View 1982-83 Showbox shows
January 1981
2 - Beatles Film Festival - "Magical Mystery Tour"
9 - The Jim Carroll Band
10 - The Subhumans (Vancouver B.C.)
15 - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band The Beakers
17 - CANCELED: Flamin' Groovies, Freddie & The Screamers
19 - Tom Robinson's Sector 27, The Accident
23 - Doc Watson, Reilly & Maloney
24 - Bob (SF)
29 - The Specials
30 - Doug & The Slugs (Vancouver B.C.), Freddie & The Screamers
February 1981
6 - The Romantics (Detroit), Gabriel
13 - Johnny & The Distractions
14 - The Cowboys, The Impacts
15 - Rail
20-21 - Alley Brat, Cor
March 1981
7 - Joan Jett, The Pudz
8 - Toots & The Maytals
10 - The Heats
13 - The Heats, Movie Stars (PDX)
14 - TKO, The Mercenaries
15 - Rescue KZAM Rock Of The '80s Benefit: The Cowboys, The Connection, The Enemy, The Features, The Numatics, Michael O'Neill Band, The Pudz, The Rockerfellers, Sex Therapy, Skeezix, Student Nurse, The Shivers, The Spectators, Visible Targets, X-15
21 - Taj Mahal, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
22 - U2 (moved to Astor Park)
24. - "New wave music fans have suffered another blow. Managers of the Showbox...plan to change the booking policies and image of the theater." - Regina Hackett, Seattle PI
27 - New Deal Rhythm Band, Shannon Gibbons
28 - Reilly & Maloney, Jim Post
April 1981 (Space Muffin Replaces Steve Pritchard as Showbox promoter)
13 - David Crosby
17 - International Punk Explosion - UK Decay (UK), Social Unrest (SF), RPA, Refuzors, Subhumans (Vancouver BC), The Fartz
18 - Freddie & The Screamers, The Heats
19 - CANCELED: Rescue KZAM Rock Of The '80s Benefit: The Clash Rude Boy Screening, The Enemy, Visible Targets, Student Nurse, The Byrons, Sex Therapy
May 1981
13 - The Stranglers, Idiot Culture (P.I review) OR Memory Circus, The Spectators (Times review)
15 - First Annual Showbox Prom w/No Cheese Please, The Enemy, The Impacts
17 - Tim Weisberg, Lisa Nemzo
18 - Humble Pie, D.B. Cooper
23 - The Seattle Songwriters Festival
30 - Rescue The Rock Of The '80s Spring Collection w/Untouchables, RPA, Nouveau Cliche
June 1981
6 - The B-sides (Vancouver BC), Peter Davis Band
7 - KZOK Jimi Hendrix Memorial Benefit - Jr. Cadillac, Dynamic Logs, Hi-Fi, Kidd Afrika, Ronnie Lee, The Skyboys, Annie Rose, The Equators
17 - The Equators (UK)
20 - The Avengers (SF)
23 - The Vapors, The Impacts
24 - John Cale, X-15
25-26 - The Plasmatics
July 1981
10 - Gang Of Four, Three Swimmers, Little Bears From Bangkok
12 - Dead Kennedys, DOA, Husker Du (Seattle P.I. preview had Flipper opening)
23 - Psychedelic Furs, Veil Of Tears, Monolith
25 - 999, Alley Cats (LA), The Pudz
28 - Split Enz, No Cheese Please
August 1981
21 - Jeff Lorber, Dal Neon
30 - Save The Gorilla Room Benefit w/The Enemy, Napalm Beach, Student Nurse, Spectators, Rapid-I, the Executives, DT's, the Deans, Scizzors, Shatterbox, Fastbacks, the Rats, Joe Despair & the Future
September 1981 (Concerts West replaces Space Muffin as Showbox promoter)
23 - The Go Go's (Canceled? This show was listed in the Rocket, but the P.I has them playing 9/27 at Eagles Auditorium & 9/28 at the UW Viking Lounge)
24 - Myth, The Queen Annes
26 - Leon Redbone, Baby Gramps
27 - Echo & The Bunnymen, The Enemy (moved to WREX)
October 1981
2 - "The Showbox is slated for a facelift...concerts slated for October and November have been canceled according to outgoing manager Space Muffin and promoter Steve Pritchard. Paul Gongaware has a six-year lease on the facility...[he] said he wants to get away from the 'fringe punk feeling' he thinks the club now has and bring acts 'with a broader scope.'" - Seattle Post Intelligencer
9 - Siouxsie & The Banshees (moved to Eagles Auditorium)
November 1981
13 - X, Subhumans, the Deans
27 - Iggy Pop, The Tremblers (w/Peter Noone)
30 - King Crimson
December 1981
1 - King Crimson
6 - Steve Hackett
31 - The Heats, The Pins, No Cheese Please (moved to Mr. Bill's)
