THE GOLDEN CROWN - 1983-85

The Golden Crown was located at 1616 4th Ave. The Crown, located upstairs from a Chinese restaurant, hosted rock shows from 1979 to 1986, when it was demolished to make way for Westlake Center.  

The Golden Crown opened in June of 1972. The Seattle Times noted that the new restaurant “will have entertainment eventually…for the time being, the Chinese food gets top billing. The restaurant is operated by the same triad - George Woo, his wife, Martha, John Loui - responsible for the cuisine at the Gold Coin Restaurant.” The restaurant’s address was 1600 Times Court, the alley off the old Westlake Court. In February of 1973, the owners of the Crown added a dinner theater called the Cabaret Theater, and performances were held in the “Upstairs Club” on the second floor. Patrons were offered a sit-down Chinese dinner in the ground floor restaurant prior to the show and a Cantonese smorgasbord was offered after the performance. 

The theatre had a different address than the restaurant - 1616 Fourth Ave, and it was located across the street from the east entrance of the Bon Marche. Several performers have noted the treacherously steep stairs leading up to the new space. The first mention I've seen of music being performed at the Crown was in May 1973 when it was advertised that Danny Ward & His New Reality would perform after the dinner-theatre package, from 11pm to 4am(!) Thursdays through Saturday. The August 5, 1973 edition of the Seattle Post Intelligencer noted that the One Reel Vaudeville Show planned to open a nightclub in the restaurant, with a stage and dance floor, and a swing band would play between acts of the show. It appears that the ownership ceased operating the dinner theatre in the spring of 1974, and hired a pianist, Bob Dudley, to perform on a regular basis until January of 1975. In March of that year, CTI recording artist Seawind performed at the Crown, and that was the only music show listed in the papers until May 25, 1978, when Les McCann performed.  While published listings for the Crown were scant during this era, Bon Von Wheelie of the legendary Tacoma band Girl Trouble noted, "The Golden Crown Up (that was the upstairs club name) hosted a ton of funk/soul bands in the 70s. When rock went to stadiums I mostly listened to KYAC (which I think was one of those stations that would cut off at sundown) and Robert Nesbitt was the deejay. He was responsible for bringing in those acts and sometimes they were national. I can't find it anywhere but I thought James Brown might have done a show there once."

In 1980, the cabaret shows resumed, this time featuring drag shows instead of plays. These stage shows took place in the “Golden Crown Cabaret Lounge,” while upstairs became the “Golden Crown Upper Level.” Clark Humphrey's book, "Loser," notes that former manager of pioneering Seattle punk clubs The Bird & Gorilla Room, Roger Husbands, took over booking around this time, but he must've lasted only a short time, as the P.I. mentioned that Terry Morgan and Steve Pritchard took over booking the Crown in November of 1981, but apparently this was a very short-lived partnership as Pritchard was soon out of the picture. This was a turning point…shows were being booked—and advertised—every week. At first, the featured bands were mainly the old standbys of the Seattle bar scene - Annie Rose & The Thrillers, the Cowboys, Jr. Cadillac, etc - but by 1982 there was a marked increase in local new wave bands booked at the club, as well as some eclectic and exciting national acts (Snakefinger, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Chris Spedding, to name a few). 

On February 19th, 1983, Golden Crown co-owner John Loui was killed along with 12 others in the infamous Wah Mee Massacre. Loui had sold his interest in the club before his death, but it is unclear if his partners, The Woos, were still part of the ownership at this time. Loui’s death marked yet another turning point for the Crown. After existing March and April bookings were honored in the Upstairs space, the owners shuttered the club except for the occasional odd booking in the cabaret. While the Upstairs club resumed hosting shows on October 7, booking largely little-known bands (to me, at least), they quickly readjusted their focus, with the OFFICIAL re-opening taking place on November 18th. For the rest of 1983, they went back to booking popular new wave/punk bands. Then, in January 1984, the club announced a name change to “The Crown,” but by the next month it reverted back to the Golden Crown. In October 1984, the club was again renamed…this time it was called the Disillusion Lounge. By December it was again the Golden Crown. In 1986 the Golden Crown fell victim to the construction of the new Westlake Mall and the building was demolished. The club moved two blocks west to 1516 Second Ave and continued booking cabaret shows until December 1988.

