Live At The 15th Street Tavern 1998-2004

Live at the 15th Street Tavern

A warts and all collection of recordings I made at the 15th St
over the years from 1998 - 2004.  All of these are my recordings except the 1998 Zeke show and the 2002 Orange Goblin show.  I don't have good info on who captured those.

I saw a ton of shows at the 15th Street Tavern over the years.  Way more than I made recordings of.  I managed to capture 35 individual sets from 27 different bands.  Pretty good haul.

It was kind of a dump and the floor was so sticky that it would pull your shoe off if you weren't careful.  The low stage and low ceiling made it a fantastic place to see some loud music though.

My favorite ever show had to have been seeing Queens Of The Stone Age there in 1999.  Right when they were getting going.  Amazing shows from Murder City Devils, Zeke too.

Sound quality is a bit all over the place.  All of it is listenable though.  Like I said warts and all presented in chronological order.

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > UAC222 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC

1998-10-31 Zeke,1999-09-02 Other Star People,1999-09-02 Queens Of The Stone Age,2000-03-10 Murder City Devils,2000-09-26 Valentine Killers,2000-11-11 Murder City Devils,2000-12-12 Cutthroats 9,2001-09-01 Jet Black Joy,2001-09-01 Cutthroats 9,2001-09-14 Zeke,2001-09-14 Speedealer,2001-09-15 Zeke,2001-09-15 Speedealer,2001-11-09 Down N Outs, 2001-11-09 Lazy Cowgirls,2001-11-09 Toilet Boys,2001-12-01 Jet Black Joy,2001-12-21 Swampass,2002-03-08 Bardo Pond,2002-03-22 Drag The River,2002-05-19 Orange Goblin,2002-06-01 Crimson Haybailer,2002-06-01 Black Lamb,2002-06-01 Lost Goat,2002-06-18 The Omens,2002-06-18 Dead Low Tide,2002-09-28 The Hangmen,2002-09-28 Camarosmith,2002-09-28 Speedealer,2002-10-17 Munly,2002-10-17 Drive-by Truckers,2004-04-07 Shoot Up Or Shut Up,2004-04-07 Eroticide,2004-04-07 Lyin' Bitch And The Restraining Orders

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Live At The 15th Street Tavern 1998-2004

