What is PJ's most poorly attended show/most intimate show?

musicismylife78
musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited February 2008 in The Porch
I am putting parameters on this thread as well. They obviously broke out in 1991, but they were still playing small venues that year. It wasnt until 1992 I would assume that the crowds at their shows started to really get ridiculous.

So between 1992 and 2008 what are the most poorly attended and most intimate shows? Have they played for crowds of 100-1000 in that time span? 2,000? 3,000?
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    radiohead33 wrote:
    Have they played for crowds of 100-1000 in that time span? 2,000? 3,000?

    They played Mount Baker Theater in 2000 in Bellingham, WA which holds about 1,200 people. In Seattle The Showbox has been played 3 times since Dec. 2002 and it holds around 1,000 for PJ. Benaroya Hall is about 2,500.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • hopethatuchoke
    hopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    Irving Plaza only holds about 1800. That was in 2006. Storytellers and Letterman were also pretty small crowds.
  • JP2026766
    JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    I'd throw some of the Japanese crowds in there too. Those venues were fairly small, plus the Japanese crowds are always so quiet.

    Mansfield II '08

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    I. LOVE. YIELD.
  • Gather No Moss
    Gather No Moss Omaha Posts: 339
    They played in Santa Cruz at The Catalyst in 1997 on 11/12 to a crowd of 800. It was a warm-up show before they opened for the Rolling Stones in Oakland for 4 nights.. They played around 16 songs and broke out songs from Yield there for the first time...There were only 800 people there because they were billed as "The Honking Seals"..
    Buy the ticket, Take the ride..

    10/20/91 (Omaha), 7/25/92 (Lolla/Denver), 3/7/94 (Denver), 6/20/95 (Red Rocks), 11/14/97 (Oakland), 6/23/98 (Denver), 10/25/00 (SD), 6/05/03 (SD), 10/8/04 (FL), 7/2/06 (Denver), 7/17/08 (VH1-Who Tribute LA), 10/6/09 (LA), 10/7/09 (LA), 9/3/11 & 9/4/11(PJ20), 12/06/13 (Seattle), 10/09/14 (Lincoln)..
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    Gather No Moss wrote:
    They played in Santa Cruz at The Catalyst in 1997 on 11/12 to a crowd of 800. It was a warm-up show before they opened for the Rolling Stones in Oakland for 4 nights.. They played around 16 songs and broke out songs from Yield there for the first time...There were only 800 people there because they were billed as "The Barking Seals". It was not because of poor attendance but it was intimate...


    cool....this takes the cake...

    damn dude youve seen some old school shows!
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  • Gather No Moss
    Gather No Moss Omaha Posts: 339
    Yeah, the first show I saw was in Omaha, NE in 1991 and there is no record anywhere of the setlist.. I was way too wasted to remember the setlist. I just remember EV stage diving on top of me..lol
    Buy the ticket, Take the ride..

    10/20/91 (Omaha), 7/25/92 (Lolla/Denver), 3/7/94 (Denver), 6/20/95 (Red Rocks), 11/14/97 (Oakland), 6/23/98 (Denver), 10/25/00 (SD), 6/05/03 (SD), 10/8/04 (FL), 7/2/06 (Denver), 7/17/08 (VH1-Who Tribute LA), 10/6/09 (LA), 10/7/09 (LA), 9/3/11 & 9/4/11(PJ20), 12/06/13 (Seattle), 10/09/14 (Lincoln)..
  • redmosquito51
    redmosquito51 Posts: 9
    They played Slim's in San Francisco in 1993...about the same size as the Catalyst, maybe a tad smaller, and also as a surprise show. Also, I think it was the first time Betterman was played. Interesting set list that night.
  • Gather No Moss
    Gather No Moss Omaha Posts: 339
    redmosquito51 wrote:
    They played Slim's in San Francisco in 1993...about the same size as the Catalyst, maybe a tad smaller, and also as a surprise show. Also, I think it was the first time Betterman was played. Interesting set list that night.

    I would have rather been at the Slim's show than the Catalyst show, but the Catalyst show still had 100 fewer people...
    Buy the ticket, Take the ride..