1983

January

7 - Next Exit, Moving Parts

8 - Next Exit, Pamona Boners

21 - Red Dress, Pack Of Wolves

22 - Red Dress, Rally Go

28 - Moving Parts, Pamona Boners

29 - Shakin’ Pyramids, The Hurricanes

February

4-5 - Beat Pagodas, New Flamingos

8 - Annie Rose & The Thrillers

9 - Big Fun

10 - Visible Targets

11-12 - James Cotton w/Louis X. Erlanger, Slamhound Hunters

13-15 - Lonesome City Kings

19 - 54/40, Rally Go, Supershaft

22 - Bush Tetras

25 - Wipers, Young Pioneers

26 - Moving Parts, Pamona Boners

March

4 - The Scissors, New Flamingos

5 - The Scissors, The Spectators

11-12 - Beat Pagodas, Mad Dash 

18 - Pamona Boners, Fastbacks

19 - Moving Parts, Los Popularos

25 - James White & The Blacks, Beat Pagodas, Mad Dash 

26 - Savage Republic, Jungle Nausea, Supershaft

April

1-2 - Visible Targets, 3 Swimmers, Septimus

8-9 - Bernadette Bascomb

13 - Codona

May

28 - Kenny G

June

3-4 - Emerald Times Band

July - September

“City Magic - Tuesdays-Saturdays”

October

7-8 - The Mosquitos

14-15 - L.J. & The Shades

21-22 - L.J. & The Shades

28-29 - Kings Of The Beat

November

18 - Life In General, UVC

19 - Red Dress, Memory

25 - Septimus, Slidin’ Spades

26 - Moving Parts, Pushbuttons w/Robyrt DeLong

December

2- Bombadiers, Living Dolls

2 - The Frazz

9 - Pudz Reunion, Charisma Boys

10 - Life In General

16 - Harvard Surf Club

17 - Life In General

20 - KYYX-mas Partty w/Mondo Vita

23 - Sundance

30 - The Moberlys

31 - KJET NYE Party w/Allies, Next Exit, Living Dolls

1984

January

“City Magic, Tuesdays-Saturdays”

27 - Allies

28 - Next Exit, Bombadiers, Aisle Five

February (name changed to “The Crown”)

