
CURRENT SITE STATUS:
1312 shows / 1059 set lists
(sonic youth only)
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PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES, FOR THEY SHARE THE SAME INTEREST AS THIS ONE:
BUTTHOLE SURFERS LIVE DISCO -- Jimi's put a lot of work into thoroughly archiving the Butthole Surfers concert/studio recording history, and is the perfect guy to contact if you have any rare or uncirculated Butthole Surfers/assorted recordings or information. PLEASE help him out if you can. Even just memories help!
NIRVANA LIVE GUIDE -- Mike and Kris are true examples of what online historians should be, relentlessly seeking to discover and document any information pertaining to NIRVANA's concert history/recording material. If you have any rare or uncirculated Nirvana/assorted recordings or information that you could offer, please help them out. They've endlessly supported the communities of many bands with their efforts, including this very site.
Please see the LINKS section for more band references, these guys just work amazingly hard and any potential lead I can send their way is the least I can offer. Thanks guys!
selected updates:
06/18/82 - pix
i'd like to thank everybody who's visited this site over the past 10 years! i appreciate all of your comments and contributions, and encourage you to continue providing information. i apologize that i can't respond to every single letter that comes in, but rest assured i keep all the info on file for when i do 'bulk' updates like this. cheers!
Special thanx to Tristan Ruellan for a lot of double-checking set lists and info, and Mike Ziegler for contributing an insane amount of posters and various scans. I still have a bit of a backlog to work thru, mostly photos, but there should be enough to look at for a while. Keep sending stuff in, it will eventually appear! Everything is appreciated...
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Here's a road map:
APR 18 2008
added all 2008 shows. i do have more 'old' info to come 'soon', please keep sending stuff to my email + it will eventually make it up here. soon!JAN 23 2008
added texas gigs + updated song stats. more 'old' shows coming soon, i think...NOV 04 2007
added all 2007 sets except texas, which will hopefully be posted soon. MAR 18 2007
added all remaining 2006/2007 sets. stats should be current. did some other updates, thanks again to mike for photography and patrick for information, among many others! still have more posters to add in the future (keep info coming)...
12/??/82 - new show
02/12/83 - pix
05/04/83 - pix
06/11/83 - pix
09/10/83 - new show + pix
05/24/85 - pix
07/07/86 - poster
04/23/87 - quotes
10/24/87 - pix
11/26/89 - confirmed date!
12/28/90 - new show
04/04/91 - quotes
11/05/92 - set list
02/23/93 - set list
06/13/01 - extra players
06/16/01 - extra players
04/19/06 - set scan
02/24/07 - set scanSEP 14 2006
added all 2006 sets EXCEPT TOKYO. help me if you can. rock.AUG 12 2006
Howdy folks! Site should be up-to-date thru 2005, with most of 2006...I've added a ton of new posters, quotes, shows, corrections, etc etc...I can't detail them all but here's a list of every page that's changed in this update...
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08/06/04OLD NEWS....
HAPPY 2006 EVERYBODY !!
Yeah, I know. Funny story, I actually thought I'd done this back in March 2005, and was only that far behind...not so, apparently. So, in exchange for the finishing touches/loose ends that were holding me back from posting this update ten months ago, here's a bunch of new stuff that you're basically just going to have to find yourself. I added a ton of info on the shows, updated some of the stats, intended to but didn't add some features, actually did add some new features, which you can find in the menu frame, I suppose. Definitely not everything I'd intended to get done (many photo submissions continue to gather dust, and I've temporarily lost access to a few things I know I needed to add). Oh, here's something else -- ANY E-MAIL SENT TO MUSTANG@ISLANDNET.COM IN THE PAST YEAR WAS NOT RECEIVED. Yeah, I know. If you sent me anything you think I might still like to see and feel like resending, I'm still collecting information @ this address. I look forward to hearing from you. : )
