01/05/85 - Mojave Desert, CA @ Gila Monster Jamboree

Date: Saturday, January 5th, 1985
City: Mojave Desert, California, USA
Venue: Gila Monster Jamboree
SET LIST NOTES 
Brother James 
Kill Yr Idols 
Brave Men Run 
Death Valley '69 
I Love Her All The Time 
Ghost Bitch 
I'm Insane 
Flower 
The Burning Spear
  • The band's first west coast gig.
  • Flower was marked as "Indian Beat" on the set list. This was its first known performance.
  • The show was filmed and released officially on home video as "Gila Monster Jamboree".
  • Much thanks to Skip King for providing scans of his original ticket stub + both sides of the attached sheet of paper (directions etc) that came with it.

    QUOTES

    T: "[???] that mic over there."
    L: "Still?"
    K: "Well, he put a cover on this one. Check!"
    L: "The first one is 'Brother James', we're gonna give it a try."
    T: "1 2 3 4!"
    - Brother James
    - Kill Yr Idols
    K: "Does anyone have a beer for the band? One beer. One sip."
    L: "Does it sound totally fucked up?"
    - Intro
    T: "Ready? Start it. 1 2 3 4!"
    - Brave Men Run [segue into "Death Valley '69"]
    L: [over end of "Brave Men Run"] "If there's any monitors, can you turn em up?"
    - Death Valley '69 [w. Lee singing Lydia's part]
    - I Love Her All The Time [segue into "Ghost Bitch"]
    K: "This song is about ghosts."
    - Ghost Bitch [segue into "I'm Insane"]
    - I'm Insane
    - Flower [segue to "The Burning Spear" w. Scream Tape]
    - The Burning Spear
    [tape of "Not Right" by the Stooges plays after band finishes]
    T: "Hey hey, thanks a lot!"

    OTHER PERFORMERS

  • Meat Puppets
  • Redd Kross
  • Psi-Com

    MEMORABILIA


    ticket stub


    instructions/directions


    liability release

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