As we approach the new year it is common to reminisce about the journey that got us to the point we are now. So what better time to take a look back in time at what the heck I was doing twenty years ago. Partially out of neglect and partially out of posterity or maybe it is just my rat nesting nature, I have kept many old and ratty things. In the early days of Rat, we would navigate each year by scribbling notes on a calendar. When a phone call came in we would usaully write whatever bands we were supposed to play and the hopefully also the phone # of the person hiring us on to the show day. Here are some excerpts from what we perplexingly called the

"The Far Side Calendar 1986-1987"

October 31 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - UCLA, Ackerman Ballroom (On this show we were low on our normal crew so we hired Henry Rollins and Joe Cole as the PA Crew)

November 1 - 1800 Berkeley Street, Santa Monica (Not sure what we doing there)

November 6 - Justice for Mary - Glendale College

November 8 - Henry Rollins - Lhasa Club

November 8 - Punk Show at Fenders Ballroom in Long Beach

November 9 - Lovedoll Superstar Movie filming at Pitcher College, Avery Hall

November 11 - Henry Rollins at Venice Jail

November 13 - Jane's Addiction - 1743 N Cahuenga

November 14 - Molly Hatchet - Fenders ?

November 15 - Show at National Guard Armory, San Bernadino

November 20 - Blackfoot - Fenders Ballroom

November 22 - Bad Brains and Corrosion of Conformity- Fenders Ballroom

November 22 - Razebrae, Pure Juice and Self 86 - Meters, 4605 Slauson, LA

November 26 - Gone, Zoogs Rift and Saccharin Trust at The Cave?

November 28 - Mood Rally - Fenders Ballroom

November 29 - Ron Miller Hi-Fi -Battle of the Reggae DJ's

December 3 - Hurricane - Boneventure Hotel, LA

December 5 - Megadeth

December 7 - Soul Search - Hollywood Palace (this was an American Idol type gig)

December 19 - Exodus- Fenders Ballroom

December 20 - Alcatraz, Ruff Cutt - Fenders Ballroom

December 21 - Pat Travers - Fenders Ballroom

December 27 - Untouchables - Party

January 3 - Johnny Thunders, LA Guns

January 5 - Johnny Thunders - Scream Club, Hollywood

January 9 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fenders

January 9 - Show at Scream Club, Hollywood

January 10- Show at Scream Club, Hollywood

January 16- Show at Scream Club, Hollywood

January 17- Show at Scream Club, Hollywood
January 16- Show at Fenders Ballroom, Long Beach

January 23- Show at Scream Club, Hollywood

January 24- Show at Scream Club, Hollywood
January 24- Dramarama, Jane's Addiction - Fenders Ballroom

January 30- Show at Scream Club, Hollywood
January 30- Show at Variety Arts Center, LA

January 31- Show at Scream Club, Hollywood

February 14 - Classical Performance - Variety Arts Center, LA

**** End Rewind Minus Twenty ****

Hey, if you know more info on any of the gigs or attended them, please post a comment and clarify. It would be kind of cool to add a bit more clarity to the hazy past!!

The somewhat nostalgic today,

Dave Rat