Hello to anyone who happens to be looking at this page?!?  
I'll be in Detroit Jul 27, 2007 or so to Sept 3, 2007.
Why does this matter?  Because I'm selling a bunch of stuff, some music gear included.
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This is the historical Gold Dollar schedule. It is a compilation of all of our listings from January 1997 to the present. If and when this ever gets completed, it will be from our opening on August 3, 1996. Are there errors? Yes! Bad links? Probably! If any of them bother you sufficiently, please drop us a not and we will attempt to make corrections....


...things seem a little sketchy about the beginning....


August 1996
"The Red Geranium" is an original "Playlet" by Sandy Jaszczak, featuring Leah Smith & Theresa Maybee and will run all weekends in August except Saturday the 17th.

Saturday 8/3: GRAND OPENING! Twitch, Red Geranium, Alan Franklin

Friday 8/9: Void Where Prohibited, Horse Badorities, Red Geranium

Saturday 8/10: Fathers of the ID, Red Geranium, Sharon Smith-Knight

Friday 8/16: Hillside Stranglers, Dorks, Red Geranium

Saturday 8/17: Antonio Cassone's "Extravaganza V, Rock Queen"

Friday 8/23: Pokey, Red Geranium, Cindy St. Germaine

Saturday 8/24: Feet Musician w/ The Jazz Janitors, Red Geranium - Note: Jazz Janitors drummer and bassist later formed Maschina!!!

Friday 8/30: Gandy Dancer, Najwa AlQamar (Middle Eastern Dance)

Saturday 8/31: Climax Divine, Bob the Singing Bass Player, Red Geranium final performance



September 1996
Sun 9/1: Detroit Cobras

Fri 9/6: Superfly Jones, Eileen's Plastic Guitar (featuring nikfit of Nick Sternberg & his Socket Wrench Slide)

Sat 9/7: Happy Accidents, Mark Christopher

Theatre: Joe Bailey & his cast of seven bring us... The Hardy Boys and the Mystery of Where Babies Come From, and other short works by Christopher Durang. Opens Friday 9/13 and runs only two weeks... Fridays & Saturdays only, 9:00pm

Music (following theatre performance)

Fri 9/13: Rita w/ Down From Below Productions, featuring Pimpette the Mack & Hump A No Low

Sat 9/14: Spat!, The Masons (of detroit)

Fri 9/20: Johnny Law

Sat 9/21: The Violet Burning, Son of Adam, Cybertribe

Thurs 9/26: monk, The Witches - Ric Hordinski & Brian Kelly from Over the Rhine

Fri 9/27: The Wild Bunch, Project 29

Sat 9/28: The Witches, The Jills



October 1996

Every Thursday starting 10/3, it's...."Thursday Night Live... a tradition in the making....." ..deep house....Yep... Open EVERY Thursday from here on out.... No cover before 10:00.

Fri 10/4: American Mars, Borderline: The Story of Eight Mile Road, Mark Graham - Music, a film by Gary Glaser & Dave Toorongian, and comedy exotica.

Sat 10/5: N-2 Submission, Lahzi Daze

Fri 10/11: The Jazz Janitors, Ino/Uno

Sat 10/12: Empress All Stars featuring Gandy Dancer, Magic Dragon, Vietnam Prom & more...

Sun 10/13: Mt. McKinleys, Nick Pivot & the Cocktail Shakes

Fri 10/18: Inspector 7, Ape 7

Sat 10/19: Detroit Cobras w/ Mr. Fine Wine

EVERY SUNDAY BEGINNING OCT 20...
"The Sunday Night Bad Idea Series" - because someone said opening Sunday was a bad idea!

Sun 10/20: This week the Gold Dollar celebrates NATIONAL TOILET REPAIR MONTH! (really!) Discussion & consultation w/ Toilet Historian Jamie Cheney! Trivia! Songs & Poetry! History! Open Mic! Toilets! Bring your can if you can.

Fri 10/25: Larval and friends....(many musical guests) --This is what new music is all about

Sat 10/26: "Live Evil" in the tradition of Miles Davis featuring Dog Life Jam and members of Blue Dog. -A great groove band jazz/world beat/whatever it is....it's cool. This is the band that closed the this year's Dally on the West stage. If you were there, you will be here.

Sun 10/27: Sunday Night Bad Idea Series: "Water...."

Mon 10/28 (Our first Monday!!) Subsonics (on Get Hip) and Demolition Dollrods --"The Velvet Underground playing surf punk" -(orbit) with the Dollrods, who are....well.... you'll see....the Dollrods!

Wed 10/30 (Our only Wednesday?!?) Witches and Aces High --Melodic wall (or two) of guitars with KISS/Ace Tribute

Thu 10/31: (Halloween) The Gold Dollar Masquerade, w/ DJs Mike & James. Be in costume, we'll check your ID and let you know if it's an improvement!!!





November 1996
Every Sunday, it's "The Sunday Night Bad Idea Series." Eccentric themes combined with open mic / jam night. Bad ideas welcome!

Also every Thursday it's...."Thursday Night Live... a tradition in the making....." ..deep house....Yep... Open EVERY Thursday from here on out.... No cover before 10:00.

Fri 11/1: Deterrants w/ Motion Control --Pop-punk meets melodic & atmospheric stuff. Wow. Not a creative description, but the bands are cool.

Sat 11/2: Blue Nation w/ Michael Robert Dearth --Dance ready theatrical alternative rock guaranteed to get you moving with 'coustic totin' opener.

Sun 11/3: Sunday Night Bad Idea Series: Hey - it's our three month anniversary. Bring us gifts. Free junk from the back rooms!

Mon 11/4: DJ Lido begins Monday nights.....

Fri 11/8: That Jive w/ Slim --R&B original all-stars with Slim...Santana and Zappa being molested by black flag, the big boys, and the Dickies...???

Sat 11/9: Happy Accidents w/ 249 -- Out of the garage and INTO THE ARENA!! er... Gold Dollar...249 says clothing will not be removed. How could 249 get a gig with a band as good as the Happy A's?

Fri 11/15: Dorks w/ Workhorse --In-your-lap punk rock!

Sat 11/16: Ziam's Liquid Silver --A performance project involving music, dance, fashion, and thought provoking things!!

Fri 11/22: Twitch w/ The Climax Divine --Wow! Remember them at opening night here? Were we over capacity? Good to see innovative music on the upswing... Twitch is like nothing you've experienced before, and you'll like it! Climax divine is smooth experipop at its finest. Can you tell we really like these bands?

Sat 11/23: Gravitar --Noise of the finest kind

Thu 11/28: Bring us your leftovers....

Fri 11/29: Viola Peacock w/ TBA --Melodic trio. The new Viola Peacock CD is getting deservedly great reviews. See'em & buy it.

Sat 11/30: Ron Allen & Jelly's Pierced Tattoo --The poet, the band, their first collaboration at the Gold Dollar.

Fri 12/6: The Rolling Thunder Revue (a group of writers and musicians back from a tour of northern Michigan) with bluesman Robert Jones, poet Aurora Harris, M.L. Liebler & The Magic Poetry Band, M.L. Liebler & The Motown Mayakovsky Poetry Band with special guest poet Richard Tillinghast from U-M A2 with musicians? What do you think? Wow!!!






December 1996
Fri 12/6: The Rolling Thunder Revue - A Benefit for the Cass Methodist Food Bank. Poetry & music! Here's the official line up (in order of appearance) 1) Aurora Harris 2) Richrad Tillighast & musicians 3) M.L. Liebler & The Magic Poetry Band 4) Robert Jones 5) M.L. Liebler & The Motown Mayakovsky Poetry Band.

Sat 12/7: Live Evil III featruing Dog Life Jam --In the spirit of Miles Davis. The best in jazz? Yes, this group pulls it off with ease. Why does the "alternative" crowd only go see pop music? DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT!!

Fri 12/13: Kate O'Hara w/ Kalvin Membrane --Folk-pop stuff with goofy acoustic opening act. All of these people once lived in Seattle I think. That doesn't really mean anything.

Sat 12/14: Fathers of the ID w/ Pnuts (formerly Brothers from Another Planet) & Department of the Interior --Say nice things about these bands, because they are good. Not quite like The Good, but most excellent. Dept. of the Interior is a new band w/ Jamie Cheney (the toilet guy) and folks from The Wild Bunch and other Bands. You probably already know and love the other bands anyway, so who cares!!!

Fri 12/20: Leah Jacobs Band w/ Mike Dorn & the Duct Tape Mummies & Lotsa guest poet types--An evening of words and music. Find out what happens when angry women & goofy guys meet on stage.

Sat 12/21: INO/UNO w/ TBA --More new music! Smooth and powerful "Urban World Jazz"

Fri 12/27: Some kinda jazz bands!! --Probably??!!?? (TBA/tentative)

Sat 12/28: Aqua Marble (from Chicago) w/ Love Hammer - Power-Atlerna-Pop-Dreamsicle-Melodic-Rocker-Folkies!

Tues 12/31: Welcome to the Larval Lounge. Food, champagne, more..... Food, fun, and a fabulous New Years as only the Gold Dollar and Larval could provide. Did we say food?





January 1997

Fri 1/3: Nova w/ Glider --- Heavy alternative

Sat 1/4: Jelly's Pierced Tattoo w/ Ron Allen --- Smooth melodic stylings and strong poetry. Look out for erotica!!!

Sun 1/5: Sourmash (jam) with special guest band, She's So Huge.

Fri 1/10: The Donald Baker Band w/ Ernie Douglas --- Smooth original groove with blazing and occasionally goofy acoustic opener.

Sat 1/11: Mt. Tai, Dorks, and Lizard --- Punk from the Cass Corridor! In-your-lap performance! More than you might expect. Earplug specials!

Sun 1/12: Sourmash with guest band India Green.

Fri 1/17: POUND WI with The Happy Accidents --- Chicagoland heaviness via Madison, Wisconsin...meaty hard rock with a deliberate groove and the niftiest guitar feedback since Gang of Four's "to Hell with Poverty...." See Pound kick it out with hometown faves the Happy Accidents in one energetic evening. (order tbd)

Sat 1/18: Masons (of detroit), Najwa al-Qamar, Sharon Smith-Knight, more poets --- A show to send the club set spinning.... Masons doing folky originals with Najwa al-Qamar (Middle Eastern dance) and the poetry of Sharon Smith Knight. Erotica on the loose again!!! Another poet or two to be added....

Sun 1/19: Sourmash with guest band Purple Fly.

Thurs 1/23: The opening night of Anti-Music, featuring improv comedy from Void Where Prohibited, and many guest poets and spoken word performers. Doors at 7:00. Early performances....you know that poetry crowd.....

Fri 1/24: Monophonic Tonic w/ n-2 Submission --- Smooth power pop meets zany s&m crooners. Welcome to strange....courtesy of the Impaler!

Sat 1/25: Liquid Silver --- Ziam brings his unique vision of art, music, dance and performance to the stage once again.

Thurs 1/30: Anti-Music continues....Poetry, Improv, Spoken Word, Open Mic....

Fri 1/31: Dog Life Jam --- Roberto Warren's "Live Evil" in the spirit of Miles Davis brings together Detroit's finest jazz musicians. Try it. You'll like it....





February 1997

Sun 2/2: Sourmash with guest band She’s So Huge.

Thurs 2/6: Anti-Music continues....Every week....Poetry, Improv with VOID WHERE PROHIBITED, Spoken Word, Open Mic.... 7:00pm

Fri 2/7: Punk meets heavy, with Clubber and Superfly Jones.

Sat 2/8: The Wild Bunch w/ The Witches --- It’s bound to be a crazy (and late) night when the wall of amusement meets the wall of sound.

Sun 2/9: Sourmash with guest band Gandy Dancer.

Thurs 2/13: Anti-Music continues....Every week....Poetry, Improv with VOID WHERE PROHIBITED, Spoken Word, Open Mic.... 7:00pm

Fri 2/14: Trash Brats w/ Bootsey X and the Lovemasters --- Detroit’s favorite sweethearts present a Valentine’s love fest better than your last 1-900 experience. Get a free sugar buzz too!

Sat 2/15: Only a Mother w/ Fez --- An all too rare performance of the experimental masters. Genius bizzaro songs on obscure instruments. Fez opens the show with “rural carnival music.” This evening will be a completely new musical high.

Sun 2/16: Sourmash with guest band Fathers of the ID.

Thurs 2/20: Anti-Music continues....Every week....Poetry, Improv with VOID WHERE PROHIBITED, Spoken Word, Open Mic.... 7:00pm

Fri 2/21: 500 ft of Pipe --- A big bold rockin’ sound.

Sat 2/22: Penny-Ante Band featuring Penny Ruggirello. Original acoustic music.

Sun 2/23: Sourmash with guest band Baked Potato.

Thurs 2/27: MURDER JUNKIES - An infamous NYC punk band. Opening the show will be The Dorks, Detroit’s new answer to energy and volume. Our regular Thursday Anti-Music is also part of the show, from 7:00 to 11:00pm. ....Every week....Poetry, Improv with VOID WHERE PROHIBITED, Spoken Word, Open Mic.... 7:00pm

Fri 2/28: The Hookers-- from Lexington, KY, on Crypt Records with The Dirties and Bantam Rooster--- Three whiskey fueled high energy rock bands battle to be kings of the garage.




