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Subject: JANES PHILLY SHOW 11/19/90

IT WAS FREEZING IN PHIILY THAT NIGHT. THER WERE ABOUT 40 PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TICKETS ON THE STREET THAT NIGHT. WE COULDN'T BELIEVE THE SHOW WAS SOLD OUT . AFTER PASSING BY THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED TO BREAK IN. WE ALL WENT AROUND THE BACK AND WERE READY TO PRY THE DOOR OPEN. A SMART ONE IN THE MOB SUGGESTED WE WAIT UNTIL THE MUSIC STARTS- GOOD IDEA! AS SOON AS THE SHOW STARTED WE UNSCREWED THE LIGHTBULB OUTSIDE THE DOOR AND BUSTED IN. SECURITY WAS POUNDING ON PEOPLE , BUT I JUST WALTZED RIGHT IN AND MADE MY WAY INTO AN AISEL. I WAS PARANOID THE WHOLE TIME THINKING I WAS GOING TO BE THROWN OUT AT ANY SECOND, BUT I KEPT MOVING FOWARD TRYING TO GET AS CLOSE AS POSS. THEY OPENED UP W/ WOHRES AS USUAL. AFTER THE SONG PERRY STARTED TALKING . HE HAD THE WHOLE AUDIENCE SILENT .........ANTICIPATING.......WHAT WOULD HE SAY NEXT..... . SO THE DUDE SAYS " I DON'T NEED YOUR FUCKING MONEY ANYHOW !" WHAT ? WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT EVER . JUST PLAY SOMETHING ME GOOD ASSHOLE . I DIDN'T BREAK INTO THIS PLACE TO HEAR YOU WHINE. ( AT THE TIME HE WAS STILL PRAISING THRE JOYS OF HEROINE) . THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE RIPS OFF THE JACKET AND IS WEARING A DRESS . AT LEAST HE KNOWS FASHION. THE BAND RIPS INTO A LOUSY "MOUNTAIN SONG", DAVE ALWAYS PLAYS SLOPPY ON THAT TUNE. AND THEN A THIRTEEN SECOND VERSION OF "THANK YOU BOYS". AND THEN SOME OTHERS. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WOULD ONLY PROVE THE POWER AND POTENTIAL THIS BAND HAD . I SWEAR THEY PLAYED LESS THAN 45 MINUTES . THEY LEFT THE STAGE AND THE HOUSE LIGHTS GO ON. EVERYONE IS LIKE " WHAT DA FA,... INTERMISSION? WHAT BAND DOES AN INTERMISSION AFTER 45 MINUTES? SECURITY TAKES THE STAGE, MORE LIGHTS GO ON....THE SHOWS OVER FOLKS.. GO HOME! NOW EVERY ONE IS OUTSIDE AND PISSED OFF AND THE FIRST BEER BOTTLE GETS TROWN ... AND THEN THE SECOND....AND ANOTHER .AND WE BETTER GET SOME COVER!!! THEN THE FANS START ROCKING THE TOUR BUS HOPING TO TIP IT . THEY HAD IT ROCKING REEEEEEEEEL GOOD!!!! AND THEN THE FIGHTS START AND THE COP GETS HIT AND SOMEONE GETS A BEER BOTTLE STUCK IN THEIR EAR. TOTAL CHAOS . I LOVE IT. IN THE MIDST OF THE RAINING BEER BOTTLES AND DEBRIS A LONE WINNEBAGO IS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE CROWDED STREET. TINTED WINDOWS IN THE ALL AROUND , BUT ONE CAN EASILY RECOGNIZE THE PUNCH AND JUDY SMILING ,DREAD LOCK WEARING PERSON IN THE BACK WITH THE VIDEO CAMERA TAPING ALL THE COMMOTION. DAMN WELL KNOWING THAT THEY ARE ON THE BRINK OF BECOMING THE NEXT BIGGEST BAND! AND THATS THE TRUTH. IT ENDED SO EARLY I GOT TO SEE IT ON THE NEWS AT 11:00 . and they never came back.

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