Reasons why YOU think the 1995 tour was amazing..

JH6056

mcgruff10 said:

JH and slightofjeff, I love these stories!!!!

Thank you! And slightofjeff, my head is still exploding at the idea of the Ramones, PJ, Radiohead and REM all in the same venue within 48 hrs of each other... How did you survive that? I'd have self-combusted from the excitement!

jburneyko

went to 7-8-95 milwaukee.

you really had to work to see this tour... alternate ticketing, out of the way venues, shows were cancelled, then they were back on. mtv news was my news source. i drove from nj to milw not knowing 100% if the show was actually going to happen.

Not For You, especially during the Milw and Chicago shows was intense as ever.

Listening to monkeywrench radio after the show....

AceCool

Empty Glass said:

My favorite:



Austin, my first. May not be the best overall performance, but you always remember your first

I was there for my first show too. I'm from Texas and am used to the heat but I still think that whoever decided that starting this outdoor concert at 2 o'clock in the afternoon in the Austin heat of September should be staked down spread eagle on top of a fire ant mound while staring up into the summer sun. It was fucking brutal!

bbison

Summer of '95, wish I could go back....

My roommate and I were all set to go to Milwaukee 1, but he called me that morning and said he was having car trouble on his way back to Chicago and oh, by the way--our tix are in his wallet. (He and his wallet were in Kentucky. Not good.) I went through all the 5 stages of grief in record time, decided to go anyway. Figured the seats wouldn't be 10c, but I'd get in. Back then, IIRC, both the lawn and bleachers behind the seats were first-come, first served. There was already a line when I arrived.

I went straight to the box office and asked the woman if she had a single. She explained about the lawn, said there was nothing else. I asked if she could check? It's just me...Maybe a single somewhere in the pavilion? She looked and found one seat, but said it was obstructed view. The Marcus has a proscenium thrust stage, so seats way off to the side may not have a good view. I bought it, figuring I could always move back on the grass if it sucked.

Here's the weird part--Summerfest (and the Marcus) is a Ticketmaster venue. They let PJ sell the tickets, but tickets generated at the Box Office were TM tix. I saw the stub a few months ago in my garage, can't imagine there are too many TM tickets in existence on the F**K Ticketmaster tour.

Anyway, what was marked and sold as "obstructed" was section 1, row A. The far side of the front row, Stone's side. I was probably closer to the drum set than Eddie. The experience of seeing that band, that show, that intensity at close range sticks with me today. Jaw-dropping. Mind-bending. I'd seen them before, but never, never like this.

I was at Soldier Field a couple days later as well, that was an all-timer of a setlist, band really playing with a vengeance that night. But it's Milwaukee that's stuck with me, even though an objective comparison of both shows it's no contest which was better.

JH6056

bbison said:

Summer of '95, wish I could go back....

My roommate and I were all set to go to Milwaukee 1, but he called me that morning and said he was having car trouble on his way back to Chicago and oh, by the way--our tix are in his wallet. (He and his wallet were in Kentucky. Not good.) I went through all the 5 stages of grief in record time, decided to go anyway. Figured the seats wouldn't be 10c, but I'd get in. Back then, IIRC, both the lawn and bleachers behind the seats were first-come, first served. There was already a line when I arrived.

I went straight to the box office and asked the woman if she had a single. She explained about the lawn, said there was nothing else. I asked if she could check? It's just me...Maybe a single somewhere in the pavilion? She looked and found one seat, but said it was obstructed view. The Marcus has a proscenium thrust stage, so seats way off to the side may not have a good view. I bought it, figuring I could always move back on the grass if it sucked.

Here's the weird part--Summerfest (and the Marcus) is a Ticketmaster venue. They let PJ sell the tickets, but tickets generated at the Box Office were TM tix. I saw the stub a few months ago in my garage, can't imagine there are too many TM tickets in existence on the F**K Ticketmaster tour.

Anyway, what was marked and sold as "obstructed" was section 1, row A. The far side of the front row, Stone's side. I was probably closer to the drum set than Eddie. The experience of seeing that band, that show, that intensity at close range sticks with me today. Jaw-dropping. Mind-bending. I'd seen them before, but never, never like this.

I was at Soldier Field a couple days later as well, that was an all-timer of a setlist, band really playing with a vengeance that night. But it's Milwaukee that's stuck with me, even though an objective comparison of both shows it's no contest which was better.

LOVE your story! It's ALWAYS worth it to at least try (as long as you can live with the possibility it won't work out). Some of the best things happen when you just... try...

lolobugg

HaHa.
I remember seeing REM/Radiohead and PJ/Ramones a week apart due to PJ rescheduling the New Orleans show. What a week. This was my sister's first and second concerts ever. talk about being spoiled!!!

smithnic

Two words: Soldier Field

JH6056

lolobugg said:

HaHa.
I remember seeing REM/Radiohead and PJ/Ramones a week apart due to PJ rescheduling the New Orleans show. What a week. This was my sister's first and second concerts ever. talk about being spoiled!!!

I mean, seriously, how do you come back from that? What was her 3rd show? Hopefully something really dreadful so she got the full range of possible live experiences in 3 shows...

slightofjeff

JH6056 said:

lolobugg said:

HaHa.
I remember seeing REM/Radiohead and PJ/Ramones a week apart due to PJ rescheduling the New Orleans show. What a week. This was my sister's first and second concerts ever. talk about being spoiled!!!