01 Zeke - Shout It Out Loud (KISS)

02 Zeke - 302 Cubic Inch V-8 Powered Blues

03 Zeke - Zeke You

04 Zeke - Lawson

05 Queens Of The Stone Age - You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar But I Feel Like A Millionaire

06 Queens Of The Stone Age - The Bronze

07 Queens Of The Stone Age - You Can't Quit Me Baby

08 Queens Of The Stone Age - You Would Know

09 Other Star People - Here We Go

10 Other Star People - Shut Up And Show Me

11 Other Star People - Any Way You Want It (Journey)

12 Murder City Devils - Dancing Shoes

13 Murder City Devils - Press Gang

14 Murder City Devils - Officer

15 Valentine Killers - On The Floor

16 Valentine Killers - Where The Action Is

17 Valentine Killers - End Of The Night

18 Murder City Devils - Bunkhouse

19 Murder City Devils - Johnny Thunders

20 Murder City Devils - 18 Wheels

21 Cutthroats 9 - - Phil The Fan shout out -

22 Cutthroats 9 - You Should Be Dead

23 Jet Black Joy - You Got It

24 Jet Black Joy - Kogal

25 Cutthroats 9 - Move

26 Cutthroats 9 - Prey

27 Speedealer - Leave Me Alone

28 Speedealer - All The Things You'll Never Be

29 Speedealer - You Lose, I Win

30 Zeke - Evil Dead

31 Zeke - Night Rider

32 Zeke - Holly 750

33 Zeke - Mainline

34 Zeke - Live Wire

35 Zeke - Voodoo Chile (Hendrix)

36 Zeke - Dogfight

37 Speedealer - Slowly, Burning... Alive

38 Speedealer - Kill Myself Tonight

39 Zeke - Eyes Of Satan

40 Zeke - NIB (Black Sabbath)

41 Zeke - West Seattle Acid Party

42 Down N Outs - Feel Alright

43 Down N Outs - I Saw A Girl

44 Down N Outs - Fight Fire(The Golliwogs)

45 Lazy Cowgirls - When It Comes To You (I've Got No Dreams to Lose)

46 Lazy Cowgirls - You Have Got Religion Now

47 Lazy Cowgirls - Give It Away

48 Toilet Boys - Saturday Night

49 Toilet Boys - Another Day In The Life

50 Toilet Boys - Duece (KISS)

51 Jet Black Joy - I See Red

52 Jet Black Joy - Pot of Gold

53 Jet Black Joy - Number Of The Beast

54 Swampass - Better Off Than Dead

55 Swampass - Slither

56 Swampass - Down Payment Blues (ACDC)

57 Bardo Pond - Call the Doctor (Spacemen 3)

58 Bardo Pond - Tantric Porno

59 Drag The River - Medicine

60 Drag The River - She Think I Still Care (George Jones)

61 Drag The River - Losin' Everyone

62 Drag The River - So Lonely

63 Drag The River - Ride Me Down Easy (Billy Joe Shaver)

64 Orange Goblin - King of the Hornets

65 Orange Goblin - Your World Will Hate This

66 Orange Goblin - Freelance Fiend (Leaf Hound)

67 Crimson Haybailer - Five Sweet Years

68 Crimson Haybailer - The Sound of Silencers

69 Crimson Haybailer - Fluszh

70 Black Lamb - Queen Seperator

71 Black Lamb - Morning Star

72 Lost Goat - Twisted

73 Lost Goat - The Hanging Tree

74 The Omens - Make Time

75 The Omens - Just Can't Win

76 The Omens - Searching For Love

77 Dead Low Tide - Blues Come Easy

78 Dead Low Tide - Lazer Lazer Lazer Love

79 Dead Low Tide - Vivain Girls

80 The Hangmen - Loners, Junkies And Liquor Stores

81 The Hangmen - Bent

82 The Hangmen - Broke Drunk And Stoned

83 Camarosmith - Sellout

84 Camarosmith - Heading Out To The Highway (Judas Priest)

85 Camarosmith - Running Free

86 Speedealer - Hit It And Run

87 Speedealer - Machinations

88 Speedealer - Cold War Blues

89 Drive-by Truckers - Don't Be In Love Around Me

90 Drive-by Truckers - Separation Day

91 Drive-by Truckers - Your Daddy Hates Me

92 Drive-by Truckers - People Who Died

93 Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots - Goose Walking Over My Grave

94 Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots - Big Black Bull Comes Like a Caesar

95 Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots - A Gentle Man’s Jihad

96 Shoot Up Or Shut Up - - full set -

97 Eroticide - The Money Will Roll Right In (Fang)

98 Eroticide - AA song

99 Lyin' Bitch And The Restraining Orders - Does Your $ 3 U

100 Lyin' Bitch And The Restraining Orders - Chix Can't Skate

101 Lyin' Bitch And The Restraining Orders - Shot Of Whiskey

102 Lyin' Bitch And The Restraining Orders - My Dad's A Fuckin' Alcoholic (Frantix)

Queens Of The Stone Age @ Ogden Theater, Denver CO, 1999-04-19

This is the 20th anniversary of the first time I recorded live audio at a concert.  I had been thinking about doing it for awhile.  I was way into live recordings and at this point I was buying a few of the unauthorized CDs that were floating around.  I had an website for trading CDRs and was starting to acquire a good collection.

I vaguely knew what it took to make recordings.  I had copies of a cassette with Slayer and Megadeth's sets from the Redrocks Clash of the Titans tour stop that my friends cousin had made. It was pretty rough but a fun listen. I though I could do a better job so it planted a little seed. 

