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This is the historical Gold Dollar schedule. It is a compilation of all of our listings from 1996 to 2001.  January 1997 and on is suspected to be more accurate. 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 note 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
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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.

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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.

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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 happy about it. Authoritarian electronic music. Yes. Pop songs with vomit. Noise music with a smile. Avant guitar on the far edge of rock from Michael Dec. W-Vibe opens with laugh out loud performance / electronic / noise.

Fri 5/14 Pirhanahs, Clone Defects, Geriatrics - Tom Perkins record release show - punk rock with style!

Sat 5/15 Wildbunch Star Wars Show! w/ Baseball Furies - Does the name say it all? Who else will be on the bill? Use the force my son. Stay away from the dark side.

Thu 5/20 Red Dye Nine w/ (tba)

Fri 5/21 Mullens w/ ??? - Get Hip artists, hard driving Texas rock & roll.

Sat 5/22 FEZ, Triggers, Edith Head - Innovative carnival craziness and new power pop. Your lobotomy begins here! Freak! Huh?

Thurs 5/27 Chrome Locust, 4%, Strut - A heavy bit of rock??? 4% has members of Chapstik and Godbullies.... noisy and blasphemous.... grouped together with the jesus lizard, ultra bide, the cows, crucifucks and killdozer? 'oh yeah, and we don't dress like we're in the 60s. no aviator sunglasses. and usually more than one chord a song. we don't sing about hot rods and we don't dress like greasers, either...'

Fri 5/28 Maggie, Pierce, & EJ w/ KUZ - Eclectic rock from Philly. Hear them play, watch them trade instruments, hear them play more. Enjoy.

Sat 5/29 Les Incapables w/ Greenhorns & Les Sequelles - French Canadian garage band - the Kinks in French? Greenhorns, recently signed on SubPop - bring their Hammond B-3 and five piece band too!

May 17, 1999

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Thu 6/03 - Front, 4%, Strut - - Front is hard edged rock from Lansing area - Deftones meet Korn? A heavy bit of rock??? 4% has members of Chapstik and Godbullies.... noisy and blasphemous.... grouped together with the jesus lizard, ultra bide, the cows, crucifucks and killdozer? 'oh yeah, and we don't dress like we're in the 60s. no aviator sunglasses. and usually more than one chord a song. we don't sing about hot rods and we don't dress like greasers, either...'

Fri 6/04 - Woggles, Bantam Rooster - Everyone loves the Woggles!! Everyone goes for the Woggles!! Powerful crunchy garagey kind of rockin' fun stuff?

Sat 6/05 - NGO - New Girl Order- Thumper and the gang present 'Amateur Ladies Wrestling?!?' Back at the Gold Dollar again!!

Thu 6/10 - Immigrant Suns, Eyesores - An evening of everything under the sun - from the Eastern European flavors to hurdy-gurdy driven skewed pop & minimalist country songs.

Fri 6/11 - Denise James (backed by Volebeats) w/ Slumber Party - Some parts His Name is Alive, some parts Volebeats, solid songwriting and harmonies, with mellow dreamy opener.

Sat 6/12 - PROM!! Gold Dollar Style! Night on Disco Mountain - Appropriate attire highly suggested. The musical festivities will kick off with freshman representatives Super Model, while perennial seniors The Regulators will spit in the face of higher education. Miss Case, everybody's favorite student teacher joins the custodians to for Mustache Ride. Rounding out the action packed evening will be nonstop joy spread by this year's Homecoming Court. As always, Vice Principal Potter will be working his special magic, and Coach will be psyching us up for graduation. Other special celeberity guests are also expected.

Thu 6/17 - Mary Thompson - Stripped down Delta Blues with Detroit style!

Fri 6/18 - ART OPENING featuring the work of Jason Irla, Ben Hall, Johnny Stibich and Keith Beber. Audio arts provided by Manic Hyst Concept - as free form as humanly possible, and Beber Sandi Duo w/ spg.

Sat 6/19 - Ghettobillies, The War Effort, Ostrach Demagogues - Ghettobillies sing 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.

Thu 6/24 - Wireless Green, Guernica, Nefrete - Stomach acid jazz, groovilicious funk thump & jazz fusion-pop-indie- rock-metal. Does that about cover all bases?

Fri 6/25 - Universal Indians, Clone Defects, Monster Island - Wild & loud, noise & punk. Crazed.

Sat 6/26 - They come in threes, Paik, Tom Spacey - Quirky guitarish pop, brooding instrumentals, and blissed out Space Rock.


June 19, 1999
Note: The last Sunday Jam is on June 20, 1999. We may bring it back sometime, but I need more sleep!!

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Thu 7/01 - Radio Hell (a/k/a Dick Van Patten's Cold Joy), The Foxgloves - In the late 1980s, the radio program Radio Hell and the affiliated live ensemble (variously known as Dick Van Patten's Lymphoma, Buddy Ebsen's Cold Joy, and Kristie McNichol's Aneurysm) annoyed thousands with performances designed to grate on the senses like an army of belt sanders. Their first performance in nearly ten years will feature bird calls, the music of Lawrence Welk, and the sounds of damaged brake cylinders and frying meat, so nothing's changed. Like Drano for the mind. Foxgloves open. Think Ecstaitc decay dismemberment disrepair - chain saws, vacuum cleaners.

Fri 7/02 - Danielson Famile, FEZ - As for Danielson Family, 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. FEZ, Detroit's favorite twisted carnival ride opens.

Sat 7/03 - Cloud Car w/ 57 Waltz - Detroit emo-poppers/indie-rock stars playing songs as honest as the boy next door, sweeter than the girl across the street.

Thu 7/08 - EndTimes, Troy Gregory, Morgan Guberman - Michigan's Last Rock and Roll Band? ... loud/fast/fucked with an apocalyptic message ... self-righteous indignation from the ex-brains behind the Chinese Millionaires and the Clutters ... the Capital City's latest next big thing featuring a teenage starlet with no name on lead vocals, the EndTimes are as pure as you are dirty. Troy Gregory of the Witches does a rare solo performance. Oakland CA's Morgan Guberman is a composer/performer/improvisor of both instrumental and electronic solo and chamber music touring in support of his second solo contrabass CD.

Fri 7/09 - Motor City Burgers, Bomb Pops, Unfriendlys - New punky garage stuff? CD available at the bar. The Bomb Pops are the perfect fusion of 77 punk and glam. A superb collection of attitude, abuse and amusement. Unfriendlys open with proficient punk stylings.

Sat 7/10 - Bob Log III w/ Lonesome Organist, Soledad Brothers - Bob is guitarist of band Doo Rag; he does one man dirty delta blues show. His album is out on Fat Possum/Epitaph. As for The Lonesome Organist... Imagine a drummer on stage, who is fluid and fast. He plays jazz, dub, or rock, adroitly switching back-and-forth. He often does this without using his right hand; he needs it free to make use of his organ/moog, humming next to the high-hat stand. In the meantime, he is singing (in a self effacing goofy but sincere way) operatic falsettos or blowing on the kazoo or harmonica. Then, out of nowhere, a drum-stick appears in his right hand, he executes a perfect drum-roll, then solos, then drops the drum-stick and frees up his right hand again. Without missing a beat, he begins to play his moog melody again. At no time in the set are there less then five of his appendages generating a wall of jumpy rhythms, layered with melodies and sing-song, sing-a-long lyrics: This is a one-man band par excellence. Soledad Brothers open.

