TOTAL SESSIONS IN 2017 : 24
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02-03-2017 -- SHINE, SACRAMENTO,CA.......................................................FRI (721)
24TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Invokation>Deamons Tube, Eris, The Other One*>Spider, Red Sugar,
Another Trip Around The Sun, Mars, Neptune>Yurtle ** * riff by The Grateful Dead, last time played 5-13-99 (531 shows)
** first time played, some sort of a hybrid between Thee Little Turtle & In The Key ov Y
## random note.. 24 year anniverary show, also 24th show at SHINE
LOB - bass/vocal
STEPHEN ELLIOTT -keyboards
COLIN CURTIN - guitar
ALAN FERRIERA - drums [last appearance 3-20-14, 67 shows]
RYAN 'chronic sax' COUGHRAN - sax [last appearance 3-17-04, 341 shows]
also THE MELTING POT
02-13-2017 -- WEST END CLUB, ArtStreet, SACRAMENTO, CA........................MON (722)
mixer set
West End Noise
LOB
CHAD E. WILLIAMS
STEPHEN A. ELLIOTT
BOB SCOTT [last appearance 4-6-13, 95 shows]
PAT MABIE [last appearance 10-2-10, 174 shows]
JOY STERN
LELAND VANDERMUELEN
WILLIAM BURG [last appearance 7-26-15, 39 shows]
"ArtStreet" was a temporary 3 week art installation in Downtown Sacramento Feb 3-25, 2017, West End Club was an installation inside of the ArtStreet event.
also LORDS OF OUTLAND, and PAROUSIA
02-24-2017 -- FOX & GOOSE, SACRAMENTO, CA..............................................FRI (723)
Invokation>Orgone Collector, Bintoxanda, Another One Bites The Dust (with Dead truck Monologue),
Deamon's Tube*, Space Walk*, Thee Heat*, So What*>Jazz for Satan*, Improvisation for Trappist-1*
last Another One Bites The Dust 7-18-15 [41 shows]
last So What, 8-31-13 [84 shows]
First time "Invokation for Trappist-1"
* with Karl Evangelista added on guitar
LOB - bass/vocals
JOHN KEELING - guitar
KARL EVANGELISTA - guitar*
T.FIRECRACKER JOHNSON - keyboards
CHRISTOPHER HALL - bari sax/flute
MORGAN FEY - drums [last appearance 5-6-12/ 118 shows]
also GREX
03-05-2017 -- FINNISH KALEVA HALL, BERKELEY, CA...............................SUN (724)
HARDLY STRICTLY PERSONAL BENEFIT FESTIVAL 2017
Invokation (for Kaleva)>Deamon's Tube, Bintoxanda, Thee Trouble & Danger ov Being On The Road
First "Trouble & Danger of Being on the Road"
LOB - bass/vocals
MARK PINO - drums
LELAND VANDERMUELEN - guitar
RENT ROMUS - saxphone
HANNAH GLASS - violin {first appearance}
3RD ANNUAL HARDLY STRICTLY PERSONAL : POST BEEFHEART BENEFIT FESTIVAL
also Alphastare, Census Designated Place, United Seperatists, Ebolabuddah, Double A-Posture Palace
03-16-2017 -- NAKED LOUNGE DOWNTOWN, SACRAMENTO, CA....................THU (725)
Invokation>Orgone Collector, Spider, Trouble & Danger of Being on the Road,
Thee Heat, Set The Controls, Brainwashed Love>Shut Down
"Set The Controls" riff by Pink Floyd
"Shut Down" riff by The Germs o
LOB - bass/vocal/harmonica
DREW WALKER - drums/samples [last appearance 10-4-15, 31 shows]
MATT STANGLIN - guitar [first appearance]
also THIRD STONE BLUE
03-27-2017 -- LUNA'S CAFE, SACRAMENTO, CA.............................................MON (726)
NEBRASKA MONDAYS
Lunar Pulse, Red Sugar, Bintoxanda, Evil Jazz 23, Brainwashed Love>Thee Heat
first "Lunar Pulse"
LOB - bass
CHRIS ERNST - drums
KARL EVANGELISTA - guitar
ROSS HAMMOND - guitar [last appearance 8-30-07, 274 shows]
also Ross Hammond/Karl Evangelista Duo
04-07-2017 -- SHINE, SACRAMENTO, CA.......................................................FRI (727)
Booger Shoes*, Echophobic, Interstellar Overdrive, Jazz for Satan,
Trouble & Danger of Being On The Road
*improv,
First "Booger Shoes" (named by audience member)
last "Interstellar Overdrive" 1-2-10 {203 shows}, riff by Pink
Floyd
STEPHEN ELLIOTT - drums
MATT KRETZMANN - guitar [last appearance 10-4-15, 33 shows]
also DIFFERENT PLACES IN SPACE, & SOUL PRISON
04-15-2017 -- THE HANDBAG FACTORY, LOS ANGELES, CA............................SAT (728)
Thee Handbag Incident
JASON BAGLEY (electronics) [last appearance 7-27-07, 279 shows]
ADRIAN DIMOND (electronics) [first appearance]
NO LOB - Lob's truck broke down on the way to this gig and he did not make it..
