The Waterboys w/Figures 11/6/85 First Avenue w/John & Kelly Ticket Price: $5.00 This was one of John’s favorite bands. I liked them, but I wasn’t as into them as John was then. I really liked ‘This is the Sea’ (the album they were promoting for this show), but their first two albums (‘The Waterboys’ &Continue reading “concert memoirs pt. 12 – the waterboys, love & rockets, the jesus & mary chain & the fall”
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concert memoirs pt. 11 – rem, husker du & the cure
REM 8/5/85 Roy Wilkins Auditorium w/John Ticket Price: $13.25 Hey! Here’s another legendary band! REM was just beginning to get some wider notice at the time. ‘Losing My Religion’ was still a few years away, but these guys were already one of the most influential bands of the 80’s. They were that with their firstContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 11 – rem, husker du & the cure”
concert memoirs pt. 10 – the replacements
The Replacements w/Laughing Stock7/1/85 First Avenue w/John Ticket Price: Unknown “Someone put ice in his tea.” That’s the reason Paul Westerberg gave for why The Replacements were there that night and not Robyn Hitchcock. Robyn Hitchcock was scheduled, but he didn’t play. We weren’t too upset, though, because it gave us another chance to seeContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 10 – the replacements”
concert memoirs pt. 9 – violent femmes & fleshtones
Violent Femmes w/Summer of Love 6/17/85 First Avenue w/John Ticket Price: $5.00 The bright spot of the night was being able to see that interesting woman who played the cello for Summer of Love. Not exactly a crush, I just thought she was interesting. The Violent Femmes killed any interest I had for the restContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 9 – violent femmes & fleshtones”
concert memoirs pt. 8 – husker du, u2 & husker du
Husker Du w/Laughing Stock 1/30/85 First Avenue w/John Ticket Price: Unknown This was the first of five times that John and I would see this band. We were still not quite ready to join the slam dancing, so we stayed toward the back to observe the craziness. I don’t think it was as violent asContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 8 – husker du, u2 & husker du”
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