Sun 7/11 - 4FR, Lynda Mandolyn, Tars Tarkas - '4FR' - A one man performance by Chris Girard (Sleep, Cinecyde, Drop) & 'Lynda Mandolyn' (SF)- ex guitarist for seminal all female Detroit trio Inside Out, singer guitarist for bliss rock band Loomer (also plays in Fabulous Disaster and Lickitty Clit) will play soft, spacey, sultry, electric guitar tunes, first Detroit appearance in 4 Years. 'Tars Tarkas' featuring Dean Western (Larval, Sublime Wedge, Kuru) & Erik Gustafson (Larval, Blue Dog, Circle Confusion).

Tues 7/13 - Matmos / Lesser / Persona / Rude66 - An evening of bizarre electronics, beats and knob twiddling. Matmos(Vague Terrain)and Lesser (Vinyl Communications) hail from San Francisco and their experimental drum-n-bass can beat up your experimental drum-and-bass. Persona (Vinyl Communications) is a Michigan native; You've heard his remixes of Morsel, Stungun and the Wild Bunch on the radio, now hear him destroy his commercial credibility with his debut live performance, and celebrate the release of his first solo album, 'Maximal'. Show starts with a special guest appearence by Amsterdam's Rude66 (Kultbox), making massively distorted breakbeats like only a Nederlander could. Oh, my head.

Thu 7/15 - FloMoJo, Mezzanine, Bullseye Virus - CD Release Show!! Heavy Detroit rock & roll with a bit of a blues/psychedelic/rock influence. Mezzanine checks in from (?? I can't remember where they're from) with the garage rock influences, and Mezzanine provides tight pop-punk.

Fri 7/16 - The Original Brothers & Sisters of Love, Big Angry Fish, Sackville (Montreal) - Equal parts alternate-universe Beatles, pirate rock, acid appalachia, and rapid fire comedy. Power pop quartet BAF from Chicago on balooga records, and... wait a sec - Sackville (on Constellation) makes their second Gold Dollar appearance? Weren't they kind of alt-country? Try modernist pop with damaged roots.

Sat 7/17 - Johnny Chan & New Dynasty 6 & Freddy Fortune and The .... (never got the name) - An evening of killer garage sounds - Johnny Chan & New Dynasty Six on Dionysis, and Freddy Fortune's new band!!

Wed 7/21 - Aden, The War Effort - I'm call the Show: Dream PoP vs. Space Pop.. Because Aden's dreamy and War Effort is spacey. Many heart broken love songs..

Thu 7/22 - Scmods, Cloud Car- Stratospheric, subtle, space-folk hybrid. With cool stickers, too. Cloud Car, well Cloud Car.....

Fri 7/23 - Hymans (Sweden), MURDER CITY WRECKS, Dead End Cruisers (TX) - The Hymans - Over the last 10 they've released 5 cds and are very well known at home (fans include Electric Frankenstien, Hellacopters...) They sound more Ramones than the Ramones? Murder City Wrecks? OK so everyone reading this probably already knows and loves them? Dead End Crusiers- on the great label TKO Records. have been received well by the zines and what and are great live. they sound like the early Clash?

Sat 7/24 - The Come-Ons, White-Walker Trio, DJ On - Soul & R&B smoothness from a band you already know.... though I won't mention any names right now.... White-Walker is a new project/spinoff from White Stripes and Soledad Brothers.

Thu 7/29 - Brittle Oxen, Radium - Well I'm a little bit goth and a little bit power pop. Who am I??

Fri 7/30 - Trash Brats w/ Mystery Addicts - Detroit's favorite glam / punk rockers invade again. How does a band that's been around almost 11 years still have lots of underage women trying to sneak into shows? These are things other bands want to know! The mystery addicts add glam-punk-sonic-rock'n'roll from Dayton.

Sat 7/31 - Broadzilla, Dead Heroes - Fire breathin' chick rock from the motor city. Detroit Power Punk CD Release Party!!!!! Fast Women, fast cars and fast guitars, The Dead Heroes do it only one way, Fast and Loud!!!!!! Get In, Shut Up and Sit Down, "the heroes" are in town.



July 30, 1999

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Thu 8/05 - Bag of Hammers, W-Vibe, Reformed Illusions - Experimental garage rap, goofy electronica rock with garage/punk influences, and hardcore rap stuff. This show really satisfies.

Fri 8/06 - Fez, Witches, Paper Tiger - The stars and planets are aligned (and present) This is the third anniversary of the opening of the Gold Dollar. Much celebration is in order. Crazy rides, chills & thrills with Fez - your musical carnival. The new energetic Witches lineup debuts with ex members of Widbunch and The Go, and Paper Tiger's two piece rock orchestra opens. T-Shirt & CD giveaways abound.

Sat 8/07 - The Numbers w/ Grayling - The Numbers- Some ex Big-Blockers playing some vintage Detroit rockers? Huh? Anyway, this should be a high energy power rockin' evening.

Sun 8/08 - Competitor, W-Vibe, Chaza Show Choir - Competitor hails from across the country and ocean, making Milwaukee their home. The have a high energy and highly entertaining rock and roll extravaganza planned. Chaza Show Choir is an original and bizarre play on tour with Competitor.

Thu 8/12 - Blue Dog CD Release Month Begins! Blue Dog plays two sets, first at 10:00pm. Jamie Townsend (technology, machines & samplers techno like stuff) & Rico Africa (spoken word) join in. New CD 'Lurch' on Cobalt 61.

Fri 8/13 - Aggie Usedley's Air Driven Wheel, King Strang, Viking, Radio Hell - An evening of avant & experimental. Aggie Usedley's Air Driven Wheel: 'Michigan Progressive Guitar Duo/ Hedonistic white couple.' King Strang: (members of Visitor +) they will perform their 'Renegade Mormon Percussion Rock'. The local group Viking wish to be billed as 'Nordic Nightbirds'. Radio Hell opens with ?punishingly pleastant? audio and visuals.

Sat 8/14 - Amy's Annual 21st Birthday Bash - Deluxe entertainment provided by the seldom seen Mustache Ride, and the ear bleeding monsters of rock The Regulators. Special suprises. Wigs, fancy drinks. Come in drag, get in free. Uhh... correction.. except without the Regulators, and with someone else even more monster like instead. They have been regulated.

Sun 8/15 - Verbena, Starlite Desperation, Soledad Brothers - Here's what Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters had to say about the band in Rolling Stone: 'Verbena are a group from Birmingham Alabama. Their major-label debut will be out next year. It's a return to good rock music... they have a great spirit and energy along with really catchy tunes. It's like a nasty, sexy Rolling Stones meets Debbie Does Dallas tuned down to a C.' Heavy garage crooners Starlite Desperation have relocated from LA to Detroit just for tis show? Soledad Brothers stripped down rock 'n' roll duo opens.

Tues 8/17 - Back to School Party - Free pencil sharpeners? Ask Corey for details.

Thu 8/19 - Blue Dog CD Release Month continues! Blue Dog plays two sets, first at 10:00pm. Original Blue Dog band - reunion night, George Friend (guitar) from Black Beauty & Keith Malinowski (bass) join in this week. New CD 'Lurch' on Cobalt 61.

