Husker Du w/Man-sized Action 3/31/86 First Avenue w/John Ticket Price: $6.00 Here is the fourth time that John and I had seen Husker Du. With the exception of the first time and the last time seeing the band, the shows are all a blur of sonic assault, slam dancing & sweat. I’ve already talked aboutContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 14 – husker du & red lorry yellow lorry”
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concert memoirs pt. 13 – benefit for todd & robyn hitchcock & the egyptians
Benefit For Todd featuring Giants Of Science, The Tusslers, Good Joe, Heathen, The Magnolias & Soul Asylum3/24/86 First Avenue w/John Ticket Price: $5.00 Todd was a local scenester. He was a rail thin punk rocker who was at just about every show in those days. At least most of the ones I was at, anyway.Continue reading “concert memoirs pt. 13 – benefit for todd & robyn hitchcock & the egyptians”
concert memoirs pt. 12 – the waterboys, love & rockets, the jesus & mary chain & the fall
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”
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”
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