BAD MOON RISING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
This was the band's first tour with Steve Shelley. They were still sticking pretty heavily to the Bad Moon Rising material, as well as both sides of the forthcoming Flower/Halloween 12". They were also introducing audiences to several new songs that they could expect on EVOL, such as "Expressway" and "Secret Girl", and one song that would never be heard again: "Kat N Hat", an oddball tune that Lee began developing a vocal for as the tour progressed.
Tour Length
16 shows / 32 days
Number of Appearances in 11 Partial or Complete Set Lists:
Brave Men Run 10
Brother James 10
Burning Spear 5
Death Valley '69 11
Expressway 11
Flower 6
Ghost Bitch 11
Halloween 5
I Love Her All The Time 11
I'm Insane 7
Inhuman 2
Kat N Hat 8
Kill Yr Idols 9
Making the Nature Scene 3
Secret Girl 2
World Looks Red 1
Seattle 08/16/85 set not used for statistics as it is based on recollection, not recording.
Current Release: Bad Moon Rising
Songs from albums:
Evol 2
Flower/Halloween 12" 2
Bad Moon Rising 5
Kill Yr Idols EP 2
Confusion is Sex 3
Sonic Youth EP 1
Other Statistics
Unreleased at time: 5
(Flower / Halloween / Expressway / Kat N Hat / Secret Girl)
Number of different songs played: 16
Non-LP songs performed: 3
(Flower / Halloween - Flower 12" // Kat N Hat - unreleased)
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