Fri 8/20 - Cowslingers, EndTimes, Sunken Road - Cleveland Ohio's finest cowpunk renegades! w/ Michigan's Last Rock and Roll Band? hmmm... loud/fast/fucked with an apocalyptic message ... self-righteous indignation from the ex-brains behind the Chinese Millionaires and the Clutters ... the Capital City's latest next big thing featuring a teenage starlet with no name on lead vocals, the EndTimes are as pure as you are dirty. Acoustic Sunken Road opens.

Sat 8/21 - Volcanos & Hellbenders - Detroit surf insanity - crowd pleasers & hell-raisers - what the!?!? is going on??

Thu 8/26 - Blue Dog CD Release Month finale! Blue Dog plays two sets, first at 10:00pm. Jaribu Shahid - Bassist from Roscoe Mitchell Group & James Carter Quartet & James Blood Ulmer & Griot Galaxy joins Blue Dog. Also featuring a full all-star horn section! New CD 'Lurch' on Cobalt 61.

Fri 8/27 - The Tumblers, 8 Ball Grifter - Another night of dynomite! A rockabilly/psychobilly freakout with the dynamic duo. Please give them a warm Gold Dollar welcome...

Sat 8/28 - Gaza Strippers, Easy Action, Starlite Desperation - Actually I think Gaza Strippers are going on second tonight... Rick Sims brings mason jars of primordial skunk from former bands Didjits and Supersuckers, smashing them at the feet of his new band mates Darren Hooper, Mike Hodgkiss and Cory Statler. The resulting fumes twist a tug of war between Jesus and the Devil (both naked, one on amyl nitrate) around your throat so purposefully that you won't be out cold until you beg the last note to let you loose. Sorry to spoil your little party, but the Devil wins and you will beg. Easy Action's high energy punk-a-rolla will send you flying.

Sun 8/29 - CANCELLED!!! PCP Highway - Members of D Generation bring their glam punk stylings to the intimate surroundings of the Gold Dollar.

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Thu 9/02 - Sublimation, Strut - Power pop, powerful rock, and aggressive punk like stuff from Strut, the latest almost girl band sensation. Not sure what order the bands are going on...

Fri 9/03 - KUZ, W-Vibe, Lovesick - Neo dadaist anti art movement, Vaudevillian insanity goodness, and hmmm... Out? Avant? Disco? As they say in Milwaukee, 'The robot can do it, the robot is creative.'

Sat 9/04 - Glen Meadmore, This Robot Kills, Whiskey Sournotes - Glen Meadmore, The Gay Cowboy - "Friends, I was once one of those desperate and bitter queens haunting tearooms and sex clubs looking for someone who would just love me, and I found him, and you know what? If God can save a nellie asshole queen like me, just think what he can do for you." Country punky comedic music with a message. A message that might require a warning label... TRK checks in with fresh electronic based rhythms. Even in these post-Monica days, it's still possible to make roots-rock fans blush, and the Whiskey Sournotes do it every time. They're scurrilous, crude, rude, lewd, and proud of it. They're also often hilariously funny, surprisingly tuneful and lovably charming --so long as your parents or your children aren't in earshot. (Tom Surowicz)

Thu 9/09 - Gutterfest at the Gold Dollar - Mt. McKinleys, The Conquerers, The Sights - That killer garage rock sound from two band on Get Hip, and some new young locals....

Fri 9/10 - Vietnam Prom, N2 Submission, Black Ocean Drowning, Taila Kay - A Goth night at the Gold Dollar? Vietnam Prom's darkly theatrical improvizations, N2 Submssion (featuring the king of S&M, The Impaler), BOD's goth-punk-glam flair, & Taila Kay (Royal Oak's paranoir goth diva)

Sat 9/11 - Thee Lucky Stiffs, Sweep the Leg Johnny, Propellor - Names you've heard before in a band you won't forget - punk/rockabilly/?? Whatever. Chicago's Sweep the Leg Johnny (on Southern) - melancholy yet resourceful, each song travels a different storyline: they build from timid introductions; move through dynamic soundscapes; and as poignant lyrics are carefully placed, the instruments explode. (ouch?)

Sun 9/12 - The Black Halos, Lost Goat, Clone Defects - The Black Halos are a dirty-rock band (NY Dolls style) out of Vancouver on Sub Pop. Lost Goat is a three piece rock band from San Francisco (with 2 women). Their newest record just came out on Man's Ruin / Tee-Pee Mia.

Mon 9/13 - Masters of the Hemisphere, Action Tiger, W-Vibe, Spindle- Ok, so the lineup may vary slightly from what's listed. Power pop, electronic, pop & more - depending on if anyone else confirms.... Here are some sounds.

Thu 9/16 - Royal Trux, Jack White - 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. Hey - check out the new record!

Fri 9/17 - Recorder w/ Galicja - They would probably be squarely in the space rock camp, that is if space rock was a square, and camping was required. Things being as they are, (and they are) - we bring you the head smashing lull of basement meditations - music to record by. Galicja brings slow and atmospheric down pop.

Sat 9/18 - Nihilist Spasm Band, Foxgloves, Dr. Gretchen & the Musical Weightlifting Program, Mark Growden - Since 1965! "The Nihilist Spasm Band is unique. In the original meaning of that work, which is one of a kind. We know of no other band like the Spasm Band. How is it unique? There are two interrelated factors. Our music is completely freely improvised and we make our own instruments. Perhaps that does not sound so unusual; further explanation is required." Check the link. For the rest of the evening - expect Ear splitting noise rock & experimentation. Mark Growden and band (on tour) show up to do experimental stuff using unusual and homemade instruments.

Wed 9/22 - Botanica, Abby Travis, PS I Love You - Botanica is Paul Wallfisch's (Firewater) new band featuring Abby Travis (Elastica, Beck), Kid Congo Powers (Cramps, Nick Cave), Ivan Knight (Stan Ridgeway Band), and Frank Infante (Blondie). "You're sick of listening to everything you own. Nothing is good enough...then there's stuff like Paul Wallfisch's I Am Yours. His multi layered album has the smell of a smokey bar in 1920's Berlin and is sometimes reminiscent of driving on an L.A. highway at 5 AM"--huh magazine- Abby Travis opens with solo piano, and PS I Love You kicks it off.

Thu 9/23 - Indigenous Funk, The Shades - I'm happy to announce the arrival of a new band, 'Indigenous Funk' not as cute as WhichAmUs, but the same core unit, and much, much, much tighter as a live act. 'I killed off half the band because they were noncommittal and cramping my style. So WhichAmUs is no more.'

Fri 9/24 - Cinecyde, Larval, 4FR - Larval's big sonic experiments, and a festival of Chris Girard - experimental electronic from 4FR and heavy hitting power pop/punk from Cinecyde - making records since 1978!!

Sat 9/25 - Trash Brats, Jeff Dahl, Lovemasters - Trash Brats record release... "Must Be The Cocaine," on I94 Records, with punk legend Jeff Dahl (Angry Samoans, Powertrip, Vox Pop) and Detroit garage punk legend Bootsey X opening.

Thu 9/30 - The Numbers w/ The Neptunes - Melodic distortion driven hooks - power pop punk in the vein of early Who or Kinks, but somehow making it fresh and original. Usually one of our biggest shows.
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Fri 10/01 - FEZ, Cleveland Spiders - From rural carnival with pump organ and Theramin, to blazing energetic fury, FEZ goes all the way. Cleveland Spiders open with their take on the new garage sound.