March 1997


Sat 3/1 : Mikhal Caldwell's TRUE STORIES QUARTET featuring VAN GARDE GUITAR VIRTUOSO Mikhal Caldwell w/ Bob Goodwin on bass, Tim Mycek on drums, and Gary Fears on keys. Opening the show at 9:00pm will be The Vizitors with Kenny Green. Presented by Progressive Sound & Music and the MusicColor Composer Series.

Fri 3/7: Experience the swinging surf sounds of The Silencers and get their new CD on Bomp/Total Energy Opening the show till be The B-Siders too!!!

Sat 3/8: Thrall w/ Dorks ---Catch these bands on their way to the big leagues! Thrall features former members of Inside Out and The Godbullies pounding it out to large and appreciative audiences. Check out the new CD “Chemical Wedding” on Alternative Tentacles. Dorks get the show going with some fine “in-your-lap” punk rock, and incomparable stage antics. Arrive early (8:30pm) to be sure you get in.

Fri 3/14: DETROIT COBRAS wsg TBA--- The wild times continue with Detroit's most combustible band! Always a crowd pleaser.

Sat 3/15: Ziam's Liquid Silver -A zany performance project involving dance, fashion, art, and music.

Fri 3/21: Cutthroat (from Cleveland), Murder City Wrecks, Gutter Punks, U.I.F. ---Punk and rock energy. Seems that this is a rather loud month here. Earplug special... 50 cents!

Sat 3/22: Talespin (from Chicago) w/ Luis Resto Band and Irv Barrett. ---Quirky and accessible alterna-pop bands with a poet from Windsor opening the show.

Fri 3/28: Mt. Tai, Inspector 7, Ron “The bad boy of magic” --- Uh oh... another loud one. Look out for 1) Flying articles of clothing 2) Flying band members 3) Flying audience members 4) Spontaneous combustion 5) Ron. ---High energy music and a twisted magic show?? What were they thinking?

Sat 3/29: Leah Jacobs Band w/ Mike Dorn & the Duck Tape Mummies w/ Zach Massad and Dan DeMaggio --An evening that goes all over the place. Poetry and comedy run rampant, only to be crushed by a firey and intelligent band. Huh? What does that mean? Find out!

Upcoming in April.... Jay C. Burns & Friends, Corbin Clay, Tracy Science, Run On, and Thumbnail (on Cargo Records)




April 1997

Wed 4/2: Pleasure Fu*-ers (from Spain!!!) with Nashville Pussy and The Dirtys -- Bands from Spain and Tennessee with names we hesitate to print! No hesitation on saying it will be a great rock show though.

Fri 4/4: Take No Prisoners -- A reggae band and a Hendrix tribute. Combinations like these are hard to find. Wanna dance?

Sat 4/5: Uneversal w/ The Luis Resto Band -- Quirky and innovative power pop. Suitable for the enjoyment of all audiences. Hey! Check out that bass player!

Fri 4/11: LOCAL INDEPENDENT FILM FEST!!! "Borderline: The Story of 8 Mile Road" by Dave Toorongian & Gary Glaser, "Hamtramck Disneyland" by Bill Givens & Dave Toorongian, "MAX" by AWOL, "Bombing L.A." by Gary Glaser, and "American Eccentrics -- Weekend in Detroit" by Bill Givens. This one gives us a chance to try out our new big screen!!! We'll also have acoustic music before and possibly after the films. First film begins around 9:00pm! $4.00 for all of it!

Sat 4/12: Jaida Blue Jay and the Blue Jays -- An evening ranging from contemporary jazz to Latin Jazz to Afro-Cuban to reggae, with a rocking soulful beat that will make you move and groove!

Tues 4/15: Ray-o-Vacs (tentative - call first) -- Rockers from LA making their first visit.

Fri 4/18: Detroit Cobras w/ The Morning Shakes (from New York) -- As always, the Cobras promise to provide an over the top party environment, and bring in another great band to start it and keep it moving. Real rock, really good, right now.

Sat 4/19: Tracey Science -- Stretching the boundaries of jazz. Funky, out, new, and entirely improvised.

Wed 4/23: Stanley (from NYC) with Ladderjack -- Excellent hardcore pop three-piece. The tunes whip around with vigor and purpose, fanning the flames of angst and vigor. Heavy? Distorted? Loud? Catchy? Yes. Ladderjack opens the show with mayhem and spirit of their own. Check out the Stanley release on Another Planet Records.

Fri 4/25: Run On (tentative -- more details later) OUT!

Sat 4/26: Thumbnail w/ Witches -- Thumbnail hails from Knoxville, and has a new CD out on Headhunter / Cargo. From whispers to screams, emotion and release, they are logical successors to the Fugazi sort of sound. In what might be considered a strange mix anywhere but here, the Witches bring out the wall of guitars for what might have happened if the Beatles and the Velvet Underground had decided to start a band together.

Tues 4/29: HALF JAPANESE Yes, you read that right! with Godzuki & The Wild Bunch


May 1997

Fri 5/2: Jelly's Pierced Tattoo, Mutha's Alcoholic Chowder, Ron Allen. Jelly's haunting vocals and arrangements quietly and powerfully pierce the heart and soul in a compelling evening of music and poetry. Legendary Detroit poet and playwright Ron Allen begins the festivities. Get Jelly's new tape at the show or at Media Play.

Sat 5/3: Only a Mother w/ Twitch. Hours of the experimental best. These bands have been big on the scene for quite some time, but always sound new and fresh. Showcasing innovation like this gives a reason for being!

Fri 5/9: The Vizitors featuring Kenny Green. Nominated in the Detroit Music Awards, big names in Detroit jazz will be flying by invisible map in the intimate setting of the Gold Dollar.

Sat 5/10: Women on Wax Volume one, “Fevered Dreams" A DJ and dance party given by DJ Minx featuring the area's premiere female DJs. minx:ethereal:sarena tyler:jenuine:cent. Supported by Record Time, Planet E Communication, KMS Records, Tribe 9, UR, and The Shop Entertainment Group.

Fri 5/16: "Acoustic Alternative" featuring some of Michigan's best singer-songwriters, including Mike Nolan (formerly of Tearjerks), Bob Zabor (formerly of The Gear), Paul Einhaus (Happy Accidents), Bradford Parks, and many more. Thrill to the verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge song structure that has survived through the centuries! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll buy more beer than you really ought....

Sat 5/17: Closed

Fri 5/23: Witches w/ Buttercake Blues Band & Michael Dec. Troy Gregory, Matt Smith and other stars bring out their ever variable wall of sound. This is a musical wall. A melodic wall. A fun wall. Sing wall sing! Play wall play! More reverb please.

Sat 5/24: "Monster Truck Poets in a Killer Slam to the Death!!!!" It's the Detroit Poetry Slam Finals!! Winners go on to nationals. Also featuring ML Liebler and Aurora Harris. $6.00 advance tickets available at Gold Dollar, Gotham City, Roadrunners Raft, Urban Break, and House of Coffee. Look for poetry slams at The Gold Dollar beginning in June.

Fri 5/30: American Mars, Fez, and Climax Divine. Hale Bopp survivors, American Mars the quintessential modern rock band. Huh? Fez.... described as "rural carnival music." Experimental rock, intensity, innovation. Climax Divine opens the evening with jazzy melodic music. Beauty of guitar and voice that you have never experienced before.

Sat 5/31: Mikhail Caldwell & True Stories - Van-Garde guitar virtuoso and Detroit Music Award nominee Mikhail Caldwell brings his band for a full evening of explosive original music. Guitar and mandolin pyrotechnics will be augmented by the expected appearance of many of Detroit's current jazz greats.

June: Look for Larval, Luis Resto, The Wild Bunch, Chinese Millionaires, Ras Kente and Take no Prisoners, Spat, and many more.....


June 1997

Fri 6/6: Mike Dorn & the Duck Tape Mummies w/ Grey – The goofy loud semi-acoustic band with thought and laugh provoking lyrics that's worth seeing just because "Duck" is in the name….. Grey should be, well, Grey!

Sat 6/7: The Ghost Band – Longtime Cass Corridor faves do their blues, rock, & soul thing all night. Trivia question: Is this their first time at the Gold Dollar?

Fri 6/13: Take No Prisoners, featuring King Sundiata Keita – Smooth powerful reggae and a Hendrix tribute. The full Ras Kente Experience!

Sat 6/14: The Wild Bunch w/ Chinese Millionaires – Thrill to the sounds of this garage lounge combo, and claim you've been to all of the shows. Chinese Millionaires open it up with some heavy power chord kind of stuff. Blah blah blah, oy oy oy.

Thurs 6/19: Poetry Slam – The third Thursday of every month, we got it here. Impress strangers with your new found poetic abilities. Make exciting new friends who are not bored by your ceaseless rambling. Meet wholesome guys and gals for clean American activities. Teach those poets a thing or two. Open mic tonight also. $4.00 cover

Fri 6/20: Clampdown, Powergroove, Disgust – A couple of old school punk bands, with a band that matches their name in the middle. Earplug specials all night!

Sat 6/21: 500 ft. of Pipe w/ Jupiter Star – Heavies from the West side, where all of the ice cream trucks play Smoke on the Water. Power rock…
Fri 6/27: Rocket 455 w/ Bassholes – The great thing about being in the garage, is that you can drink beer there, and since you got kicked out of the house, all of your stuff is there. Well come on over. Bring your friends. Our garage has 52 kinds of beer. It can get kinda loud here, but that's OK. These bands will pick you up, knock you down, and then have you begging for more.

Sat 6/28: Moisture w/ Spat! -- Moisture brings us a fine melodic blend of alterna-power-pop (is that a word?) and Spat provides power pop/punk with guitarist & vocalist fresh from the Detroit Music Awards.

Next month: Detroit Cobras, Theatre from Ron Allen, The Goblins (from Chicago), Morsel, Ladderjack, Deterrants, Magic Dragon, and much more!!!


July 1997
Thurs 7/3: Your holiday weekend begins with the Detroit Cobras and the Gore Gore Girls. After that, it never ends. Garaga - punka - party stuff!

Fri 7/4: Uneversel w/ Dime Store Freud Melodic poppin' pop rock / Alternative rock edge! preceded by bluesy type pop in a bluesy pop kind of way! Label label what do you say?

Sat 7/5: Speaking in Tongues (The Tribal Rhythm) featuring The New African Griot Society, The Thick Knot Rhythm Ensemble, and poetry from Ron Allen. An evening of dance, drum, drama and dreams. Deprogram and disengage.... show starts promptly at 9:00pm

Fri 7/11: Butterfly, Poignant Plecostomus, Sensitive Clown - We have heard great things about Butterfly. Kind of a "melt your spine reggae-funk-disco" thing. Poignant Plecostomus gives us a rockin' trippy show of dynamic intensity. Electric weasel jazz funk and epic acid jazz. Sensitive Clown opens the show at 10:00pm with pop melodics.

Sat 7/12: Morsel w/ Arab on Radar - Morsel: "Pop craftsmen who hate pop," on Small Stone w/ Arab on Radar: Freaky-ass noise; Eclectic punk indie vibe stuff.

Thurs 7/17: Poetry Slam & Open Mic

Fri 7/18: Goblins (from Chicago) and Witches - Undercover tribal rock & roll. Come out all you Winners and Freaks, and worship the mighty Goblins as they celebrate the release of their new album on Truckstop/Atavistic. (uhh.. OK, that was last month in Chicago actually...) The clown princes of Chicago rock, they always present their hurricane garage tunes in one of the most entertaining shows you will ever see. The ever changing Witches bring us the often imitated, but never duplicated melodic wall of sound!! Welcome to strange, again.

Sat 7/19: Ladderjack w/ Deterrents - Power trio power rock in a energetic punkish kind of way.

Sun 7/20: mildseven - Heavy, melodic, and emotional from Northern Michigan. Also free!! Also jam night / open mic tonight, like all Sundays.

Fri 7/25: Magic Dragon w/ Professors of Faith - After many months of silence, Magic Dragon is back and bringing you stoner jams and soulful schmooze and stoner jams and soulful schmooze with a big muff baritone. Huh? OK, how about just plain stunning musicianship. Professors of Faith open the show with lilting melodies and acoustic sensations.

Sat 7/26: FEZ CD Release! Experience the only true masters of rural carnival music.Twisty, twisted, twist. Buy the CD here. Pump organ, Theremin, Bass, Drums!

Coming in August: Thrall, Purple Fly, Steel Miners, Noise Tour, Wild Bunch, Brother Rabbit, Ape 7, All Hail Me, Crucial Desire, Walking Predicament, & n-2 submission.


August 1997
Fri 8/1: THRALL, El Cabron, Love Muffins. - From the twisted wreckage that was the God Bullies, Hand Over Head, and Inside Out comes THRALL, to forge a more perfect union. The end result? The sum of all their parts equals a heavy riff-based rhythm section and a furious guitar squall, that perfectly merge with Hard's disturbingly unhinged vocal style, creating the unholiest union of them all: Chemical Wedding (on Alternative Tentacles)

Sat 8/2: PURPLE FLY - A Detroit area sextet hell-bent on re-infusing rock & roll with guts, grace, and groove. Inspired by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, and Sly and the Family Stone, Purple Fly will be performing a few all original sets composed of material classic and new, fro this, their last show of the summer.

Sun 8/3: Our regular Sunday open jam, for musicians, bands, poets and performers. The one year anniversary of the opening of the Gold Dollar!!!