    10/20/91 (Omaha), 7/25/92 (Lolla/Denver), 3/7/94 (Denver), 6/20/95 (Red Rocks), 11/14/97 (Oakland), 6/23/98 (Denver), 10/25/00 (SD), 6/05/03 (SD), 10/8/04 (FL), 7/2/06 (Denver), 7/17/08 (VH1-Who Tribute LA), 10/6/09 (LA), 10/7/09 (LA), 9/3/11 & 9/4/11(PJ20), 12/06/13 (Seattle), 10/09/14 (Lincoln)..
  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,652
    the house of blues chicago show was like being in someone's living room.

    a very crowded living room.
    Nice shirt.
  • Gather No Moss
    Gather No Moss Omaha Posts: 339
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    the house of blues chicago show was like being in someone's living room.

    a very crowded living room.

    Was that when they opened for the Who?
    Buy the ticket, Take the ride..

    10/20/91 (Omaha), 7/25/92 (Lolla/Denver), 3/7/94 (Denver), 6/20/95 (Red Rocks), 11/14/97 (Oakland), 6/23/98 (Denver), 10/25/00 (SD), 6/05/03 (SD), 10/8/04 (FL), 7/2/06 (Denver), 7/17/08 (VH1-Who Tribute LA), 10/6/09 (LA), 10/7/09 (LA), 9/3/11 & 9/4/11(PJ20), 12/06/13 (Seattle), 10/09/14 (Lincoln)..
  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,652
    Gather No Moss wrote:
    Was that when they opened for the Who?

    i wish.

    Katrina Benefit with Robert Plant.
    Nice shirt.
  • Gather No Moss
    Gather No Moss Omaha Posts: 339
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    i wish.

    Katrina Benefit with Robert Plant.

    An awesome show I'm sure, wish I could have seen it!!

    I ran into Robert Plant once in Boulder, CO at about 3 a.m walking down the street by the Pearl St. Mall and I said, "Robert Plant, I just want to shake your hand, you are the greatest.. What are you doing in Boulder?".. He said "I'm playing in Denver tomorrow night!".. I said, "I can't believe I didn't know that.." and he said "Neither can I?".. It was pretty funny..lol..It was great to shake the hand of a legend like that though....
    Buy the ticket, Take the ride..

    10/20/91 (Omaha), 7/25/92 (Lolla/Denver), 3/7/94 (Denver), 6/20/95 (Red Rocks), 11/14/97 (Oakland), 6/23/98 (Denver), 10/25/00 (SD), 6/05/03 (SD), 10/8/04 (FL), 7/2/06 (Denver), 7/17/08 (VH1-Who Tribute LA), 10/6/09 (LA), 10/7/09 (LA), 9/3/11 & 9/4/11(PJ20), 12/06/13 (Seattle), 10/09/14 (Lincoln)..
  • mateo45
    mateo45 the Central Coast of California Posts: 91
    there couldn't have been too many people at the "easy street" performance in seattle.....right? does anyone know that attendance.
    "there's no lights by the stairs? oh, they'll be fine..."-ed, 11/4/95 san jose
  • Gather No Moss
    Gather No Moss Omaha Posts: 339
    what year?
    Buy the ticket, Take the ride..

    10/20/91 (Omaha), 7/25/92 (Lolla/Denver), 3/7/94 (Denver), 6/20/95 (Red Rocks), 11/14/97 (Oakland), 6/23/98 (Denver), 10/25/00 (SD), 6/05/03 (SD), 10/8/04 (FL), 7/2/06 (Denver), 7/17/08 (VH1-Who Tribute LA), 10/6/09 (LA), 10/7/09 (LA), 9/3/11 & 9/4/11(PJ20), 12/06/13 (Seattle), 10/09/14 (Lincoln)..
  • My3rdEye
    My3rdEye Posts: 927
    mateo45 wrote:
    there couldn't have been too many people at the "easy street" performance in seattle.....right? does anyone know that attendance.