Sat 10/02 - White Stripes, Bell - White Stripes just keep getting better. Minimalist stripped down duo rock from Jack & Meg, also on tour with Pavement?!! Bell from Seattle and distributed by K & Get Hip opens. Front-woman Vanessa Veselka's sex in the sand vocals mix perfectly with bassist Susan Larsen's descant to create an effect that is alternately poetic and brutal. Punk, blues, and pop with a hint of 60's garage - loud guitars, neurotic lyrics - what more do you want?

Thu 10/07 - Polyplush Cats, Babykillers, Way Too Gigolo - Glam/garage from DC, making their second appearance here, with punk and punk-a-billy rock from Ann Arbor and Windsor.

Fri 10/08 - Ex Husbands w/ Gravel Train - A great big slice of Americana, where country, rock, and roots meet. Pickup trucks (and pickup lines?) suggested.

** Sat 10/09 - Larry's Birthday... ROCKET 455, The Go, Bantam Rooster - A benefit... Also lots of all star jams. Starts early!!

Thu 10/14 - TV Killers (from France on Estrus), Clone Defects, Teenage Knockouts - Crazy and aggressive rock & punk from France, Detroit, and Cleveland.

Fri 10/15 - Dean Fertita, The Come Ons - Stellar songwriting and harmonies, w/ soul & R&B smoothness from a band you already know....

** Sat 10/16 - 500 Ft. of Pipe, Stunning Amazon, Scenes from the Next - Big heavy rock, new songs from Stunning Amazon. (see Audra in the final Orbit) Scenes from the Next opens with that Chicago rock sound... but wait! They're from Ohio!

** Sun 10/17 - B-Movie Rats, Bantam Rooster - Crazy punk stuff? Band and duo...

Thu 10/21 - Jackie & the Cedrics, The Volcanos, Freddy Fortune - Japanese surf, Detroit surf, and inspired garage.

** Fri 10/22 - Brother JT3 /Oneida, w/ Asketcase - John Terlesky from the Original Sins, a garage rock band from Pennsylvania. Brother JT 3 is a psychedelic, fuzzy, distortion, jam-filled frenzy. Asketcase? Doesn't that sound a little like Basketcase, Geoff Walker's new project? Hmmm... yeah.

Sat 10/23 - Neckbones, Gore Gore Girls, Soledad Brothers - Raw-ass rock and roll drenched in alcohol, and laced with adrenaline. Gore Gore Girls provide some fine punk & roll, and Soledad Brothers soulful & dirty stripped down rock 'n' roll duo opens.

** Mon 10/25 - Bonneville-Tren w/ Denise James, Aggie Usedley's Air Driven Wheel - Bonneville Tren is Mick Turner & Jim White of Dirty Three fame. They're touring with a violinist whose name I didn't get. Opening is Denise James and Aggie Usedly's.... a new sonic experiment.

Thu 10/28 - Tars Tarkas, Year of the Robot, 4FR - The Halloween weekend commences as former Larval drones TARS TARKAS welcomes you to their deep, dark ambient nightmare. Also for your pleasure: the two-headed mandroid known as YEAR OF THE ROBOT will fill the night with the screams of tortured Casio chips, and don't miss the Forbidden Planet soundscapes of the ultra-mysterious 4FR!

** Fri 10/29 - Climax Divine, Swearing at Motorists, Altered Statesman, ??? - Proficient experimental pop w/ innovative openers from Dayton duo - guitar, drums, loops - lap steel, bari guitar

Sat 10/30 - Slumber Party, California Lightening, New School Champions of the Trailer Park - Mellow melodic pop, experimental pop duo, and an EP release from New School Champions - a three piece indie/experimental pop type of band. electroniccow.com

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Mon 11/01 - Dramaton Theater, Krakatoa, 4th Dimension - A puppet theater with a performance called 'The Music of Erich Zann,' includes both shadows and rod puppets of original design. Visually this show may be enjoyed by kids, but it is conceptually geared towards adults. A band that performs simultaneously sensitive and exciting musical acrobatics in jazz/classical/funk/everything, and a pair of identical twins on bass, analog synthesizer, and vocals. Fun, funny. and danceable!

Tues 11/02 - Corey's 'Private' Party of some sort

Wed 11/03 - Candy Snatchers, Trash Brats - Raw, brutal and dangerous. The Candy Snatchers are back! The legendary Trash Brats open. Plan on calling in sick to work tomorrow.

Thu 11/04 - Scavenger Quartet, Drums & Tuba - Yard sale treasures and automatons fuel Detroit's newest new music ensemble. Opening is Chicago's Drums and Tuba... but wait... they have a guitarist too? Not quite the traditional rock trio.

Fri 11/05 - Giturfix w/ James Page - East Side hard rock chaos. A little bit of funk slap rap thrown in too. And then there's James... and his band - I never got their name..

Sat 11/06 - FEZ, Cinecyde, 3 Minute Noodle, Night Moves - FEZ CD Release!! You could say Fez is a very sexy show. Bring your thinking caps. Their new cd can be played at three speeds and is a cross between Prince's Lovesexy and Bob Dylans Highway 61 Revisited. Rejuvinated Cinecyde brings punk/pop-a-roll, 3 Minute Foxgloves, and Chris Handyside's new band Night Moves open. Arrive early, arrive often.

Wed 11/10 - Queen Bee, The Little Deaths - Queen Bee returns with almost entirely new members to take the strangely soulful techincal punk up another notch. San Francisco's finest, The Little Deaths, play calculated sloppy and aggressive indie rock. Reminiscent of new wave, almost punk.

Thu 11/11 - The Vizitors w/ Laughing Gas - A night of innovation and improvisation, avant jazz and jam. You've never heard anything like it... unless perhaps you caught them both at the New Music Society's annual festival almost a year ago.

Fri 11/12 - Outrageous, Cherry, (tba)

Sat 11/13 - Les Savy Fav, Giant Brain, Paper Tiger - 'Les Savy Fav are rumored to be thee late nineties rock and roll saviors. Cool people and rock stars alike LOVE them They are a sassy-as-fuck reminder of times when people were funnier and rock was better.' -Hit it or Quit It Records out on SubPop, FrenchKiss & Desoto. Giant Brain checks in with improvisational punk rock? and Paper Tiger opens with dreamy pop and in your face multimedia.

Thu 11/18 - Jendza, Amino Acids, Mynock - Glam-o-rama - It's Buck Cherry, Meets Manson , meets Vincent Price. Amino Acids - Instrumental garage punk - devo/mummies is space suits. Sacremento punk rock Mynock opens.

Fri 11/19 - Gravitar, Basketcase, Persona, Gaffle - Gravitar release party for 'You Must First Learn to Draw the Real', their new CD on Austin's Monotremata Records. This'll be Gravitar's first and last show of 1999, and features all of the bands that Gravitar has spawned in the last year and a half. If Gravitar's the skronk, then Gaffle's the skree, Basketcase is the thump and Persona's the beep-beep-beep. You're foolish if you leave your earplugs at home.

Sat 11/20 - Clone Defects, Starlite Desperation, Babykillers - Detroit all stars of punk/garage mayhem. All together. Just one night. You want the best, you got the best!!!

Tues 11/23 - Film Night - 8mm Fest, with films by Fern Peterhalo & Jeremy Kemp. Showings begin at 9:30.

