Trying to piece together my concert going history. Why? I don’t know. Just to test my memory?
As I’ve worked through it, on and off over the years, I’ve remembered seeing many bands that I had forgotten I’d seen, so there is that. Speaking of forgotten, in 2008, someone put up a blog post of What is the first concert you went to in Portland. I was looking at it today and saw that he mentioned seeing Arlo in 88/89. I also saw that show, so I left a response on his post. Then went back and read through the comments only to find that I had also left a similar comment on the same post in 2009! Also saying that I was putting together a list of my concerts attendance history. Seemingly, I haven’t made much progress in the last nine years. Ay….
While I’ve seen both L7 and Nomeansno many times (and Love On Ice, and Sweaty Nipples, and Thirteen 13, and…), they toured so much that I just don’t know which Portland shows of theirs I’ve seen! And I know I went to Pine ST/La Luna on a fairly regular basis in the 90’s (and Satyricon before that, maybe 1989-1990) , so I’m sure I’ve seen lots of bands that I have zero recollection of seeing…
Here is what I’ve nailed down specifically so far, not much, but it gives me hope…
09/09/78 – Paramount – Talking Heads “More Songs About Buildings and Food”
11/27/81 – Paramount – D-evo “New Traditionalists” (t)
09/01/82 – Coliseum – Van Halen “Diver Down”, After the Fire
09/02/82 – Coliseum – Queen “Hot Space”, Billy Squier “Emotions in Motion”
11/10/82 – Coliseum – Judas Priest “Screaming For Vengeance”, Uriah Heep
04/21/83 – Coliseum – Billy Squier “Emotions in Motion”, Def Leppard “Pyromania”
05/11/85 – Pine St – DOA “Let’s Wreck The Party”, Nomeansno, 69 Wayz (t)
06/20/85 – Coliseum – Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Welcome to the Pleasuredome”
05/01/86 – Starry Night – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1st) “Freaky Styley”, Crazy 8’s (t)
11/14/86 – Pine St – Wipers, Screaming Trees, Mobius Strip (t)
08/14/87 – Civic Stadium – David Bowie (Glass Spider Tour) “Never Let Me Down”
04/20/88 – Starry Night – Sinead O’Connor “The Lion an the Cobra” (t)
10/26/88 – Pine St – Butthole Surfers (1st) “Hairway To Steven”, Smegma, Hell Cows (t)
11/02/88 – Pine St – Arlo Guthrie (t)
04/11/89 – Pine St – Butthole Surfers (2nd), Hell Cows, Smegma
05/05/89 – Starry Night – The Dead Milkmen (t)
04/13/?? – Pine St Theater- Violent Femmes (t) (did I also see them in 89 at starry night?)
08/29/89 – Civic Auditorium – Public Enemy “It Takes A Nation Of Millions”, Afros
09/10/89 – Starry Night – Red Hot Chili Peppers “Mother’s Milk” (2nd)(t)
09/30/89 – Pine St – Butthole Surfers (3rd)(t)
04/14/90 – Pine St – The Cramps (t)
??/??/90 – Civic Auditorium – LL Cool Jay
12/28/90 – Satyricon – L7 (1st), Best Kissers in the World
05/12/91 – Fox Theater – Butthole Surfers (4th), Ed Hall, Smegma (t)
06/21/91 – Satyricon – The Jesus Lizard, Glass Eyes, M99 link
02/08/92 – Melody Ballroom – Poster Children, Swervedriver
06/19/92 – Melody Ballroom – Poison Idea (1st), Tad, Crackerbash (t)
08/09/92 – Salem Armory – Beastie Boys “Check Your Head”, Sonic Youth, L7 (2nd)
11/21/92 – RCKNDY- Love Battery, Seaweed, Sprinkler, Pond, Hazel (Ultra-Lamefest)
01/02/93 – La Luna – Poison Idea (2nd) (t)
03/20/93 – X Ray Cafe – Pansy Division, Trailer Queen, Young Gins, Roger Nusic
04/06/93 – La Luna – L7 (3rd), 7 Year Bitch, Love Battery (t)
05/28/93 – La Luna – Frank Black, The Reverend Horton Heat, Silverfish
05/29/93 – La Luna – fIREHOSE, Supersuckers, DOS
06/05/93 – La Luna – Poison Idea (3rd), Les Thugs, Napalm Beach
09/24/93 – La Luna – Neurosis, 7 Year Bitch, Hitting Birth, God and Texas (!!!)
04/04/95 – La Luna – Melvins (t)
04/03/96 – La Luna – Dick Dale
04/10/96 – Rose Garden – Red Hot Chili Peppers “One Hot Minute” (3rd)
10/20/96 – Rose Garden – Ozzy Osborne, Danzig, Sepultura, Prong (I think this was the 2nd to last show before Ozzfest)
07/30/98 – Roseland – Mercyful Fate “Dead Again”
08/02/98 – Rose Garden – Beastie Boys “Hello Nasty”, Jungle Brothers
10/23/99 – La Luna – L7 (4th)
11/01/99 – Roseland – Luscious Jackson, Ben Lee
12/03/99 – Aladdin Theater – The Knitters
02/12/00 – Pine St – The Murder City Devils, At The Drive-In
05/20/00 – Crystal Ballroom – El Vez, Los Mex Pistols
05/27/00 – Roseland – Motörhead, Nashville Pussy
07/13/00 – Crystal Ballroom – Run-DMC
10/28/00 – Aladdin Theater – Godspeed You! Black Emperor
11/26/00 – Crystal Ballroom – Lee Scratch Perry (t) could be wrong on the date, it’s worn off the ticket aside from the 2000
05/29/01 – Roseland – David Byrne
09/28/01 – Crystal Ballroom – Motörhead (don’t think I was there for the openers)
11/08/01 – Guild Theater – Yo La Tengo (accompanying Science Is Fiction: 23 Films By Jean Painlevé)
03/21/02 – Berbati’s – Cat Power, M Ward
03/27/02 – Fast Forward – John Wiese, Herr K
05/03/02 – Meow Meow – Kevin Blechdom
09/15/02 – Blackbird – Interpol
11/09/02 – Blackbird – Bastard Noise, Sikhara, Ripit
02/14/03 – Berbati’s Pan – Interpol
04/08/03 – Aladdin Theater – Black Heart Procession
08/02/03 – Dante’s – Mudhoney, Alta May, Weaklings
11/18/05 – Hawthorne Theater – Vader
10/02/06 – Roseland – Celtic Frost, 1349, Sahg
09/30/07 – Doug Fir – Her Space Holiday
10/04/08 – Tony Starlight’s – Darkest of the Hillside Thickets (HP Lovecraft Film Festival event) (my last concert in Oregon)
03/12/10 – Fuller Hall – Neko Case, Anaïs Mitchell
10/10/11 – Catamount Arts – Jonathan Richmond (Finally!!!)
06/09/18 – Court St Arts (Haverill NH) – Iris Dement
06/22/18 – Fuller Hall – Rhiannon Giddens
09/22/18 – Fuller Hall – Neko Case
10/26/18 – Fuller Hall – Bettye LaVette, James Blood Ulmer10/21/19 – Fuller Hall – Pink Martini, Meow Meow
(t) = still have ticket stub
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