09/16/87 - Atlanta, GA @ Metroplex

QUOTES

T: "Alright! Sorry. The bass amp will probably blow out before the first song is over. And my cord will probably pull my amp over. Do you wanna start? This first song is for Katie and Susie, they're from Lawrenceville. I know a lot of you are from Lawrenceville. You ready, Fucko? This song is called 'Sister'!" [Thurston starts the song on guitar and looks confused, then stops] "Oh Steve, you wanna start it?"
- Schizophrenia
T: "Fuck it, hold up! Hold up! Hold up! We can't continue-- it's just fucked up, it's just too fucked up. Can we just send it directly thru the main, thru the sides? Let's just do that.. otherwise, uhhh throw it. This always happens when we come to Atlanta! [laughs] Is your amp broken too? Alright, Lee's amp is broken now! Oh yeah! Now my amp is-- I lost my voice! This is.. yo, turn.. Alright, let's see.. is the sound, is it coming thru here? Yeah, it's cool. Alright. Sorta like lipsynching... kinda fake. Alright, this song is called 'Tom Violence'!"
- Tom Violence
T: "Hey! You ready Lee?"
K: "[something almost inaudible thru monitors]"
L: "What?"
T: "Yeah, more bass with more bass EQ, and bring down, like, the high-mid, just make it really motor, like... Alright! This is all new to us, this song is called 'White Kross'!"
- White Kross
L: "[making patchcord feedback squeal with his guitar - stops - someone in crowd shouts something, he responds] Steve, you want some? [makes more noise]"
T: "Whistle! Aah this is for Alison. She's from Buckhead. This is called 'Cotton Crown'"
- Cotton Crown [Lee starts with wrong guitar]
T: "Could you have a-- put more drums, and more bass up front please? If you can. This song is called 'Stereo Sanctity'."
- Stereo Sanctity
L: "1 2 3 4!"
- Brother James
T: "Alright, thank you. We're gonna play tomorrow night with Dinosaur." [encore break] "Lee and Kim, you can come up now..."
[crowd shouts excessively: "INHUMAN!!" "EXPRESSWAY!!" "KILL YR IDOLS!!" "PLAY WHAT YOU WANNA PLAY!"]
[thurston jams 'hinkley had a vision' by the crucifucks on bass, crowd approves]
T: "Hinkley Had A Vision..." [chatter, can't hear?] "?? play with this light [the slide?].. Lee!"
K: "Does this ?? work?"
L: "No! It broke..."
K: "Hello Hoboken.. [laughs] [crowd is heckling]"
T: "Lee, Lee, Lee..."
L: "Yeah?"
T: "Let's play quiet."
L: "Alright [??]" [tuning...]
T: "Let's go, dude!"
- Beauty Lies in the Eye
K: "This next song is punk rock."
L: "It's not our old one!"
T: "Wait!"
L: "What?"
T: "I need the lyrics for this song!"
L: "Oh fuck you!" [arguing]
K: "This is an old song, it's called 'Hotwire My Heart'."
[someone in crowd: "play something new!"]
T: "Alright.. [sarcastic laugh]"
L: "It's new for us!"
T: "Yeah this song was written by a group called Crime, and um.. FUCK! Fuck it, I'll make em up!"
- Hotwire My Heart
T: "Alright, thanks."

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