Saturday, September 6, 2008

Dandy Warhols, Interpol, The Killers

The Dandy Warhols
Date: 30 October 2000
Venue: Corner Hotel, Melbourne

Setlist
Mohammad
Bohemian Like You
Shakin
Horse Pills
Get Off
Your Ghost
Hells Bells

Description: By the time the band made their way down here for the first time, they had just begun to enjoy some success on college radio and some airplay on Triple J. this was the bands third album 5 years after their debut. They do a decent job live on stage.

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Interpol
Date: 11 August 2003
Venue: Triple J Studio 227. Sydney

Setlist

NYC
Say Hello To The Angels
PDA
Untitled
Obstacle 1
Leif Erikson


Description: Often described as the dullest live band in the world, the New York alt rock quartet are infamous for their lack of chit chat during shows and sombre outfits. Fortunately these men are brilliant musicians, so there lack of personality does not bother their fans one bit. The bands first two albums have been nothing short of amazing in particular their sophomore album Antics.

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The Killers
Date: 18 December 2004
Venue : Enmore Theatre


Setlist
Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
On Top/Time
Mr Brightside
Smile Like You Mean It
Change Your Mind
Midnight Show
Andy Your A Star
Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll
Somebody Told Me
Under The Gun
All These Things That I've Done.

Description: Another band whose albums I find to be rather ordinary but once they hit the stage it’s a completely different story. Hailing from the glitz and glam of Las Vegas this band shows their roots with a blend of synth pop and anthemic rock. On the contrary they are often described as the ‘Greatest UK band to come from the US’. I had the pleasure of seeing these boys on the latest tour of Australia in support of Sam’s Town, this recording is of the band on their debut world tour and the show was hardly 45mins long as they band ripped through a tight set of songs from their first album Hot Fuss.


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Michael Franti, Powderfinger, Beck, Cure

Michael Franti and the Spearheads
Date: 20 July 2001
Venue: The Palace, Melbourne

Setlist
Oh My God
What Happens Next
People In The Middle
Words
Keep On Runnin'
Runfayalife>
Skin Tight>Runfayalife
Rock The Nation
Every Single Soul

Description: Michael Franti is an American poet, musician, and composer of African, American Indian, Irish, French, and German descent. Franti is the creator and lead vocalist of Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock.

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Powderfinger
Date: 12 October 1998
Venue: Triple J Studio 227, Sydney

Setlist
Belter
Dont Wanna Be Left Out
Day You Came
Already Gone
Private Man
Passenger
Over My Head
Celebrity Head
Good Day Ray

Description: One of Australia’s premier rock bands, these 5 boys have made some brilliant music over the last decade or so. They have consistently churned out albums of great musicianship and impressive songwriting. Frontman and principal songwriter Bernard Fanning is nothing short of a genius. This gig was held in the very early days of the band’s commercial success off the back of their Internationalist album which many consider as their best. These guys deserve to be one of the biggest bands in the world, their brand of honest straight forward rock is very accessible and it surprises me that they have struggled to strike the big time in the US. Listen out for songs like Passenger and Good Day Ray. I would strongly recommend all rock fans to listen to Vulture Street and Odyssey No.5.

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Beck
Date: 21 August 1994
Venue: Triple J Studio 227, Sydney

Setlist
Beer Can
Colour
Ripp Off
Scavenger
Thunderpeel
Payday
It's All In Your Mind
Megaboob

Description: One of the quirkiest artist of this era, Beck’s brand of experimental pop rock has gripped the alternative music scene for the past decade. Most famous for his hit song Loser (notably missing from this recording) Beck has gone on to make some very impressive records but never re-captured the mainstream success that Loser won him.

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The Cure
Date: 1981
Venue: Capitol Theatre, Sydney

Setlist
The Holy Hour
In Your House
The Funeral Party
M
Primary
Other Voices
All Cats Are Grey
Three Imaginary Boys
Charlotte Sometimes
A Forest
Faith

Encore:
Jumping Someone Else's Train
Another Journey By Train
Killing An Arab
Forever .

Description: Another recording of a band in its pre-mega-success days, this captures the legendary British rock band in the thick of their so-called “Gothic Phase”. The band had recently released their third studio album Faith and were amidst a massive world tour. Some say this was The Cure at their creative best, at least in terms of Robert Smith’s make up and hair.

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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Placebo, Garbage, Faith No More, Metallica

Placebo
Date: 19 March 2004
Venue: Hordern Pavillion, Sydney

Setlist
01 Bulletproof Cupid
02 Allergic
03 Every You Every Me
04 Protect Me From What I Want
05 Plasticine
06 The Bitter End
07 Special Needs
08 English Summer Rain
09 Special K
10 Taste In Men
11 Slave To The Wage
12 Pure Morning
13 Where Is My Mind

Description: Their albums may be ordinary but when Placebo hit the stage in front of thousands of screaming fans they become a completely different band. Brian Molko’s one in a million vocal style stands out by a mile. Just as impressive is the bands amazing chemistry on stage and musicianship as they rip through a hit-laden setlist. One of my favourites!

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Garbage
Date: 5 October 1996
Venue: Davies Park , Brisbane

Setlist
Stupid Girl
Milk
Trip My Wire
Only Happy When It Rains
Vow
Girl Dont Come

Description: The band exploded onto the rock scene after their massively successful first album. The bands mix of pop punk and altiernative rock with a hint of electronic was a surprise hit on both mainstream and alternative music scenes. This short snappy set by the band fronted by the very charismatic Shirley Manson was held outdoors just proving the popularity of the band.

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Faith No More
Date:14 August 1995
Venue: Festival Hall, Melbourne

Setlist
Be Aggressive
Midlife Crisis
What A Day
Evidence
Surprise! You're Dead!
We Care A Lot
Easy
Introduce Yourself
Get Out
King For A Day
Epic
Caralho Voador
Digging The Grave
Just A Man


Description: Not the full gig.

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Metallica
Date: 23 January 2004
Venue: Big Day Out, Sydney

Setlist:
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Frantic
Sad But True
Fade To Black
Battery
Nothing Else Matters
Master Of Puppets

Description: St Anger may have been Metallica’s most poorly received album to date but this show in support of that album suggests quite the opposite. In front of a capacity crowd of 55 000 in Sydney the band played a highly energetic hard rocking set. Although this recording includes only a handful of songs, they are my 7 favourite Metallica songs.

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System of a Down, Faithless, Nirvana

System of a Down
Date: January 2002
Venue : Big Day Out, Gold Coast

Setlist
War
Jet pilot
X
Suggestions
Psycho
Chop suey
Bounce
Ariels
Needles
Toxicity
Sugar

Description: Live on stage System of a Down are one of the best metal acts in the world. With an ultra charismatic frontman in Malakian the band always put on a highly energetic and passionate show. The band played as part of the Big Day Out festival on the back of Toxicity, Steal This Album. The band has not been together August 2006 with strong rumours they will never re-unite.

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Faithless
Date: 8 October 2004
Venue: Hordern Pavillion, Moore Park, Sydney

Setlist
Reverence
Donny X
Love Lives On My Street
Bluegrass
Insomnia
God Is A DJ
Mass Destruction
I Want More
Salve Mea

Description: Highlights of the hip hop/dance group’s performance.
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Nirvana
Date: 1 February 1992
Venue: The Palace, Melbourne

Setlist
Aneurysm
Drain You
School
Sliver
About A Girl
Come As You Are
Lithium
Breed
Polly
Lounge Act
In Bloom
Love Buzz
Smells Like Teen Spirit
jam
Negative Creep
On A Plain
Blew


Description: The band was in Australia as a part of the inaguaral Big Day Out festival in support of their modern masterpiece Nevermind. To the surprise of many this was the band’s second visit down under after their initial visit in 1988 when they did a pub and club tour. On this tour the venues remained moderately intimate (at least for their festival side shows) with most of the gigs being held in theatres. This would have to be the most significant gig on this site and among the most impressive, Cobain is brilliant on vocals and Grohl shows signs of what was to come from him on the drums. If you were to download only one gig from this site this is the one I recommend you get.

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Shihad, Ben Harper, You Am I, Midnight Oil

Shihad
Date: 27 September 1999
Venue: Triple J Studios, Melbourne

Setlist
Interconnector
The General Electric
Wait And See
Thin White Lined
Debs Night Out
My Mind Is Sedate
Sporting Religion
La La Land
Your Head is a Rock
Home Again
Gimme Gimme Here

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Ben Harper
Date: 11 April 2001
Venue: SBW Independent Theatre

Setlist
Roses From My Friends
Suzie Blue
Whipping Boy
Walk Away
Glory & Consequence
Please Bleed
Another Lonely Day
Sexual Healing *
Indifference @
Encore:
Pleasure And Pain
Burn One Down/With My Own Two Hands

Description: Better known for his work with people like Jack Johnson and band Innocent Criminals, this recording has Harper going solo, well almost. On the back end of the set he is joined by Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder doing a song of the band’s Vs album. This show was put on especially by Triple J on the back of Harper’s Burn To Shine album which he recorded with the Innocent Criminals.

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You Am I
Date: 20 April 1998
Venue: Triple J Studio 227, Sydney

Setlist
What I Don't Know 'bout You
Heavy Heart
Berlin Chair
Junk
The Cream And The Crock
Fifteen
Rumble
Billy
Trike
Fox On The Run
Mr Milk
Hippy Hippy Shake
Chinese Rock

Description: One of Australia’s most respected alternative rock bands through the 90s, fronted by the very gifted songwriter Tim Rogers. The band enjoyed heavy airplay on Triple J with their hit single Heavy Heart from the 1998 album #4 Record. Sadly the band’s popularity has gradually declined over the last decade, so this show is You Am I at the peak of their commercial success. I’m uncertain whether this was recorded in Sydney or Melbourne.