I mean, seriously, how do you come back from that? What was her 3rd show? Hopefully something really dreadful so she got the full range of possible live experiences in 3 shows...

Third show was the reincarnated Beatles opening for a heavenly choir of angels

lolobugg

slightofjeff said:

JH6056 said:

lolobugg said:

HaHa.
I remember seeing REM/Radiohead and PJ/Ramones a week apart due to PJ rescheduling the New Orleans show. What a week. This was my sister's first and second concerts ever. talk about being spoiled!!!

I mean, seriously, how do you come back from that? What was her 3rd show? Hopefully something really dreadful so she got the full range of possible live experiences in 3 shows...

Third show was the reincarnated Beatles opening for a heavenly choir of angels

I think it was Bush/Goo Dolls/No Doubt.
so she got to see the real deal and then the pretenders.
she has been in the 10club since 96. not sure why she waited all those months to join......

JH6056

slightofjeff said:

JH6056 said:

lolobugg said:

HaHa.
I remember seeing REM/Radiohead and PJ/Ramones a week apart due to PJ rescheduling the New Orleans show. What a week. This was my sister's first and second concerts ever. talk about being spoiled!!!

I mean, seriously, how do you come back from that? What was her 3rd show? Hopefully something really dreadful so she got the full range of possible live experiences in 3 shows...

Third show was the reincarnated Beatles opening for a heavenly choir of angels

Oh, that's a relief, I was worried it was something like Jimi Hendrix, Bowie on Iggy Stardust Tour, Nina Simone, Jeff Buckley and a reincarnated Nirvana all on one bill....

JH6056

lolobugg said:

slightofjeff said:

JH6056 said:

lolobugg said:

HaHa.
I remember seeing REM/Radiohead and PJ/Ramones a week apart due to PJ rescheduling the New Orleans show. What a week. This was my sister's first and second concerts ever. talk about being spoiled!!!

I mean, seriously, how do you come back from that? What was her 3rd show? Hopefully something really dreadful so she got the full range of possible live experiences in 3 shows...

Third show was the reincarnated Beatles opening for a heavenly choir of angels

I think it was Bush/Goo Dolls/No Doubt.
so she got to see the real deal and then the pretenders.
she has been in the 10club since 96. not sure why she waited all those months to join......

Honestly that was still probably a decent show, but not historic. Would have been more stark a contrast if you'd said her 3rd show was Hannah Montana or the singer of Creed solo

lolobugg

JH6056 said:

lolobugg said:

slightofjeff said:

JH6056 said:

lolobugg said:

HaHa.
I remember seeing REM/Radiohead and PJ/Ramones a week apart due to PJ rescheduling the New Orleans show. What a week. This was my sister's first and second concerts ever. talk about being spoiled!!!

I mean, seriously, how do you come back from that? What was her 3rd show? Hopefully something really dreadful so she got the full range of possible live experiences in 3 shows...

Third show was the reincarnated Beatles opening for a heavenly choir of angels

I think it was Bush/Goo Dolls/No Doubt.
so she got to see the real deal and then the pretenders.
she has been in the 10club since 96. not sure why she waited all those months to join......

Honestly that was still probably a decent show, but not historic. Would have been more stark a contrast if you'd said her 3rd show was Hannah Montana or the singer of Creed solo

yeah. it was before No Doubt got airplay. I remember liking them much more than the 2 headliners.

2-feign-reluctance

Listening to Mad Season @ The Moore. Damn, Mikey was just a different player. The evolution in his playing from 1993 on wards. Jesus!

2-feign-reluctance

Jack Jack Jack For Vault 7

tweedyfanjen

I won tickets from our local rock station to the New Orleans show. It would've been my first PJ show. Then it was cancelled. I may have cried.

lolobugg

tweedyfanjen said:

I won tickets from our local rock station to the New Orleans show. It would've been my first PJ show. Then it was cancelled. I may have cried.

did you go to the make up show? I heard stories from people in NOLA that the radio stations down there were making them eat dog food for tickets. then PJ postponed the July 4th show..... I hope those folks got in to the Sept show.

tweedyfanjen

lolobugg said:

tweedyfanjen said:

I won tickets from our local rock station to the New Orleans show. It would've been my first PJ show. Then it was cancelled. I may have cried.

did you go to the make up show? I heard stories from people in NOLA that the radio stations down there were making them eat dog food for tickets. then PJ postponed the July 4th show..... I hope those folks got in to the Sept show.

No. I was really broke back in those days, which is why I was so happy to win tickets. I don't know if there's any band I would eat dog food for but maybe in my 20's I would have.

AceCool

I love rock and roll (so does Joan Jett) but there's no way in hell I'm eating dog food for a fucking ticket. I might would have pretended like I was going to do it but then upon seeing the smarmy look of anticipation on those jerkoff radio asshole's faces I would have shoved the dog food right in their face.

Stick it to the man! Power to the (Up With) People!

lolobugg

AceCool said:

I love rock and roll (so does Joan Jett) but there's no way in hell I'm eating dog food for a fucking ticket. I might would have pretended like I was going to do it but then upon seeing the smarmy look of anticipation on those jerkoff radio asshole's faces I would have shoved the dog food right in their face.

Stick it to the man! Power to the (Up With) People!

Right on! Ed even said something to that that effect at that show. 95 was good times, man.