"I honestly think he may have a brain tumor. He’s always been insufferable." - D'arcy Wretzsky's first interview in 20 years

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Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St Paul, MN which is notoriously an impossibly bad sounding concrete box/ex-hockey venue.

Someone threw an ice cube at Billy at one point and he stopped the show to yell at the crowd and threaten to walk off "You want to throw something? Throw it at my face" so obviously the instant he turned around a rain of ice pelted the stage. No walk off but they were like super-turgid, doing these jams on every song which I don't think was winning everyone over.

Pearl Jam also played.

I don't think they are the worst band. The worst band would be far more interesting.

― chr1sb3singer

dang, no extant recording or known setlist. it was November 30, 1991 fwiw

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I saw them in ’91, Detroit show, opening (w/Pearl Jam) for RHCP. Pumpkins were great. The other two, not so much. PJ were goofy (I thought “These guys are going nowhere”) and RHCP were in “bored professionals” mode.