CENTRAL TAVERN 1987

Central Tavern - 1987
207 First Ave S.

Sources: The Rocket, Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Clark Humphrey's book "Loser"

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January 1987

2 - The Moberlys & Friends
3 - Soundgarden, Feast, Acoustic (Bundle Of) Hiss
9 - Room 9, Screaming Trees, Pure Joy
10 - Surf Trio, F-Holes, Splinter Party
14 - Tinderbox
16 - U-Men, Melvins
17 - Red Dress, Power Mowers
22 - Handful Of Dust, The Life
23 - Walkabouts, Chemistry Set, Terry Lee Hale
24 - Sea Hags, Green River, Melvins
30 - Jr. Cadillac
31 - Variant Cause, Prudence Dredge

February 1987

1 - Love Tractor, Screaming Trees
6 - Moving Parts, Never Never
7 - Joe Average, Working Stiffs
13 - Living Dolls, Acoustinauts
14 - Room 9, Pure Joy, Soundgarden, Skin Yard, Bundle Of Hiss, Ash
20 - Variant Cause, Prudence Dredge
21 - Room 9, Walkabouts, Blue Movie
25 - Rangehoods, Joe Average
26 - Living Dolls, Power Mowers
27 - Kinetics, F-Holes
28 - Always August, Moving Parts, Splinter Party

March 1987

1 - Jimmy McCracklin w/Drivin' Wheel
2 - Isaac Scott Band, Tom McFarland, David Brewer, Kim Field
3 - Jr. Cadillac
5 - Scratch Acid, U-Men
6 - Until December, First Thought, ADRD
7 - Surf Trio, Spirits West
13-14 - Jr. Cadillac
17 - Splinter Party
20 - Jackals, Renegades
21 - Living Dolls, Frames
22 - Frames
27 - Napalm Beach, F-Holes
28 - Red Dress, Acoustinauts

April 1987

3-4 - Rank & File, F-Holes, Splinter Party
5 - Mojo Nixon, Gospel Fireballs, The McGuires
9 - Jackals
10 - Colin James
11 - Variant Cause, The Life, Center For Disease Control Boys
16 - Fuzztones, Catbutt, New Age Urban Squirrels (According to members of Fuzztones and Catbutt, this show did not take place)
17 - Room 9, Walkabouts
18 - Jr. Cadillac
24 - Kinetics, Renegades
25 - Life In General, Vena Rays
30 - DOA, NoMeansNo, Crotch Rockets

May 1987

1 - Razorbacks
2 - Henchmen, Rebel Rousers
6 - The Unforgiven
7 - Chemistry Set
8 - Jr. Cadillac
9 - Moving Parts
14 - Rebel Rousers
15 - Renegades, Living Dolls
16 - Jackals, Girl Trouble
21 - Renegades
29 - Faith No More, H-Hour, Skin Yard
30 - Variant Cause, Gospel Fireballs, ADRD

June 1987

3 - Frightwig, Crisis Party
4 - Wild Seeds, F-Holes
5-6 - Jr. Cadillac
11-13 - Razorbacks
18 - Roger Rogers Experiment
19 - Crazy 8's
20 - Living Dolls ("last Seattle gig")
24 - Meat Puppets, Screaming Trees
26 - Pure Joy
27 - Variant Cause, Henchmen
29 - Refuzors 10th Anniversary w/F-Holes

July 1987

2 - Red Dress
3 - Kinetics, Plan B
8 - Dinosaur, Limp Richerds
9 - Splinter Party, Art On Fire
10 - Kinetics, The Life
11 - Jackals, F-Holes, Nights and Days
16 - Splinter Party, Art On Fire
17 - Jr. Cadillac
18 - True 2 Life
23 - Art On Fire
24 - F-Holes, Tall Tales
25 - Flipper, Melvins, The Edge (this lineup may have been scratched as both dailies have Moving Parts playing this date)
31 - Moving Parts, The Life

August 1987

1 - Firehose, Slovenly, Boom Boom GI
5 - NoMeansNo, Feast, Death & Taxes
7 - Jr. Cadillac
8 - Variant Cause, First Thought, R.B. Chop-Chop
13 - The Mentors, St. Vitus
14 - MIA, Napalm Beach
15 - Flat Duo Jets, Kilkenny Cats, Bar-B-Q Killers
21 - TSOL, Soundgarden, Girl Trouble
22 - Jackals, Jet Harris's Burns Brothers
29 - Moving Parts, Plan B

September 1987

4-5 - Razorbacks
6 - Variant Cause, Green Room
11 - Kinetics, Bloody Mary
12 - Cryin' Wolf
17 - Roger Rogers, A Man With A Box, Muffin
18 - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper, Gary Heffern & The Cunninghams, Gospel Fireballs
19 - The Neighborhoods, Splinter Party
24 - The Furies, Walkabouts
25 - Moving Parts, Pop Mechanics, Strypes
26 - Variant Cause, Ed & The Boats
27 - Flaming Lips, Girl Trouble, Ten Foot Faces

October 1987

2 - Bleached Black, 86, Splinter Party
3 - Sonic Youth, Live Skull
4 - Daddy In His Deep Sleep
9 - Flipper, Sea Hags, Boom Boom GI
10 - Silencers, Icicle Works (The Rocket has the Rangehoods playing on this date)
16 - Jackals, Blubinos
17 - Camper Van Beethoven, Walkabouts, Chemistry Set
23 - Scruffy The Cat, F-Holes, Different Ones
24 - Redd Kross, Soundgarden, Child Support
30 - Jr. Cadillac
31 - Jr. Cadillac, Splinter Party

November 1987

6 - Moving Parts, Partners In Crime
7 - Pure Joy, Room 9
12 - Weather Theater
13 - Leaving Trains, Phantom Tollbooth, Boom Boom GI
14 - Walkabouts, Terry Lee Hale (The Rocket listed Danger Bunny, Green River, Room 9, and Walkabouts on this date, however Green River had broken up before this show occurred.)
18 - Melting Fish
19 - Leroi Brothers, Splinter Party, Renegades
20 - Variant Cause, Cryin' Wolf
21 - Soundgarden (Screaming Life record release), Screaming Trees, Ash
22 - Bundle Of Hiss, Coffin Break
25 - Splinter Party, Rebel Rousers
27 - Variant Cause, Fastbacks, Pop Defect
28 - Kinetics, Plan B

December 1987

4 - Jackals, Blubinos
5 - Je Ka Jo, Danger Bunny
11 - Tall Tales, Cryin' Wolf
12 - Opal, Chemistry Set, Room 9
17 - Duffy Bishop & The Rhythm Dogs, Variant Cause
18 - Snow Bud & The Flower People, F-Holes, Dead Moon
19 - Terry Lee Hale, Chemistry Set, Walkabouts
26 - Jr. Cadillac
31 - Pure Joy, Moving Parts, The Life