Fri 8/8: Brother Rabbit, HusQvara, and Ernie Douglas - Ann Arbor grooves and guitar and organ melodies from whispers to screams from Brother Rabbit, in a rare Detroit appearance, with new indie rock from HusQvara, and the melodic and energetic acoustic stylings of the one and only Ernie Douglas.

Sat 8/9: Wild Bunch, Steel Miners - Experience the Beer Bunch, er... Liquor Bunch... er... Sleazy Bunch... umm.... Freaky Bunch.... no, that's Wouldn't Trust'em with your Daughter Bunch.... No, We're not playing many Detroit Shows anymore Bunch.... with a rousing opening set from the Steel Miners from Pittsburgh. "Let me take you to a...." Oh yeah, we're here.

WED 8/13: The Anglo-American Noise Tour! From England: Evil Moisture, Smell & Quinn, Prick Decay. From USA: Emil Beaulieau, Skin Climb, Cock ESP, and Crank Sturgeon. Yes, we are planning on having earplug specials in this all noise night! By the way, if you want a preview, most of these artists can be found on RR Records.

THURS 8/14: 68 Comeback, Rocket 455 - By the numbers, I would think..... Oh never mind. Anyway, it'll be mayhem, madness and energy from Rocket 455, and country rockabilly stuff from 68 Comeback. They're from Memphis, and have a few former members of The Gibson Brothers, so be nice!

Fri 8/15: Hentchmen, Insects, White Stripes - High energy rock with organ, guitar, and drums from the Hentchmen. Insects inject a kinda mid tempo 60's kinda sound in the middle. The show is opened with the debut of the White Stripes, 2 pc original Detroit music. Or was that 2 pc extra spicy?

Sat 8/16: all HAIL me, Queen Size Shag, MAN - Hailing from Toledo, all HAIL me provides a bouncy intensely melodic modern rock sound. Queen Size Shag... Girlcore from Montreal! Post jock, post cock, post rock. Twisted angelic harmonies, raunchy riff rock, dirty acoustic sound, and raw words of ladylike rage. MAN is an amazing solo performer, giving intense pounding originals with eerie vocals, screaming bass, and a pounding kick drum. Must be experienced to be believed.

Fri 8/22: Witches w/ Outrageous Cherry - The Witches have probably played here more than anyone else. Why? Because they're really good! A living melodic wall, in a VU/Beatles kind of inspired way. Outrageous Cherry opens. Yes you've heard them, yes you know them, yes you love them. No, they've never played here before.

Sat 8/23: Crucial Desire, Walking Predicament - Crucial Desire checks in with a bouncy-melodic-catchy-funky Phish inspired groove. Kinda spacey indie rock with pop sensibilities... Indie rock for the lovesick or just plain pissed. That's Walking Predicament.

Fri 8/29: Dexter Love, Skin.Mill - Coming in from DC, Dexter Love loads a heavy groovy rock & roll onto the road. Kind of like Stevie Wonder & Jane's Addiction making a record together. Skin.Mill also travels here from the East, but not quite as far. Powerful and punchy modern rock from Detroit's East Side!!!

Sat 8/30: n-2 submission, Bionics - n-2 Submission features The Impaler, whips, electronic drum beats, wailing guitars, and Mistress Tracy. Bionics is an electronic techno-noise project of Mike Nobody, using toy synthesizers. Hmmm......


September 1997
Sun 8/31: Bossman (formerly The Laurels - from Providence, RI): Crazy punk-o-rama from a band on the Heradin label. Free show! No Cover! Jam night too.

Fri 9/5: Silencers w/ Mt. Tai: Surf & Punk, but not together. Well actually they are together here tonight. Check out the Silencers on Total Energy.

Sat 9/6: Mikhail Caldwell & True Stories w/ Jelly's Pierced Tattoo: Guitar virtuoso jazz quartet and the melodic stylings of "funk-alternative." Both of these groups have been making big waves on the scene recently.

Thurs 9/11: Immigrant Suns w/ Gold Sparkle Band: Detroit's own eclectic ethnic folk music group brings equal parts old world tradition and new world innovation. They also bring the Gold Sparkle Band, a free jazz ensemble from Atlanta. Expect rousing sets from both, and a big ensemble performance too!

Fri 9/12: 2 j Tabernacle w/ Easy Action and The Clutters: A full evening of country / punk / garage / outlaw!! 2 j Tabernacle is new on the scene, but featrues some very familiar faces.... If Hank Williams & Betty Paige went out, this is what they'd listen to in the car.... Easy Action does the punk kind of thing, and features former members of Laughing Hyenas. The Clutters visit from Lansing, and only tell the truth. Angry, weepy aggressive rebellion for shaking stomping, and howling at the elements.

Sat 9/13: Gravitar w/ Machine Gun TV and COA: Two bands from Japan & one from Detroit. Machine Gun TV: Angelic female vocal pop with lush kiddie keyboards and spurts of noise - a favorite of John Peel. COA: Female drum & bass duo of incredible volume, kind of like Ruins meets Motorhead at a demolition derby. Gravitar, from Detroit: World renowned psychedelic audio-visual overload. Acid jazz, triple rhythms & free jazz squall. Earplugs and helmets suggested. Noise!

Fri 9/19: Donald Baker Band, THUS, Najwa al-Qamar: "Music as a weapon to break free, imagination with no limits; Come experience THUS -- the melodic power of Russian psychedelia....." After the Russians, we'll have blues-rock originals from Donald Baker. Middle-Eastern dance starts the show at 9:30pm. Strange combination? Yes. A very full evening.

Sat 9/20: ACES HIGH: Legendary ACE/KISS tribute returns. Will Ace(s) manage not to fall of the stage this time? What happened to Vinnie?

Tues 9/23: Speed Queens (tentative--please call first): Power punk female trio from Austin, TX on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label.

Fri 9/26: An evening with Jonathan Motley: A night of acoustic stylings and reggae jams from the man and the band. Steeped in Detroit folk and Caribbean flavors....

Sat 9/27: Dorks w/ Arab on Radar: The triumphant return of The Dorks! Crowd pleasing punk mayhem, with a stage show that goes all over the room and in your face. Paired with a freaky noise punk kind of band from Providence, RI, known for energy and antics. A couple of favorites.


October 1997
Sat 10/4: "Nicodemus Surgery Benefit." Nicodemus is a psychedelic renaissance man who has recorded and painted in the Detroit area for over 30 years. All bikers, rock fans, heads, tweakers, and freaks are asked to attend to support the scene, and Nicodemus' eye surgery. Music will be provided by Outrageous Cherry, Gravitar, Warren DeFever and Sweet Kelly.

Mon 10/6: Not For Sale - Open mic hosted by this Detroit spoken word performance group. No cover! Members Kevin Bencik, former host of The Zone's open mic series, and Macklin Finley who has performed with John Sinclair and was house poet for the Whitney garden parties will announce readers and perform intermitently.

Fri 10/10: Witches w/ Leather Hyman - Witches have a record out soon, or is it out now? Was I supposed to write about a record release? Beatles / VU kind of sound in this always fluctuating lineup of well known Detroit musicians. Leather Hymen is here from LA.... "Really good, really odd pop."

Sat 10/11:         8:00pm - "Monkey Girl" - Wordcity presents this one woman show by San Francisco performance poet Beth Lisick. It is said in San Fancisco that someday Beth is going to kick Henry Rollins punky butt. Doors open at 7:00pm
    10:00pm - Hentchmen, Mt. Mckinleys, Soldad Brothers - Hentchmen return with their vintage/new garage sound and energy. Mt. Mckinleys are an edgy, Theramin totin' hard rock group from Pittsburgh. A rockin' duo with former members of Johnnie Walker and Henry & June, The Soldad Brothers open the show. Note: One $5.00 cover charge is good for both shows!

Sun 10/12: COOPER - A rock band (trio) from Minneapolis. A heavy rock band. A heavy punk rock band. A heavy punk rock band with strong vocals. A heave punk rock band with strong vocal harmonies. A free show. A Sunday night.

Mon 10/13: Idle (from NYC) w/ BubaLuba "On its second album, this New York band demonstrates its fluency in any number of rock guitar languages, from feedback drenched dialects to power-pop patois. Even better, Idle back up their their six string chatter with the sort of tune craft that needs no translation." Though I don't really like comparisons they kind of remind me of Pavement or Junk Monkeys, maybe a little Soul Asylum back when they were actually good. (Hang Time and earlier) BubaLuba opens with a bit of electric pop.

Fri 10/17: Spy Radio, Grace Braun, Buttercake Blues Band, Luis Resto - "Hooting, hollering, keening, yodeling, or drawing out lullabies..." Grace Braun from Atlanta, former DQE goes on second. End the night with the eclectic grooves of SPY RADIO Oh yes.... Luis Resto - (from Patti Smith's band, among others) multi-instrument virtuoso will open the night. What's the order again?

Sat 10/18: Culture Bandits w/ Happy Accidents & Popsick - Three energetic rock & power pop bands from our locale....

Mon 10/20: Not For Sale / Open mic - See 10/6

Fri 10/24: Oneida w/ FEZ and MAN - Innovations from Knitting Factory alums, via Turnbuckle Records, Oneida is something like Captain Beefheart meets the Stooges. FEZ has been getting lots of notice recently, and brings the twisted carnival to you...Along with our second Theramin this month!! . MAN gives the unique melodic energy of bass, kick drum, and vocals.

Sat 10/25: Trash Brats w/ Sinisters and more!! - 7" Record release for both bands. Their split single is on Circumstantial. Glam slam pleasure frenzy. Sinisters come from Toronto and seem something like Stooges meet Dead Boys - Acid Punk!?!

Fri 10/31: Easy Action w/ Paul Mall - Former members of Laughing Hyenas serve up some powerful hard edged new rock.
        


November 1997
Sat 11/1: 500 ft. of Pipe, Mt. Tai, Bowl Scraper - Huge, heavy and powerful semi-psychedelic rock trio with openers Mt Tai showing us the good side of punk. New on the scene, Bowl Scraper are humourous party punk-a-rollers worth seeing.

Tues 11/4: Smallmouth w/ (tba) - From Toronto! "Smallmouth balances rigid dissonance with surprisingly lucid melodies... A compelling glimpse of things to come." -NOW Magazine Tape loops, samples, guitar, bass, and drums.

Fri 11/7: Hillside Stranglers, Short Fuses - Legendary Cass Avenue punk attitude with a female fronted garage punk opener from Minneapolis.

Sat 11/8: Hentchmen, Cells - With a combination of "originality" and "talent," the Hentchmen have "won over" the acceptance of their many enthusiastic fans. On this, their third "Gold Dollar appearance," these three able youngsters will once again deliver "the goods." An energetic exercise of organ, guitar, and drums. Cells will open the show.

Fri 11/14: Avant jazz guitar - Joe Morris Trio - Presented by The New Music Society - What others say... "..One of the most profound improvisers at work in the U.S." -Will Montgomery/The Wire. "...a guitarist whose sound is completely his own. Oscillating between deadpan sweetness and dangerous, shrapnel-like caprice." K. Leander Williams/Village Voice - 9:00pm

Sat 11/15: Films by Mark Hejnar & music from GLOD - "Affliction" "A 45 minute documentary by Chicagoan Mark Hejnar, about performance, shock, and geek artists, whose work is graphic, scatological, sadomasochistic, perverted, obscene and psychopathic, he advises 'Don't try this at home'" -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times. The film has bits of Full Force Frank, GG Allin, and Detroit's GLOD, Cumdumpster, T.M. Caldwell, and Karen Black. We will also be screening "Bible of Skin," and "TV Ministry." The evening will be closed out by a live performance by GLOD.

Fri 11/21: His Name is Alive Record Release Party w/ "Little Princess Activity Time." -Two sets from His Name is Alive, "the most dear friendly band in Michigan." They'll also be giving away copies of their new EP, "Nice Day." In between sets will be "Little Princess Activity Time," where the audience will play Little Princess games in this interactive band performance.

Sat 11/22: Only a Mother w/ Jolly Llama and Clarified Butter - Only a Mother proficiently blends the most innovative music and instrumentation with humorously disturbing lyrics... this one's always a favorite. Jolly Llama provides spacey eclectic rock based music with violin! Clarified Butter... from Chris Girard "We consist of cello player, drummer, and me doing my synth thing. Wild, spacey improv that sometimes like insect transmissions with a sprinkle of black hole emmissions."

Tues 11/25: Pachinko (on Alternative Tentacles - from Madison) w/ Dorks - ....a cross between a handgun, a remote control and a good 40 ounce. What a dangerous mix this could be in the wrong hands; Not for the faint of heart. Malignant, distorted vocals lurk menacingly, corrupted guitars sneer in and out of focus, while apocalyptic rhythms compound the torturous clamor. The original Dorks return - giving the "in your lap" punk performance that made them famous.

Wed 11/26: Wild Bunch w/ FEZ - Fresh back from LA, the Wild Bunch is ready for Detroit again. Energetic orchestrated mayhem and energy. FEZ (we're FEZ fanatics!) opens with their distinctly original and twisted "rural carnival music." Hey! is anyone getting married? This billing looks familiar.....