Then years later I meet a guy at a Foo Fighters in 96 or 97 who I saw messing with his DAT tape deck.  He was a bit cagey but nice enough to answer some questions for me about his gear.  That really peaked my interest and I started looking into gear.

My first foray was a minidisc recorder and some small coresound binaural mics.   I did a few test runs at home but the first in the field run was at Smashing Pumpkins show with Queens of the Stone Age opening.

I botched the Pumpkins recording and don't think I'll be sharing that one but I managed to capture 99% of the Queens of The Stone Age set.

I hadn't listened to this recording for a long time and I recall it being way worse than it is.  My gear wasn't quite equipped to handle the loud volume of a big show like that so there is some clipping and distortion.   I've polished it up as much as I could and it's more than listenable. 

I figured it was a nice enough to share a a glimpse into where I started on this odd hobby.  It's been a fun 20 years and I have seen and recorded so many amazing things since then.  I have also met a ton of fantastic people over these years in relation to live music that I call friends to this day.

I don't get out and record nearly as much as in my heyday but I don't stopping anytime soon either.  It's become as much of an obsession as a hobby. 

So here is my first recording every.  Enjoy.


Queens Of The Stone Age

Ogden Theater
Denver CO (USA)
1999-04-19


Recorded and Mastered SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 (Analog) > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (34:31.37) 

01 Avon (fades in)
02 Regular John
03 How to Handle a Rope
04 Mexicola
05 The Bronze
06 Millionaire
07 If Only
08 You Can't Quit Me Baby

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Queens Of The Stone Age @ Fillmore, Denver CO, 2003-10-03

Ok here is another from the Songs For The Deaf tour.  Almost exactly a year later from the 2002 show at the Ogden.

I recall that we had trouble getting our recording gear in to the Fillmore.  Which wasn't a big surprise.  QOTSA was very taper friendly when a man named Hutch was doing all of their live front of house sound.  At the previous 2002 Ogden show I posted he went above and beyond to help us get in the door with a mic stand and bag of gear.

For this show it was no go at the door.  We walked around to the north side of the Fillmore were the buses were parked and just happened to see Hutch heading to the back stage door.  We yelled out for him and he came over and carried out gear in and set it in the sound booth.

Fillmore remains one of my least favorite sounding rooms in town but this recording turned out really nice.  Again Hutch is a total pro and nailed it.  Really fantastic set list.  Love that they played Auto Pilot.  Mark Lanagen again joins the band for a handful of songs as he did on this tour.

Enjoy

Queens Of The Stone Age

Fillmore Auditorium
Denver, CO (USA)
2003-10-03

Recorded by: Tom Chaffin & SxPxDxCx
Mastered by: SxPxDxCx
Source: Microtech Gefell m300s > Sonosax SX-M2 > DAT > JB3
Transfer: JB3 > WAV > Audition > CDWave > FLAC > MP3
Time: (95:03.31)


01 First It Giveth
02 Do It Again
03 You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire
04 If Only
05 Quick and to the Pointless
06 Regular John
07 The Sky Is Falling
08 Gonna Leave You
09 In The Fade (W Mark Lanagen)
10 Hangin' Tree (W Mark Lanagen)
11 Song For The Dead (W Mark Lanagen)
12 Go with the Flow
13 Mexicola
14 Better Living Through Chemistry
15 Auto Pilot (W Mark Lanagen)
16 Another Love Song (W Mark Lanagen)
17 Song for the Deaf (W Mark Lanagen)
18 No One Knows
19 - encore -
20 Monsters in the Parasol
21 Tension Head
22 Feel Good Hit of the Summer

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Queens Of The Stone Age @ Ogden Theater, Denver CO, 2002-10-01

Here is another older QOTSA recording of mine.  This time on the Song For The Deaf tour.

Interesting lineup with And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead and Peaches. I recall the crowd not digging Peaches very much.  I have a recording of her too.  I need to dig that up.

Another stellar set list and Mark Lanagan joins the band for several songs.  Good stuff.  Enjoy.