First Instagon session without Lob since 1-31-96 [626 shows]
was a noise set as part of the Handbag Factory 6th Anniversay Event
04-16-2017 - VINYL SOLUTION RECORDS, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA................SUN (729)
Easter Sunday In-Store Appearance
Invokation/introductions>Ressurrection Reggae*, Thee Heat, Hand of Doom, Erotic City*,
Echophobic, The Trouble & Danger of Being On the Road, Sick Riff*>Thee Sickness,
Ace Of Spades, Pink Panther/Shut Down, Steamroller, Calling Bintoxanda*>Neat Neat Neat,
Sex Bomb
*first time played/improv jams
Hand of Doom riff by Black Sabbath, last time played 3/4/13 [105 shows]
Erotic City riff by Prince, first time played
Ace of Spades riff by Motorhead, last time played 1/26/08 [265 shows]
Pink Panther riff by Henry Mancini
Shut Down riff by The Germs
Neat Neat Neat riff by The Damned, last time played 12/20/15 [31 shows]
LOB - bass/vocals
ROBERT FISHER - guitar
JOHN LOREY - guitar [last appearance 2-2-13, 106 shows]
BRANDON SEGER - keys [last appearance 6-3-00, 502 shows]
DENNIS WALSH - drums [last appearnace 12-20-15, 31 shows]
05-08-2017 -- LUNA'S CAFE, SACRAMENTO, CA.............................................MON (730)
NEBRASKA MONDAYS
Jaws Theme>introductions/Invokation>We Are Thee 730>Orgone Collector>Deamon's Tube,
Another Trip Around The Sun, Red Sugar, The Trouble & Danger of Being On The Road,
Space Walk, Evil Jazz 23
last "Jaws Theme" 5-26-1996 {614 shows} 2nd time played
"We are Thee 730" improv jam, first time played
"Another Trip Around Thee Sun" with lyrics.
LOB - bass/vocals
STEPHEN A. ELLIOTT - guitar
CHRIS ERNST - drums
TONY PASARRELL - tenor sax [last appearance 5-8-14, 74 shows]
BOB BRALOVE - keyboards [first appearance]
also was UNITED SEPARATISTS
LOB'S BIRTHDAY SHOW
05-25-2017 -- CAFE COLONIAL, SACRAMENTO, CA...........................................THUR (731)
A New Hope*, The Heat>Thee Sickness, Trouble & Danger of Being on the Road,
Deamon's Tube, Sunlight In My Eye, Echophobic (tease), Thee Sickness, One of These Days
* first A New Hope, improv jam
LOB - bass/vocal
STEPHEN A. ELLIOTT - drums
LELAND VANDERMUELEN - guitar
also THE TOUCH, and FREE CANDY
06-05-2017 -- PRESS CLUB, SACRAMENTO, CA...................................MON (732)
Invokation>Joyride, Trouble & Danger, The Heat, Pink Panther>Shut Down,
Erotic City>Thee Sickness, Deamon's Tube, Steamroller, Jupiter,
Monster>Jazz for Satan>Sex Bomb
last Monster, 2-18-09 (238 shows)
LOB - bass vocalRYAN KILE - drums
MIKE SCHOTTER - guitar [first appearance]
also DINGO WEASEL, & SHOI
06-18-2017 -- THE COLONY, SACRAMENTO, CA.......................................SUN (733)
mixer set
Excursion in thee Heat with a Beard.
