Best Triple Bill You've Seen

Comets On Fire, then Earth, then Kinski.

Nirvana/Breeders/Melvins Salem, OR 1994

High Llamas then Mouse On Mars then Stereolab.

1992, surely.

Echoing donut's 1997 S'lab/High Llamas/MoM dealie

Monster Magnet into Swervedriver into Soundgarden, early 1992 = nice

Trying to think of a recent lineup that worked so well, hm...I enjoyed the Beta Band into Kid Koala into Radiohead back in 2001 but I couldn't say that was a knock-me-dead experience, too far away from the stage for the Betas.

more recently:

2003: GYBE, Black Dice, Polmo Polpo
2002: Scion + Tikiman, Tomas Jirku, naw

Amazing.

jawbreaker, ween, foo fighters circa 1994-1995

This bill could have been even better if it ended up being Wipers instead of Jawbreaker, which was how it was originally advertised.

"Fugazi/The Ex/Shellac - Congress Theater Chicago...2002 maybe? "

I tried to get tickets but it was sold out to a Fugazi/Shellac show in Chicago, but it seems like it was more like in the summer of 2000.

Voivod/ Faith No More/ Soundgarden

This was also a pretty good one.

Bond's Casino

Just kiddin. I wish!
Great how many of these three band bills include JAMC.

The Lips more or less premiered The Soft Bulletin that night -- the audience was positively stunned (that part, I agreed with).

Flock of Seagulls
NRBQ
Squeeze

or

Nub/Penthouse/Gallon Drunk, dublin castle, the first Camden Crawl (can't remember the year)

The Primus Fanclub impressed me mightily by chanting lustily, "You suck! You suck! You suck!" after every Primus song.

The Pixies were my fave band on the bill. Black Francis was exceedingly dapper in a formal black tuxedo. However, Black began to look uncomfortable in the tux as he was sweating heavily. I recall at one point his face was beet red and he had inserted the entire bulbous mic head with the foam cover still on it into his mouth and then breathed/screamed into it. Does he still do stuff like that? I haven't seen the Pixies reformed.

Frankie Knuckles, yes, but Nub? Gauge? And '97 is a bit late for The Paradise Garage… oh…

Also in 1992, I think: Bikini Kill/Bratmobile/Heavens to Betsy at Wetlands. Pretty unforgettable.

And I booked an Airlines/Utensil/VPN/Tall Dwarfs bill at Under Acme that I was very happy with in, I think, early '93--maybe late '92, actually.

1. The Cure/ Love and Rockets/ Pixies - Dodger Stadium Sept. 8, 1989
2. Jesus and Mary Chain/ Curve/ Spiritualized - Hollywood Palladium Nov. 21, 1992
3. Sonic Youth/ PJ Harvey/ Nirvana - Hollywood Palladium Aug. 17, 1990
4. House Of Love/ Catherine Wheel/ Ocean Colour Scene - Nov. 14, 1992
5. Flaming Lips/ SeBADoh/ Robyn Hitchcock/E.A.R.(Sonic Boom) - San Francisco Fillmore July 28, 1999

1994-ish: Enslaved/Marduk/Immortal

I saw that tour too - CNE in Toronto. Although now Alex in NYC has me going crazy after listing this lineup:
Sugarcubes/Public Image/New Order
Which I think I saw as well at the CNE, but my memory is fuzzy.

Here's what's confusing me: You see, I definitely only saw New Order once at the CNE. But I've also definitely seen both those combinations of opening acts at the CNE too (E&TB/GLJ and PiL/Sugarcubes). Curious. I know that INXS factors in here somewhere - I saw them at the CNE around this time, and one of those two combinations must have been the opener. I think. Any guesses?

Mercury Rev / Buffalo Tom / My Bloody Valentine (Spectrum, Toronto, 1992)

I saw a couple of gigs featuring my favourite live band ever, Th' Faith Healers, with some great support/headliners, but I was too pissed and euphoric to remember who they were, I suspect.

I need to go and dig out tickets, I have memories of good double bills with good support but I can't place each support to each gig. I'm sure Glasgow's staging of Radio One's Sound City in 1994 threw up some cracking triple bills but as I stumbled through the whole week in a haze of alcohol and gigs (seeing Pulp, Boo Radleys, Oasis, Buffalo Tom, Charlatans, Wonderstuff, Credit to the Nation & Chumbawumba and about a gazillion others) I can't remember who played with who. I do remember nearly vomiting on Taylor Parkes' shoes though.

Hold on, how? (I ask because PJ Harvey didn't release anything until late 1991 at the earliest, for a start.)

polvo, unwound, sonic youth
memphis, 95

Wow!

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), May 26th, 2005 1:15 PM. (Ned)

Also, Nirvana played LA in 1990 but it was at Raji's not the Palladium.