Wed 11/24 - Bantam Rooster, The Witches - Welcome to your White Trash Thanksgiving! 'An accelerated mix of country, blues and punk rock, Potter's fiercely urgent vocals collide with the instruments like a barroom brawl. These two guys make more noise than most five-piece bands.' - Wendy Case The new Witches bring energetic garage/rock/blues/songwriting. How much reverb? How many members?

Fri 11/26 - White Stripes & The Go - SubPop's new Detroit darlings are back from tour and ready to rock. Sympathy's White Stripes duo burns it up!

Sat 11/27 - Ultra Bidé, Poopy Time, 4% - Coming at you like a money shot in a porn flick, Gold Dollar is proud to present Ultra Bidé. What do you get when you cross the inner electronics of your uncle's broken '76 stereo receiver, the depravity of NYC's Lower East Side, and three of the friendliest Japanese boys you'd ever hope to meet? Poopy Time makes a very rare Detroit appearance - You remember what happened last Thanksgiving. . . bring your goddamn helmet and diaper to the show. This year the long-awaited Poopy Time recordings will be available for public consumption! 4% opens with blasphemous noise-nerd rock from the bowels of ypsilanti. 2/3 chapstik, 1/3 former god bully. Some people say they sound kinda like the melvins... Some people should just....

December 1999
Thu 12/02 - Bucky Dent, Wanderjar, BI-GON - From Chicago, Bucky Dent brings a sincere although light hearted, celebratory style of rock and roll music. Piano/ organ, bass, drums and guitar, with occasional experiments with everything from double drums to theramin. Straightforward songs that merge into explorations of different sounds would be the best way to describe Wanderjar's sound. The swirling, colorful, ever present feedback blends nicely with anchoring bass and raspy emotion filled vocals. Opening with loud manic noise from the capitol city.

Fri 12/03 - Four Eyes, The Lanternjack - Keep your glasses on for this crunchy optical journey. Songs about glasses and the people who love them. The Lanternjack returns with aggressive indie rock noise.

Sat 12/04 - His Name is Alive, Princess DragonMom - 'Fear of Evil' release show. History is made before your eyes in their first show together ever.

Thu 12/09 - N2 Submission, Radium, ??? - Vampire fronted s&m goth/rock like stuff, and hook-laden female fronted heavy rock.

Fri 12/10 - Dead Voices on Air, Not Breathing, The Hearing Trumpet - A night of experimental sounds for the truly adventurous. Dead Voices on Air - Invisible recording artist from England by way of Vancouver. Featuring members of Download, Propeller, ex-Zoviet France. Not Breathing - from Tucson, Arizona, and Detroit's own The Hearing Trumpet round out the bill.

Sat 12/11 - Twitch, Let's Crash - Them wierdos from Twitch are back. Avant-pop? King Crimson meets Pee Wee Herman? Let's Crash, from Dayton, OH - Energetic power pop, really catchy. 'Equal parts ferocity and melody.'

Thu 12/16 - Wolf Eyes, Beowolf Scantron Test, BP LeGault - We've said it before, and we'll say it again... 'Wolf Eyes- like a heavymetal suicide on ludes?? What's that??' Beowolf Scantron Test provides the interplay of three guitars and minimalist drums. Strange neurotic pop & multimedia art performance opens.

Fri 12/17 - Neptunes, Wax Wings, Fletcher Pratt - Kind of like a little power-pop & rock festival. A very full evening of harmonies, and stellar songwriting. All serious headliners in their own right. Oh yeah - in case you've never heard of Wax Wings - think the artist formerly known as Dean Fertita.

Sat 12/18 - Blue Dog w/ Jamie Townsend & Rico Africa - The stunning musicianship of Blue Dog, with Jamie Townsend (technology, machines & samplers techno like stuff) & Rico Africa (spoken word) joining in.

Tues 12/21 - The Bobby Conn Show (link2), w/ Mike Hard & DJs - The Anti-Christ meets disco? Or is it Anti-Christ vs. Anti-Christ??

Thu 12/23 - The Breakdowns w/ Deadly Snakes - Detroit Rock & Roll Christmas, with the debut of The Breakdowns, with ex Detroit Cobras Steve Shaw and Jeff Meier, and other well known locals. Their first public performance and they already have a single coming out in February on Kill Rock Stars. Toronto's Deadly Snakes open. They have a new record out on Sympathy produced by Greg Oblivion.

Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the entire New Years weekend! Open again on Thursday January 6, even if the world as we know it has ended.
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Thu 1/06 - Closed for inventory...

Fri 1/07 - KUZ w/ Voglio Copirlo - Sometimes noisy, sometimes disco - proficient and experimental. Voglio Copirlo delivers a message with a punk edge.

Sat 1/08 - Mechanik, Wolf Eyes, 'ether, god & devil,' Night Doctors, Whirlwind Heat, DJ Fukno - Mechanik crashed here on our planet some years ago, and is hoping to raise money to repair his ship by bringing his not un-quintonesque one man show to various earth-bound venues. The Night Doctors will be debuting selections from their new Rock Opera - they, a band called 'the Soulful Eye'meet a super-manager who catapults them to stardom, only it turns out that he is an evil space alien who want's to kill them. Whirlwind Heat, the final of the Grand Rapids Three, brings their post Devo-cum-Brainiac spazz punk synth garbage to town. From the unmourned ashes of Visitor come 'ether, god & devil.' - a decidedly more ambient turn in skronk, and will be bringing a soundstory in bells and loops. Wolf Eyes are of course detroit's own not un-suicideesque neuwave duo. Between sets, DJ Fukno will be blending beats and splats with Mancinci and Cugat. Or something.

Thu 1/13 - Caustic Pop, Bidi Bidi Bidi, New School Champions of the Trailer Park - New rock & indie experimental rock - crunchy & melodic at the same time.

Fri 1/14 - Hanson Records Showdown! w/ Scummerai meet the Beast People, Rubber O Cement from San Francisco, Nautical Almanac from Chicago, and Detroit's Universal Indians. Starts at 10:00pm sharp you f......!

Sat 1/15 - Gangster Fun - Legendary Detroit ska'sters return!

Thu 1/20 - Cobra Youth, Sinsations - Punk rock, noise, aggression - and other such silliness. Earplugs and safety glasses recommended.

Fri 1/21 - The Kicks, Cloud Car, The Sights - 80's-esque brit pop w/attutude, Detroit rockers Cloud Car, and a soon to be announced 'Mystery Band' Can't drop any hints as yet... Ok... it's the Sights!

Sat 1/22 - THE BREAKDOWNS, Freddie Fortune & the Four-Gone Conclusions, Babaykillers - A very full evening of exceptional punk & garage mayhem. Ex Detroit Cobras new all star band.

Thu 1/27 - Flicker -Super 8 Film Fest - Ok, so here's the idea. A monthly showcase of local films, with a $50 audience choice award. Please contact us for details about submitting your film(s)!! CLICK THE LINK FOR MORE INFO

Fri 1/28 - The Numbers w/ Kevin K Band - CD Release Show!! Detroit power pop masters give it to you live, and let you take it home!

Sat 1/29 - Closed - Private Party.

February, 2000

Thu 2/03 - Blue Dog, Phil Harmonic - Hey - Check out the new CD 'Lurch' on Cobalt 61. The innovative and proficient Blue Dog, preceded by Phil Harmonic, 'world-age-techno-trip-hop-jazz.'

Fri 2/04 - Wax Wings, They Come in Threes - An evening of quirky power pop and strong harmonies. They Come in Threes returns!!!