3-4 - The Allies

10-12 - Billy Rancher

17-18 - Red Dress

19 - Strypes, Confidentials

23 - Images In Vogue

24-25 - Cowboys

March 

2-3 - Paul Collins Beat, UC-5

4 - Mondo Vita

6 - Allies, Visible Targets, Boibs, Next Exit

9-10 - Mondo Vita

11 - Moberlys, Moving Parts

16-17 - Billy Rancher

23-24 - Eagertones

25 - Allies

30-31 - Moving Parts

April

6-7 - Moving Parts, Theatre Of Sheep

24 - The Cramps

27 - Linton Kwesi Johnson, Dennis Bovell’s Dub Band

29-30 - Love Tractor, Pell Mell, Red Masque

July

3 - The Rats

13-14 - Storm, 51/50

20 - Bunnydrums, Aftershaft, Ziggarat

August

3-4 - 51-50

September

28-20 - Eek-A-Mouse, Jah Malla

October - Changed name to Disillusion Lounge

5- Ministry Of Love

6 - Green On Red, Red Masque, Life In General

12 - Blood On The Saddle, U-Men

13 - Bombadiers, Fastbacks

20 - Love Tractor, Beat Pagodas

24 - Soul Syndicate

November 

2-3 - Clarence Gatemouth Brown

5 - Fastbacks

9 - Sonny Okosun

10 - Sam Smith

16 - U-Men, Life In General

17 - Bombadiers

23-24 - Ras Kiddus Roots Connection, Pack Of Wolves

29 - Sam Smith, Jam Delight

30-12/1 - Beat Pagodas

December - Changed name back to Golden Crown

1 - Beat Pagodas

7 - Messenjah

14 - Moberlys, Young Fresh Fellows, Queen Annes

15 - Obo Addy

28 - Visible Targets, Beat Pagodas

1985

January

5-6 - Sundance, Sound System

18-19 - Bombadiers, Walkabouts, Itchy Brother

23 - Ministry Of Love, Baba Yaga

February

8-9 - A Western Family, Ministry Of Love, Feast Of Friends

22 - Room Nine, A Western Family, The Dwindles

March

2 - Shanghai Club, The Accused, Wicked Angel, On The Rocks

3 - Hoi Polloi, The Dwindles, Shake & The Diversions

30 - The Moberlys, The Frames

April

27 - Room Nine, Young Pioneers, Noon Moon

June

1 - Baba Olatunji and His Drums Of Passion, Beat Pagodas

August

2-3 - Napalm Beach, The Icons

23 - Room Nine, Feast

24  - Room Nine, Skin Yard

September

20-21 - Mondo Vita (final Seattle shows)

27 - Room Nine, Young Pioneers

October

25 - Room Nine, The Dream Museum, The Dwindles

BEHIND THE GREY DOOR - 1984

Behind The Grey Door
3rd Ave S. & Washington

Behind the Grey Door was an unlicensed club run by Don Cooper in the basement of the We B Arts building, which was open from March 1984 to August 11, 1984. 

Scott Ledgerwood from the band Bam Bam described it thusly: "It was an underground hall, literally under-fucking-ground. It was a non-sanctioned nightclub in the heart of underground Seattle. The front entrance, which was like a quarter of a block back and 2-3 floors above the stage and dance floor, was an unmarked steel door painted grey. No sign or markings whatsoever. ... Inside it was predictably dark and dank. You had to walk several flights of stairs, ducking under beams, piping and shit, then it opened into a big space with a hardwood dance floor and the stage at the far end. The band Cannibal squatted there, living under trap doors in the floor, in cement cubby holes in the wall. You'd see motorcycles burning tirees around the dance floor, people chugging bottles, passing 'round bongs and burning blunts. There was a couple skateboard ramps off to one side for kids to rip on, and a potpourri of graffiti on a scale most real clubs would never allow. Oh, and those effervescent porty-pots. Yeah! It was like a cliche movie set. Seriously though; a very fucking cool piece of Seattle history."

Sources: Pacific Northwest Music Archives Facebook page (w/intro text by Karl Braun), The Sonic Mosquito Soup blog interview with Bam Bam's Scott Ledgerwood and Tommy Martin (posted 4/24/19, and The Rocket.

1984

March

24 - Fastbacks

31 - Accused. March Of Crimes, Malfunkshun

April

6 - Two different flyers with different lineups exist for this date. 

Animal Slaves, The Altered, Feedback, PMA

A Western Family, Ministry Of Love, Feast Of Friends, Crypt Kicker Five 

13 - March Of Crimes, Malfunkshun, Rejectors

14 - Bopo Boys, R Gang, On The Rocks, Malfunkshun

28 - Personality Crisis (Winnipeg), R Gang, River Bank Action

May

5 - Bam Bam, Cannibal, Melvins (This was Melvins’ 1st Seattle show. Kurt Cobain was their roadie.)

12 - On The Rocks, Malfunkshun, Dr. Albert, Carnivorous Chicken Band

18 - Riverbank Action (Calgary), Rejectors, Bopo Boys

19 - U-Men, R Gang, Melvins

26 - 10 Minute Warning, On The Rocks, A Western Family

June

23 - Death Sentence (Vancouver), Rejectors, False Liberty

30 - The Fitz and ??

July

6 - Dr. Love, Bam Bam, Liquid Generation

7 - Tales of Terror (SF), False Liberty, R Gang

20 - Maalox (?), R Gang, Redemption

28 - U-Men, Bam Bam

August

10 - Refuzors, Bam Bam, Homewreckers

11 - Green River, Melvins, R Gang, False Liberty

LINCOLN ARTS CENTER - 1983-87

Lincoln Arts Center 
66 Bell St
1981-87

The building that housed the Lincoln Arts Center from 1983 to 1987, dates back to 1906, when it was home to Seattle Empire Laundry, which employed 10 percent of Seattle's laundry workers, and was once the focus of a historic strike by femlae laundry workers in 1932. It was later occupied by the Arctic Fur Company, which was one of the major manufacturers of Davy Crockett-style coonskin caps in the 1950s. The address 66 Bell first appears in the Seattle dailies in 1961, when it was known as the Seattle Table Tennis Center. In 1970, it was occupied by the Acme Restaurant Co and it was first mentioned in the entertainment listings as Lincoln Arts Center in 1983. The Center typically featured ballet/dance performances, artists' workshops, and the occasional burlesque show. Although the Rocket listed a punk show at the Lincoln as far back as 1981, these types of shows didn't really get rolling there until August of 1984. The next month, a riot took place after the Fire Department shut down a show by Vancouver BC band DOA, due to overcrowding (the fire code limited capacity to 99, and there were close to 300 attendees inside). The promoters of the show, Holy War Cadets, agreed to give refunds to the fans in the form of tickets to a future concert, but they came up 150 short. Attendees then sat in the middle of Bell Street, swigging beer and refusing to move until they were reimbursed. When police attempted to move the group, bottles were thrown, dumpsters were set ablaze, a police car was spray painted and turned onto its side, and numerous other acts of vandalism took place. Officials took action, and banned the center from booking punk shows, although occasionally some would slip through the cracks. The Lincoln continued booking other types of performing arts events until November 1987, when a pre-demolition party was advertised, inviting attendees to "bring hammer, crowbar, and shovel." In 1990, building owner Peter Erickson convinced investors to donate to convert the building into artists' lofts. By 1998, Erickson intended to convert the building into high-end housing, but five tenants of the building were successful in their effort to have it declared a landmark. However, the Landmark Preservation Board, wile granting landmark status, also approved all of the changes proposed by Erickson, who evicted the tenants and turned the old warehouse into The Belltown Lofts in 2000, which continues under that name to this day.

1981

December

31 - The Enemy, Fastbacks, The Deans, others

1984

March 

3 - Girl Talk, Non Special Effects

9 - Tiny Grace Theatre, Yolanda Adams, Little Dove

May

4 - Cinco de Mayo, Los Altenos

12 - The Portage Bay Big Band

June

16 - Noh Special Effects, Barbies Out Of Bondage

August

18 - Charm School, Stanley’s Wife. Animal Slaves, The Fabulous Belle Reves

24 - Fang (CA), House of Commons (Canada), The Fags, DSML

September

1 - The F.U’s, Stranglehold, Rejectors, Accused 

6-7 -  Color Twigs

8 - Ten Minute Warning, The Fags, VXT

14 - D.O.A., The Unwanted, DSML, Green River (canceled?), Immoral Roberts (infamous riot ensued after Fire Department shut the show down due to code violations/overcrowding)

15 - Bam Bam, R Gang, The Homewreckers

22 - U-Men, Crypt Kicker 5, Vexed

December

1 - Redemption, Crypt Kicker 5, L-Mores 

1986

February

7-8 - Windchase Ensemble

27 - Frederick Matthews

July 

5 - Shana Iverson's Arm Aid Benefit w/ Walkabouts, Feast, Arms Akimbo, Bundle Of Hiss, Angus & Grienke, The Casuals, Jesse Bernstein, Hubris, Sympathy Card, Art On Fire, Prudence Dredge, Public Domain, 5516

August

2 - My Eye, Feast, Malfunkshun

17 - Pure Joy, Chemistry Set

September

5 - Cheating Death, Crotch Rockets, Gut Reaction

6 - Room 9, Pure Joy, Bundle of Hiss

13 - Walkabouts, Pure Joy, Fallouts, Interstellar

27 - Michael Morrison

November

15 - Mace, False Liberty, SGM, Noxious Fumes or Subvert, Danger Mouse

1987

March

13 - Chemistry Set, Pure Joy, Weather Theatre
14 - Matthew Horton

July

25 - Walkabouts, Vomit Launch, Terry Lee Hale & The Ones

31 - Fred, Crunchbird of the Bleeding Vortex

August

23 - Music By Design

THE VOGUE - 1988

The Vogue - 1988

For general Vogue history and show listings from 1984-86 click here.

For 1987 Vogue show history click here.

January 1988

5 - Mentors
6 - F-Holes, ADRD
12 - Room 9, The Option
13 - Bundle Of Hiss, Swallow
19 - Catbutt, Beergarden
20 - Ash, Melting Fish
26 - Incredible Chainsaw Police
27 - Vexed, Herd Of Turtles
31 - Sub Pop Sunday w/ My Beerdrunk Soul Is Sadder Than All The Dead Christmas Trees In The World

February 1988

2 - Jam Session
3 - Nights & Days
9 - Blood Circus, Derelicts
10 - Bomb (S.F.), Vexed
14 - The Wheel
16 - D.O.I,, URU
17 - Obituaries, Catbutt
23 - Flaming Lips, Skin Yard
24 - Slack, Action Buddie
28 - Sub Pop Sunday w/ Snow Bud & The Flower People

March 1988

1 - The First Thought
2 - Tragic Mulatto (SF), Thrown Ups
6 - Alter-Natives (Richmond, VA), Couch Of Sound
8-9 - The Fibonaccis (LA)
15 - Rabid Rabbit (Tuscon), Swallow
16 - That Social Thing, The Groove
22 - Brides Of Frankenstein, ADRD
23 - Obituaries, Coffin Break
27 - Sub Pop Sunday w/Doll Squad
29 - Crisis Party, Derelicts
30 - Roger Miller, Bundle Of Hiss

April 1988

5 - Fastbacks, Splinter Party
6 - Catbutt, Schroedinger’s Cat
12 - Holy Sisters Of The Gagadada
13 - The First Thought
19 - Das Damen (NY), Blood Circus
20 - Dharma Bums (PDX), Herd Of Turtles
24 - Sub Pop Sunday w/Nirvana
26 - Crypt Kicker 5, Action Buddie
27 - NoMeansNo (record release)

May 1988

1 - Child Support (SF), Typhoon (SF)
3 - Doll Squad, Girl Trouble
4 - Slack (PDX), Special Guest
10 - Ringling Sisters (LA), Splinter
11 - That Social Thing, F-Holes
15 - Boomslang
17 - Whiskey Fix, Diamond Lie
18 - White Zombie (NY), Mudhoney
22 - Universal Congress Of… (LA)
24 - Boom Boom GI (record & video release)
25  - Oversoul 7 (Vancouver BC), Swallow
28 - Subpop Sunday w/The Derelicts
31 - The Neon Judgement (Belgium), First Thought

June 1988

1 - The Beatnigs (SF), Skin Yard
6 - Jayne County (NY), Fastbacks
7 - Pop Defect (LA), Kristen Barry
8 - Feast, Lethal Gospel
13 - The Pink Slips
14 - Accused, Derelicts
15 - Bundle Of Hiss, Nirvana
20 - Ash
21 - The Option, The Groove
22 - Catbutt, Babyteeth
27 - Sub Pop Monday w/….
28 - Action Buddie, URU
29 - Napalm Beach (PDX), Coffin Break

July 1988

4 - Mother Love Bone, Spades
5 - The First Thought, Action Buddie
6 - Helios Creed, Vexed
11 - That Social Thing
12 - Herd Of Turtles, The Flood
13 - Short Dogs Grow, F-Holes
18 - Eastern Star
19 - Hungry Crocodiles, Shannon’s Ex
20 - Benefit for CISPES w/Catbutt, Coffin Break (PI) or Swallow, Coffin Break (Rocket)
25 - Rappin’ With The Unit
26 - Strange Kiss, Mass Hypnosis
27 - Big Tube Squeezer, Agitpop

August 1988

1 - Coven, The Dehumanizers
2 - Boomslang, Aprori
3 - Gurus Of Gladness
8 - Pit Bull, Action Buddie
9 - The East and the West, The Life
10 - Run Westy Run (Minneapolis), Boom Boom GI
15 - The Losers, Black Is Black
16 - Common Language, Melting Fish
17 - Vampire Lezbos, Thorn
22 - Psycotazia
23 - The Posies, Saturday Boy
24 - The Accused
28 - Del Rubio Triplets
29 - Treacherous Jaywalkers (LA), Nirvana
30 - Fastbacks, Doll Squad
31 - Obituaries (PDX), Fred’s Crash Shop

September 1988

6 - Flower, Storybook Crooks
7 - Swallow, Chemistry Set
13 - Alice In Chains
14 - Spades
20 - Derelicts, TAD
21 - Pure Joy, That Social Thing
27 - Das Damen (NYC), Mudhoney
28 - Do U I Do, Saturday Boy

October 1988

3 - The Life, The Waiting
4 - Weather Theater, Common Language
5 - All (LA), Chemical People (LA), “A Local Surprise!”
10 - Slack, Fred
11 - Blood Circus, Rodeo (Austin)
12 - The First Thought, The Posies
17 - Sam I Am
18 - The Scramblers (Vancouver BC)
19 - Honeymoon Killers (NYC), Ghostflesh
24 - Pussy Galore (NYC), TAD, Jesse Bernstein
26 - Best Kissers In The World, Food Giant

November 1988

1 - My Name, CC Groove
2 - Frightwig (SF), Snake Pit, Doll Squad
6 - Helios Creed (LA)
7 - The Waiting, Still Falling
8 - So Are You, Applied Science
9 - The Wheel, Weather Theater
14 - The Fluid (Denver), Catbutt
15 - Hungry Crocodiles, Fastbacks
16 - Fags (canceled), Swallow
21 - Death & Taxes, Ministry Of Love
22 - Crisis Party, Dead Flowers
23 - The Fibonaccis (LA), Bam Bam
29 - Crypt Kicker 5, Melting Fish
30 - Obituaries (PDX), Pure Joy

December 1988

5 - BBQ Killers (Athens), Tripwire
6 - R.K.L. (LA), Fantods, Daddy Hate Box
7 - Swallow, Ministry Of Love
12 - N.P.G, S.G.M.
13 - Pop Defect (LA), Storybook Krooks
14 - Catbutt, Bible Stud
19 - Fire
20 - The Posies, Hitmen
21 - The Dehumanizers, My Name
27 - The East and the West, Field Of honor
28 - F-Holes, Special Guests

CENTRAL TAVERN 1988

 Central Tavern - 1988

The following is a list of shows that took place at the Central Tavern in 1988. The Central was/is located at 207 First Ave. S.

For general Central Tavern history and 1986 show listings click here.

To view 1987 Central Tavern show history click here.

January 1988

1 - Variant Cause, Paisley Sin, Action Buddie
2 - Variant Cause, Pop Mechanics, Common Language
8 - Kinetics, Tinderbox
9 - Cryin’ Wolf, Plan B
15 - Fastbacks
16 - U-Men, Hellcows (PDX)
22 - Jackals (PDX)
23 - Slack (PDX), Prudence Dredge
29-30 - No More Censorship Compilation Album Weekend
29 - Skin Yard, H-Hour, Weather Theater, Vertigo Bus
30 - Pure Joy, Crypt Kicker 5, Color Anxiety, Capping Day
31 - The Accused, Morphius, Ash

February 1988

5 - Benefit for Pure Joy, Chemistry Set, Room 9, plus Weather Theater
6 - Guadalcanal Diary (Atlanta), Grapes Of Wrath (Kelowna, BC)
7 - Alleged Perpetrators Record Release
10 - Paul Collins Beat (NY)
11 - The Life (Record Release), The Options, Variant Cause
12 - Moving Parts, Variant Cause
13 - Razorbacks
14 - TBA
15 - F-Holes
16 - Jr. Cadillac
19 - Jr. Cadillac
20 - Room 9, The Different Ones
26 - Killdozer, Catbutt, Boom Boom GI
27 - Jackals (PDX)

March 1988

4 - Walkabouts (Record Release), Big Tube Squeezer, Terry Lee Hale
5 - Animal Slaves (Vancouver BC), Vexed
11 - Kinetics
12 - DOA, NoMeansNo (Vancouver BC)
17 - Plan B, Bloody Mary
18 - Fastbacks, Pure Joy
19 - Soundgarden, Blood Circus
25 - Variant Cause, Divine Weeks (LA), Wigglin’ Taters
26 - Ophelias (Cincinnati), Variant Cause, Gospel Fireballs

