01/20/89 - Melbourne, OZ @ Old Greek Theatre

Date: Friday, January 20th, 1989
City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue: Old Greek Theatre
SET LIST NOTES
Brother James 
The Wonder 
Hyperstation 
Teenage Riot 
Hey Joni 
The Sprawl 
'Cross the Breeze 
Eric's Trip 
Candle 
Kissability 
I Love Her All The Time 
Eliminator Jr 
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Silver Rocket 
I Wanna Be Yr Dog
  • E-mail I received: "Sonic Youth played the Old Greek Theatre, I remember Roland Howard, guitarist who played a prominent part in the "Birthday Party", played a Fender Jaguar as a guest, for one song, with Sonic Youth, it was a cover version of an Iggy Pop song, "Now I Wanna be Your Dog"." -- maybe the set list I have is incomplete or for another show?
  • Update to above data: from what I can tell based on a 01/20/89 radio interview, Roland Howard guested the previous night at the first Melbourne show, although the venue was supposedly Chasers and not the Old Greek Theatre.
  • Further update: I now have a copy of the show that does contain "Dog" as the final song. Harry and Rowland S. Howard guest.

    QUOTES

    T: "This is for Henry! 1-"
    L: "2 3 4!"
    - Brother James [false start after first note]
    T: "Fuck!"
    L: "Alright, this is for Henry!"
    T: "1 2 3 4!"
    - Brother James
    T: "This song is called 'The Wonder'. Ready? Click! Click!"
    - The Wonder [segue into "Hyperstation"]
    - Hyperstation
    T: "Thanks! [plays a tiny bit of proper intro to "Teen Age Riot"] You ready? This is an anti-racist song."
    - Teen Age Riot [no intro]
    L: "Sorry I switched amps. This is called 'Hey Joni'."
    - Hey Joni
    ["Secret Girl" piano tape plays]
    - The Sprawl
    - 'Cross the Breeze
    L: "This is called 'Eric's Trip'."
    - Eric's Trip
    - Candle
    T: "Thanks. This song is for the Howard brothers. It's called 'You Got Twistability'."
    - Kissability
    - I Love Her All The Time
    - Eliminator Jr.
    T: "Thanks!"
    K: "Thanks a lot!"
    ["Providence" tape plays through encore break]
    K: "Uh, we're missing a guitar strap. I guess we won't be able to play now [laughs]."
    - Silver Rocket
    [extended bass/drums jam on "I Wanna Be Yr Dog" while guests are setting up]
    - I Wanna Be Yr Dog [w. Harry & Rowland S. Howard on guitar/vocals]

    OTHER PERFORMERS

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