Sat 2/05 - Half Japanese, The Witches, Adult Rodeo - Since formed by the Fair brothers, Jad and David, and releasing 1977's Calling All Girls, Half Japanese has fired a trail that has influenced the likes of R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., and others. With a sound that switches from hushed ballads to from-the-gut-into-you punk, lyrics concerning girls, monsters and just being alone, Half Japanese has released recordings with such titles as Music to Strip By, U.S. Teens are Spoiled Bums and Sing No Evil.

Thu 2/10 - 4FR, Elemental Groove, Saucer - Electronica! The ultra-mysterious 4FR , with Elemental Groove - a one man machine that generates dance beats for anti-grav boots, and the debut of Saucer - electronic improvisation.

Fri 2/11 - The Nerves, Night Moves, The Dishes - 'The music is pure Rock and Roll. They play short, frenetic sets that leave the band and audience gasping for air. Datum's guitar style conjures up images of early Wipers...no hair dye needed -- the Nerves music demands attention and reminds us what rock and roll is all about, reckless abandon.' From the ashes of the late and lamented 'Fighting Pinheads' comes 'Night Moves!' More rockin', more versitile, more practiced, and more reckless abandon. Brutal, deranged, and subliminally lovely, three-woman, one-man Chicago outfit the Dishes dish out heavy rock that is both a punishment and a delight.

Sat 2/12 - Clone Defects, Hell's Belles, Paik - Punk rock mayhem, and the debut of the most talked about new girl band in Detroit!

Thu 2/17 - The GO, The Forty Fives, Spot - Detroit high energy garage rock on SubPop, The Forty Fives' furious sound comes at you with a pounding beat, reverberating guitars and memorable vocal stylings reminiscent of the British invasion of the '60's. Multi-insrtumentalist Spot opens with Celtic infused compositions. More instruments than the Immigrant Suns? Yes, this is the same Spot who produced Minutemen, Black Flag, Meat Puppets, Husker Du, Dicks, Misfits, and more for SST in the 70's and 80's....

Fri 2/18 - Geraldine w/ Curse of the J - A Willy Wilson Production. No further information yet.

Sat 2/19 - Basketcase, Joel Peterson, LSDudes, Phantom Wedding Band - Avant-community Febrarian Birthday Party with Amway pretentions! BasketCase both Lisa and Geoff are Feb born. Joel Peterson is getting together with a couple of free-jazz detroiters to do a trio thing. He was born on the 6th! More details to follow...

SUN 2/20 - The Wet Look w/ Wolf Eyes & ??? New York all girl Garage punk band! With local noise-crooners opening.

Thu 2/24 - Flicker -Super 8 Film Fest - Ok, so here's the idea. A monthly showcase of local films, with a $50 audience choice award. Please contact us for details about submitting your film(s)!!

Fri 2/25 - Killbillys, Dangerville - Demented Detroit Psych-O-Billy Paired Up With God-Fearin' Grand Rapid's Power-Billy! Sure To Be An Explosive Nite Of Rockin' Action In The Crazy Cool Cass Corridor! (Del 'Aztec Werewolf' Villarreal)

Sat 2/26 - MHz, The Boldness - From the bands themselves... "MHz is one of the few rock-n-roll bands to hail from Ann Arbor in many years. With their ridiculously high-energy, noisy, yet danceable rock, MHz attempt to define 2000 in all of its glory. It's the end of retro! From Port Huron comes The Boldness who are considered the most original band since The Wildbunch. With keyboard, guitar, and drums, The Boldness cross the likes of Tom Waits and The Monks with a fierce jazzy guitar sound reminiscent of Richard Hell and the Voidoids. It's time to see something new!"

March, 2000

Thu 3/02 - Nastys, Ridgemonte, Aspera - Deliciously loud and fast chaotic garage punk mayhem, heavy pop punk - think Supersuckers meet AC/DC, with melodic modern rock opener.

Fri 3/03 - 500 FT. OF PIPE, Broadzilla, Motor City Burgers - Heavy high energy rock! The psychedelic edged 500 ft, fire breathing chick rock/punk/metal from Broadzilla, and the heavy garage/punk/entertainment/rap/humor of Motor City Burgers.

Sat 3/04 - Kepler, Galicja, Paik - From Ottawa, Kepler brings mellow downer rock & pop, in the same vein as Detroit's Galicja, who do it with guitars, cello, drums, and vocals. Paik opens with instrumental sound, light, and a fury of fog.

WED 3/08 - Two Dollar Guitar, Brokeback, Slumber Party - Features Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Tim Foljahn '...from the low-fi psychedelic folk-gone-country stylings... Two Dollar Guitar successfully connects the Champs Elysees with Hollywood & Vine, and drops it in the middle of Manhattan.' Brokeback is Doug McCombs from Tortoise and Eleventh Day Dream - sparse elplorations on rhythm and texture. VU inspired melodic mellow pop & harmonies of Slumber Party open the evening.

Thu 3/09 - Sue Garner and Rick Brown, with Town and Country and Warn Defever - Sue and Rick play complex, challenging and tuneful avant rock. You've heard 'em playing in Run On, Fish and Roses, Les Batteries. Check out STILL, their collaboration on Thrill Jockey. Town and Country open with their front porch minimalism from Chicago (it's their Detroit debut). Members of this band have played with Jim O'Rourke, Sam Prekop, Tortoise, and a bunch of other avant types. Also appearing is Warn Defever, with his intriguing blend of sounds both old-timey and postmodern. Show at 10 sharp!

Fri 3/10 - Pappa Wheelie, Migraines, Climax Divine, Twitch - This is one strange lineup... Classic feel power rock from Papa Wheelie, melodic alt punk from Ft. Wayne's Migraines (ed note: uhhh.. that's Ft. Wayne, IN - They're not squatters at Historic Ft. Wayne downriver. Former member of 249 on bass!) The ever so smooth and innovative virtuoso mastery of Climax Divine, and Twitch. Wierdos musically, and.... well kind of like a goofy King Crimson.

Sat 3/11 - The Lanternjack, Mazinga, 4% - A full evening of that aggressive indie rock / noisy stuff!

Thu 3/16 - Extreme Music from Women Tour - Five diferent groups of women, with William Bennett playing DJ. Mr Bennett - from Whitehouse - famous noise group - has released the cd...

Fri 3/17 - Persona, Control Panel and Ben Bracken - CD Release! - And hey, what's a record release without a record relase party, right? For those of you vacationing in the Detroit area this spring (and why the hell not?), come on down to the Gold Dollar. For $8 measly dollars, those attending get: - a copy of Persona's 'Uptight' CD - live performances: the experimental soundings of Ben Bracken, the robot love of Control Panel, the turntable wizardry of the 12 Tech Mob, the bent beats of Persona - video installation: the pulsing pixellations of Lisa Colwell

Sat 3/18 - The Hamicks, The Krinkles, The Spidoras - From Austin/Chicago? Kind of like a new wave MC5 or something? Interesting. Krinkles - from Detroit/Chicago? - well crafted power pop. From Detroit/Burbs? Spidoras bring 'High energy Detroit, white boy,cracker R&R.' And for those interested.... 'Its a giant spider w/ the head of a woman.'

Thu 3/23 - Men of Porn, Tasty Busch - (MEN OF PORN CANCELLED as of today! 3/23/00 Supposedly the bass player quit??) Action & afterglow! Men of Porn (on Man's Ruin) brings the heavy afterglow, while Tasty Busch provides "mime action from Greenland." Yeah right! Noisy powerful and strange things are in store.