Queens Of The Stone Age

Ogden Theater
Denver, CO (USA)
2002-10-01

Recorded by: Tom Chaffin
Mastered by: SxPxDxCx
Source: Microtech Gefell m300s > Sonosax SX-M2 > DAT > JB3
Transfer: JB3 > ? > CDR > EAC > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (82:41.56)


01 Regular John
02 Quick and to the Pointless
03 You Would Know
04 Sky is Falling
05 Tension Head
06 Monsters in the Parasol
07 Gonna Leave You
08 Hangin' Tree (W Mark Lanagan)
09 Auto Pilot (W Mark Lanagan)
10 Song for the Dead (W Mark Lanagan)
11 Better Living Through Chemistry
12 No One Knows
13 You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire
14 Go with the Flow
15 Another Love Song
16 Song for the Deaf (W Mark Lanagan)
17 The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
 - Encore -
18 Feel Good Hit of the Summer
19 Avon

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Nick Oliveri @ Larimer Lounge, Denver CO, 2003-10-04

Sticking to the Queens Of The Stone Age track.  Here is a solo acoustic performance by Nick Oliveri the night after Queens had played at the Fillmore.  Flyer says "first ever US performance" but I have no idea if that is true or not.

Nice sound board sourced recording with songs from all over Nick's catalog.  Mark Lanagan comes out for a handful of songs to lend a hand and sounds as haunting as ever.

I hadn't listened to this one for a bunch of years and had forgotten how fantastic this show was.

Enjoy


Nick Oliveri

Larimer Lounge
Denver, CO (USA)
2003-11-04

Recorded by: SxPxDxCx
Source: Soundboard > unknown FOH MD deck
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 (Analog) > WAV > Audition > CDWave > FLAC > MP3
Time: (54:30.0)

01 Six Shooter [QOTSA]
02 Here We Come [Mondo Generator]
03 Bloody Hammer [Roky Erickson]
04 I Want You To Die [Mondo Generator]
05 Fuck Yeah I'm Free [Mondo Generator]
06 Auto Pilot [QOTSA] (W/ Mark Lanagan)
07 Ode to Clarissa [QOTSA]
08 Four Corners [Mondo Generator] (W/ Mark Lanagan)
09 Another Love Song [QOTSA] (W/ Mark Lanagan)
10 I Never Sleep [River City Rapists]
11 Demonica [Dwarves]
12 Jr High Love [Mondo Generator]
13 So High, So Low [Mondo Generator]
14 Day I Die [Mondo Generator]
15 It Dosen't Matter - It Used To Matter (improv)
16 Detroit [Mondo Generator]
17 ...Millionaire  [QOTSA]
18 - interlude -
19 Drug Store [Dwarves]
20 Do the Headright [Mondo Generator]
21 Allen's Wrench [Kyuss]
22 Gonna Leave You (Spanish version)  [QOTSA]


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Queens Of The Stone Age @ Bluebird Theater, Denver CO, 2000-05-18

Here is a nice early Queens Of The Stone Age show in Denver.  Early 2000 at the Bluebird Theater right before the brilliant Rated R album came out.  So only a few songs from that album get played but the set list is chock full of killer tunes.  Including an ...Millionaire  which doesn't get on an album until Songs For The Deaf.

The band really stretches is out on You Can't Quit Me Babe.  A glorious 9 + minutes.  Love that they opened up with The Bronze.  One of my QOTSA favorites.

I did a fresh transfer from the original master minidisc for this post and put a bit more polish on it.  I know I traded this out in the CDR by mail days but I'm not sure I have ever posted it anywhere.

If you have it on CDR consider this an upgrade.  I'm in the midst of getting all my early Queens recordings posted so watch this space for more.  Enjoy.


