Here I have picked three musical artists from the 80s who I think never really got their due. Sure, the critics loved them and many musical artists have named them as major influences. Most importantly, I like them. Each of these bands did develop their own following of devoted fans, but they never received theContinue reading “three underappreciated bands from the 80s”
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concert memoirs pt. 35 – soft boys, frank black and the catholics & iggy pop
Soft Boys 3/31/01 First Avenue w/Amy & John Ticket Price: Comp. Tickets This was cool. The Soft Boys reunited and re-issued ‘Underwater Moonlight’, the first album of theirs I had ever heard. Somewhere around 1985 or so, John and I drove down to Beloit, WI to visit a friend of ours who was going toContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 35 – soft boys, frank black and the catholics & iggy pop”
concert memoirs pt. 31 – robyn hitchcock & stereolab
Robyn Hitchcock w/Tim Keegan 11/11/99 First Avenue w/Amy Ticket Price: Unknown This was my first official date with Amy, the woman who would later become my wife. We did the traditional dinner thing first at a nearby restaurant, Pizza Luce. We then made our way over to First Avenue and were greatly entertained by Mr.Continue reading “concert memoirs pt. 31 – robyn hitchcock & stereolab”
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. 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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