07/05/1997 Lollapalooza 97: Orbital, Tool, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tricky, Korn, James, Julian and Damian Marley and the Uprising Band, Summercamp (Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)
By Eric | July 5, 1997 11:59 pm
I went to this one with my buddy Steve from the co-op program. My primary interests were to see Snoop, Korn and Tool. If nothing else, I can say that I’ve seen Snoop Dogg live! His set was pretty fun, but it felt like they only got through half of each song before they’d switch to the next one.
Korn rode their bikes around on stage, and had a nasty pit down front from what we could see. I found the setlist on the net somewhere, and allegedly it was: Porno Creep, Chi, Divine, No Place To Hide, Twist, A.D.I.D.A.S., Low Rider, Shoots and Ladders, Clown, Good God, Blind, Ball Tongue, Faget.
James played the one song that everyone knew (Laid), and that’s really all I remember about them. I know we watched the Marley’s and Tricky, but I couldn’t tell you a thing about them. At some point during the day we caught Summercamp’s set on the side stage, as Steve was a fan of them, and I’m pretty sure we saw part of Dr. Octagon as well.
I was, however, psyched to see Tool, and they didn’t disappoint. It felt like most of the crowd was there to see them as well. I can remember us being at the back of the seating area, and standing on the seats to see the stage. At the prior Lolla shows, they had been showing the “new” video for AEnima that wasn’t on MTV quite yet, but it was windy at our show, and they couldn’t deploy the video screen, so we didn’t get to see it… Tool’s setlist: Hooker With A Penis, Stinkfist, 46 & 2, Prison Sex, Eulogy, Sober, H., Opiate, Aenema. The stage “costumes” for the band members are now-legendary: Maynard in a tank top complete with fake boobs, booty shorts, and white face paint with a ponytail. Guitarist Adam Jones was head-to-toe in blue paint, bassist Justin Chancellor the same but in red. Only drummer Danny Carey was devoid of any decoration. Quite the scene!
Orbital closed out the main stage set, and for me, techno just doesn’t cut it live. Nevertheless, we had a great time, and as I recall went the wrong way on Route 77 to go home and it took us quite awhile to get back to Steve’s house in Barker!
I found an interview with Maynard from the day before, and while it doesn’t mention the show specifically, it’s certainly relevant:
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06/28/1997 103.3 WEDG Edgefest: Goo Goo Dolls, Sloan, Moist, Buck-O-Nine (Buffalo, NY @ North Americare Park)
By Eric | June 28, 1997 11:59 pm
This show was at Pilot Field, actually down on the ball diamond. Jeff, Christine and I arrived late, thereby missing Weezer, and we wandered around for a good long time while the local acts played. Part of the reason we all wanted to go to this show was because Cake was supposed to play, but ultimately weren’t on the bill. We actually paid attention to Buck-O-Nine, and although ska isn’t my thing, they were fairly decent. Moist was up next, and they were the main reason I went. I can’t recall the setlist, but it was heavy on Creature tunes. They did play “This Shrieking Love” into a cover of Billie Jean, which was fairly cool, and David Usher commented that the cello player that was going to play Tangerine with them got stopped at the Canadian border. Sloan was unimpressive. The Goo’s were alright, even though I don’t remember much about their set either. I know they did Lazy Eye, and that’s about all I remember, save for Lance Diamond coming out with them later.
Goo Goo Dolls Setlist
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Lazy Eye
Hey
Lucky Star
Fallin’ Down
Somethin’ Bad
Eyes Wide Open
Flat Top
Long Way Down
Only One
String Of Lies
We Are the Normal
Impersonality
Cuz You’re Gone
Name
Modern Love (David Bowie Cover) W/Lance Diamond
Heartbreak Beat (Psychedelic Furs Cover) W/Lance Diamond
Never Take the Place of Your Man (Prince Cover) W/Lance Diamond
Naked
Burnin’ Up
Disconnected
Another Second Time Around
Girl Right Next to Me
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06/11/1997 Our Lady Peace, Cool For August, Puzzle Gut (Buffalo, NY @ The Tralf)
By Eric | June 11, 1997 11:59 pm
This show is ground zero, my first real concert. Looking back on it, the whole thing was a pretty good introduction, and I couldn’t have done much better both band and experience-wise!
My friend Christine from my high-school co-op program was the person that gave me copies of Naveed and Clumsy (and Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” for that matter) and her mother was nice enough to drive us (plus another one of Christine’s girlfriends whose name escapes me) down to the Tralf and pick us up. I remember walking into the venue, as since we got there fairly early, and there was hardly anyone in there. It didn’t fill up much when Puzzle Gut started either. They were a punk band, and besides the bass player giving the girls all sorts of creepy looks, my only other takeaway was their song “The Cow“, because, come on, a song with the chorus “I like the cow” repeated over and over is gonna stick in the memory. I actually owned this CD for a little bit, but it truthfully wasn’t all that good, and I traded it back in. Their half-hour came and went.
Cool For August was up next. They were a 5 piece from the Atlanta area, had gotten in with Matchbox 20 (who were getting huge at that point), and their bass player Andrew Shives was originally in Fear Factory(!!). Lead singer Gordon Vaughn was obviously influenced by Peter Murphy (of Bauhaus fame) both in looks and sound. I was impressed by these guys, and ended up later finding their only CD “Grand World” and enjoying it quite a bit. The crowd had sort of filled in by this point, but not so much that Vaughan’s stage-dive attempt was a smart move. He dove off to the right of where we were standing, and I don’t recall anyone really catching him. Ouch. None the worse for wear, he soldiered on with the rest of the set. I’d end up getting to see CFA again a year later opening for Creed, and I’d actually know the material!
So after two bands, I was feeling pretty good about my concert experience so far, and didn’t have to wonder where all the people were, because true to form everyone piled in during set change right before OLP took the stage. We were pretty much right up front, dead center (sound familiar?), and I thought everyone would just kinda stand there, keep their space, etc. Can you say “naive”?? Once the band came out and Supersattelite opened the show, it felt like all hell broke loose! Knowing what I know now, it probably did get a little pushy (OLP shows always ended up being this way for some reason), but nothing outrageous. However, skinny little 17-year-old me wasn’t quite prepared for it. Anyway, both the crowd and I eventually calmed down, and settled in for a damn good show. I distinctly remember thinking going in, “I *like* this band”, but after Raine nailed the note (you know, *the* note) in Car Crash, I was completely sold and it turned into “I *love* this band”. We got a little extra, as we essentially got to hear Clumsy twice – Mike Turner’s guitar cut out right at the beginning of the song, so the crowd had a big acapella sing-along for the first 2/3’s of the song, after which they got Mike fixed up and they ran through the song proper. We even got a cover of the Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows”, which the band recorded for the The Craft soundtrack.
Not only did I leave with one heck of an experience, I also left with the now-legendary (to me, anyway) OLP Eclipse shirt, which I’ve faithfully worn to every subsequent OLP show I’ve attended! And the cherry on top? A couple years later, while trolling the old Super Flea on Walden Ave. in Buffalo, one of the vendors had a ton of bootlegs on cassette, including this very show. I own a copy (albeit of pretty suspect quality) of the first concert I ever attended. Not too shabby for a first time out. Little did I know it was going to lead to such prolific concert attendance in the ensuing years!
OLP Setlist:
Supersattelite
Naveed
Big Dumb Rocket
Superman’s Dead
Car Crash
Automatic Flowers
Carnival
4am
Clumsy (twice)
Let You Down
Shaking
Starseed
Tomorrow Never Knows
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