Fri 11/28: Rocket 455 w/ Mr. Quintron & Miss Pussycat (via Chicago & New Orleans) - Everybody likes the scintillating rhythms of Mr. Quintron, one-man-band and inventor extrordinaire.....that sparkling beat is as contagious as the smile of the Maestro himself. Miss Pussycat does puppet shows. Miss Pussycat is a genius. No one understands her puppet shows except her and maybe "special" children. Pure joy. After these performances, Rocket 455 brings on their guitar heavy high energy garage rock sound!

Sat 11/29: Mr. Tidy w/ Jack Rustle & Fidget (Montreal) - This is Mr. Tidy's first time here as a band, and they promise a fine blend of things you might think you might have heard before, particularly if you were alive in the 1980's. Jack Rustle (from Montreal) features former members of Blinker the Star and Licorice and provides a quirky blend of indie sounds...including banjo and Theramin. Fidget (also from Montreal) features former members of Slaphappy 5, The Snitches, and Nerdy Girl, among others, and has been described as "the country side of Lou Reed."

In December - Witches, Fletcher Pratt, Outrageous Cherry, Ziam's Liquid Silver, Medusa Cyclone, More!!!


December 1997
Fri 12/5: Trale w/ Vehicles Invisible & (tba) - Presented by Static Network - High energy indie pop-rock from Detroit!

Sat 12/6: Outrageous Cherry w/ They Come in Threes - Wildly popular music featuring guitars, drums, singing, and lots of songs. Outrageous Cherry's band history is an illustrious fable in itself.

Mon 12/8: Bossman w/ (tba) - Kickin' punk from Providence, RI.

Fri 12/12: His Name is Alive w/ The Whales - Time Stereo's monthly showcase featuring His Name is Alive, this one moving more towards the rock world. Always inventive.

Sat 12/13: Ziam's Liquid Silver - A multimedia performance touching on all aspects of the arts featuring Fathers of the ID, Sky, Bambisha, and of course, Ziam.

Fri 12/19: Slim w/ (tba) - Eclectic rock that goes off in all directions, causing occasional explosions. Use with adult supervision.

Sat 12/20: Static X-Mas Party & Music Showcase featuring music from Joe Brown, The Lowell St. Saxophone Quartet, and Velvis - FREE BUFFET too!! Let's see... instrumental post-punk guitar power trio kind of Killing Joke meets Rush, four men wielding saxes, and the the nightclub act in a David Lynch movie ??!!??

Fri 12/26: Witches & Medusa Cyclone w/ Galicia - An evening of big melodies, and a possible CD release from the Witches. Medusa Cyclone..."a swirling space guitar attack with analog effects and pile driving rhythms." Flying saucer music! Galicia is new on the scene and brings an abstract atmospheric sort of thing with guitar, bass, drums and cello.

Sat 12/27: ML Liebler Poetry Band, Climax Divine, Frantic (film) - From Louis Malle comes one of the first French New Wave film noir dramas. Musical score by Miles Davis! Film starts promptly at 9:00pm. Up next is the melodic and intricate experimental art-rock stuff of climax divine. ML Liebler & band round out this very full evening.

Wed 12/31: The Larval Lounge part II



January 1998




Fri 1/2: Fuel 357 w/ Stun Gun - Industrial and hard driving modern rock with pounding live performance. Blazing female punk rock opener.

Sat 1/3: Morse Code & Emotional Sex Death Ritual, Colmn Yung Casket Excursion, & more! - Folks from Flipside Magazine, CJAM, and Gravitar bring us some loud new experimentation with guitar, vocals, cello, samples & loops. This is pretty pop gone wrong. Very wrong.

Fri 1/9: Gangster Fun w/ Coconut Superfreak - Gold Dollar does SKA! Detroit legends Gangster Fun makes their first appearance here, along with the eight piece orchestrated mayhem of the new kids from Mt. Pleasant.

Sat 1/10: Mikhail Caldwell & True Stories, The Vizitors w/ Kenny Green, and Spectrum Two - Firey new jazz. True Stories Quartet features the virtuoso guitar and mandolin of Mikhail, The Vizitors fly by invisible map w/ keys, sax, and drums, while Spectrum Two strips it down to the very basics of sax & drums.

Fri 1/16: FEZ and 2*Tabernacle - Yes, this one's for real! So one day I decided to go to the carnival. Nothing like a good side-show. Yeah, and this kinda country punk thing was there too. At least I didn't get covered in hay this time. Are you twisted? Wanna twist?

Sat 1/17: Magic Dragon and Blue Dog - Soulful schmooze & stoner jams from the smoothly proficient Magic Dragon, and amazing innovative jazz beyond jazz instrumentals from the oft acclaimed but seldom seen Blue Dog!

Fri 1/23: His Name is Alive, Denise James, Gilchrist, Oaks and Nash - Hey!! Wow! A new and different show from the Time-Stereo folks. Not much to say, other than that this one is always excellent.

Sat 1/24: Bantam Rooster w/ The Blowtops (from NY) - Rockin' rockin' rollin' rollin' duo then...Open the lid for spine-tingling, reverb drenched rhythm & sleaze, backed by an ass-whippin' rib-thudding nerve twisting mind warping kind of beat, complete with raunchy, horrifying lyrics written from the tombs... pouring from four scorching souls known as The Blowtops!

Fri 1/30: Rubberband Timmy w/ (tba) - A powerful funky jazzy trio w/ James Page, formerly of Brothers From Another Planet.

Sat 1/31: Davies Productions recording artists Beaver Shoot w/ (tba) - The evil twin of ICP? Kind of like Beck if he sat in Larry Flynt's wheelchair at Liberace's house?


February 1998





2/6: Mr. Tidy w/ Mt. Tai - If you're legally able to attend the show, you probably have some memories of the 1980's. Seems like just yesterday? It wasn't. Babies born in 1980 are in college. Anyway, be here to relive the time it wasn't. Now faster and louder for your enjoyment. Mt. Tai brings their trademark punk & roll & progressive politics.

2/7: White Stripes w/ Soldad Brothers - It's almost kind of a 2 piece festival! Stripped down to the basics... guitar, voice, and drums. It's the first time headlining for the White Stripes. A good opportunity to give a little more exposure to Jack's smooth, emotive, & explosive voice and guitar, ably backed by the minimalist percussion of wife Meg.

2/13: Bad Luck Valentine's. Time Stereo presents HIS NAME IS ALIVE featuring nature wonders GODZUKI.... see the CRASH! also with special guest the IMPALER. Bad luck numbers: 3 15 26 31.

2/14: Wild Bunch w/ Satan's Arch Enemy GOD - See the Wild Bunch. Feel the Wild Bunch. Be with your favorite Wild Bunch for Valentine's. They bring their ever loving friends from Toronto to open the show. Teen Heartthrob night.

2/17: Alboth! (from Switzerland!) w/ The Hearing Trumpet - "After listening to Alboth's latest release one could successfully argue that they are way way out in a universe where no one can hear you scream." -Jason Pettygrew, Alternative Press. Jazz/Thrash/Techno at it's finest!

2/20: Detroit Cobras w/ (tba) - The ever wild ones (not bunch) return for another evening of high garage art party mayhem.

2/21: Sixteen Horsepower (on A&M) w/ 2jTabernacle - Our biggest show to date? Coming in from Denver in suppor of their new A&M CD Low Estate. "Ignore the lyrics or listen in another language and 16 Horsepower's music is still disturbing...." -Linda Ray (No Depression) Banjo, accordion, drums, percussion, piano, and double bass. "...rumbles toward you like Stanley Kubrick giving you one in the yarbles while you wait for the collection plate. Raw and elemental imagery cracks through an Appalachian stomp inspired by traditional music, old time religion, and the personality of vintage instruments." -Brett Morris

2/27 Immigrant Suns w/ Gold Sparkle Band - Detroit's legendary eclectic ethnic folk music group brings equal parts old world tradition and new world innovation. They also bring the Gold Sparkle Band, a free jazz ensemble from Atlanta. Expect rousing sets from both.

2/28 n-2 Submission, Daryl & Dave, Cindy St. Germaine - n-2 Submission provides their trademark S&M techno-casio beats. They didn'd rebuild... they reloaded. Daryl & Dave provide an acoustic blast from the past, and the show is opened by poet extrordinaire Cindy St. Germaine. Another show that goes all over the place.



March 1998



Fri 3/6: CD3 w/ Luis Resto Band - Gold Dollar goes power pop and pop! Quirky innovative stylings from many proficient players.

Sat 3/7: Climax Divine w/ BubaLuba Virtuoso experimental art rock that will take you places you've never been before. BubaLuba opens with strong hooks & catchy melodies.

Sun 3/8: (free) Rank Strangers (from Minneapolis) - Please allow us to introduce to you Rank Strangers, four boys so contradictory that when they get together to play their music the result is an auditory brunch, served with hope and paranoia and a wedge of melon.

Fri 3/13: Buttercake Blues Band, His Name is Alive w/ The ESP's - The bad luck blues show!

Sat 3/14: Bootsey X & Lovemasters w/ Songs:Ohia. (Also Murder City Wrecks, StunGun - according to Metrotimes ad. According to my notes we also had Sit & Spin, an all girl surf band from ??? 732 area code. Ok so my memories of this one aren't so clear... added this nonsense on 8/20/00. I know we had five bands.) Lovemasters - Described by singer Bobby Beyond (aka Bootsey X) as "rear-end-a-delic" rock 'n' roll..... "Jason Molina, the dominant brain behind Songs: Ohia, traverses a dark-country musical landscape by way of sparse strumming on nylon strings, complemented by cracked, doleful, whimpering vocals full of angst."

Sun 3/15: (free) Maggie, Pierce, & EJ - Maggie, Pierce and EJ hail from Philedelphia, Pennsylvania. .......engaging, well crafted pop songs.

Tues 3/17: ICU w/ Ohms - Three piece turntalelist / Therimin / electronica from Olympia Washington on th K label - Ohms are Dion from Godzuki & Wade playing electronic music from your future! w/ other surprise guests too!

Fri 3/20: Magic Dragon w/ Fathers of the ID - Soulful extended jammin', poppin', thumpin', and singin' from some of Detroit's finest.

Sat 3/21: The Go, Bossman (from Providence), Stun Gun - Energetic garage, brave new punk, and minimalist female pop/punk.

Thurs 3/26: "Out of the Loop" Indie film on the Chicago music scene. Features Jesus Lizard, Veruca Salt, Sister Machine Gun, Seam, Pulsars, Eleventh Day Dream, Triple Fast Action, Red Red Meat, Yum Yum, Wesley Willis Fiasco, Steve Albini, folks from Touch & Go, more! Band(s) to perform after tba.

Fri 3/27: Luddites w/ (tba) - Energetic eclectic eleven piece folk and other musics. They've been on the scene for quite some time, but this is their first here.

Sat 3/28: Twitch w/ Spy Radio - Majestic weirdos special request. Strange but true rhythms, music, and musings from the experimental masters. Spy Radio provides a grrovy jazzy first set.

Tues 3/31: John Doe - Yes, you read that right. You know, from X. Uh oh - this show got cancelled at the last minute.




April 1998
Thurs 4/2: Transmission, Mooter Whsle & Mfg. (from Minneapolis), Kuz, Clarified Butter - An electrified evening of jazz-noise-energy new music. An experience you've never had before, but will want to have again. Kuz suggests ground vegetables, lovingly smeared on the buttery crackers of Chaotic Improgma. Tasty!

Fri 4/3: 500 ft of Pipe Ebeling Hughes & Arc Royale - Heavy organ rock (not to be confused with heavy metal from 500 ft of Pipe. When Syd Barret had his vision of the future, he saw Ebeling Hughes, and the windows have been lined with aluminum foil ever since. Arc Royale (now with vocals!) opens the show.

Sat 4/4: The Vizitors w/ Kenny Green & The Musicolor Orchestra - New Detroit jazz traveling by invisible map. Strangely compelling. Not your ancestors jazz band.

Tues 4/7: Bevis Frond, Brother JT & Vibrolux - From London England, the legendary heavy psych outfit carrying the destination freak-out torch, with Philidelphia's psychedelic space gospel mesmo moves opening the show.

Thurs 4/9: Skateboarding is not a crime! - Skate films old & new on the big screen?!?.

Fri 4/10: Easy Action w/ Chapstick - Loud and fast, former members of Laughing Hyenas and Negative approach w/ a fine punkish band from Ann Arbor & Texas!?!

Sat 4/11: Silencers w/ Hillbilly Varmits - Surf-tecular Detroit twangsters are at it again, with a bit of psycho hillbilly slop from Akron opening the show.

Thurs 4/16: Richard Davies w/ Outrageous Cherry - Ex Cardinal, ex Moles - Originally from Australia, now in America. Excellent songsmith downer-pop hand picked by Flaming Lips to tour with them. Detroit underground pop sensations open the show.

Fri 4/17: Mr. Tidy w/ Rubberband Timmy - Remembering the 80's for the hard of hearing. Rubberband Timmy (w/ James Page from Brothers from Another Planet) opens with a funky, groovy, and occasionally goofy vibe.

Sat 4/18: Bomboras (from LA), Rocket 455 w/ Mullens - Legendary LA surf garagers, with Detroit's legendary garage mayhem, hard driving punk-n-roll from Dallas.

Thurs 4/23: Beaver Shoot w/ The W Vibe - The Great Porno Rap swindle; Beasties, Beck & ICP, with riding around in Larry Flynt's wheelchair with W Vibe's unique marriage of lo-fi production values, Kraftwerk-styled songwriting and thrift store quality electronics opening the show.

Fri 4/24: His Name is Alive - Film Night!! Sonic pranksters new Time-Stereo films with live musical accompaniment!!

Sat 4/25: Rico Africa's Transgendered Frankenstein w/ Foxgloves (and more) - Rico Africa & the keyboardist from Blue Dog giving us a music and voice performance piece. Given the name and the folks involved, it should be hmmm... should be what? Foxgloves provide spontaneous improvisations.

Thu 4/30: Wheat (from Boston) w/ Trinitone (formerly Glider) - "The four guys who comprise Wheat are interested in the edges of indie-rock, shaping it's lo-fi formula in earnest." Glider, er I mean Trinitone opens with a fine blend of spacey pop.


May 1998
Fri 5/1: Black Ocean Drowning, Lux - Dark emotional chaos, and in intricate lounge / Velvet Underground kind of thing.

Sat 5/2: FEZ, Maschina, Magnatone - Eclectic evening w/ the Theramin, pump organ, guitar, banjo, bass & drum carnival stylings of FEZ and the brand new crazy grooves of Maschina's midi & efected trumpet, bass, and drums and vocals. Magnatone (from Minneapolis on TRG) opens the show with heavy garage rock mayhem.

Mon 5/4: Laundry Room Squelchers, Time-Stereo's The Zip's, Universal Indians, Maximum Cloud

Thu 5/7: Peasants (from Boston) w/ Flush - A rip roarin' garage rock / power pop band that's starting to get a buzz going around the country, with Detroit's own powerful modern rockers opening the show. The trio lives!

Fri 5/8: Bossman w/ ASTOVEBOAT & (tba) - Wild & wildly innovative indie punk from Providence. ASTOVEBOAT (also on tour) is a noisy two piece that sings whaling songs.

Sat 5/9: Sillies w/ Face the 80's (film) - The legendary Sillies and a film about the Detroit music scene in the 70's and 80's

Tues 5/12: Rhea's Obsession (Toronto) w/ (tba) - Last tour date before home, so they're going to be making it a little crazy, in a dark goth kind of way.

Wed 5/13: Filament (from Japan), TV Pow (Chicago), Condemek (NYC) & Goat (Kalamazoo) - Filament features turntable manipulator Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko Matsubara from Ground Zero. Check out TV Pow on Gentle Giant records. Condemek provides a rhythmic chaotic discourse exploring the negative outgrowths of various belief systems. Sonic frontiers will be crossed.

Thu 5/14: Stupidheads w/ (tba) - Punkish power pop.

Fri 5/15: Walk on Water w/ Starlite Desperation (from LA) - Growling guitars, wisps of feedback, and a steely bottom-end groove create a psychadelic tempest.... LA heavy garage crooners open the show.

Sat 5/16: The Go w/ (tba)

Sun 5/17: Laddio Bulocko - Killer noise / jazz /space from New York. Free show!

Thu 5/21: Spatula w/ (tba) - "...dark brooding delivery reflects a somber search for a new frontier in the genre defined world of indie rock." Innovative rock w/ Moog, cello & clarinet

Fri 5/22: Vietnam Prom Telethon for AIDS and BD for Mimi starring: Vietnam Prom, Maschina and St. Ashley. Admission free, parking free, food & condoms served safely!

Sat 5/23: Hentchmen, The Greenhorns & Pound, WI (tentative) - HEY! Make up your own appealing catch-phrase. Make it good enough to make YOU be here!! (Huh? I don't get it...)

Thu 5/28: Dirties w/ B-Movie Rats - Phunka hunk burnin' punk.

Fri 5/29: Babylonian Tiles w/ Black Ocean Drowning & Lux - "...It's a merger between psycho surf music and tuneful goth....." LA acid goth legends make their first appearance here.

Sat 5/30: Clutters w/ Urban Farmers & Gravel Train - Kinda country, dark instrumental, and roots rock. All together now.


June 1, 1998
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Thurs 6/4 - Ark Royale, Four Eyes, Zebia, Mazikeen - Instrumental trio, indie no-wave noise, ambient noise DJs, ambient noise DJ, minimalist description...

Fri 6/05 - Chris Mills, They Come in Threes - New alt-country sensation on Sugar Free Records from Chicago!

Sat 6/06 - Dura-Delinquent, White Stripes, Queen Bee - Ragaing guitar rock spectacle onstage from California based Dura-Delinquent, minimalist and engaging White Stripes, and the debut of Queen Bee, a refreshing blast from Karen & Terry of Thrall & the new kid on guitar.

Sun 6/07 - Uzeda, Van Ness - Touch & Go recording artists from Italy... The Italian Shellac... Van Ness - from Grand Rapids! The office furniture place!!!

Wed 6/10 - Slim Cessna Auto Club, Dirtbombs, Danko Jones - A little bit of Appalachia from the Rockies, two drummers + two bassists + Mick Collins = nearly 1000 pounds of pure rock goodness = Dirtbombs, w/ the dynamic and theatrical minimalist blues rock of Danko Jones from Toronto.

Thu 6/11 - Multiple Cat, Nubile Thangs, Darling - Multiple Cat & Darling visit us from the Quad Cities area. You know... Iowa & Illinois border... Oh well, anyway, Multiple Cat gives us energetic pop/art/rock, Darling brings sadcore to the Dollar... Sadcore... Hmmm... Don't think I've written "Sadcore" before. Nubile Thangs hail from Chicago and bring us a bit of super-crazy garage-rock / R&B.

Fri 6/12 - Detroit Cobras - So the CD has been out for a little bit, but it's the shows that really make it. Come join the mayhem.

Sat 6/13 - It's spring again and Gold Dollar High is proud to present "Purple Reign Prom." This special night, hosted by Vice Principal Potter, will live long in your memories. Freshman class standouts The Go will perform, as will Junior honor students The Hentchmen. To top off the evening, supergroups comprised of this years graduating Seniors will tickle your collective fancies! Creative dress a must!

Mon 6/15 - Splash 4, Dirtys, Baseball Furies - Garage punk stuff from across the Atlantic (France) and almost across the Blue Water Bridge! (near Sarnia) Oh yeah... near the East River too. (NYC)

Tues 6/16 - Hillbilly Hellcats, Kung Fu Diesel - I hate music - it ruined my life - I should've had a job, a house and a wife. Instead I got no future - just a DUI - and I'll probably have to gig until the day that I die..... Join Denver rockabilly sensations tonight!!!

Thurs 6/18 - Sunday Puncher, Trinitone - ...From New York, on Turnbuckle - Stutter & shake - an edgy and aggressive manifestation of post-punk. Not punk, not rock, just rather odd. Local heroes Trinitone open the show with intriguing spacey pop.

Fri 6/19 - Witches CD release w/ Galicia & Spindle - The Witches CD is finally out!! Actually this is their second, but it's out before the first one. Uhh... whatever. Get yer copy of "Let's go to the no go zone" On Pushover (Cargo) Spacey space agers Galicia are back?!? What does any of this mean? What about Spindle?

Sat 6/20 - The Insect w/ Fortune & Maltese - Great garage from Athens, but first.... hitting the 90's and upping the ante on Paul Revere....Who's gonna spank Willie?

Tues 6/23 - Pachinko, Queen Bee - Madison's finest exhibitionist pugilist noise rock, with the remains of former Alternative Tentacles label mates Thrall. Yep, it's Karen & Terry's new band.

Thurs 6/25 - Mary Thompson - Queen of the Delta Blues!

Fri 6/26 - Outrageous Cherry, They Come in Threes - Detroit underground pop legends return!

Sat 6/27: Ark Royale, Michael Knight - Proficient and rhythymically intricate stylings that just seem to get better each time.

Tues 6/30: Lesser, Kid 606 - Mysanthropy presents a night of drum & bass from San Francisco


July 24, 1998
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Thurs 7/2: Creeper Lagoon w/ Dean Fertita - Yes, that is the same Creeper Lagoon that's getting all kinds of play on 89X, and is playing Phoenix Plaza too. Dean Fertita opens with a roots & alt-country kind of feel, and most excellent songwriting.

Fri 7/3: Laddio Bolocko, Panicsville - Innovative new music that gives us a reason for being! Free jazz, punk funk, metal, and wild avant-noise. Wait... I think there's a bit of Middle-Eastern melodic feel too... Former Dazzling Killmen. Reference Zeni Geva too. Panicsville sent us a truly scary avant noise CD packaged in sheet metal. Reference 3127 Cass.

Sat 7/4: Thus (the Russians!) w/ Hope Diamond - Experience the power of Russian psychedelia, and powerful blues / roots from Kristin & Hope Diamond.

Sun 7/5: Sackville (Free show!!) Sackville's urban upbringing is rarely betrayed by their sad and slow epic pop, which taps the drone-folk of Gastr Del Sol, the sting of Dirty Three, and the laissez-faire country-rock of Giant Sand. Think sprawling, depressing folk music by and for recovering indie-rockers... From Canada too...

Thurs7/9: Like Hell w/ tba - Former member of Cows and Godbullies together in a band that's toured with Killdozer, New Bomb Turks, Soul Asylum, Motorhead, and Supersuckers. Hey wait... how did we get this show? They filled St. Andrews last time!!!

Fri 7/10: Living Doorbells,Pure Suspension, Mr. Freedom X - A unique blend of musical influences from the 40's to the 90's - swinging jazzy funky sounds featuring upright bass, and Howard Glazer & Angie from That Jive. Pure Suspension brings three guitar driven progressive punk with a melodic twist, and Mr Freedom X opens w/ high energy rhythmic funky party music.

Sat 7/11: Retards, Persuaders - Smashing trashy garage from Memphis!

Thurs 7/16: Greg Baise presents No-Neck blues benefit - No blues, but lots of improv rock, outsider wierdness featuring members of Universal Indians, Isis and Werewolves, The Beast People, the Mini-Systems and others who will perform in full or in part.

Fri 7/17 Murder City Wrecks, The Go! - Detroit punk-a-rollers meet new rock-a-rollers in what promises to be an energetic & chaotic evening.

Sat 7/18: Galicia, 57 Waltz - Vinyl Release! - The haunting cello, guitar, bass, and drums of Galicia are back, and now oyu can take them home too!

Thurs 7/23: Rico Africa's Transgendered Frankenstein (tentative) w/ Paper Tiger and more! - Experiments. These are my experiments! What? An always interesting music/poetry/jazz/song performance.

Fri 7/24: Fez, Foxgloves, Visitor - An evening of the truly freakish in nature. Welcome to the carnival. Innovation, improvisation, noise, and of course Theramin and pump organ. What is this about?

Sat 7/25: Wild Bunch, Maschina, Stun Gun - CD Release show for all three recorded live at the Gold Dollar! It's our new label. It's called "Off Woodward." We're aiming to put out a fresh new CD of live Detroit music every month or two. Nothing like starting big with three of the best. See them all here, and buy the product after the show! Minimalist girl-power-pop from Stungun, crazy melodic experiments from Maschina, and the incomparable live rockin' performance of Wildbunch!


July 24, 1998
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Fri 7/24: Fez, Foxgloves, Visitor - An evening of the truly freakish in nature. Welcome to the carnival. Innovation, improvisation, noise, and of course Theramin and pump organ. What is this about?

Sat 7/25: Wild Bunch, Maschina, Stun Gun - CD Release show for all three recorded live at the Gold Dollar! It's our new label. It's called "Off Woodward." We're aiming to put out a fresh new CD of live Detroit music every month or two. Nothing like starting big with three of the best. See them all here, and buy the product after the show! Minimalist girl-power-pop from Stungun, crazy melodic experiments from Maschina, and the incomparable live rockin' performance of Wildbunch!

Thurs 7/30 An acoustic night featuring Ghetto Billies, Q Ball, and Sunken Road - Singing in three harmony about what's really on your mind: that brand new box of condoms in your dresser, drag queens named Steve, and truck drivers on crack. Ghetto Billies bring their humorous, blue-grass disco / Motown - Mo'grass sound. Q Ball is the one and only James Page from Brothers fromAnother Planet doing his amazing solo acoustic show. Sunken Road opens - No Depression/Alt-country duo (think of Ralph and Alice Kramden singing like John Doe and Exene from X).

Fri 7/31 x0x presents: technostate 1998 tour - a live and turntableized hardcore event, featuring aNEURYSM (SanFran), GaBBERGirl (SanFran), DR.NoG (SanFran), oPTIC (SanFran), FISHEaD (Winnepeg), LooPY TooNZ (Portland) + more? 9:00pm, 21+

Sat 8/01 Kristiva, Jelly's Pierced Tattoo - Some new funky sexy electronica with Andre from Skinhorse, Original funkalternative opens

Tues 8/04 Solex, The ON, Gary Martin - Dutch sampling / keyboard wizard Elizabeth Esslink aka Solex (on Matador) Portishead/trip-hop is only a starting point. You haven't heard much like this lately. Dion (Godzuki) brings us The ON - broken scientist beats. The show is rounded out by DJ Gary Martin of Detroit's Teknotika Records.

Wed 8/05 New Music Society presents William Parker - bass & Patricia Nicholson - dance - William Parker has become one of the top bassists, composers, and bandleaders on the creative improvised music scene today. This is a unique opportunity to hear the talents of Parker in a solo musical performance, accompanied by his wife, Patricia Nicholson-dance. Nicholson is a frequent collaborator in multi-media performance with some of the great avant-garde musicians in New York. Her recent performance in duo with Joseph Jarman was a highlight at this year's Vision Festival in NYC. She has worked in dance and choreography for many projects with dance and music. 1st set - 9:00 $10.00 for both sets!

Thurs 8/06 Crack Abraham, Violent Llamas - Louder than expected, and with pounding intricacies of rhythms. Hey! That wasn't a complete sentence... Violent Llamas open with hard rock and occasional elements of humor.

Fri 8/07 Fletcher Pratt, The Go, They Come in Threes, Trinitone - Kind of a who's who of indie rock, garage, and melodic in the current Detroit scene. Everyone on the bill has headlined shows here. With this many great bands, we'll probably be starting at 9:30 or 10:00.

Sat 8/08 Easy Action, Poopy Time, Stanley - High energy punk-a-rolla from former Laughing Hyenas and Negative Approach will send you flying. Poopy Time: 'Next-door-to-Gold Dollar dirtballs sing love ballads and songs about sheet metal and being cool' Stanley (from NYC) opens with edgy hard rock. HEY! Where's my tape? 'The Decorator' is gone.

Thurs 8/13 W-Vibe, VisionEar - VisionEar opens the show at 9:30pm with beat and groove heavy all electronic music, and full scale visual and lighting effects. Electronic noise sculptors W-Vibe finish off one of our stranger nights. Now that's saying something.

Fri 8/14 Godzuki, The Calculators, Z Man - New wave scientists, new record? Godzuki. The Calculators visit from San Francisco, and bring the best of what robotic new wave was/is. Picture Joy Division, and Gary Numan, but fun! Sharp dressers too, or so I hear. Z Man is 'Raw Psychedelic Oscillations' This will be new... Would you call a band Z Man?


Sat 8/15 Cash Money, Bantam Rooster - Two full bands of TWO?!? Guitar and drums rule. High energy, stripped down blues, rockabilly, garage, and punk. This is also Eric's last show with Bantam Rooster, and also Amy's second annual 21st birthday bash! Expect general sillines along with great music.

Thurs 8/20 Volebeats - Country influenced rock & roll. Another Detroit legend.

Fri 8/21 Chinese Millionaires, Spaceshits, Blowtops, Deadly Snakes - Nicely dressed straight up Michigan punk garage, w/ rattle-your-teeth-out-fast-blast from Montreal, blowtops -> fuzz drenched voodoo sex and other fuzz drenched depravity - sleaze & grease filled chops from Buffalo. Montreal's Deadly Snakes open up the night with organ, horns, and harmonica laden high energy R&B.

Sat 8/22 Fortune & Maltese, Woggles, Bleed- Fresh off their groundbreaking tour of the West Coast - joined by Atlanta's favorite sons of the Nugget Generation, and Milwaukee's Best....Bleed.

Thurs 8/27 Come Ons - Funk & Soul - Members past & present of many bands you've known and loved, but we'll practice restraint this time.

Fri 8/28 ICU, Queen Bee, ??? - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) from New York -'unique post-punk industrial-pop-on-speed sound.' From the wreckage of Thrall and Inside Out comes Queen Bee - pure melodic punk/energy with occasional hints of soul?

Sat 8/29 Dolly Varden, ??? (tentative) - Here's a question that needs asking: Who or what is a Dolly Varden and why should you care? Well, first of all, Dolly Varden is the name of a tuneful, country-tinged five-piece band from Chicago. Their press release claims a Dolly Varden is an iridescent, spotted trout that spawns in the cold water streams of the Northwestern United States. Record on Evilteen.


September 9, 1998
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Thu 9/03 Blammo, Mr. Freedom X, Mirror Image - Energetic punk, pop, and funkin' grooves - rock & roller good times!

Fri 9/04 Landstrider, The Lanternjack, Unfair Superpowers, Four Eyes, The Thats's - Maybe in reverse order? Ween meets Jon Spencer, Indie noise about optics and optical fashion, indie pop, garage rockin', and emo!! Not necessarily all at once. Yup, uh huh, ok.

Sat 9/05 WeRagazzi , Downstream - 'Chicago's WeRagazzi are like Stereolab with more sex appeal, or the Blues explosion without the machismo.....' Downstream opens with high energy rock.

Thu 9/10 Pinetop Seven, Dean Fertita or Trinitone, Cloud Car - 'An unsettling paranoia prevades the music of Chicago's Pinetop Seven...' Expansive instrumentation includes flugelhorn, melodica, violin, accordian, sound loops, guitars, and old world organ. Dean Fertita brings stellar songwriting in an alt-pop-country kind of way. Cloud Car opens with indie experimental pop.

Fri 9/11 Six Finger Satellite (Sub Pop), A StoveBoat, White Stripes - Some say that Six Finger Satellite sounds like Devo's younger brothers, the ugly ones that the family kept locked in the basement and fed the dinner scraps to....brash guitar tunings and otherworldly sounds of the Moog bing warmed up. Making their second Gold Dollar appearance, A Stoveboat also hails from Providence, RI, and creates interesting and powerful soundscapes on some of the strangest looking instruments we've ever seen. White Stripes open with their now classic approach to minimalist rock.

Sat 9/12 Gants, Fortune & Maltese, - Legendary 60's band w/ Michigan's best frat rockers.

Thu 9/17 Pete w/ Visitor- Energetic rock from New Jersey - Produced by Ron Saint Germain (11, Soundgarden, Tool, Bad Brains, Creed) See your future now! Visitor opens with a bit of free form that just keeps getting better.

Fri 9/18 The Go! w/ Soledad Brothers - New and improved? You be the judge.

Sat 9/19 Maschina, Maggie, Pierce & EJ, Climax Divine- Now a Chicago band, Maschina is back for the first time since their CD release here. Experience the crazy melodic experiments of bass, drums, trumpet and vocals. A little bit jazz, a little bit metal, a dose of funk, and very strange. Energetic folk from Philly opens the show with quirky and inventive songs.

Sun 9/20 Mike Lane, Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Baltimore's Mike Lane's brings playfully inventive twin guitar pop and harmonies. Check out 'Good Luck With Electricity' at a store near you. Godspeed You Black Emperor is one of many inventive bands from Montreal that seem to pass through here. This one's a nine piece, with twin percussionists, three guitars, violin, cello, glockenspeil, & tape loops. Artsy, rhythmic, and dramatic multimedia performance.

Mon 9/21 Universal Indians, Neil Campbell (England), Michigan Wolverines - Neil Campbell is formerly of Smell and Quim, and the A Band. Michigan Wolverines feature members of the Mini-Systems. More crazy improv noise!

Thu 9/24 Streamlined & guests....Shimmer, a solo project of one Rob Smith ( of Paik, soon to leave for Chicago & maybe a deal w/Touch& Go or so I am told, & formerly of Xebec),& a two guitar & female vocal duo ( whose stage name I don't know yet..)making their Michigan debut! I'll give you a promotional blurb when we come up with something consise & clever. We do plan on flyering this by the way as we would like people to come.

Fri 9/25 Babe the Blue Ox w/ Cinecyde & Propellor - Noisy art/prog and heavy downbeats. Check out one of their many releases on RCA!!!?? Cinecyde opens in their first time out in a couple of years. Not pop, punk, or glam - check out one of their many fine vinyl appearances and local compilations dating back to 1977!!

Sat 9/26 Failures, Easy Living, Baseball Furies - Pittsburgh featuring ex members of Gumball & Steel Miners Easy Living ex Morning Shakes - Garagey good time - Punk rock in the garage. Baseball furies return after a triumphant show with splash4 a few months ago.


September 30, 1998
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Thurs 10/01 - Gutterfest Pre-Party w/ Volcanos, Bantam Rooster, Greenhorns - An evening of high garage art and surf. Hey what's this I hear about Ticketmaster??

Fri 10/02 - Califone, Recorder - Califone, the latest project of Tim Rutili (Red Red Meat), takes a leap off the springboard of RRM’s atmospheric psychedelic blues and soars into the stratosphere, blending explorations of groove-oriented beats with abstact noises. Recorder: Lazy lo-fi half psych rock

Sat 10/03 - Trash Brats w/ Queen Bee - Legendary Detroit glam scenemakers return to the Gold Dollar! Queen Bee - former Thrall & Inside Out - opens with soulful power rock in this evening of sparkles, glitter, and makeup?!?

Sun 10/04 - Tricky Woo - Montreal's answer to Rocket 455, starting, stopping, shaking & rocking hard. Free show!

Thurs 10/08 - Melt Banana, Itoko, The Crash - From Japan! No wave gone gonzo. Guitars that sound like ray-guns and very unique piercing rapid fire female vocals. Itoko and Time Stereo's 'The Crash' open.

Fri 10/09 - low res record release party - An evening of extreme hardcore power electronics. theeq - live p.a. - detroit, adjust - dj - detroit, interrupt vector - live p.a. - toronto, the gabbist monks - live p.a./dj - indianapolis (tag team performance of dr.butcher and vicsious cycle), dj some dude named todd - lansing

Sat 10/10 - Witches w/ Slumber Party - Turning from chaos into science, the Witches provide an evening of reverb drenched melodies. Slumber Party opens with mellow rootsy melodic originals. Huh?

Sun 10/11 - Royal Trux, US Maple - Trux guitarist Neil Hagerty and anti-diva Jennifer Herrema have spent nearly a decade alternately killing rock and returning it to its nasty, dirty roots. US Maple fit somewhere between Beefheart and Devo. The guitar noodlings are reminiscent of early Pere Ubu. The mumblings are slick, the melodies are souped-up and soured. The drums are spastic bursts of laughter, rocket fuel and confetti.

Tues 10/13 - Quintron and Pussycat, Bantam Rooster, Andrew Wilkes-Krier - EVERYBODY likes the scintillating rhythms of Mr. Quintron, one-man-band and inventor extraordinaire. And whether it's music for dancing or just easy listening, that sparkling beat is as contagious as the smile of the Maestro himself. Miss Pussycat, mastermind and manager of media darlings Flossie and The Unicorns, world-famous puppet band (temporarily defunct). In true spirit of the haute-couture of Pussycat caverns drama, she regularly designs saucy new seasonal wardrobes for her troupe of little puppet friends. Andrew Wilkes-Krier - Preposterously brilliant progressive rock keyboard anthems? Bantam Rooster fits somewhere in here too - with high energy minimalist punk/rockabilly edged whatever.

Wed 10/14 - Harpy, Twitch, Frank Pahl - From Japan - Played w/ Zorn, Pahl, Dave Douglas, - Prog rock - short & highly polished - as opposed to meandering navel gazing prog rock. Twitch returns with a sound that sometimes seems like the happy goofy party side of King Crimson, and Frank Pahl opens with??? Always inventive and unpredictable.

Thurs 10/15 - 7000 Dying Rats, Traitors, Beaver Shoot, Thoughts of Ionesco - This will be a loud one here are some sound bites... 7000 Dying Rats: 8-man Spazzcore outfit and Beaver Shoot - Davies Productions ' Great Porno Rap Swindle ' Traitors: Hardcore from Chicago. Thoughts of Ionesco: Noisejazz / hardcore / loud.

Fri 10/16 - The VINTAGE*ART-EDU*EROTICA Film & Video Show ! The lushful image of Film and the experimental possibilities of video -that's what this show is all about. Film Collector Doug Newman starts the program with his rhythmic collage of 39 shorts ranging from Film Trailers like 'Superfly', 'Queen of Outer Space' to Cab Calloway in 'Gitterbug Party', 'Buster Keaton on Candid Camera', T.V. commercials from the 60's/70's and much more (64 min.). Film/Video Artist Julie Meitz continues the show with her experimental Film & Video collage variety of subversively Erotic Educational films, one starring Orson Welles with live musical accompaniment by Rick Beall, a cartoon parodying homosexuality between 'Tonto and the Lone Ranger' voice over by Lenny Bruce, Violence begets Violence - manipulated video excerpts from feature films like, 'Iron Man', 'Hate', 'Battleship Potempkin', and Japanese Animation and again, much more (approx.50 min).

Sat 10/17 - Galicia, Fletcher Pratt (tentative) w/ (tba) - If this show happens, it will rock!?!

Tues 10/20 - The Renderers (New Zeland), Denise James, Slumber Party - The Renderers continue to mix up country, fried rock, and noise in a style unequaled by any band on the planet. Ex His Name is Alive- Denise James and the return of Slumber Party also make good reasons to call in to work tomorrow.

Wed 10/21 - Cock ESP, Universal Indians, The Bad Girls - Cock ESP from Minneapolis has a unique way of combining humor with noise, improvisation, and avant rock. Universal Indians - ''free metal noise horses from Lansing.' The Bad Girls are new to the Gold Dollar - Mike, Ben, and Free Wade. Two guitars and saxophone from Ann Arbor. A bit noisy and improvisational, but cerebral too.

Thurs 10/22 - Colossamite (on Skin Graft) and the 90 Day Men (on Temporary Residence) - Former Dazzling Killmen guitarist & vocalist - Colossamite Our sound: If you ever use the terms 'Jazz Punk', 'Art-Damage' or 'Post-Hardcore Stew', I will personally come to Chicago and hang you by your mustache from the Sears Goddamn Tower. That'll be some REAL Art-Damage. 90 Day Men - 'spastic not metal'

Fri 10/23 - Hentchmen, White Stripes - Two bands, three record release!! Garage scenesters known for their high energy performances. Organ, guitar, drums, in stripped down punk mayhem. White Stripes started out strong and seem to get better every time. Soulful minimalist blues rock.

Sat 10/24 - Cat Power (on Matador), The Tren Brothers(Mick Turner & Jim White from Dirty Three), Outrageous Cherry - Cat Power... The music was stark and introspective, combining the low hum of feedback and quite twang of guitars. They lyrics were vivid and raw, brought to life by vocals that seem to scrape and soar at the same time. The whole thing had a subversive quality that comes from being quiet as well as strong and direct. Tren Brothers & Outrageous Cherry round out what promises to be a stellar musical evening.

Thurs 10/29 - Sweet Kelly, Nova, band to be named - Dark & brooding rock??

Fri 10/30 - Gore Gore Girls, The Tellers, Deerheart - Loud garage punk kind of night. Gore Gore Girls are back. Still waiting to see who's in the band.

Sat 10/31 - Black Ocean Drowning,, Too Many Gods, GTI (Glam Tech Industries) - Goth stuff on Halloween? Oh - really imaginative booking here... Black Ocean Drowning - pissed-off and depressed emotional chaos out-of-tune/synch/touch I don't know..... Debut of GTI, featuring GG Galaxy - DJ, Morse Kode - Vocals, & Rusty Horn on bass Desperate rock goes cyber - glam, punk, & techno.


November 2, 1998

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Thu 11/05 - Championship Showcase (Plumbobs), Chapstik (more) - Hard & heavy punkish kind of stuff from Texas and Michigan - and that's just Chapstik! (on Reptillian)

Fri 11/06 - Kuz, Quasar Wut Wut, Fieldtree (more) - Neo dadaist anti art movement, Vaudevillian insanity goodness, and hmmm... what's fieldtree up to these days?
Sat 11/07 - Easy Action, Stanley - Infamous punk-a-rollers (?what's that mean?) ex Negative Approach and Laughing Hyenas now having a record release here!!! Stanley (from NYC) opens.

Wed 11/11 - Transona 5, Galicja, The Sheila Divine (more) - Slow Farfisa analog swinging stuff from Dallas, w/ emo down stuff from Detroit's Galicja, and emo pop from Boston's The Sheila Divine. (on Roadrunner Records)

Thu 11/12 - Starlite Desperation, Ruby Dare, More Monkey than Man - Garage & punk rock of the finest kind from Los Angeles, New Orleans, and hmmm... where? Oh yeah - Detroit. MMTM makes their (non-Sunday) Gold Dollar debut with a bit of frantic instrumental rock.

Fri 11/13 - Major Stars (w/ Wayne & Kate from Magic Hour), Universal Indians, (more) DJ Greg Baise - Major Stars bring the over-the-top guitar freak out sound of Twisted Village to Detroit. Universal Indians fan the psychedelic improv flames. DJ Greg Baise spins Brazilian psych, French prog, and space jazz in between.

Sat 11/14 - Moloko Plus (Transparent) , Johnny Motel (Transparent), wsg Chateau Vert(first Detroit appearance), Way Too Giggolo - LOUD! LOUD! FAST! FAST!

Sun 11/15 - Mondo Topless - Killer garage rock from Philly. (on 360 Twist and Dionysus) FREE SHOW!!

Mon 11/16 - THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED - BAND NOT TOURING And You Will Know us by the Trail of Dead (another site) (more) (from Austin), Big Soap (from Cinci), w/ ??? - Combining the gentle guitar textures of Sonic Youth with the rapid-fire rhythmics of Unwound or GodheadSilo, Trail of the Dead balances its sound between fury and elegance -- the group can be as reckless and savage as a school bully, or it can be meticulously careful, handling each note as if it were a piece of broken glass. Big Soap ' Precise interpretation of modern musical anarchy...'

NEW MUSIC SOCIETY Presents:
"Deep Listening Festival 3: Michigan Avant-Garde Music"
Wednesday November 18 thru Sunday November 22 See this link for multi-show pricing, etc.

Wed 11/18 - Quartex w/sg Eugene Chadbourne, (more sites) (more sites) (bulletin board) (more sites) Tribe 1 with Mikhal Caldwell / Jucumba / Carey Lacey / Rodney Walker ,Michael Dec & Troy Gregory, Laughing Gas with DJ Head providing between sets sounds

Thu 11/19 - Immigrant Suns (more) w/spg Eugene Chadbourne, Music Color Composers Orchestra, Tribe 2 with Mikhal Caldwell & Special Guests Ben Bracken, with D.J. Riff & Len Swann of the 12 Tech Mob providing between sets sounds

Fri 11/20 - Remote Viewing Ensemble, Vizitors, Street Band, Volunteers Ensemble

Sat 11/21 - Faruq Z. Bey & Speaking in Tongues, Northwoods Improvisers, Frank Pahl, (more) (more) Little Princess, Ben Hall providing between sets sounds.

Sun 11/22 - Free Improv Jam Session 4:00 P.M. Musicians who performed in the Festival will play - Either creating music or chaos. A good time for all. ($5.00 cover)

Mon 11/23 - SELF ANNIHILATION TOUR * radiosonde * chapter23 * terror state * death squad * - The inwardly spiraling intellectual development of humanity has given rise to the discovery and continued evolution of the egoistic SELF. This notion, inherently dualistic, creates the notion of the NON-SELF. This is the OTHER, the un-whole - the base root of all human atrocity. Not until the SELF is destroyed can the un-whole OTHER (the true enemy of humanity) be destroyed . Our audio and visual presentations will vary from show to show. They typically include video projection, performance art and of course, lots of noise. Our individual approach to sounds vary in structure and tone from extremely deep atmospheric sound-scapes to harsh loud abrasive walls of noise and vocals. Additionally, we will have original film/video shorts to screen.

Wed 11/25 - FEZ, The Go, Poopy Time, The Regulators - Carnival like atmosphere? The triumphant return of FEZ - with a new bassist? Garage mayhem from the GO! Is Jack in the band now? 'Poopy Time's Story of Thanksgiving' should warm us all, and the Regulators return from their highly lucrative tour of high school proms.....

Fri 11/27 - Muscles (ex Majesty Crush) w/ Paik - "We combine a pop ethos with a hard edge Courtney Koo Koo Pop Love approach." Toledo's Paik opens with big swirling sounds or something like that.

Sat 11/28 - 'POP O.D.' The Songs Of Iggy Pop CD release party featuring bands performing Iggy tunes! PRINCESS DRAGON-MOM, MAROONED, TARS TARKAS,THE PROCESS,CYBER TRYBE, IMPALER & CINDI ST.GERMAIN, FRANKLIN SANE, SPAT!, THE LOVEMASTERS(?), KRISTIVA, and SKINHORSE. Why is this all in caps? Hmmm... Oh yeah - MORE SPECIAL GUESTS TOO.





November 24, 1998

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Thurs 12/03: N-2 submission (featuring The Impaler), The Shakes - Casio-Techno band, turned progressive with self-proclaimed 'best poet since ????' providing the lyrics. Hmmm Do you believe this? Anyway, The Shakes open.... Students of Rock guitar instructor, Tim Kessel start their own band??? (only their 2nd live performance)

Fri 12/04: Cloud Car, The Numbers, Scmods - Detroit emo-poppers/indie-rock stars playing songs as honest as the boy next door, sweeter than the girl across the street. The Numbers- Some ex Big-Blockers playing some vintage Detroit rockers?!! Scmods - Stratospheric, subtle, space-folk hybrid. With cool stickers, too.

Sat 12/05: 2*Tabernacle, Bantam Rooster - It's a hootin' hollerin' good time as two of Detroit's finest tear it up. Country, rootsy, punk-a-billy, and stuff like that. Sweet harmonies and power chords left to fraternize unchaperoned. Oh yeah!

Mon 12/7: 30mm, Chiasm, Backspace - Goth and industrial rules tonight. True night people won't care that this is on a Monday.

Thurs 12/10: Toemass, Five Way Mirror, (more) - from Alternative Press: "The mysterious Toemass hark back to obscure avatars of exotic electronic music such as Aksak Maboul and Hosono/Yokoo through an intoxicating mix of surreal ambience, bizarre effects and the odd cha-cha rhythm." ... Five Way is Windy, Carl, and Greg.

Fri 12/11: HAL.9000* - wow. what timing. all this talk about detroit and hardcore... 'hard music from a hard city' returns... EYE-D [netherlands] kultbox/industrial strength/ghetto safari/mokum DJ HIDDEN [netherlands] kultbox/industrial strength/mokum/medcom THE GABBIST MONKS [bloomington, in] freakshow records (featuring VICIOUS CYCLE and DR.BUTCHER M.D tag-team) ZaQ [bloomington, in] freakshow records ADJUST [punktown] jerry springer show the netherlands invade the midwest for an evening of dark drum n bass and hardcore techno. so get the gimp out of the closet, think about where your life is headed, think about y2k, and then come on down to the gold dollar living room and get your freak on (out).

Sat 12/12: Queen Bee, Silencers, Poppa Wheelie - Powerful melodic rock from Queen Bee, instrumental surf stuff from the Silencers, and making their first appearance here, hard rock from Poppa Wheelie....

Thurs 12/17: Johnny Chan & New Dynasty 6 (on Dionysis)w/ ???? - You luv'd 'em at Gudderfest uhhh Gutterfest... now prepare to luv 'em again and again.

Fri 12/18: Pootinanny, Gravel Train , Sovines - True roots-rock Americana music from Detroit dedicated to keeping the spirit of Country Dick Montana alive. Sovines open w/ Hillbilly music to drive your 18-wheeler to, straight from Columbus, OH, complete with Danelectro guitars. Pootinanny closes the night... "we're a two piece...we kinda sound like the oblivians(so we've been told) and maybe early blues exp. all balled into one. and we're loud too!! at least when people let us be!!"

Sat 12/19: Witches w/ Grayling & More Monkey than Man - Ok, so you've probably seen descriptions before that mention 'wall of sound,' 'reverb,' 'vu meets the beatles,' and all of that. This one does not confirm or deny any of this, and only states that there are no longer 7+ guitars, and no violin. Troy sings without playing guitar, and I can't remember the violinist's name. A much tighter sound, CDs available. Where's we lose that opening band this time??

Sat 12/26: P.S. I Love You, Pacific High, Wolf Eyes, Visitor - P.S. Ex Muscles From the band bio: 'They sound like Queen Bees fucking.' I don't think they meant the band Queen Bee, but how would I know? Wolf Eyes- like a heavymetal suicide on ludes?? What's that??

Thurs 12/31 & Fri 1/1: Closed! Go somewhere else!

Sat 1/02/99: Neptunes, Dean Fertita, Sunken Road & ??? - Jangly guitar pop trio, melodic stylings, and 'coustic folky kinda sorta stuff....



January 12, 1999

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Thurs 12/31 & Fri 1/1: Closed! Go somewhere else!

Sat 1/02 - Neptunes, Dean Fertita, Sunken Road - Jangly pop bands and 'coustic folky kinda sorta stuff....

Thu 1/07 - Unfriendlys, Mirror Image - Punk - a - roll & hard rock trio stuff.

Fri 1/08 - NGO - New Girl Order- w/ members of The Ruiners!! Thumper and the gang present 'Amateur Ladies Wrestling!!' Ruiners provide musical interludes and treats.

Sat 1/09 - Climax Divine, Beamship, Annie Scram - Smooth and proficient experimental rock, with the debut of Beamship - starring Rico Africa on guitar, vocal stylings of Mary McCarthy, and Chris Girard on space guitar and hammond rhythm machine - Kind of dancey w/ instant space! Annie Scram is a one man electronic show featuring synthoid rhythms and Theremin - very trance like...

Wed 1/13 - Bergheim 34 w/ Control Panel & DJ Greg Baise - Electronica band from Hamburg, Germany w/ Livonia's own Warren DeFever & co., and Redford's Greg Baise spinning the electronic music from 1913 to 1998.

Thu 1/14 - Wattson, Shutter Heavy melodic stylings - energetic rock. Alt punk, emo core. Recommended by people who know.

Fri 1/15 - Flomojo, Paper Tiger - Heavy Detroit rock & roll with a bit of a blues/psychedelic/rap influence. Paper Tiger duo opens with tasty/disto-pop/noise/simplicity.

Sat 1/16 - Whichamus w/ The War Effort - Big and happy band, but not all vegetables. War Effort's quirky melodic pop opens. Kinda space folk rock!?!

Thu 1/21 - Mine, Lanternjack - Rock from the pits of our stomach and candy to your ears. Undeniably hard and inescapably loud. Got it? Good!

Fri 1/22 - FEZ w/ Spy Radio - Rock show / side show /Theremin totin'/organ pumpin' tales from the stranger side, w/ the very molodic smooth and slightly jazzy spy radio openin the show.

Sat 1/23 - Gore Gore Girls, The Clone Defects, The Pirhanas - Newly revived girl garage punk w/ early 80's type garage punk....Earplugs recommended.

Thu 1/28 - Cockrockets w/ Jason Fisher, More Monkey than Man, Spiritual Advisory Council - Psychobilly Surf Punk!!! Openers include 4 pc drum, bass, guitar, harmonica - acoustic & electric rock, and hyper instrumental rock (unless of course the singer shows up...)

Fri 1/29 - Davies Productions presents The Great Porno Rap Swindle BEAVER SHOOT record release party with special guests: experimental garage rap duo BAG OF HAMMERS, lo-fi electronic whiz kids THE W VIBE and new label additions, spazzcore-grind outfit, C-LIT and lastly, spinning the in-between-bands breakbeats will be DJ FUCAR.

Sat 1/30 - Fletcher Pratt w/ Dean Fertita - Loud, soft, melodic, energetic, eminently listenable. Garage, alt, alt country?


Feb 1, 1999
OK, so pardon out dust... (whatever that means)... golddollar.com was out for a few days, but now we're back!!! OK a few bad links - should have audio & stuff back soon.

(If you have links to any of these bands, click here and let us know! Free admissions to shows for links!!) - Valid only for bands not linked by 2/7/99.

Thu 2/04 - Nova Driver, Torque - An evening of heavy alt punk in a blender.

Fri 2/05 - Mt. McKinleys, The Go - From Pittsburgh with a vengence, these sharp dressers are here to rock your garage. The Go opens with sharp songs, and theri own version of smart fashion sense.

Sat 2/06 - White Stripes w/ They Come in Threes - Southwest Detroit's finest 2 piece? Stripped down to voice, guitar and drums, the White Stripes basic and minimalist approach has made them a unique favorite. They Come in Threes is hot. That's all there is.

Thu 2/11 - Cockflowers, Rhudabega, Paper Tiger - Cockflowers enter the bar with punkish power pop intact and leave with??? Rhudabega enters from New Orleans and leaves as a new 2 piece sensation - bass, vocals, drums and harmonica - aggressive melodic and full. Paper Tiger would etner the bar, but we're already here, as a fine example of tough vegetarian disto-pop.

Fri 2/12 - Quasar Wut Wut, Poignant Plecostomus, Kuz, Slumber Party - Hey! Who are all of these people? A little bit of everything - pop harmonies, jazzy melodic experiments, noisy avant, rock, and of course - steamed vegetables lightly buttered!

Sat 2/13 - Hentchmen, Murder City Wrecks - Farfisa totin' beer drinkin' good time mayhem. Garage style and punk intensity.... It's your unlucky valentine.

Thu 2/18 - Made to Fade, Variac - From Chicago, ex Triple Fast Action, Fig Dish, and 77 Luscious Babes, with Variac opening - rock with an ambient sonic twist!

Fri 2/19 - Cloud Car, Dean Fertita, Fieldtree, The War Effort - Detroit indie rock showcase! Not entirely sure of the order yet, but the first band hits at 10:00pm so don't miss it! Wow! Four exclamation marks in one show!

Sat 2/20 - Ark Royale, Breather, Skin.Mill - Melodic, dissonant and intricate all at once. Breather - swirlies esquse with Skin.Mill's alt power pop opening.

Thu 2/25 - Tars Tarkas, Frank Pahl & Joel, Beamship - Dean, Eric, and Roberto's new experimental combo with the sonic experimentation of Chris Girard, Rico, and Mary opening. Ears open. Space dance? Oh yeah - just added - the innovative stylings of Frank w/ Joel.

Fri 2/26 - Luddites w/ tba - Energetic eclectic eleven piece folk & other musics!

Sat 2/27 - Pappa Wheelie, Advice for Addicts - Rock & roll with big fat tires & everything! Advice for Addicts on Triple X brings modern punk/punkabilly twist.

Tues 3/02 - Neckbones, Bantam Rooster - Raw-ass rock and roll drenched in alcohol, and laced with adrenaline.


Feb 26, 1999
OK, so pardon out dust... (whatever that means)... golddollar.com was out for a few days, but now we're back!!! OK a few bad links - should have audio & stuff back soon.

(If you have links to any of these bands, click here and let us know! Free admissions to shows for links!!) - Valid only for bands not linked by 3/7/99.

Sat 2/27 - Pappa Wheelie, Advice for Addicts - Rock & roll with big fat tires & everything! Advice for Addicts on Triple X brings modern punk/punkabilly twist.

Tues 3/02 - Neckbones, Bantam Rooster - Raw-ass rock and roll drenched in alcohol, and laced with adrenaline.

Thu 3/04/99 - Double Brown w/ SPAT! - Loud & distorted garagey rock w/ melodic edgy pop rock opener.

Fri 3/05/99 - Volebeats, Slumber Party - Alt-country? What does that mean? Kicking out solid songs and harmonies for years.... Slumber Party (almost a girl band?) opens with a mellow blend of tunefulness.

Sat 3/06/99 - Cash Money, Scat Rag Boosters, Fighting Pinheads - Chicago Killer garage duo fries bacon! Montreal's Scat Rag Boosters - Crypt's favorite band- are guaranteed to please with hip shaking blues punk, two guitars, harmonica, and drums. Detroit's own power duo Fighting Pinheads open. Oft compared to Slayer for no reason whatsoever.

Thu 3/11/99 - Ruiners w/ (tba) - Raunchy rawk & roll, last seen sharing the stage with scantily clad female wrestlers.

Fri 3/12/99 - Vizitors w/ Kenny Green - Traveling by invisible map, other music from other spaces? Proficient, innovative, and way out there.

Sat 3/13/99 - Which am us, Ostrach Demagogues - Ten piece rockin' groovin' and experinmentin' ensemble (with steamed vegetables lightly buttered of course) Opening is Ostrach Demagogues, a Diva fronted four piece that hails all the way from Ferndale. Laying down hard groves with apocalyptic tales of aliens and the second coming abound.

Thu 3/18/99 - Matt Borge, Kirson, Dear John - Proficient acoustic music that will add excitement to your life. Really.

Fri 3/19/99 - Polyplush Cats, Neptunes, Slumber Party - Garage glam punk trio from DC, tight jangly pop, and mellow melodic pop makes for a complete evening.

Sat 3/20/99 - Fathers of the ID w/ Eloise - Psychedelic soul musical biscuit with the enthusiasm of a busload of ten year olds on the way to cedar point.

Thu 3/25/99 - Sunken Road w/ (tba) - Former acoustic duo becomes an eclectic trio with the addition of a banjo & lap steel player.

Fri 3/26/99 - Immigrant Suns, C-3 - New quartet version of the band that plays everything under the sun, with no-wave/Beefheart/Devo stylings of video game addicts C-3.

Sat 3/27/99 - The Chamber Strings, Dean Fertita - Bobsled Records Showcase! 60's influenced rock & roll, Dean Fertita (Bobsled record soon) strong harmonies, great songwriting, and stellar attitude.

Mon 3/29/99 - Dylan Group w/ Visitor - Tortoise like? If you like Tortoise? Hmmm... Two drummers and a vibraphone, with Visitor's out experiments opening.


March 24, 1999
OK, so pardon out dust... (whatever that means)... golddollar.com was out for a few days, but now we're back!!! OK a few bad links - should have audio & stuff back soon.

(If you have links to any of these bands, click here and let us know! Free admissions to shows for links!!) - Valid only for bands not linked by 4/5/99.

Thurs 3/25 - Sunken Road - Former acoustic duo becomes an eclectic trio with the addition of a banjo & lap steel player.

Fri 3/26 - Immigrant Suns, C-3 - New quartet version of the band that plays everything under the sun, with no-wave/Beefheart/Devo stylings of video game addicts C-3.

Sat 3/27 - The Chamber Strings, Dean Fertita - Bobsled Records Showcase! 60's influenced rock & roll, Dean Fertita (Bobsled record soon) strong harmonies, great songwriting, and stellar attitude.

Mon 3/29 - Dylan Group w/ Visitor - And now for something completely different: atmospheric vibraphones! The Dylan Group in certainly inventive, and they're more entertaining than you might expect.. Two drummers and a vibraphone, as heard on WDET - with Visitor's out experiments opening.

Thurs 4/01 - Violent Llamas, The Dead Heroes, GTO GTO - Loud rock & punk-a-rollers!!! Look for The Dead Heroes to be making a big splash in these parts soon.

Fri 4/02 - King Brothers, Wolf Eyes, 25 Suaves, Cass Chamber - Japan' s rawest rock & roll, along with a ton of local critically acclaimed craziness and noise.

Sat 4/3 - PS I LOVE YOU, Kelley Deal, Paik

Thurs 4/08 - Seks, N-2 Submission, Phantom Cargo - Funky proficient pop & the one and only Impaler

Fri 4/09 - Maschina, Kuz - Now a Chicago band with a new CD and a huge following, Maschina brings innovative experimental rock and performance. Kuz opens with unpredictable good times. Oh yeah - vegetables too?

Sat 4/10 - Ziam's Liquid Silver - A full evening of music, fashion, performance art, and zaniness. Liquid Silver is one of the most bizzare shows we have ever hosted.

Thurs 4/15 - GAM, Clone Defects - Loud, dangerous, and from Atlanta, with up and coming Detroit punk openers. A Thursday to help you sleep in Friday, or at least a worthwhile excuse for short term hearing loss.

Fri 4/16 - The Blaze Sherman Fury, Uvula, Cleveland Spiders - The man your parents warned you about fronts a band made up of members of the Witches, Medusa Cyclone, and Wytchyker. Probably more rock and roll than you can handle. See them before Kiss begs for an opening spot. Uvula: Intergalactic speed-metal duo from N.Y.C. butting heads with King Buzzo and those creeps from Texas, always coming out ahead. Cleveland Spiders:         Straight from the garage and into your heart, these spiders are not from Mars, or Cleveland for that matter. They play too loud, always on the verge of self-destruction and you will love them for it.

Sat 4/17 - Mt McKinleys, Revelers, (tba) - Theramin totin' garage rock mayhem from Pittsburgh, with more rockin' sounds from other places opening. (sorry I lost the descriptions)

Mon 4/19 - Edith Frost, Danielson, Neptune Stockboys spinning between - 'Born of some holy communion between singer-songwriter psychedelia and spooky country blues, Edith Frost's songs stir up serious longings...' Check out Telescopic on Drag City. As for Danielson Famile, 'They may have been compared to everyone from the Pixies to Victoria Williams to Captain Beefheart, but these reference points can only hint at their strange, sweet, spooky, and spiritual music.' - Bob Nickas

Thurs 4/22 - Real McKenzies, Silencers - Bagpipe totin' Celtic garage punk and Detroit surf promise a heavy rockin' too cool to be true kind of evening. Yeah, men in kilts.

Fri 4/23 - Atomic Numbers, Neptunes, FL. OZ. - Explosive rock & roll with swagger & style, proficient & tight jangly pop, and piano-pop melodies with hints of ethnic folk, ska and jazz - and from Tennesee too! This is your complete entertainment value.

Sat 4/24 - Ark Royale, Climax Divine, Blake Chen - Intricate and innovative pop from Ark Royale, with proficient & innovative experimental art rock from Climax Divine. Newcomer Blake Chen opens with moody Roxy Music & Bowie influenced pop/rock.

Thurs 4/29 - Out in Worship, Drumhead, They Come in Threes - Dub infected middle-eastern fever dreams and pure sexual healing. Turntables, machines, tablas and loops blend and breathe effortlessly in the dusky deep slow jam symphonies. Members of June of '44, HIM, Loftus, Califone, Toiling Midgets, Wade, Swans, projects with Pere Ubu, Frank Black, Bob Mould. Drumhead is a collection of drummers and groove enablers given the freedom to be the totality of the music! Members were or have worked with CattleProd, Autobody, Frank Black, Pere Ubu, Bob Mould, Vardo, Spookarama, and more. Madison, WI reference.... CattleProd was and the Madison scene of the late 80's was the primary influence in the founding of the Gold Dollar!!!

Fri 4/30 - Bumpin Uglies, The Unfriendlys, The Daggers (from Chicago) - PUNK ROCK!!! Good stuff. Yeah!



April 23, 1999

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Sat 5/01 - Trash Brats, Kevin K, Freddy Lynexx - CD release show for the Trash Brats!! A re-release of their first recording now re-mixed and re-mastered on CD with bonus tracks & everything!!! Kevin K (NYC) and Freddy Lynexx (France) open!!!
Tues 5/04 Foul Weather Friends, Me First, Bait Shop Creative heavy stuff... Me First has gone co-ed, and the band rocks more than ever... Bait Shop - taking pop punk off the radio and back into the dive bar where it belongs?

Thurs 5/06 Blue Dog, Spy Radio - Jazzy, eclectic, and a little bit rock & roll? Ok, so this is a pre-CD release show for Blue Dog. Is that like a Hallmark Holiday or something?

Fri 5/07 Gore Gore Girls, Hard Liquors, Secret Cervix (from Cleveland) - Punka punka girl rock punk. Very descriptive, huh?

Sat 5/08 Bantam Rooster CD release w/ Clone Defects - Currently top ranked Detroit duo? spinning out a new high energy punk / garage / punk-a-billy silver platter on Crypt. Not our Vice Principal Potter??

Mon 5/10 Elevator (formerly Elevator Through, formerly Elevator to Hell, ex Eric's Trip - on SubPop), Outrageous Cherry - The raging guitars are here, but don't dominate.... travels between '60's psychedelic rock and the Bermuda Triangle... These former fun-loving flower-picking pop stars have crossed to the other side, and they're scaring the $%@! out of Marilyn Manson.

Thurs 5/13 Phut, Panicsville, Michael Dec, W-Vibe- Former Dazzling Killmen - instrumental illness consisting of spastic melodies...silence...delicate explosions...silence...magic rhythms...& silence. Cartoon rock & roll. Panicsville indulge in pain & the absurd...& they are h