Fri 3/24 - LSDudes, Looker, Dead Bunny, (tba), DJ?? - CANCELLED. Show up and play yourself!?!!

Sat 3/25 - The Paybacks, Exploder, Les Triggers - Metallic, prison yard bubble punk? Includes Johnny and Mike from The Hentchmen, Marco Delicato from Rocket 455 and Wendy 'weren't you in Ten High?' Case. Exploder - ex Exploder 01 is crazy energetic garage/punk stuff from Toronto. Former members of Leather Uppers / Stinkies, Starkweather Fix, Smallmouth, and the Cleavers. Les Triggers open with weirdo new wave noise-pop from Ann Arbor.

Thu 3/30 - Flicker -Super 8 Film Fest - Ok, so here's the idea. A monthly showcase of local films - Super 8 and Video! Please contact us for details about submitting your film(s)!!

Fri 3/31 - The Pavers, The Bomb Pops, Wretch Like Me - The Pavers features Scott Reynolds formerly of ALL and Goodbye Harry. 'We are THE PAVERS, and we play rock music for all the right reasons. We play because at some point in each of our lives rock music kicked our ass like nothing else can. We play to watch the girls dance. We play to make big noise. We play for catharsis. We play for fun. We play to kick your ass! We are THE PAVERS. If you're not behind us you're in the way!' Wretch Like Me: 'The music itself is all at once loud and fast, heavy and hard, wide and thick; it tears into you, like wind on an open sea, abrasive and slamming, then effortlessly downshifts, corkscrewing, insidiously infiltrating melodies into your brain that remain long after you stop listening to the band.' The Bomb Pops are the perfect fusion of 77 punk and glam.



April, 2000

Sat 4/01 - The Ex-Husbands, The Hellbenders, Dangerville - Twangy stuff you'll actually like. It will amaze you. Renegade country from New York's Ex- Husbands. Noticed that they were on the schedule for three shows at sxsw in Austin. How did they do that? The Hellbenders deliver the dusty twang of the Old West with their collection of moody western soundtrack themes and ruthless gunfighter ballads, and Dangerville returns with energetic power-billy.

SUN 4/02 - Les Savy Fav, Poopy Time, Love As Laughter (on Sub Pop), Lifter Puller - Finely crafted melodic and energetic songs and a live performace that will blow your mind. Just ask anyone who was here last time... The hauntingly melodic and conceptually challenged Poopy Time makes a rare appearance, with Love as Laughter (SubPop) and Lifter Puller (French Kiss) starting out a very full night.

Thu 4/06 - Bantam Rooster (Crypt), Black Halos (SubPop), Gimmicks (Estrus) - High energy, stripped down blues, rockabilly, garage, and punk. The Black Halos are a dirty-rock band (NY Dolls style) out of Vancouver on Sub Pop. Gimmicks open with throb, lurch, grind, strut, swagger, and vicious swamp heat beat?!?

Fri 4/07 - Detroit Cobras, Soledad Brothers - Yes, you read that right.

Sat 4/8 - Starlight Drifters, Elvis Hitler - The Starlight Drifters Play western style swing, hillbilly boogie , and classic honky-tonk tunes of heartbreak and alcoholism. Pure beer swillin, sawdust "n" sweat dance floor rhythm and uptown rockabilly. Elvis Hitler opens with psychobilly-punk rock.

Thu 4/13 - Detroit Rock Movie - Reinventing Sound, w/ Night Moves - Remember Detroit music in 1999? Everything seemed as though it was about to blow up... Witness one man's attempt to capture what it was like to be adrift in the whirlwind that was last year... The Wildbunch, FEZ, The White Stripes, The Foxgloves, Volebeats, Universal Indians, Rocket 455, and the Immigrant Suns. Maybe you too? Half behind the scenes rockumentary, half grandma's home video. The night will end with the smooth melodic and subtle stylings of Night Moves. Film starts at 10:00pm, so get here early. This is a presentation of Driveway Productions.

Fri 4/14 - SCREEN TEST, an evening of original productions by Detroit filmmakers - features a wide variety of works, from a feature-length tribute to German crime films to puppet shorts with live accompaniment to educational films and found footage. The following films will be presented: Lady Mabuse (Written, prod., dir. by Bert Calderwood, 80 min., color, hi-8 mm video, A Breakage Production), Snapshot Olympia (Dir. by Russ Forster, 14 min., color, video, co-produced by Russ Forster and the Olympia Film Ranch), La Vie En Rose (Written and dir. by Russ Forster, 4 min., color, VHS, produced by Russ Forster/ Jerk Productions), Scenes from the Puppet Underground (A Series of Shorts)(Dave Toorongian, dir., Maurice Greenia, Jr., puppets, 22 min. Super 8), Pecking Disorder (Written and dir. by Sara Kaye Larson, 3 min., 16 mm.), Racquet Chick: Issue #1 of the New Red Sonya Newsreels (Written and dir. by Sara Kaye Larson, 3 min., Super 8), Blackout (Found footage by Giles R. and T.M. Caldwell, sound by Frank 107, 6 min., Super 8), A Look at the Record (Prod. by U.S. Govt., 13 min.) Also: an original video production from Julie Meitz and two short Super 8 pieces from Paul Meyers. - Doors open at 9 p.m. and films begin at 10 p.m. Cover is $5.

Sat 4/15 - Easy Action, Magas, Peaches - Raw, sleazy, angry, impassioned scorching Detroit rock, with Lake of Dracula vetran Magas providing energetic electronic music. Ontario's Peaches opens with more new electronic stuff.

Tue 4/18 - Seely, National Skyline, Spindle - Former Too Pure recording artists and local faves Seely - breezy punctuated mood pop from Atlanta w/ ex-HUM and Castor members, National Skyline, and local twisted popsters Spindle.

Thu 4/20 - Blue Dog "The Blood of a Poet" w/ Laughing Gas - The incomparable Blue Dog playing to Cocteau's first film!! Buy the Blue Dog CD! "With its spontaneous and impulsive approach to improvisation Laughing Gas blends styles of music that incorporate jazz, funk and samba rhythms with contrasts of noise, free jazz and a lot of punk attitude."

Fri 4/21 - Fletcher Pratt, B-Movie Love Affair - An evening of jangly power pop and energetic indie pop.

Sat 4/22 - Ghettobillies CD Release w/ ground.efx - Called "Butterface" on Planet Ant Records, it features the hit singles "Line Dance Champion" and "Basketball Jones" (an embellishment of the Cheech and Chong classic)... Experience the blue-grass disco / Motown - Mo'grass sound! Starting the night, ground.efx is a post-butterfly project (3/4 of butterfly, plus some others)... dub soul & afrobeat...

Wed 4/26 - Daylight Lovers, Buzzards, Jack Oblivion - Think Frank Sinatra singing for the germs? Make them from Montreal and you have the whole picture? Buzzards make their Gold Dollar debut, and feature Mary from Detroit Cobras, and Joe from The Dirtys. Jack Oblivon completes the bill -hey- You know who that is! Not sure yet what the order of the bands is, so arrive early.

Thu 4/27 - Flicker -Super 8 Film Fest w/ Salteens- Ok, so here's the idea. A monthly showcase of local films - Super 8 and Video! Please contact us for details about submitting your film(s)!! This month we'll also have a band after the films - Salteens are punky, heartbroken, three chord indie rock by way of vancouver.

