Sunday, March 4, 2018

THE SHOWBOX - 1982 - 83


The Showbox - 1982-83
1424 First Ave.





February 1982
7 - Fallout Festival w/Three Swimmers, Visible Targets, Refuzors, Blackouts, Life In General
26 - Bow Wow Wow, Three Swimmers

March 1982
16 - UK Subs, Anti-Nowhere League
19-20 - Contents Under Pressure, National Band

April 1982  (Big Z Productions [Otis Austin] replaces Concerts West as Showbox booking agent)
10 - CANCELED - XTC, Jools Holland
16 - White Line, GH Three
17 - International Trends/International Sounds Present an Innovative and Provocative Evening of Vivid Entertainment w/IS (music) and fashion show.
20 - The Professionals (Steve Jones & Paul Cook)

May 1982
9 - KCMU Benefit - Visible Targets, Three Swimmers, Napalm Beach
15 - Axis Bold, Sato, Brando Bogart
17 - "Swap 'N' Rock" w/No Cheese Please
28 - Circle Jerks, Fartz

June 1982
4 - The Waitresses, Moving Parts
20 - Dave Edmunds, Dynette Set
25 - Kidskin, Ridge

July 1982
2 - Culprit, Gram Betty
7 - Steel Pulse, Sundance

August 1982
14 - Stray Cats
23 - Burning Spear, Tropical Rainstorm
29 - Revive Wrex Benefit w/Three Swimmers, Life In General, Student Nurse, Spectators, Steddi-5, Mondo Vita, The Alligators

September 1982
4 - Fear, The Fartz, Silly Killers
11 - CANCELED - The Exploited, The Fartz, The Rejectors, Poison Idea
26 - KCMU Benefit - The Cowboys, 54/40, Life In General, Napalm Beach,The Frazz, Pamona Boners

October 1982
1 - CANCELED - Oingo Boingo
8 - Ian Tremor Band, Legacy
21 - X, Life In General

November 1982
9 - Nina Hagen, Race Age, Rally Go, Mr. Epp
12 - Public Image Ltd., Napalm Beach
19 - Visible Targets, Three Swimmers, Beat Pagodas

December 1982
10 - Gun Club (canceled), The Allies, Moving Parts, The Sights, 
17 - Lounge Lizards
31 - Bernadette Bascom, Jet City Band, Teleclere

1983

January 1983
10-11 - POSTPONED - Zapp, Roger
23 - Commander Cody, National Band, Dubs Doly

February 1983
12 - TSOL, Memory, Fastbacks
18 - Iggy Pop
23 - King Sunny Ade
25 - CANCELED - DOA, Fastbacks, Ten Minute Warning, Option To Burn
28 - Rank & File, Moving Parts

April 1983
22 - Dead Kennedys, Ten Minute Warning

By November of 1983, the Showbox was closed. The adult-themed Amusement Center moved into the space the following year, but lost its lease when new owners bought the property and began making plans to turn it into a "classy nightclub." 

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