11/27/1998 Deftones, Quicksand, Snapcase (Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory)
Friday, November 27th, 1998This remains one of my favorite all-time shows. Came back to school the day after Thanksgiving, mostly for this, but also to move my stuff into my new dorm room (At RIT, Gleason Hall had just finished renovations, so all of us Fish Hall residents got transferred). I met up with my fellow dorm-dweller Dave […]
10/09/1998 Reel Big Fish, Spring Heeled Jack USA, Frenzal Rhomb (Rochester, NY @ RIT Clark Gym)
Friday, October 9th, 1998The first of many “ehh, okay” shows that RIT would bring over my college years. Not being all that into pop-punk or ska, this was a “go just to go” type of concert. As we’d quickly find out every band that ever came to RIT was wont to do, Frenzal Rhomb kept making the interpreter […]
09/29/1998 Fuel, Ednaswap (Buffalo, NY @ Showplace Theater)
Tuesday, September 29th, 1998[There’s a Buffalo News article that also mentions Ruth Ruth, but I have zero recollection of that band at all.] The backstory and personal anecdotes for this show far, far, far outweigh the actual show and review. The nutshell version goes a little something like this: At this particular time, I’m still playing “trade petty […]
09/22/1998 Family Values: Korn, Rammstein, Ice Cube, Limp Bizkit, Orgy (Rochester, NY @ Blue Cross Arena)
Tuesday, September 22nd, 1998This one was a dandy… A couple of non-related firsts related to this show also: my first show as a college student (and made more than a couple friends jealous!), and I’m pretty sure this was the first real event since the War Memorial was renovated and newly-christened as the Blue Cross Arena. Speaking of […]
08/30/1998 103.3 WEDG Edgefest: 2 Skinnee J’s, Sprung Monkey, Esthero, God Lives Underwater (Buffalo, NY @ LaSalle Park)
Sunday, August 30th, 1998I do recall having to leave early, so I really only saw about half of the bands there. I also pretty much stayed at the one stage all day. Kicking things off (literally, they came out in karate uniforms!) was 2 Skinnee J’s. These guys were a blast. A little bit of Beastie Boys influence, […]
08/23/1998 Summersault: Our Lady Peace, Garbage, I Mother Earth, Crystal Method, Fuel, Esthero, Hayden, Eve6, Harvey Danger, BTK (Barrie, ONT @ Molson Park)
Sunday, August 23rd, 1998Back to Molson Park for the second time in two months. Trucked up with Katie (and Nicki? Can’t remember…) Everyone sort of remembers this as the show the day AFTER Pearl Jam played there. How they got the place turned around in one day I have no idea. I do know we hardly left the […]
07/28/1998 Warped Tour: Deftones, Snapcase, NOFX, Rancid, Bad Religion, Reverend Horton Heat, Ozolmati, Mad Caddies, Kid Rock, Bif Naked, The Specials, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, CIV, Unwritten Law, All, Swingin’ Utters, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Dropkick Murphys, The Smooths, Aquabats, 98 Mute (Buffalo, NY @ LaSalle Park)
Tuesday, July 28th, 1998Entire bill: Bif Naked, the Specials, the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, CIV, Unwritten Law, All, Swingin’ Utters, Voodoo Glow Skulls, DropKick Murphys, The Smooths, Aquabats, 98 Mute I haven't been to a Warped Tour since 2001-2002? If I'm going to get my ass burned up, Rocket From The Crypt better be playing. #badreligion #rancid #nofx #saveferris […]
07/11/1998 Third Eye Blind, Our Lady Peace, Eve6 (Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)
Saturday, July 11th, 1998I wrote this whole show up for the Clumsy Congress right after it happened, back in 1998, so this has an even more fanboy-ish vibe than usual. I’ve cleaned it up a bit (it was one big chunk of text, with almost no punctuation save for exclamation points everywhere), but other than that, straight from […]
07/01/1998 Edgefest 98: The Tea Party, Moist, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Econoline Crush, The Watchmen, Creed, Matthew Good Band (Barrie, ONT @ Molson Park)
Wednesday, July 1st, 1998[Bands that apparently were there that I didn’t see / don’t remember: Tripping Daisy, Sloan, Rusty, Bif Naked, Killjoys, The Inbreds, Sandbox] My first experience at the legendary Molson Park, and I went by myself! This was as I was really getting into a lot of the then-current Canadian rock, and here was most of […]
06/25/1998 Limp Bizkit, Incubus, Cold, Staind (Buffalo, NY @ Funhouse)
Thursday, June 25th, 1998This was one hell of a show, and still ranks as one of my favorites, kind of a who’s who of late 90’s alt/nu/radio metal! This show was on the small stage at this venue, no less! I actually met Fred Durst for a brief moment, as he was just sitting at the bar with […]
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