jayryan wrote:johnsburg VFW hall. seam, c-clamp, shellac, dianogah, and flour's band (can't recall the name?). worst driving directions ever.

And Dianogah played "Bad Houses" which I enjoyed greatly.

Looking over badcomrade's Shellac list brings back many fond memories. I was at all of these:
Rainbow Roller Rink with Fugazi
Logan Square "PINE TAR 406" show (I still have my autographed baseball)
Fallout Comedy Club night 1
Fallout Comedy Club night 2
Lounge Ax New Year's Eve
Fireside Bowl New Year's Day
Lounge Ax Valentine's day night one
Lounge Ax Valentine's day night two (I still have my $2 bills) (ME TOO, mine is laminated)
Empty Bottle unannounced "special guest" @ last ever KILLDOZER show
Lounge Ax Taste of Lincoln Park stage (which read "Shellag")
Robbie Fulks Birthday
Congress Theater Save Lounge Ax show
Congress Theater with Fugazi (only 1 of the 2 nights)
Centrum Night 1
Centrum Night 2
Martyr's 2nd show of the 4 show weekend
Johnsburg VFW hall

Plus these:
Otto's in Dekalb
Skin Graft thingy at Lounge Ax during the '95 heatwave (where the gracious Mark Fischer was kind enough to sneak a friend and I (both underage at the time) in as "Greeters")

Other bands I've seen a whole slew of times would be: Silkworm, Pegboy, Dis-, Dianogah, and the Jesus Lizard.

steve wrote:The best band of the 1990s, by a wide margin.

dude, what about Candlebox?

These are bands I have been honored to see an assload of times, relative to my geography availablity& each band's natural frequency of playing.

In order of memory


The Jesus Lizard
Melvins
Helmet
TAR
Ween
Hum
Shellac
Shiner
Don Caballero
Tortoise
Silkworm
Killdozer
5ive Style
Poster Children
Soundgarden
Jawbox
Six Finger Satellite
Chavez
Huun Huur Tu
US Maple
Giant Sand
Unwound
Trailer Hitch
Nomeansno
JSBX
Urge Overkill
Gastr del Sol
Rein Sanction
Mule
Flaming Lips

There are four listed at 4x, 68% of total list at 10 or 10+. TJL and Melvins are neck and neck for numero uno at 18ish and 15ish respectively, but only because the Melvins are still playing.

My current favorite bands to see live are The Dials, Bottomless Pit, Bitter Tears, Detholz!, Mastodon, and you.


damn, the memory keeps kicking after I hit submit

Mr. Chimp wrote:These are bands I have been honored to see an assload of times, relative to my geography availablity& each band's natural frequency of playing.

In order of memory


The Jesus Lizard
Melvins
Helmet
TAR
Ween
Hum
Shellac
Shiner
Don Caballero
Tortoise
Silkworm
Killdozer
5ive Style
Poster Children
Soundgarden
Jawbox
Six Finger Satellite
Chavez
Huun Huur Tu
US Maple
Giant Sand
Unwound
Trailer Hitch
Nomeansno
JSBX
Urge Overkill
Gastr del Sol
Rein Sanction
Mule
Flaming Lips

There are four listed at 4x, 68% of total list at 10 or 10+. TJL and Melvins are neck and neck for numero uno at 18ish and 15ish respectively, but only because the Melvins are still playing.

My current favorite bands to see live are The Dials, Bottomless Pit, Bitter Tears, Detholz!, Mastodon, and you.


damn, the memory keeps kicking after I hit submit

Mr. Chimp...You forgot Built to Spill!

hellyes!! wrote:

Mr. Chimp wrote:These are bands I have been honored to see an assload of times, relative to my geography availablity& each band's natural frequency of playing.

In order of memory


The Jesus Lizard
Melv......


blah blah

......respectively, but only because the Melvins are still playing.

My current favorite bands to see live are The Dials, Bottomless Pit, Bitter Tears, Detholz!, Mastodon, and you.


damn, the memory keeps kicking after I hit submit

Mr. Chimp...You forgot Built to Spill!

No I didn't.

Mr. Chimp wrote:

hellyes!! wrote:

Mr. Chimp wrote:These are bands I have been honored to see an assload of times, relative to my geography availablity& each band's natural frequency of playing.

In order of memory


The Jesus Lizard
Melv......


blah blah

......respectively, but only because the Melvins are still playing.

My current favorite bands to see live are The Dials, Bottomless Pit, Bitter Tears, Detholz!, Mastodon, and you.


damn, the memory keeps kicking after I hit submit

Mr. Chimp...You forgot Built to Spill!

No I didn't.

I assumed...Thus, making an ass out of U and ME! My mistake!

Like lots of folks, I've seen TJL, Shellac, Fugazi, Hum and the Poster Children bunches.

Isis maybe 10 times, subtract 3 for touring.

Made out of Babies about 4 times in the past year.

Pelican about 5 or so.

Today is the Day maybe 5. I wouldn't see them again, though.

Boris twice in 3 hours.

Girls VS Boys used to play on all these bills around here, but we learned to show up late.

Helmet! I saw Helmet 1, 2, 3, ... I saw Helmet 5 times.

Zeni Geva 4 times.

Announced last shows -
Discordance Axis.

Unannouced last shows -
GG Allin

I used to book a place where the Drovers played a lot.

= Justin

Edit - fixed 'shop' to 'show'.

shellac 4x
los crudos 4x
trenchmouth 4x
jesus lizard 4x
poster children 4x
sonic youth 4x
nine inch nails 5x
andre watts 5x (classical piano guy)
lorin hollander 5x (classical piano guy)
blue meanies 5x
nil8 at least 50 times... grew up in springfield...

Justin from Queens wrote:Today is the Day maybe 5. I wouldn't see them again, though.

I am a HUGE fan of this band......could I ask why you wouldn't see them again?

hench wrote:los crudos 4x

I envy you. What an awesome band.

trenchmouth 4x

I feel quite differently for you here.