    04/29/05 - Easy Street Records, Seattle, WA
    attendance: Approximately 200

    Katowice II 2000 was intimate. Played to a crowd of 3000 in a venue that holds about 8000. Great show! Get it if you don't have it.
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  • SDHSClassof82
    SDHSClassof82 Seattle Posts: 306
    Gather No Moss wrote:
    They played in Santa Cruz at The Catalyst in 1997 on 11/12 to a crowd of 800. It was a warm-up show before they opened for the Rolling Stones in Oakland for 4 nights.. They played around 16 songs and broke out songs from Yield there for the first time...There were only 800 people there because they were billed as "The Barking Seals". It was not because of poor attendance but it was intimate...

    I was at another show they did at The Catalyst on 10/27/93. I think INTENSE is a better way to describe it than initimate. It was a warm-up show for the VS. tour at the height of grunge-craziness. Everybody in town seems to have been tipped off to the "secret" show and were filling the streets around the club.

    I spent most of the show right in front which wasn't easy as a 5ft 3 inch female. A sympathetic security guy actually poured water into my mouth because it was too packed to raise my arms and hold the cup he offered.

    Ed came out completely drunk and was drooling onto the stage, sang mostly looking down, and then climbed up to the balcony at the end. It was an amazing performance-they all rocked HARD. Hearing those VS. songs live for the first time ...... I'll never forget.
    “Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere...
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  • Gather No Moss
    Gather No Moss Omaha Posts: 339
    It was actually 11/12/97.. R U sure U were there??
    Buy the ticket, Take the ride..

    10/20/91 (Omaha), 7/25/92 (Lolla/Denver), 3/7/94 (Denver), 6/20/95 (Red Rocks), 11/14/97 (Oakland), 6/23/98 (Denver), 10/25/00 (SD), 6/05/03 (SD), 10/8/04 (FL), 7/2/06 (Denver), 7/17/08 (VH1-Who Tribute LA), 10/6/09 (LA), 10/7/09 (LA), 9/3/11 & 9/4/11(PJ20), 12/06/13 (Seattle), 10/09/14 (Lincoln)..
  • SDHSClassof82
    SDHSClassof82 Seattle Posts: 306
    Gather No Moss wrote:
    It was actually 11/12/97.. R U sure U were there??

    Yep, two different shows at The Catalyst. http://www.fivehorizons.com/tour/cc/t1993.shtml
    “Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere...
    Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead...overhead...”
  • Gather No Moss
    Gather No Moss Omaha Posts: 339
    Sorry, not reading the whole text.. You said another show at the Catalyst.. sorry.. that was a great one too...:))
    Buy the ticket, Take the ride..

    10/20/91 (Omaha), 7/25/92 (Lolla/Denver), 3/7/94 (Denver), 6/20/95 (Red Rocks), 11/14/97 (Oakland), 6/23/98 (Denver), 10/25/00 (SD), 6/05/03 (SD), 10/8/04 (FL), 7/2/06 (Denver), 7/17/08 (VH1-Who Tribute LA), 10/6/09 (LA), 10/7/09 (LA), 9/3/11 & 9/4/11(PJ20), 12/06/13 (Seattle), 10/09/14 (Lincoln)..
  • Gather No Moss
    Gather No Moss Omaha Posts: 339
    SDHSClassof82 wrote:
    Yep, two different shows at The Catalyst. http://www.fivehorizons.com/tour/cc/t1993.shtml

    I wasn't at either one.. but was at the show on 11/14/97 when they opened for the Stones in Oakland and played songs from Yield for the second time after the Santa Cruz show on 11/12/97..
    Buy the ticket, Take the ride..

    10/20/91 (Omaha), 7/25/92 (Lolla/Denver), 3/7/94 (Denver), 6/20/95 (Red Rocks), 11/14/97 (Oakland), 6/23/98 (Denver), 10/25/00 (SD), 6/05/03 (SD), 10/8/04 (FL), 7/2/06 (Denver), 7/17/08 (VH1-Who Tribute LA), 10/6/09 (LA), 10/7/09 (LA), 9/3/11 & 9/4/11(PJ20), 12/06/13 (Seattle), 10/09/14 (Lincoln)..

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