middown81 - added set list 022782 - added set list, proper venue folk83 - changed 'idols' to 'bro j', added 'burning spear' 110483 - added 'bad mood' to set list 110583 - added 'bro j' to set 110683 - added note 112483 - added note 112583 - added note 051984 - added "satan is boring" 060284 - [ADD POSTER] 011185 - added set list 011785 - added set list 011985 - added 'kill yr idols' 032385 - added notes 040585 - added set list 042485 - added halloween to set list 042585 - changed 'shaking hell' to 'ghost bitch' 042685 - added notes 061285 - changed 'green light' to 'satan is boring', added notes 070585 - changed 'bad mood' to 'satan', added notes 080385 - corrected date 080785 - added show + openers 082785 - added set list 083185 - added 'kill idols' + 'ghost bitch' 092585 - [ADD SET LIST SCAN] 100585 - added 'ghost bitch' + note 100685 - added 'flower' 100985 - added 'flower' 103085 - corrected objector 110685 - added note 110985 - added pictures 050586 - added pictures 050886 - added 'white kross' to set 051186 - added 'world' to set 051786 - added 'green light' 052386 - rearranged set list 052686 - changed 'secret girl' to 'death to our friends' 052886 - world=DV69, + deathfriends+burning spear 052986 - added 'kill yr idols' 062386 - added 'tom v' 062486 - added 'flower' 062686 - changed 'confusion' to 'kill yr idols' and "world" to "inhuman" 071286 - replaced set list. -mm,wlr,sg +tv,bj,kyi,expwy,iloveher 071586 - added 'kill yr idols' 'world looks red' 071686 - added opener 072186 - added full set list (only flower/expwy before) 072486 - changed 'death valley' to 'death to our friends' 072586 - added 'green light' 110286 - added set list 111086 - added note 111386 - added set list 112186 - added 'expressway' + notes 112286 - added 'red and black' 042587 - added 'white kross' 042787 - added 'white kross' 060487 - added 'tuff gnarl' 060887 - added 'white kross' 061287 - added notes 061387 - added 'kotton' + 'stereo' + notes 062087 - swapped 'expwy' / 'pch' 062187 - added set list 070187 - added 'tuff gnarl' 070487 - added notes 091087 - added notes 100287 - added openers (AND GIG POSTER) 100387 - changed to 100287 101287 - added show 101387 - added opener 101687 - removed 'kill yr idols' 102487 - added notes 060988 - added rain king 061088 - added set list 110188 - openers 110588 - source note 110688 - source note 111588 - added set list 111888 - -kiss +teen 121088 - opener 011789 - added 'joni' 020889 - date/venue/poster 020989 - date/venue/poster 032789 - added 'candle' 'kiss' 033089 - added 'wonder' 040189 - added note 040289 - added 'e jr' 'world' 'bro j' 040389 - added note 071489 - openers 030890 - [ADD SCAN OF SET LIST] 030990 - removed 'hyperstation' + 'joni', added 'silver rocket' 080790 - added notes 081790 - added 'titanium' 'my friend goo' 082190 - added 'kool thing' 090290 - added world looks red 090390 - added 'c. block', changed 'titanium' to 'dirty boots' 090790 - added 'tunic' + 'dirty boots' 091890 - added 'my friend goo' 092590 - added 'kool thing'/'schizo' to set 101090 - added set list [ADD SCAN OF SET LIST] 101590 - added notes 102190 - source note 102290 - added 'my friend goo' 102790 - added 'dirty boots' + 'mary x' 110490 - openers 111590 - changed 'titanium' to 'mary' 111890 - added one song + notes 122990 - added note 030391 - added 'dirty boots' 102691 - added 'chapel hill' 080992 - added show 100592 - added source note 110392 - changed 'no II' to 'dont' 112092 - added set list 112492 - added note 112692 - added 'youth against fascism' rome tv performance 112992 - added 'purr' 120992 - added 'tom v' 121092 - added 'i love her' 'tom v' 'youth' 'teen riot' removed 'shoot' 'purr' 121492 - changed opener, added 'shoot' 121592 - changed opener 012293 - added 'drunken' to soundcheck 012693 - changed 'eric' to 'genetic' 020593 - corrected set list / +100,bj,mote,love -boots,eric,schizo,jc,yaf,expwy 020693 - removed note 022693 - partial set + opener 030793 - corrected venue 070193 - fixed set list 042395 - + panty,becuz,wash,junk,saucer,cotton,pch 052095 - added quotes 110595 - openers 041796 - openers 030197 - added notes/openers 031998 - fixed set 052298 - added note 070898 - added note 021299 - corrected venue, added opener 021399 - corrected venue 040199 - added quotes 080500 - added details on thurston's solo set 081600 - added more details on SYR sets 061902 - changed 'white x' to 'drunken' 021803 - set list discrepency 031004 - added show + set list 043004 - openers, notes 051504 - openers 061004 - radio show, fixed troubadour set list 073104 - openers 080204 - radio show 080404 - openers 080504 - openers 080604 - openers 081104 - openers 081504 - openers 081704 - confusion over encore 082104 - openers 083004 - openers 090104 - openers 090204 - openers 090404 - openers 100804 - added show/set 101304 - added show/set 101604 - added show/set 101704 - added show/set 102104 - added show/set 102304 - added show/set 102404 - added show/set road ends here, but 2005 did occur ......look for QUOTES. and expect more. SONG STATS are current as of march '05, will be updated again ASAP. 2005 sets will be completed ASAP. I encourage all correspondence. // THANK YOU.
IF YOU TAPE/TRADE SY SHOWS, PLEASE CIRCULATE THEM VIA BITTORRENT @ SITES LIKE DIME...SEE SY.COM BBS FOR FURTHER DIRECTION IF NECESSARY!