LOB
ANDREW WAYNE
MARK SCHNIEDER [last appearance 7-31-15, 49 shows]
RICKY COLLUDE [last appearance 7-17-14, 71 shows]
VINCE GAUTHIER-BRADNER [first appearance]
NOISE EXCURSION IV
also were XOME, FILTHMILK, USTAM, BLOOD OF CHHINNASTIKA, & DINO ROCKETS
06-24-2017 -- TONNEYS MOUNTAIN DISC GOLF COURSE, GRASS VALLEY, CA.......SAT (734)
OWL FEST 6
Invokation>Ressurection Reggae, Mars, Danger & Trouble of Being on The Road,
Spider, Erotic City === POWER OUTAGE === Erotic City (reprise), Thee Heat>Owl-vokation
Erotic City riff by Prince. (OwlFest Challenge song)
Owl-vokation...space-noodle fade out .. 1st time played.
LOB - lead bass, vocals
JOHN KEELING - guitar
BEN HERTE - guitar [first appearance]
CHRIS AMATO - drums [first appearance]
WESKEY KILE - keys [first appearance]
TIM ONORATO - electric slide ukelele [last appearance 2-17-14, 82 shows]
ROBERT 'FLAMP' SORVARI - sax {only on tracks after the power outage} [first appearance]
*** POWER OUTAGE happened in the middle of the set due to gas running out on one of the venue generators it happened while Flamp was setting up.. so we blamed him. haha ..(just kidding)
07-21-2017 -- THE BAND ROOM, PLACERVILLE, CA...........................................FRI (735)
intros>In The Shire, Deamon's Tube, The Monkey & Thee Lobster,
Eris, Space Walk, Orgone Collector, The Heat, Set The Controls, Sound Ov The Night
"In The Shire"
improv/first time played
Set The Controls riff by Pink Floyd
JOHN KEELING - guitar
CHRIS ERNST - drums
also WHAT ROUGH BEAST, and SIR CORDOUROY
07-22-2017 -- SHINE, SACRAMENTO, CA...............................................................SAT (736)
Intros>Invokation>The Trouble & Danger of Being on the Road, Joyride, Red Sugar,
The Heat, Spider, Brainwashed Love, Insta-gadda-da-vida, Mars
last "Insta-Gadda-da-Vida", 10-9-15 (41 shows)
LOB - bass/vocal
STEPHEN A. ELLIOTT - keyboards
LELAND VANDERMUELEN - guitar
RUBY GYPSY - drums [first appearance]
also WORKING MAN'S BLUES BAND. (Lob sat in on Harmonica with WMBB during "Bullfrog Blues")
09-04-2017 -- FREMONT PARK, SACRAMENTO, CA..........................................MON (737)
27th Annual "Chalk It Up" art/music Festival
Invokation>Sunlight in My Eye, Evil Jazz 23, Orgone Collector, The Heat, Pink Panther,
The Little Turtle, Thruster>Planet Claire
last "Planet Claire", (song by B-52s), 2-25-96 (630 shows)
LOB - lead bass/vocalRUBY GYPSY - drums
CHAD E WILLIAMS - guitar
JOHN KEELING - guitar
FLAMP - sax
CHRISTOPHER HALL - flute
DAVID HATFIELD - harmonium - last appearance 2-16-03 [414 shows]
early morning, 10am set...
