The set list from a 1990 show by the Australian band Lubricated Goat at The Upstage in Pittsburgh. Bitch Magnet and Sludgehammer also played.
I just rescanned a set of photos of The Jesus Lizard, taken at the Upstage in Pittsburgh on October 18, 1989. Flour played this show as well. These are still plenty amateurish but the image quality is much better than the first time I posted these on Public Collectors. See the rest here.
Flyer for two extraordinary bills at The Upstage in Pittsburgh - I think from 1990 or 1991. I saw the Melvins show (Joe Preston on bass) and it was excellent. I would really like to get in my time machine and see Lazy Cowgirls, Babes in Toyland and Unsane - particularly since Unsane drummer Charlie Ondras would have still been alive and bashing away at this show.
Portland Punks, Poison Idea, live at the Upstage in Pittsburgh on April 29, 1990. I just uploaded scans of 23 photos I took at this show to this Flickr page. R.I.P. guitarist Pig Champion (left). If you dig deep enough, you’ll find a really old photo of myself with singer Jerry A. More archival material like this here.
NoMeansNo - Live at The Upstage, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10/31/1989
This audience recording was made by a half forgotten friend, I think named Chris, who was a DJ on Carnegie Mellon University’s radio station WRCT. Whistle played first, NoMeansNo played second and The Ex played last. Having just been blown away by NoMeansNo, I wasn’t really prepared for The Ex who also played an intense and energetic set (wish I had a recording of that too!).
Way back in 1989, Chris was kind of enough to dub a copy of this show for me from his original cassette (I think he said he did a little clean up work on it at the station). I’m unaware of any copies of this circulating. While it suffers from some obvious limitations, being an audience recording and all, it’s plenty listenable and NoMeansNo was in outstanding form that night. The first song, “No Rest for the Wicked” from the Mama album was performed as a two-piece. The version of the obscure song “I Am Wrong” is particularly intense.
Song list:
No Rest for the Wicked
Dark Ages
Junk
I Am Wrong
The Day Everything Became Nothing
Dead Souls
Victory
Dad
Two Lips, Two Lungs and One Tongue
Listen: NoMeansNo - Live at The Upstage 10/31/1989, 46:26 minutes, 111.4 mb, 320 kbps, MP3