ALL STATISTICS TO BE UPDATED VERY VERY SOON. I still have a handful of poster scans to add later and probably more new (old) set lists soon...keep sending stuff...
alright, onwards to the actual important shit. this is a huge update. if you've sent me any information in the past year and a half, it should be up now. if not, send it again. here we go.......
July 26 -- salt lake city set (can somebody doublecheck?)
July 23 -- las vegas set.
July 22 -- phoenix set, thanx chris kelley!
July 21 -- san diego set. need proper LA set..
July 20 later -- fixed san fran set (thanx michael zelner!), need to know where 'white kross' fits into seattle set.
July 20 -- rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated or are at least slightly premature. 2004 up to date, everybody's favorite TOUR STATISTICS have even returned.
STILL WORKING ON A MAJOR BACKLOG OF SHIT....SERIOUSLY. PLEASE KEEP SENDING INFO, IT WILL ALL SEE PRINT SOMEDAY......
May 3 -- 2004 set lists up to date. not a lot of time to do this anymore between workin' & rockin' my own racket, but i will do my best to keep the set lists up to date during the tour, without any fancy stats or individual pages slowin' me down...i have one more big 'real' update coming soon, so if you have any information to submit (though if you've sent anything within the past year, it's going in this update) please drop me a line...
SY will be doing a june swing thru australia & new zealand prior to their summer reprise of lollapalooza in support of their excellent "SONIC NURSE" LP. also, watch for them on everybody's favorite NBC late night comedy show...next time they're on conan. til then, catch them for the first time ever on the tonight show w/ jay leno on wednesday, june 9th.
November 10th -- correct ATP set list posted.
November 3rd -- ok, clearly very behind schedule over here (keep sending info though, it does all get saved!)...NEWS: SY played a secret gig 2 nights ago debuting 3 new songs: "CITY GRASS" "MAACO" and "UNMADE BED" (as well as the relatively new "PEACE ATTACK" and "MARIAH" they've been playing throughout the year). SY's next appearance will be at the "all tomorrow's parties" festival in california this weekend. set lists for all missing 2003 shows are now added temporarily, pages to come.....
July 5th -- there you go.
June 18th -- heeeeeey uuuuhhhh/.........sets for now, bells & whistles later.
April 29th -- coachella set.
April 9th -- more tour dates.
April 4th -- added all current tour dates. (i think.)
February 24th -- Japan sets in. Also some forthcoming SY festival appearances, at Coachella in April and Bonaroo in June.
February 11th -- just added a few more things, some sources, new tape finder submissions, etc... please folks, don't be shy, if you're looking for any SY shows, drop me a line + i'll add yer info to the tape finder page...
February 3rd -- Well folks, this is the first serious design overhaul this page has seen in 3 years. I've wanted to reconfigure the individual show pages for ages and ages but never quite felt like altering nearly 1000 different html files... however, the work is done, and I'm thrilled with the results. Let me detail the changes:
-- All of the Sonic Youth show pages have been reformatted. In addition to previously existing set list/opening band information, I've added notes on whether recordings of each show exist, for those of you interested in collecting (or just tracking down a show you saw). I myself am not a huge collector and have very very few of these shows, but the information should be fairly accurate. Surprisingly, I'm not concerned with every single nuance of each source, I just want to provide basic info on whether the show is out there in some form. If a show says "No known sources", that simply means I'm not aware of one existing----in many instances, I'm sure one's out there somewhere, and if you can provide info, please please do. I'm fairly sure that the band has an extensive archive of soundboard recordings of their shows, but for obvious reasons these aren't counted under sources unless they've been released in some way.
-- I'm somewhat depressed by the lack of enthusiastic SY traders, especially given the wealth of tapes out there, so in addition to the source info I've set up a new page designed to help breathe some life into the SY collecting scene...scope out the "tape finder" link below.
-- I've also added a long overdue "links" page, which I'd like help building (however, I'm only interested in links dealing with LIVE sonic for the purposes of this site). Aside from the SY links, I've linked to about a dozen fantastic set list resources for other bands that are in some way SY-related.
-- I, uh, rewrote the "introduction" as more of a FAQ type thang, but it's still horribly rambling and largely unnecessary. Woo!
-- I actually added this a couple weeks ago, but you may not have noticed, so check out the "CITY STATISTICS" section below!
I hope y'all dig the new design. I'm glad to have extinguished the previous aesthetic nightmare of a layout, though you'll notice all of the solo pages remain the same. This isn't going to change. In fact, I officially give up trying to catalog all of the solo dates --- sonicyouth.com's gig calendar goes back to about the time I lost track, so it's a nice trade off. The existing solo dates will be unaffected though.
Comments/submissions/information/vicious criticism encouraged as always!
Rock on. --CL