Originally Posted by
BigPolishJimmy
Saw the Surfers at least 3 times, Dead Milkmen, Chuck Mangione, Steve Ray Vaughn, Violent Fems, sheesh, too many to list. Worst show experience, being talked into walking to see the Cult open for Metalic, the venue was too far away, listened to the entire Cult set while walking through the woods only to arrive in time For Metalica to set up. Metalica was good, I just wasn't as into them. Worst show experience I actually saw.. the Cure on the Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me tour. Bad sound in our seat location, just an unbearable mix. Best show still might be the BH Surfers with the setting fire to the cymbals, naked dancing girl and sex change operation on the big projector screen. Just a singular moment of being so young and alive.
I've seen the Milkmen a few times also, always a fantastic and fun show. Also saw the Surfers on the "Psychic, Powerless.." tour in the Cameo theater on Miami Beach, an old decrepit theater converted into a nightclub. I was keeping one eye on the emergency exit when Gibby was doing the fireball thing and the excess lighter fluid was setting the stage on fire. The other eye was on the girl of course...
Originally Posted by
thook
Oh, and Mothers Of Invention/Frank Zappa.....before the 80's hit.
I saw FZ in Portland ME in the late 90's with a huge band, still pretty enjoyable. Some of the banter that went on during that show made it into one of the "You can't do that on Stage" recordings. I also caught "The Grandmothers" a while back, they were composed of Jimmy Carl Black, Bunk Gardner, Don Preston, Napoleon Murphy Brock, et al. Would have been great without the Zappa look-alike they recruited, I thought that was a bit too much. It was pretty cool to see "Call any Vegetable" performed live, but we walked out midway through the show.