Found this one recently via some BT action, and I'm pretty stoked as I was at this show.
Not alot I can tell you about it, but I do remember that also on this bill were Soundgarden & Danzig -
(WTF!?!)- and the only band I watched that night was Voivod, so I can tell you that they were pretty amazing.
The shitty part is that this show went down during the heyday of Soundgarden's recent major-label signing, so the metalheads weren't really there -
it was a ton of grunge-wimps & their chicks lookin' to get a glimpse of Chris Cornell's little-boy chest...What I do remember is this:
1). Smoking down in the sub-zero temps in the back lot of St. Andy's -
(an amazing place to see a band, for sure, one of the best without a doubt).2). Drinking Black Label from a frosted half-shell at the old-man bar next door to St. Andrew's (that I can no longer for the life of me remember the name of), before gulping down some mushrooms with John Brannon (in the Laughing Hyenas at the time) in the bathroom before heading back to St. Andy's for Voivod.
They melted my face off, yes, Voivod did.
So did the mushrooms, of course.
But what about Danzig, you say?
Well, I can't remember because if shit-memory serves me right, I had taken off w/ Swanky Jim (from Cum Dumpster) & his girlfriend Peg (from the Gories) to go smoke some hash at their place.
She later threw a knife at me, barely missing my foot.
Good times.
I guess I do remember a few things from that night, huh.Listening to this set -
nineteen fucking years later HOLY SHIT- I'd have to say it was a ripper for sure, and I gotta tell ya
I really, really, miss bands like this, times like that, the old crew, etc.Enjoy.
(Link will open in new window)Voivod - 01.13.1990 St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI
