The New Bomb Turks are an amazing band. Maybe a bit too punk for the rock n roll crowd and a bit to rock in roll for the punks. Like a lot of bands on the late 90s early aughts circuit kicking around playing RAWK music.
Rock N Roll is such a generic genre umbrella it's funny to think that so much of it is underground stuff. I guess the radio divide at the time separated the more main stream acts from the people down at the quarry mining the real rock nuggets. Most people are more than happy to just listen to what ever is presented to them. NBT were just not for that crowd.
This set at the Bluebird in Denver back in 2002 was during the beginning of a time when the city imposed a ridiculous 100db limit on the club because some folks that forgot they lived nearby, in the middle of the city, and right near busy Colfax, decided it was too loud and complained none stop.
Seriously the traffic is that loud. My friend that worked there have stories of phone calls coming into the box office staying "the show is too loud you need to turn it down" despite the fact no show was happening at the time. Madness.
Practically ever band complained about it. Rightfully so as it is pretty quite. The venue didn't want to get fined so they kept it quite. At the time it was a drag but in listening back to all these older recording from that era it might have help make a better house mix without everyone on stage just cranking up their amps to 10.
Front man Eric Davidson is in fine form this night with some ridiculous intro to some of the songs and it wouldn't be a Denver New Bomb Turks show if Eric didn't talk some shit to and about Denver band The La Donnas. Good times. Enjoy.
New Bomb Turks
Bluebird Theater
Denver CO (USA)
2002-09-17
Recorded and Mastered: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > UAC222 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (59:22.07)
01 - intro -
02 Id Slips In
03 Point A to Point Blank
04 Hassle St.
05 Grifted
06 Up For The Downslide
07 Rat Feelings
08 Professional Againster
09 T.A.S.
10 Spanish Fly by Night
11 Bullish On Bullshit
12 So Long Silver Lining
13 Pretty Lightning
14 Born Toulouse-Lautrec
15 Defiled
16 - encore -
17 Last Lost Fight
18 Radio Beat
19 I Want My Baby...Dead?!
20 Tattooed Apathetic Boys
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