Queens Of The Stone Age

Bluebird Theater
Denver, CO (USA)
2000-05-18


Recorded and Mastered: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 (Analog) > WAV > Audition > CDWave > FLAC > MP3
Time: (58:54.72)

01 The Bronze
02 Regular John
03 The Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
04 You Can't Quit Me Babe
05 Quick And To The Pointless
06 You Would Know
07 You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar But I feel Like a Millionare
08 Avon
09 The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
10 If Only
11 Mexicola
- Encore 1 -
12 Eccentric Man (The Groundhogs)
 - Encore 2 -
13 Tension Head

Fades between encores

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Queens Of The Stone Age, Denver CO, 2011-04-08, Ogden Theater

Queens Of The Stone Age returned to Denver after a long absence.  I don't think that I have seen them since 2003 when they played the Fillmore.  I also don't recall that they even came to Denver on the Era Vulgaris tour.  So I was pretty excited for this show.
This tour was to celibrate the re-release of the self titled album.  Queens's played all the songs from it and the b-side The Bronze.  The second set was mostly newer material.  Here is my recording of the night.  Enjoy.

Queens Of The Stone Age

Ogden Theater
Denver, CO
2011-04-08

Taped and Transferred by SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N > JK Labs DVC-V12 > JB3
Transfer: JB3 > USB > Cooledit > CDWave > FLAC


DISK 1
Time (64:26.42)

01. Regular John
02. - We'll Just Have To Drink Together For Just A Little - #
03. Avon
04. If Only
05. Walkin' on the Sidewalks
06. - interlude -
07. You Would Know
08. How to Handle a Rope
09. Mexicola
10. Hispanic Impressions
11. The Bronze
12. Give the Mule What He Wants
13. I Was a Teenage Hand Model
14. I Fell In Love For The First Time*
15. You Can't Quit Me, Baby

ENCORE
Time (34:34.23)

16. Burn The Witch
17. Monsters In The Parasol
18. Make It Wit Chu
19. Sick Sick Sick
20. - encore 2 -
21. Go With The Flow
22. Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
23. A Song For The Dead

# Josh had some issue with his cables or pedal board that take a bit of time to resolve.  After some general feedback the band jams for a spell.

* maybe a cover song
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Queens Of The Stone Age @ The 15th St Tavern, Denver CO 09-02-1999

This show is one of the reasons I miss the 15th Street Tavern so much.  I remember it being hot, sweaty and packed that night.  Good times.  I know that they went on to become pretty big rock stars and everything. And they have put out some really good albums over the years as well.  But for me this was when they were at the height of their powers.  The first self titled record and Rated R set a bar that they have yet to best.

I had only been recording shows for 5 months when I caught this show.  Coincidentally the first show I ever tried to record was also Queens Of The Stone Age opening up for the Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden back in April of 1999.  This got traded around in the CDR trading circles back in the day but this is a fresh transfer from my master recordings with a fair amount of tweaking on my part.  I think its an improvement.  Enjoy.

I got these pictures from that night from the old 15th Street Tavern website years ago.  I can't remember who took them but if it was you, or you know who did let me know and I'll give them credit.

Queens Of The Stone Age

15th Street Tavern
Denver Colorado
September, 2 1999

Taped , Transferred, & Mastered by SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sharp 722 (Analog) > SBLive > Cooledit > CDWave > FLAC > MP3
Time: (89:48.55)

01. Regular John
02. Infinity
03. Mexicola
04. You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar But I Feel Like A Millionaire          
05. How To Handle A Rope
06. Eccentric Man
07. The Bronze
08. Avon
09. Monster In The Parasol
10. If Only
11. Hispanic Impressions
12. You Can't Quit Me Baby
13. Rickshaw
14. Jr. High Love
15. You Would Know
16. Tension Head ( end is cut)
17. Born To Hula
18. A #1
19. Walking On The Sidewalks


Notes:

A few small drop outs during track 01.

The crowd got a little wild during Regular John and the security guy decides he is going to do something about it and accidentally unplugs Josh's power strip turning off his whole guitar rig.

Band:

Drums: Gene Trautmann
Bass, vocals: Nick Oliveri
Guitar, Keyboards: Dave Catching
Guitar, vocals: Josh Homme


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