimmy ChamberLIN's drumstick
Although, to be fair, Jimmy's last name was erroneously spelled that way on copies of Gish.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 03:45 PM UTC #
The only Punkins album I ever bought. Probably right after it came out, on cassette, and no doubt discarded into a trash bin sometime later after seeing their horrible live performance on the Chili Peppers/Punkins/Pearl Jam food tour.


Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:

QUOTE]Although, to be fair, Jimmy's last name was erroneously spelled that way on copies of Gish.
chaz
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 03:52 PM UTC #
When Rock N' Roll High School came out the Ramones did an in-store to promote it at Penguin Feather Records in Bailey's Crossroads (if anyone remembers these stores they were headshops as well - I remember wondering why the hell they sold scales in the record stores and what were all these tiny little spoons for???). Anyway, I've got a flyer advertising the in-store signed by the whole band.

And you know those numbers they use to post the price of gas on those marquee things at gas stations??? I've got one signed by Iggy. It's a big "0".
Sir HC
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 04:00 PM UTC #
Mostly setlists and picks and a couple of back stage passes.

Coolest might be The Cult pass and picks from their first 9:30 appearance.

Sonic Youth setlists with the guitars for each song on them. I have a Goo CD box with all of SY's sigs on it. Lee's is really cool.
brennser
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 04:18 PM UTC #
um…

some autographed Kristin Hersh stuff incl posters

some autographed Lloyd Cole stuff

had Joey, Kims and Daves autographs from the Pixies at some stage as well

my access all areas pass from Nirvana's 1991 Dublin gig…although its a generic pass so no-one could tell it was Nirvana

at one stage I had a Babes in Toyland setlist from a show at a tiny underground venue in Stuttgart that held about 50 people….probably lost now

quite a few concert posters….do they count as memorabilia?
ratioci nation
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Re: Coolest piece of concert memorabilia in your collection October 31, 2005 at 04:22 PM UTC #
Originally posted by brennser:

had Joey, Kims and Daves autographs from the Pixies at some stage as well
i have a bunch of frank black signed crap from an olssons in store in his solo days if you want to trade ;)
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