Day 214 - Dec 23 - Big Bear Lake, CA
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"
**** Begin Rewind Minus Twenty Years ****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
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