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I was recently throwing out a bunch of old junk and found my stash of old concert tickets. The envelope they were in almost got tossed out, so as a way of preserving treasures like these, I decided to permanently archive them by scanning them. This collection represents only a fraction of concerts I went to. For many shows I did not keep the stubs or I was on a guest list and therefore didn't get physical tickets. For most of the '90s, I was working in the music industry in Chicago so I had much interest and opportunity to see many shows. After I left the music industry and moved to Los Angeles in 1998, my interest in live concerts diminished greatly as you can see by the poor amount of stubs after 1998. |
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1981
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Pat Benatar w/Billy Squier - 7/28/81 Checkerdome, St. Louis (This was my first big arena rock concert. I had such a huge crush on Pat Benatar at the time. Unfortunately my seats were as far back as possible, and I could barely even see Pat on the stage. When I would see her a few years later, I managed to get front row center seats!) |
The Rolling Stones - 11/19/81 Checkerdome, St. Louis (My second big rock concert! This time I bought a ticket from a scalper outside the event for $35. At the time, I could not believe I spent that much money to see a show! More than twice the face value!) |
1982 |
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The Police w/Jone Jett - 4/1/82 Checkerdome, St. Louis |
Split Enz - 6/14/82 Some small club east of St. Louis in Illinois |
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The Go-Gos w/Flock of Seagulls - 10/7/82 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis |
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1983 |
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Neil Young - 1/30/83 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis (The TRANS tour! I don't care what most people thought, but I thought this show rocked!) |
Pat Benatar - 3/9/83 Checkerdome, St. Louis |
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X and The Replacements- 10/24/83 Mississippi Nights, St. Louis (One of the best nights of my life! X was my favorite band at the time, and as a bonus, they had this band from Minneapolis called the Replacements open the show. Tommy Stinson was just a little boy holding onto a giant bass. Bob, his brother, was in a diaper, and Paul Westerberg held the whole thing together despite how drunk he was. The next day I bought their album "Hootenany", and my obsession with the Replacements began.) |
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1984 |
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Culture Club - 4/14/84 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis |
The Clash - 5/21/84 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis (A truly horrible show. I loved the Clash at the time but this was after Mick Jones left the band, and they had released that horrible album "Cut the Crap". After the show, I managed to head to an after-party for Laurie Anderson who had just performed her "United States" performance. I met her, and she gladly signed my album. In hindsight, I would much rather have seen her show than the Clash, but at the time, the Clash won out.) |
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The Pretenders - 8/23/84 Starlight Theatre, Kansas City |
The Ramones - 12/12/84 Mississippi Nights, St. Louis |
1985 |
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Husker Du & Soul Asylum - 1/12/85 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
Lets Active - 3/14/85 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
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Depeche Mode - 3/24/85 Shryock Auditorium, Carbondale IL |
Circle Jerks & Dead Milkmen - 7/3/85 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
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Butthole Surfers - 7/25/85 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
The Replacements - 8/22/85 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
1986 |
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The Replacements - 1/11/86 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
The Replacements - 4/3/86 The Armory, St. Louis |
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Public Image Ltd. - 6/20/86 Riviera, Chicago |
R.E.M. - 10/21/86 Chick Evans Field House, De Kalb, IL |
1987 |
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Wise Blood - 1/16/87 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
Beastie Boys - 3/13/87 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago |
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Paul Simon - 6/20/87 Poplar Creek, Chicago |
The Replacements - 8/7/87 Riviera, Chicago |
1988 |
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John Waters - 2/18/88 Park West, Chicago |
Roy Orbison - 3/29/88 Riviera, Chicago (One of the best shows I've ever seen. It was amazing to hear a man whose voice actually improved with age. It was emotional and pitch perfect. It was indeed a shock hearing of his death only a few months later.) |
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The Pogues - 6/16/88 Riviera, Chicago |
The Sugarcubes - 8/11/88 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
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Prince - 9/18/88 Rosemont Horizon, Chicago |
The Ramones & Iggy Pop - 9/23/88 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago |
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - 11/18/88 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
Ministry - 12/3/88 Riviera, Chicago |
1989 |
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Dinosaur Jr. - 3/25/89 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
Elvis Costello - 4/22/89 McGaw Hall, Evanston IL |
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Metallica - 7/7/89 Poplar Creek, Chicago |
Love & Rockets with The Pixies - 9/15/89 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago |
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Butthole Surfers - 10/13/89 The Vic, Chicago |
Soundgarden & Mudhoney - 10/21/89 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
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George Clinton - 10/28/89 Riviera, Chicago |
Sun Ra - 11/25/89 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
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Psychedelic Furs - 12/13/89 Riviera, Chicago |
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1990 |
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The Creatures - 3/24/90 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - 9/20/90 The Vic, Chicago |
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Public Enemy & Sonic Youth - 12/29/90 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago |
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1991 |
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Diamanda Galas - 4/3/91 The Vic, Chicago |
Pat Benatar - 5/16/91 Park West, Chicago |
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The Pogues - 10/2/91 Riviera, Chicago |
Nirvana - 10/12/91 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
1992 |
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Ice-T & Body Count - 2/11/92 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
Dinosaur Jr. - 2/14/92 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
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Beastie Boys - 5/9/92 Riviera, Chicago |
Babes In Toyland - 7/3/92 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
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Sonic Youth - 10/5/92 Riviera, Chicago |
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1993 |
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Iggy Pop - 10/5/93 Riviera, Chicago |
Genitorturers - 10/9/93 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
1994 |
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The Pogues - 3/19/94 The Vic, Chicago |
Reverend Horton Heat - 3/19/94 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
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The Cramps - 1/11/94 The Vic, Chicago |
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1995 |
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Royal Trux - 4/26/95 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - 5/18/95 Park West, Chicago |
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Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - 8/26/95 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
PJ Harvey - 10/7/95 Riviera, Chicago |
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Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance) - 10/17/95 Athenaeum Theatre, Chicago |
Sonic Youth - 10/26/95 Riviera, Chicago |
1996 |
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Yoko Ono - 3/10/96 Park West, Chicago |
Ween - 10/21/96 Cabaret Metro, Chicago |
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Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - 11/8/96 The Vic, Chicago |
Johnny Cash - 12/11/96 House of Blues, Chicago |
1997 |
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Johnny Cash - 5/23/97 House of Blues, Chicago |
Tony Bennett - 8/4/97 Ravinia Festival, Chicago |
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Sinead O'Connor - 8/23/97 The Vic, Chicago |
The Rolling Stones - 9/23/97 Soldier Field, Chicago |
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Link Wray - 11/3/97 House of Blues, Chicago |
The Cramps - 10/23/97 House of Blues, Chicago |
1998 |
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David Bowie - 6/15/98 World Music Theatre, Chicago |
Kraftwerk - 6/8/98 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles |
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The Melvins - 9/1/98 Troubadour, Los Angeles |
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1999 |
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Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - 7/26/99 El Rey, Los Angeles |
Dwight Yoakam - 7/28/99 Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles |