Big Black Live Guide

1985

04/05/85 - Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL
Other Performers
    Rifle Sport • Squirrelbait



05/23/85 - Club 950 Lucky Number, Chicago, IL
Other Performers
    Urge Overkill



06/16/85 - Traxx, Detroit, MI
Other Performers
    Scratch Acid • Angry Red Planet



09/07/85 - O'Cayz Corral, Madison, WI
Set
    RIP • Passing Complexion • Cables • Pigeon Kill • Dead Billy • I'm A Mess • Big Money • Deep Six • Kerosene • Fists Of Love • Bazooka Joe

Notes
  • To date this is the only known live recording of "Bazooka Joe".
  • The date might be 07/09/85.

Circulating Recordings
  • AUD #1 - audience audio
    • Equipment: unknown > unknown
    • Lowest Generation: ANA(x)
    • Length / Sound Quality: XX min / X


09/14/85 - Cafe Voltaire, Milwaukee, WI
Other Performers
    Boy Dirt Car • Ricardo Pizzarro



10/05/85 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
Other Performers
    Rifle Sport • Breaking Circus



10/??/85 - unknown venue, Detroit, MI
Set
    Steelworker • RIP • Passing Complexion • Cables • Rema Rema • Pigeon Kill • Big Money • Dead Billy • Fists Of Love • Kerosene • Jordan Minnesota

Circulating Recordings
  • AMT #1 - amateur video
    • Equipment: unknown > unknown
    • Lowest Generation: Official VHS [Live]
    • Length / Sound Quality: 50 min / C+
    • Recorded with a broken video camera so the picture quality is not very good.



10/??/85 - unknown venue, unknown location
Other Performers
    Green River


10/??/85 - unknown venue, unknown location
Other Performers
    Green River


10/26/85 - Jockey Club, Newport, KY
Set
    RIP • Passing Complexion • Cables • Pigeon Kill • Big Money • Dead Billy • Fists Of Love • Jordan, Minnesota • Kerosene • Bad Houses

Circulating Recordings
  • AUD #1 - audience audio
    • Equipment: unknown > unknown
    • Lowest Generation: ANA(x)
    • Length / Sound Quality: XX min / X


10/27/85 - No Bar & Grill, Muncie, IN
Set
    Steelworker • RIP • Passing Complexion • Cables • Rema Rema • Pigeon Kill • Big Money • Dead Billy • Fists Of Love • Kerosene • Jordan, Minnesota

Circulating Recordings
  • AUD #1 - audience audio
    • Equipment: unknown > unknown
    • Lowest Generation: ANA(x)
    • Length / Sound Quality: 50 min / A
    • "Steelworker" cuts in.

Uncirculated Recordings
  • amateur video

Other Performers
    Atomic Butterfly



10/28/85 - Stache's, Columbus, OH
Other Performers
    Dark Arts



10/29/85 - Peabody's Down Under, Cleveland, OH
Other Performers
    Knife Dance



10/30/85 - The Crypt, Philadelphia, PA
Set
    Steelworker • RIP • Passing Complexion • Cables • Rema Rema • Pigeon Kill • Big Money • Dead Billy • Kerosene • Deep Six • Jordan, Minnesota • Bad Houses • Fists Of Love

Circulating Recordings
  • AMT #1 - amateur video
    • Equipment: unknown > unknown
    • Lowest Generation: VHS(x)
    • Length / Sound Quality: 55 min / B

Other Performers
    Poor Girls



10/31/85 - DC Space, Washington, DC



11/02/85 - Danceteria, New York, NY
Other Performers
    Volcano Suns



11/11/85 - Cafe Voltaire, Milwaukee, WI
Soundcheck
    Ugly American

Set (incomplete)
    RIP • Passing Complexion • Cables • Pigeon Kill • Dead Billy • I'm A Mess • Big Money • Deep Six

Circulating Recordings
  • AUD #1 - audience audio (incomplete)
    • Equipment: unknown > unknown
    • Lowest Generation: ANA(x)
    • Length / Sound Quality: 40 min / B+
    • "Deep Six" cuts out.


11/16/85 - Graystone Hall, Detroit, MI
Set (incomplete)
    RIP • Passing Complexion • Cables • Walking Distance (jam) • Ream Rema • Pigeon Kill • Big Money • Dead Billy • Fists Of Love • Kerosene

Circulating Recordings
  • AUD #1 - audience audio (incomplete)
    • Equipment: built-in > General Electric Boombox
    • Lowest Generation: ANA(1)
    • Length / Sound Quality: 41 min / B
    • "Kerosene" cuts out.

Other Performers
    Butthole Surfers • Die Kreuzen



12/31/85 - Cafe Voltaire, Milwaukee, WI
Set
    Seth • Big Money • Passing Complexion • Fists Of Love • RIP • Cables • Pigeon Kill • Kerosene • Jordan, Minnesota • Frankie Teardrop

Circulating Recordings
  • AUD #1 - audience audio
    • Equipment: unknown > unknown
    • Lowest Generation: ANA(x)
    • Length / Sound Quality: 57 min / B+
    • Circulating tapes switches to mono before "Cables".

Other Performers
    Couch Flambeau • Killdozer • Middleclass



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