Thursday, October 17, 2024

The Dahmers @ HQ, Denver CO, 2024-04-20

 

The Rocky Mountain Ripper Fest is a hella good time every year.  Micah Morris, who also plays in Fast Eddy, has put it on that last 4 years and brings so many good underground rock n roll bands to Denver.  I saw so much fun rocking stuff over the 3 days this year.  I'm looking forward to see who's on the bill for next year.

The 2024 band that closed out the whole thing was The Dahmers from Sweden.  They are a horror themed punk rock / rock n roll band.  Upbeat good time songs about having Brain Spiders or being a Rat Boy.  Great high energy performance that sold me immediately  Love to see them again someday.

I think this turned out really nice and since we are rolling into the Halloween season I figured it would be a perfect show to post.  Enjoy.


The Dahmers

Rocky Mountain Ripper - night 3

HQ
Denver CO (USA)
2024-04-20

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N - JK Labs DVC-V12 - M10 
Transfer: M10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Time: (55:17.25)

01 - intro -
02 Quiet Squealer
03 To the Night
04 Demon Night
05 Creepiest Creep
06 Bats Need Friends Too 
07 Cold Skin
08 Blood On My Hands
09 Down on My Knees
10 Stalker
11 Brain Spiders
12 Rat Boy
13 Blood Red Moon
14 Cut Me Down
15 Nightcrawler
16 instrumental
17 Sonic Reducer (Deadboys)



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Thursday, October 3, 2024

SLAYER @ Fillmore Auditorium, Denver CO, 2001-11-30

 


Here is my recording of Slayer at the Fillmore in Denver back in the fall of 2001.  On tour for God Hates Us All.  The openers were American Headcharge and Chimaira. Who I don't recall actually seeing.  Might have been stuck in the always stupid long lines at this venue.  Who knows.

Killer setlist on this tour.  Great song after great song.  Not much stage banter.  They plowed right through the 18 songs.  This suffers sound wise from being at the Fillmore and it sounds like I was near the edge of the pit so there is some mic movement.  It is what it is.  Vocals are clear the rest is a bit muddy.    The Mandatory Suicide into Chemical Warfare is my favorite pairing.  Enjoy


Slayer

Fillmore Auditorium
Denver CO (USA)
2001-11-30

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (78:26.69) 

01 Darkness of Christ
02 Disciple
03 War Ensemble
04 Stain of Mind
05 New Faith
06 Postmortem
07 Raining Blood
08 Hell Awaits
09 Die by the Sword
10 Dittohead
11 Bloodline
12 God Send Death
13 Dead Skin Mask
14 Seasons in the Abyss
15 Mandatory Suicide
16 Chemical Warfare
17 South of Heaven
18 Angel of Death



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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals @ Macky Auditorium, Boulder CO, 1995-10-05

 

Here is Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals opening set from when the opened for PJ Harvey at the Macky Auditorium in Boulder Colorado back in 1995.  I posted the PJ set not long ago.

This is another MarcR recording.

I'm not sure I got into it until later but I was a fan of his guitar playing and the album Fight For Your Mind.  Been awhile since I had listened to any of his stuff.  Still digging it.  Fun to get to hear this show.

Short but sweet set.  Sounds real nice I think.  Enjoy.


Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

Macky Auditorium
Boulder CO (USA)
1995-10-05

Recorded: MarcR
Transferred and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MarcR binaural mics > D7 > DAT
Transfer: DAT > D100 > Oade Digi I/O-A > DAC > AAE-9 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC


(00:00) 01 Excuse Me Mr.
(07:09) 02 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Jimi Hendrix)
(13:52) 03 Whipping Boy
(23:45) 04 Ground On Down
(29:36) 05 Remember
(38:49) 06 Superstition (Stevie Wonder)


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Sunday, September 22, 2024

Dale Crover (Melvins) @ Marquis Theatre, Denver CO, 2024-07-13

 

Dale Crover of the Melvins was out on tour playing drums for Redd Kross recently.  Before they played Dale came out and DJ's some songs for the crowd.  Including, CW McCall - Convoy, ? - Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Warlock Pinchers - Morrissey Rides A Cockhorse, Spinal Tap - Big Bottom, Jacqueline Taïeb - 7 AM, The Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man, Sam The Sham & The Pharaoh - Lil' Red Riding Hood, Plague Vendor - Rougher Than Rough, and a couple others I didn't recognize.

After that he got up with an acoustic guitar and played a small selection of his solo songs and a Melvins song.  I've never seen Dale do anything but play drums so it was cool to see him in another light.  Good stuff.