Taylor Parkes isn't a bird, but I could have mentioned the fat minging bird that he was with (Caitlin Moran) for bonus C-man points.

Pulp were last minute additions to that week's lineups, incidentally, as Kurt Cobain had been hospitalised (this was the week before his suicide) leading to Hole having to pull out of their, I think, Charlatans support slot (honestly, I can't remember who played with who, and I was guest-listed all week so don't even have ticket stubs to verify against)

if memory serves was one (or two) shows only, in L.A. One of 'em was a pay per view. Livig Colour opened for the Stoens the entoire tour, G N' R was an add on just for that (or those) specific dates.

I believe that weas also the show where Axl warned that too many of the band memebrs were dancing with Mr. Brownstone.

That's got to be Sonic Youth/Nirvana/STP. There's even a sticker for it, which I've got around somewhere. STP were female-led so that's where the confusion must have come in. The date's about right, though, since I saw it six days later in Seattle (an off night for all, said The Rocket at the time-me, I didn't know any better).

It was 100% without a doubt Nirvana when Bleach was the only thing out. It was a show I will never ever forget. When they were finished they tore up the stage and just went crazy. The audience was in such awe at what they had just witnessed that the buzz in that place was intoxicating. It could have been the best band in the world who came up next and they would have a hard time beating that opening band. So they day Nevermind came out I was one of the first in line.

Notes: During "Love Buzz," Kurt jumped into the audience and allowed members of the crowd to play his guitar for a minute before going back onstage.

Time to play In Utero for old time sake.

Back to your regularly scheduled program. :-)

Justin had just left HOD (who has just released Dustbowl), and Godflesh hadn't released anything by then. God were astonishing that night, probably the best show I saw them play.

that was the first time i understood why a light show behind the band might be a good idea, or even a great idea.

Aye. And the audience went crazy! Living Colour was the odd band out here - they were OK, but the few people in the audience was basically ignoring them.

Who is also the same Bob Durkee of Fartblossom Studio, Toxic Shock Records in Pomona and Pillsbury Hardcore. Only mention him because my first band was on one of his "It Came From Pomona" cassette comps.

Mr. Hull, in Chicago this bill was Sonic Youth/Die Kreuzen/Laughing Hyenas at the Metro in 1988. SY did "I Wanna Be Your Dog" with members of both of the other bands, IIRC.

>1985 The Minutemen / Black Flag / Ramones

:jealous:

...

Going back through some lists I'd written up, I found some bills that were either really interesting at the time or more in retrospect...yes, at some point I stopped keeping track.

Volcano Suns/Squirrel Bait/GG Allin - Exit 1986

Killdozer/Laughing Hyenas/Urge Overkill - University of Notre Dame, 1988. Mike Gerald humped the crucifix hanging on the wall of the South Dining Hall. Good times.

Tar/Slint/Urge Overkill - Cabaret Metro 1990

Superchunk/Seaweed/Geek - Czar Bar 1990

Eleventh Dream Day/Repulse Kava/Antietam/Freakwater - Cubby Bear 1990

Stuart Moxham/Ashtray Boy/Liz Phair - Czar Bar 1990

Scrawl/Tar/Cannanes - Lounge Ax 1991

Red Red Meat/Grifters/Ass Ponys - Lounge Ax 1992

Seam/Bedhead/Tortoise - Lounge Ax, 1994

Peter Jefferies/Alastair Galbraith/Sandra Bell - Lounge Ax and Uptown Bar, Mpls, 1993

Unrest/Stereolab/Gastr del Sol - Metro 1993

Yo La Tengo/Versus/Sea and Cake - Lounge Ax 1993

Peter Jefferies/Paul K. & the Weathermen/Fire in the Kitchen - Empty Bottle 1995

Hon. mention:
5Style/Sea and Cake/Tortoise, "Millions Now Living" tour.
Beans/Ex-Models/Tortoise, 2004.
Distemper/Dag Nasty/Descendants, 1986. Oh, the long lost Distemperhouse days...

...Best part was, I booked the show, and had no idea Bikini Kill were coming/playing. Also, my band opened.

Plus, yeah, that Fugazi/Shellac/Ex show was awesome.

Idlewild/Glitterbox/Midget

in that order. Little Roddy Woomble threw himself round the room like a maniac - you'd have never known they were bottom of the bill.

Most entertaining for me was probably

Some local band/Gay Dad/Mansun

but I know that's just me....

all wicked! fugazi were a-bloody-mazing!

Forum , London, 2003 or 2002 i forget?

1971- savoy brown, faces, and Ladies & Gentlemen, the GREASE BAND

And as for that Blue Cheer/Pink Floyd/Jeff Beck thing: DOUBLE WOW!