10-08-2017 -- CAFE COLONIAL, SACRAMENTO, CA...........................................SUN (738)
NORCAL NOISEFEST XXI
Conceptual Collaboration for Noise & Metal
LOB - bass, & metal percussion
DR. OBLIVIOUS - metal percussion - last appearance 10-04-15, [44 shows]
DREW WALKER - metal drum kit
MARK PINO - amplified cymbals
RYAN KILE - metal percussion
LELAND VANDERMUELEN - guitar
ROBERT WALTHALL - synthisizer - last appearance 11-12-11, [151 shows]
2017 Norcal Noisefest appearance on Day 3
also BIG CITY ORCHESTRA, klowd, MEDICINE CABINET, TARANTULA PRINCESS, FIBERS + GE, NOISEPSALM, BURNT DOT, EAR SPRAY, TREPAN VENT, LELAND VANDERMUELEN. UB ALUMNI ASYLUM, MASTER MORYA, TOURIAN, FSLUX, THE STOLEN ELK, SMITE!, 1il, EUROSTACHE
10-21-2017 -- SHINE, SACRAMENTO, CA..................................................................SAT (739)
Invokation>Joyride, Orgone Collector, Spider, The Trouble & Danger of Being on The Road,
Eris, The Heat, Pink Panther
LOB - bass/vocals
T.FIRECRACKER JOHNSON - keyboard
DEVIN GRANT - drums [first appearance]
BRETT VAUGHN RECHTFERTIG - guitar [first appearance]
also STIG (frm Boston)
11-20-2017 -- LUNA'S CAFE, SACRAMENTO, CA..............................................MON (740)
NEBRASKA MONDAYS
Invokation>Orgone Collector, Spider, Eris, Slang*
* improv, first time played
LOB - bass/vocal
JOHN KEELING - guitar
RYAN COUGHRAN - keys
JIM FRINK - drums [first appearance]
also SHIVA X
12-15-2017 -- CASA DE CHAOS, SACRAMENTO, CA.........................................FRI (741)
final show at Casa de Chaos
Steamroller, The Heat, The Sickness, Sound of the Night, Shut Down
LOB - bass/vocal
ANDREW WAYNE - moog synth
JIM WILLIG - guitar [last appearance 3-4-13, 117 shows]
DEVIN GRANT - drums
also HATCHET JOB, RED PILLS, KILLER COUTURE, SPITTING ROSES, & YEAR OF THE FIST
12-18-2017 -- LUNA'S CAFE, SACRAMENTO, CA.....................................................MON (742)
NEBRASKA MONDAYS ANNUAL SPONTANEOUS TRIOS SHOW
Discordia, Hard Wheat Fields
both songs improv/first time played riffs ..
LOB - bass
JACK STANFILL - drums [first appearance]
KIMBERLY DUNNING - clarinet [first appearance]
KENNETH MARTIN - sax [first appearance]
part of the Annual "Spontaneous Trios" show at Nebraska Mondays.. names are pulled from a hat.. trios play.. ours was the last set.. a quartet because there was one extra person. ..fun night of improvisations with over 30 different musicians.
12-22-2017 -- H.ART LOUNGE, PLACERVILLE, CA..................................................FRI (743)
Groove ov thee H.Art, Evil Jazz 23, Spider, Bintoxanda, Trouble & Danger of Being on the Road,
Orgone Collector, -tuning issue->Deamon's Tube tease(bass solo), Red Sugar,
Hand of Doom>Jazz for Satan, Pink Panther>Shut Down>Sex Bomb>Shut Down>Pink Panther,
Jupiter, Insta-Gadda-Da-Vida, The Heat, Deamon's Tube tease reprise(bass solo), Eris
"Groove ov thee H.Art", first time improv
Hand of Doom riff by Black Sabbath
Pink Panther riff by Henry Mancini
Shut Down riff by The Germs
Sex Bomb riff by Flipper
Insta-gadda-da-vida riff by Iron Butterfly
LOB - bass/vocal
STEPHEN A. ELLIOTT - keyboard
JONNY PAC CANTIN - guitar [last appearance 5/17/14, 85 shows]
BILLY MAERDIAN - drums [first appearance]
12-31-2017 -- E.M.R.L. STUDIOS, SACRAMENTO, CA.............................................SUN (744)
Annual EMRL NYE Party
Red Sugar, Martini Blues, The Little Turtle, Eris, Spider, Set The Controls, Lobster Funk,
Deamon's Tube, Jupiter (tease), Erotic City Jam
"Martini Blues" & "Lobster Funk" / first time titles/riffs
Set The Controls(for the heart of the sun) riff by Pink Floyd
Erotic City riff by Prince
LOB - bass
CHIP CONRAD - drums [last appearance 2/2/09, 252 shows]
WILLIAM BURG - electric kazoo
LINDA MICHELLE HARDY - harmonica [first appearance]
TYLER WEBB - electronics/noise [first appearance]
also USTAM
2017
24 sessions
17 venues
19 new players
59 players (total)
1 show without Lob
177 total songs played
64 different songs
17 cover songs
23 new songs
4 noise/mixer sets