Abandoned Pools was not an enjoyable opening act. I keep having to look up their name to see if the word “pool” is plural. They are that forgettable. They had a minor radio hit from their album “Humanistic” and the rest of the set was just killing time until the main act. The surprise cover [...]
Entries from May 2002
05.28.2002 Abandoned Pools The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
May 28th, 2002 · No Comments
Tags: Indie Rock
05.28.2002 Garbage The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
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05.28.2002 Garbage The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
Opener: Abandoned Pools
Garbage toured in support of their third album, beautifulgarbage and I was a huge fan. Shirley Manson and company did not disappoint. Butch Vig, Garbage drummer and producer of Nirvana’s Nevermind, was sidelined with an ear infection (the second time he had pulled out of a Garbage [...]
Tags: Alternative Rock
05.09.2002 Ryan Adams The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
May 9th, 2002 · No Comments
Ryan Adams opened and I really enjoyed his Gold album tremendously, so I looked forward to it. Aside from a decent attempt at “Brown Sugar” to close his set, this was a mucky mess. Not enjoyable. I hear to tell he’s an uneven live performer and I wouldn’t go out of my way to see [...]
Tags: Rock and Roll
05.09.2002 Alanis Morissette The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
May 9th, 2002 · No Comments
05.09.2002 Alanis Morissette The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
Opener: Ryan Adams
This was concert number four in a string of shows my friend and I saw in about five weeks in the late spring of 2002. The shows got better as we went along, even though it was more mentally taxing to get pumped for another live [...]
Tags: Rock and Roll
05.04.2002 Maria Fatal Palace Theatre, Hollywood, CA
May 4th, 2002 · No Comments
Despite being assured that Maria Fatal has released albums, I have never stumbled across one in a retail store. Online, I have seen listings as “not available.” They were awesome, so that’s too bad their distribution isn’t widespread.
Maria Fatal was a tight, Spanish-singing rock group, fitting for a Cinco de Mayo celebration. It’s pretty [...]
Tags: Alternative Rock · Latin
05.04.2002 Concrete Blonde Palace Theatre, Hollywood, CA
May 4th, 2002 · No Comments
05.04.2002 Concrete Blonde Palace Theatre, Hollywood, CA
Opener: Maria Fatal
Blonde’s Mojave is being released June 2004.
For hardcore fans of Concrete Blonde it has long been known of their somewhat incestuous relationship with Roxy Music, Wall of Voodoo and the like, so in tribute, Johnette Napolitano had the Palace Theatre play an old Roxy Music footage [...]
Tags: Alternative Rock · Modern Rock