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Midnight Oil
Date: 2 May 1980
Venue: Royal Antler Hotel, Sydney

Setlist
No Reaction (fades in)
Run By Night
Is It Now?
Head Over Heels
Section 5 (Bus To Bondi)
Koala Sprint
Profiteers
Instrumental
Back On The Borderline
Stand In Line
Cold Cold Change
Dust
Don't Wanna Be The One
Powderworks
(encore, hard cut)
Surfing With A Spoon
Used And Abused (cut)

Description: Recorded two years before the release of their first breakthrough album this is The Oils in their formative years as they built a loyal fan base in the ever-growing Australian Pub Rock scene. The venue of this show was the very much the heartland of pub rock in the early 80s so the band very quickly earned a reputation of lively performances. There aren’t too many hits on this recording but one to listen out for it Don’t Wanna Be The One which was a single of the bands second album (from 1980) Place Without a Postcard. Frontman Peter Garrett is now a Minister in Federal Parliament in Australia, he shows hints of his political activist side during this performance.

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Sunday, August 3, 2008

AC/DC, Chemical Brothers, Ramones

AC/DC

Date: 1977
Venue: Haymarket, Sydney

Setlist
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
She's Got Balls
Problem Child
Live Wire
Jailbreak
The Jack
Can I Sit Next To You Girl
High Voltage
Rocker
It's A Long Way To The Top

Description: The band headlined the Haymarket Festival. Despite being a Sydney-sider myself I know little or nothing about this festival but was held nearby to where the Sydney Entertainment Centre currently stands. By 1977 AC/DC was the biggest band in Australia and had moderate international success. In my opinion this is AC/DC at their live-on-stage best with Bon Scott up front. The band went onto become the highest selling Australian band of all time and one of the highest anywhere in the world with the success of Back In Black recorded after the death of frontman Bon Scott.

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The Chemical Brothers

Date: 26 January 2000
Venue: Big Day Out Boiler Room, Sydney

Setlist
Hey Boy, Hey Girl
Music Response
Block Rockin Beats
Out of Control
Brothers Gonna Work It Out
(unknown)

Description: One of the best techno dance groups in the world, the two piece do all their mixing live on stage creating a very exciting show. This gig recorded on one of the side stages of the Big Day Out Fest, was very impressive. The duo had just begun to churn out some quality beats and mixes so the small room was packed to the rafters. This show signified the beginning of a very big year for the Brothers as they went to play the massive main stage of Glastonbury Festival and supporting U2.

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The Ramones
Date: 1980
Venue: Capitol Theatre

Setlist
Blitzkrieg Bop
Teenage Lobotomy
Rockaway Beach
I Can't Make It On Time
Go Mental
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Rock'n'Roll High School
I Wanna Be Sedated
Do You Remember Rock'n'Roll Radio?
She's The One
I Just Wanna Have Something To Do
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Let's Go
Commando
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
I'm Affected
Surfin' Bird
Cretin Hop
All The Way
Judy Is A Punk
California Sun
I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
Pinhead
Do Ya Wanna Dance
Suzy Is A Headbanger
Let's Dance


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Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Rage Against the Machine

Coldplay

Date: 20 July 2003
Venue: Belongil Fields, Byron Bay

Selist
1. politik
2. god put a smile upon your face
3. trouble
4. don't panic
5. everythings not lost
6. yellow
7. scientist
8. clocks
9. in my place
10. amsterdam
11. what a wonderful world (Louis Armstrong)

Description: Let me begin by saying that this is an incredible recording. Triple J’s music director describes this performance as one of the best the station has had to chance to record. In front of a crowd of 20 000 the multi-Grammy award winning Brit act put on one hell of a show. This is Coldplay at their very best, a level they failed to re-capture during their 2005/6 tour for X&Y. Controversy surrounded the bands performance as the day before Chris Martin has been taken into custody for punching out a paparazzi, nonetheless the police let Martin go without charges or hassle. The 11 tracks featured on this recording are brilliant only topped by Martin’s on stage charisma and grace. Since the band has become a global phenomenon and it seems that they are unlikely to repeat the raw and passionate performances heard on this recording.

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Foo Fighters

Date: 22 March 1998
Venue: Festival Hall, Melbourne

Setlist
Monkey Wrench
Enough Space
Big Me
The Colour And The Shape
For All The Cows
Watershed
Up In Arms
Weenie Beenie
Everlong
New Way Home
Cactus
This Is A Call
Requiem

Description: One of the most exciting bands to come out of the 90s built around the song writing brilliance of former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. This tour was on the back of the bands best album The Colour and the Shape driven by hits like Monkey Wrench and Everlong. The band plays with incredible energy in a rather intimate venue, a far cry from the arena’s the band headlines nowadays. Alongside Foo Fighters were apart of small grunge- revival scene which fell away quickly but the Fooeys fight on.

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Rage Against the Machine

Date: 5 October 1999
Venue: Del Rey Theatre, Hollywood, USA

Setlist
Testify
Guerilla Radio
People of the Sun
Bullet in the Head
Sleep Now in the Fire
Bombtrack
Broken Man
Know Your Enemy
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Bulls on Parade
No Shelter
War Within A Breath
Killin in the Name

Description: One of the only international recordings in this collection. This recording showcases The Machine at what can only be described as the pointy end of their careers. This is very much a greatest hits set.

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