April 1988

1 - Jr. Cadillac
2 - Colin James (Vancouver BC)
7 - H-Hour, Boom Boom GI, Hungry Crocodiles
8. - Moving Parts
9 - 4-5-1 Benefit w/Soundgarden, Bundle Of Hiss, Thrown-Ups, Fred
10 - Applied Science, The Madelines, Go Fish
14 - Splinter Party, The Flood
15-16 - Tail Gators
17 - Substitutes, Broken Statue, Lenny & Denny
21 - “Kathy’s Birthday Bash with Lots of Bands”
22-23 - Razorbacks
24 - Splinter Party, Rockabilly Jam
28 - Band Of Susans (NY), UT, Head Of David (UK)
29 - Jr. Cadillac
30 - Grapes Of Wrath (Kelowna, BC), Eagertones, The First Thought

May 1988

1 - Heliotroupe, Big Idea, Herd Of Turtles
5 - Couch Of Sound, Capping Day, Go Fish
6 - The Kinetics, The Life
7 - Gang Green (Boston), Death Sentence (Vancouver BC), Goo Goo Dolls (Buffalo)
8 - Tall Tales, The Purdins, Fallouts
12 - So Are You, Common Language, Melting Fish
13 - Jackals (PDX)
14 - Variant Cause, Ed & The Boats
15 - Ped-X, Zoomorphics, Canticle
18 - The Accelerators
19 - Soul Asylum, Naked Raygun
20 - Peter Case & Victoria Williams, Walkabouts
21 - Cabaret Deluxe w/The Humble Swamp Gods, Wigglin’ Taters, Maxwells
22 - KJET Appreciation Night w/Kinetics, Terry Lee Hale, “lots more”
26 - Slack (PDX), Mass Hypnosis
27 - Moving Parts, The Substitutes
28 - Scruffy The Cat, Joey Kline Show, the Life
29 - Variant Cause, Swingin’ Swamis

June 1988

2 - Toe Jam ’88, Chemistry Set
3 - Screaming Trees, Room 9, Special Guests
4 - Bolero Lava, The Life
5 - Doll Squad, Zoomorphics, Nirvana
9 - Broken Statue, Lethal Dose, Misguided Baboons
10 - Eagertones, Power Mowers
11 - Nero’s Rome (PDX), Plan B
12 - Pheasant Wagon Lotto Rock Benefit
16 - Wild Seeds, Splinter Party
17 - Walkabouts, Dharma Bums (PDX), Terry Lee Hale
18 - The Life, Prudence Dredge
19 - Alphabet Swill, The Groove, The Seeds
23 - Shock Treatment, Hungry Crocodiles, Losers
24 - Room 9, Pure Joy, Chemistry Set
25 - Variant Cause, Lew Jones Band (PI) OR The Blasters, Variant Cause (Rocket)
26 - Inspector Cazbo, Nora Michaels Cabaret
30 - Big Tube Squeezer, Terry Lee Hale, Swinging’ Swamis

July 1988

1 - Pure Joy, Chemistry Set (Seattle PI listing) OR Fastbacks, Vomit Launch, The Purdins (Rocket listing)
2 - Soundgarden, The Fluid (Denver), Mudhoney
3 - Moving Parts, Boomslang
7 - Fred, Metaphonics, Color Anxiety
8 - NoMeansNo (Vancouver BC), The Scramblers (Vancouver BC), The Squirrels, Terry Lee Hale
9 - Jr. Cadillac
10 - Front Line (SF), Bloody Mary, Infamous Menagerie
14 - Best Kissers In The World, Storybook Crooks, Food Chain
15 - Kinetics
16 - Glass Eye (Austin), Pure Joy, Terry Lee Hale
17 - Death & Taxes, Common Language, Race Brothers
21 - Peasant Wagon Benefit II
22 - Jackals, Dead City Rebels
23 - Leaving Trains (LA), Blood Circus, Nirvana
24 - Saturday Boy, The Hitmen, Linny & Denny
27 - Moving Parts, Pop Mechanix
28 - PEDX, Nation Of Milk
29 - Variant Cause, Sing Sing Sleepwalker
30 - Je Ka Jo
31 - Best Kissers In The World, Actors, Herd Of Turtles (PI listing) (Bootleg Howdah instead of Best Kissers in the Rocket listing)

