7995pk13@sjuvax.UUCP (kirsch) (03/14/85)
I've been reading a lot of mail about this SST tour. I was wondering if
anyone out there could give me any info. on when it might be coming east.
(IN particular Philadelphia or Camden,NJ) In all my wildest dreams I never
that I'd be able to see Husker Du and The Meat Puppets on the same night!
Please write SOON!!!
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Paul Kirsch St. Joseph's Univ.
{allegra | astrovax | bpa | burdvax}!sjuvax!7995pk13 Phila., Pa.
Where do birds go when it rains ?
================================================================================ellen@ucla-cs.UUCP (03/16/85)
i caught the whole thing here at UCLA. definitely worth the price of admission. SWA was a group i'll look forward to hearing from again, even tho the lead singer was a bit over-dramatic, (climbing all over the massive banks of speakers) but i loved it. (well, he's had many predecessors). Saccharine Trust was BOOORING. good ideas underdeveloped, the crowd liked them, or else they just liked hearing themselves cheer. Meat Puppets: interesting, interesting - post-punk, country, psychedelia. many very short pieces. few vocals. really good musicians. The Minute Men really impressed me. i'm NOT into loud-noise-thrash (sorry, i grew out of my speed-freak days about 16 years ago). they were loud and noisy, but great musicians. they never stopped moving & neither did i. Husker Du must be better on record, cuz they SUCKED. the crowd began leaving except for the die-hard thrashers and bashers (lots of local muscle-men on hand as bouncers/guards, and a good thing too, since the crowd began heaving bodies way up in the air and tossing them toward the stage, where the bouncers caught them to prevent injuries (too bad)). the acoustics in Ackerman Ballroom are always abominable, and the way too loud, fuzzy guitar noises of H D drove out even teeny-boppers who don't care if they go deaf. my boyfriend, a punker and heavy metal freak, wanted to go too, so we did. if SST hasn't come to your town yet, & you're interested in NEW music, it's worth the trip.