SONIC YOUTH // 1985 Tour Statistics

Main Statistics

  • Number of shows played: 70
  • Number of tours: 3

    Number of Appearances in 51 Partial or Complete Set Lists:

    		
Brave Men Run		       30
Brother James		       41
Burning Spear		       21
Confusion is Next		1	01/19/85 Seattle, WA
Death Valley '69	       35
Expressway		       24
Flower			       24
Ghost Bitch		       37
The Good and the Bad		1	03/23/85 London
Green Light		       10
Hallowed Be Thy Name		1	09/25/85 NYC, NY
Halloween		       19
I Love Her All The Time	       39
I'm Insane		       23
Inhuman				7
Kat N Hat		       10
Kill Yr Idols		       36
Making the Nature Scene		6
Satan is Boring			9
Secret Girl		       10
Shaking Hell			2
Society is a Hole		6
World Looks Red		       13


    Current Release: Bad Moon Rising
    
Songs from albums:

Evol			3
Flower/Halloween 12"	2
Death Valley '69	1
Bad Moon Rising		6
Kill Yr Idols EP	2
Confusion is Sex	5
Sonic Youth EP		2

    Other Statistics

    Unreleased at time: 4

  • Cat in the Hat
  • Expressway to yr Skull
  • Green Light
  • Secret Girl

    Number of different songs played: 23

    Non-LP songs performed: 3

  • Cat in the Hat/Blues Blur -- unreleased, abandoned instrumental (w/ occasional Lee vocals)
  • Hallowed Be Thy Name -- Alice Cooper cover from Lovedolls Superstar Soundtrack
  • Satan is Boring -- Death Valley '69 EP

    Note: The statistics above only reflect the information available on this site in the form of gig dates, set lists, and tour schedules. Since many set lists are either missing or incomplete, and not all concert dates are available, it's impossible to offer 100% accuracy, but this is as close as the site can come w/ the information available. Your help to make the site more complete would be greatly appreciated. Contact Chris Lawrence with any info you have.

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