August 1988

3-4 - Variant Cause, The Life
5-6 - Jr. Cadillac
7 - Nation Of Milk, Misguided Baboons, Eastern Star
10 - Moving Parts, Pop Mechanix
11 - Evan Johns (Austin), The Flood
12-13 - Rangehoods
14 - Peasant Wagon Benefit III w/Runaway Trains, Variant Cause
18 - Fred’s Crash Shop, Thorn, Ghostflesh
19 - F-Holes, The Life, Boom Boom GI
20 - Blood Circus, Pure Joy, The Purdins
21 - Gurus Of Gladness, Bassics, The Fallouts
25 - The Posies, Saturday Boy, Rogues Gallery
26-27 - Moving Parts (Carnival Season opened on the 27th)
28 - Miracle Workers (LA), D.M.Z., The Losers

September 1988

1 - Best Kissers In The World, Flower (NYC), Animal Kingdom
2 - Razorbacks
3-4 - Tail Gators, Jackals
8 - Doughboys, Housecoat Project, Capping Day
9 - The First Thought, Billy Black & Outcast Theater
10 - Mother Love Bone, Spades, Rocksolger
11 - Vomit Launch, Undercurrent, Stubborn Puppet
15 - Alice Fell, Pure Joy, Common Language
16 - Lyres (Boston), Prudence Dredge, Dial Memphis
17 - Variant Cause, Hungry Crocodiles, Best Kissers In The World
18 - Storybook Krooks, The Actors, Painfully Pretty
22 - Bootleg Howdah, The Bassics, The Purdins
23 - Fastbacks, Terry Lee Hale, Mudhoney
24 - The Life, Food Giant
25 - Psycotazia
29 - Thinking Cellars (SF), Skin ’n’ Bones, Broken Statues
30 - Pure Joy, Swallow

October 1988

1 - Blubinos, Splinter Party
2 - Cat Heads (SF), The East and the West
6 - Obituaries (PDX), Lew Jones Band (PDX), Fantods
7 - Jr. Cadillac
8 - Moving Parts
9 - Lazy Cowgirls, Food Giant
13 - Dehumanizers, Desperate Minds, Soul Asylum (PI Listing; the Rocket lists Eastern Star in place of Soul Asylum)
14 - Jackals, Dead City Rebels
15 - The Life, Mass Hypnosis
19 - Son Of Man, DMZ
20 - Renaissance Affair, Gurus Of Gladness, Willie’s Camel
21-22 - Razorbacks
25 - Hothouse Flowers (Dublin), Luka Bloom (Ireland)
27 - Forced Entry, Bitter End
28 - Walkabouts, Chemistry Set, Straight Face 
29 - Variant Cause, The Supernaturals
31 - The Kinetics, F-Holes

November 1988

2 - Fire, The Substitutes
3 - The Defenders
4 - The Bonedaddys, Big Tube Squeezer
5 - The Bonedaddys, Barracho & Loco
6 - Jimm McIver (PI listing; the Rocket lists American Music Club on this date)
9 - Eastern Star, My Name
10 - Lush, Ghost Flesh, Refuzors
11-12 - Rangehoods
16 - Go Fish, The Hanks (show not listed in Rocket)
17 - Dead City Rebels, Big Beat
18 - Crisis Party (PI listing; the Rocket has Death Angel on this date)
19 - Jr. Cadillac
23 - Glass Eye (Austin), Ed Hall (Austin)
25 - Beat Farmers (San Diego), The Actors
26 - Jackals (PDX), Power Mowers
29 - Concrete Blonde 
30 - Son Of Man, The Beltanes 

December 1988

1 - Panic, Lethal Dose
2 - Sing Sing Sleepwalker
3 - Live Skull (NYC), BBQ Killers (Athens), Sons Of Freedom (Vancouver BC)
7 - The Bassics, Spectrum
8 - Undercurrent, Willie’s Camel, Vertigo Bus
9 - Kinetics
10 - Backlash 1st Anniversary Party w/Mother Love Bone, S.G.M., Dead Flowers
14 - The East and the West, Dogma Cipher
15 - Tough Mama
16 - Napalm Beach, Big Tube Squeezer, Terry Lee Hale
17 - Killing Field, Variant Cause, Saturday Boy
23 - Paul Collins Beat, Rangehoods, LAW
30 - Moving Parts, Hungry Crocodiles
31 - Walkabouts, The Life, Mudhoney, Terry Lee Hale