Dale Crover

Marquis Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
2024-07-13

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 > SP-SPSB-20 > SP-ATEN-6 > AI-Micro > S20
Transfer: S20 > USB > Adobe Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Run time: (22:44.22)

01 I Can't Help You There
02 Doug Yuletide
03 Kitten Knife
04 The Bit (Melvins)
05 I’ll never say
06 Jane


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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Smashing Pumpkins @ Ogden Theatre, Denver CO, 1993-10-10


I was at this show and a massive Smashing Pumpkins fan in 1993.  Siamese Dream had dropped earlier that year and they just took off.  I had seen them on the Gish tour in Denver in 1991.  They played at the Denver Coliseum as part of a bill with Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam.  That show made me a fan.

Years later, at the end of the 90s or beginning of the aughts, while I was doing a ton a CDR trading I acquired this 1993 Smashing Pumpkins Ogden show recording.  I remembered it be good but it got filled away in the boxes.  Recently I made an effort to pull all of my own recording that I had on CDR and all other Colorado shows.  I rediscovered this one in that exercise and then it came up in conversation around the same time.  I had to get it posted on here.

I immediately ripped the CDRs to WAVs and revisited it.  I suspect that this might be another MarcR recording as I've seen sources for this show listed as audience DAT but there were a lot of tapers so who knows.  It is also posted on the LMA.    https://archive.org/details/tsp1993-10-10.flac16/

It is the same source as this but the tracking wasn't complete.  The posted comment says that this show is notable not only the first performance of Drown and also that they didn't play Cherub Rock.  That is incorrect.  It's just not split out as a track on the LMA post.  The play it after some banter that must have been encore break.  The CDR source fades out in a few spots where lulls were removed I think.  Amazing finally with Starla.  Best SP show I ever saw in retrospect.

I corrected some audio level issues and massaged it a little bit.  The vocals are nice and clear and during the quite parts it is quite nice.  I remember this show being super loud so during those parts it gets a little muddy.  Some of that is just due to the way that room sounded back then.  Very listenable I think and a hell of a setlist.  Enjoy.

Smashing Pumpkins   

Ogden Theater
Denver CO (USA)
1993-10-10

Recorded: ? - received in CDR trade in aughts
Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: ? - CDR
Transfer: CDR - EAC - WAVs - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Run time: (85:59.42)
 
01 Disarm 
02 Rocket 
03 Geek USA 
04 Drown 
05 Hummer 
06 Quiet 
07 Today 
08 I Am One 
09 Soma
10 Rhinoceros (soft version) 
11 Siva 
12 Silverfuck
13 - interlude -
14 Cherub Rock 
15 Starla 










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Friday, September 6, 2024

The Briefs @ Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO, 2002-06-11

 





This had to have been the first time I saw the Briefs.  It might have been their first time in Denver too.  Not sure about that.  They opened up for The Queers.  This show made me a fan and I remain one today.  One of my very favorite bands.  A band that I own a copy of almost everything that they have released on vinyl.  Great songs, biting lyrics, tongue in cheek attitude.   

I caught another couple shows in the aughts.  A very memorable one at Climax Lounge (aka The Raven) where they came out wearing real fish as neckties.  They got tossed into the crowd who tossed them back.  It got really gross.

At this Bluebird show all the band members were wearing sexy police man costumes.  I think they might have bought them at the adult emporium that was next door to the Bluebird at the time.  They stood around acting like cops and vibeing people out.  It was pretty funny.  They carried on with that shtick on stage.  Promising not to arrest anyone.  Good fun.  They still play around a little bit and put out a great new album in 2019.  I would see them again in a heart beat.  Enjoy.



The Briefs

Bluebird Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
2002-06-11

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC
Time: (28:21.74) 

01 - intro instrumental -
02 She's Abrasive
03 Silver Bullet
04 Poor and Weird
05 Run The Other Way
06 Medication
07 Knife
08 C'mon Squash Me Like A Bug
09 Rotten Love
10 I'm A Raccoon
11 Where Did He Go?
12 Sylvia
13 This Age


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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Steve Winwood, @ Ball Arena, Denver CO, 2024-08-29

 



Here is the Steve Winwood opening set from the Doobie Brothers show.  I had seen him one time before opening for Steely Dan at Redrocks.  This time we didn't get hailed on so that was nice.

Would have like to have heard Low Spark but pretty solid set.  Enjoy.


Steve Winwood

Ball Arena
Denver CO (USA)
2024-08-29

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-20 - SP-ATEN-6 - AI-Micro - S20
Transfer: S20 - USB - Adobe Audition - WAV

(00:00) 01 Glad
(06:30) 02 Can't Find My Way Home
(11:33) 03 Why Can't We Live Together
(18:49) 04 - band intros -
(20:06) 05 I'm A Man
(25:06) 06 Forty Thousand Headmen
(29:00) 07 Roll With It
(34:58) 08 Back In The High Life Again
(41:09) 09 Dear Mr. Fantasy
(49:41) 10 -interlude -
(51:15) 11 Higher Love
(58:32) 12 Gimme Some Lovin'

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