Fri 4/28 - The Nastys, CheezTones, Ark Royale - Deliciously loud and fast chaotic garage punk mayhem from the Nastys. Cheezies are a psychotic coagulation of garage, punk and rockabilly, and Ark Royale opens with, some kind of prog-rock: Is that so bad? Its also reminiscent of a 70's italian soft core porn movie.

Sat 4/29 - Atomic Numbers w/ Box-O-Car, Moods for Moderns - A royal blast of glistening guitar-broiled power pop. Chicago's Box-O-Car provides a fine example of glam/power-pop sensibilities. "Bittersweet, catchy-as-all-hell and fully aware of the power of the hook and the chiming chorus, Moods For Moderns make you feel less guilty about singing along." -Chris Handyside

May 2000

Mon 5/01 - 5ive Style, Spoon-Fed, DJ McQueen - Chicago's 5ive Style is a four piece instrumental band that blends jazz, funk and modern rock into a sound that's hard to describe - imagine funk written by Helios Creed, mixed by Sonic Youth and played by Don Caballero and Esquivel -and even harder to ignore. Band includes the Lonesome Organist and members from Tortoise. Spoon-Fed from Grand Rapids opens, and the boys from Neptune records DJ between sets.

Thu 5/04 - Amino Acids, Spidoras - Instrumental garage punk - devo/mummies in space suits. See the Superfly and superbad Spidoras here at the funky temple of sexy mojo. They're punk with a slam dunk, will put hep in your step and a squawk in your walk.

Fri 5/05 - Deathgirl.com, Virgin Killer, Greebo 2000, Radium - More than just a web address, Deathgirl.com (ex Caelum Bliss) brings us catchy tales of heartbreak and revenge. Virgin Killer is three former N-2 submission members reunited with the Impaler in a goth style similar to that of the old N-2 submission days with Mistress Tracey. The band has two mottoes. 1. One night with us and you'll never completely be the same. 2. You will dance or you will die. RADIUM has been called Space rock by some Goth by others. But they have a blend of Blondie like vocals, original guitar work and a dancable rock rhythm section.

Sat 5/06 - Trash Brats, The Paybacks - Detroit legends of Punkity Rockity Glamity Crazity (ed note: Are those real words?) Paybacks open with metallic, prison yard bubble punk. Includes Johnny and Mike from The Hentchmen, Marco Delicato from Rocket 455 and Wendy Case from Ten High.

Thu 5/11 - (tba) -

Fri 5/12 - Versus, The Pacific Ocean, Mood Elevators - With records on Caroline and Merge, Versus has been cranking out catchy, engaging, melodic indie-rock anthems since 199. The Pacific Ocean - Edward Baluyut of Versus and Connie Lovatt of Containe bring 'delovely boy-girl indie pop.' Local faves The Mood Elevators open with their own brand of jangly power pop and harmonies.

Sat 5/13 - BLANCHE, Detroit Rock Movie, Hearing Trumpet - The country rock and gospel stylings of Blanche, with a movie and the experimental sounds of The Hearing Trumpet? Yes. Film starts at 10:00pm, so get here early. Remember Detroit music in 1999? Everything seemed as though it was about to blow up... Witness one man's attempt to capture what it was like to be adrift in the whirlwind that was last year... The Wildbunch, FEZ, The White Stripes, The Foxgloves, Volebeats, Universal Indians, Rocket 455, and the Immigrant Suns. Maybe you too? Half behind the scenes rockumentary, half grandma's home video.

Tue 5/16 - The Cherry Valence, Clone Defects, The Chargers - Two guitars, bass, double drums sometimes, single drums with organ and sometime single drum with lead vocalist out front... we do sorta everything that's rock n' roll- cross Deep Purple, Chocolate Watchband, Stooges (of course), with a little soul/ funk.. Detroit punk/garage rockers Clone Defects and Cleveland's Chargers open.

Wed 5/17 - The Aislers Set, Slumber Party - Echo and throb, the heart pounds on. They're an indiepop-brand supergroup led by Amy Linton (Henry's Dress) The new band further embraces pop and all it's prefixes (power, garage, strum, mod, punk, folk, dream). Singing in a voice that's pleasantly unadorned, Linton details love lost, lorn, or ludicrous with lyrics clever enough to make you think twice while you're tapping your toes. VU inspired melodic mellow pop & harmonies of Slumber Party open the evening.

Thu 5/18 - Gaza Strippers, The Paybacks - Rick Sims brings mason jars of primordial skunk from former bands Didjits and Supersuckers, smashing them at the feet of his new band mates Darren Hooper, Mike Hodgkiss and Cory Statler. The resulting fumes twist a tug of war between Jesus and the Devil (both naked, one on amyl nitrate) around your throat so purposefully that you won't be out cold until you beg the last note to let you loose. Sorry to spoil your little party, but the Devil wins and you will beg. Paybacks open with metallic, prison yard bubble punk. Includes Johnny and Mike from The Hentchmen, Marco Delicato from Rocket 455 and Wendy Case from Ten High. (Ed note: Sorry I used the same description twice.)

Fri 5/19 - Buzzards, Them Wranch, Taboo - New punk garage stuff from Joe (Dirtys) and Mary (Detroit Cobras) Last seen in Detroit opening for the Country Teasers, Ohio's Them Wranch brings primitive moody garage rock, chunks of broke-down blues and lo-fi country. Taboo... 'Experimental synth with a female dancer who is a gay man trapped in a woman's body.' All star cast members too!

Sat 5/20 - Galicja, Paik - Galicja farewell show.... downer rock & pop with guitars, cello, drums, and vocals. Paik opens with psychedelic instrumental sound, light, and a fury of fog.

Tue 5/23 - Ex-Girl, Night Moves, The Chartbreakers - Japanese girl band - loud garagey poppy weird music. Japanese girl band wannabe's Night Moves open in this their almost final show. Chartbreakers open. Check out this truly "original?" musical outfit from Detroit as they kick out all of the "hits" as requested by the masses of adoring fans. Other suprise big name "stars" often join the group on stage. This unique style of rock & roll is bound to make you tingle with lust, desire and bewilderment? Read a review of Ex-Girl from SXSW!

Thu 5/25 - The Golden Showers, The Buzzards, The Spidoras, Belle Isles? (tentative) - Golden Showers, from Germany and New Orleans promise an evening of some of the craziest rock & roll you've ever experienced. Alternative Press says "...Full of fat rockabilly beats, heavily reverbed guitar, distorted vocals, Golden Showers are an engaging blend of New York garag-y blues punk...and the avant cruelty and carelessness of the East German industrial school.." Spidoras are all the is wrong with garage rock, and all that is right at the same time!

Fri 5/26 - Witches, AtomBombPocketKnife - Turning from chaos into science, the Witches provide an evening of energetic reverb drenched melodies. Mixing up their influences of zeppelin/trex/sonicyouth/bowie and the like, Atombombpocketknife rock the fence between gloom and glam. It's loud, distorted and spacey and it'll add a fifth wall to your bedroom. Check out the new record on Southern, produced by Steve Albini.

Sat 5/27 - KUZ, Souldozer, All Up On Ya (booty crew) - 'Kuz is the king of dogfood, wild as fuck and gay as christmas?' Hmm... Always different and always innovative too. Noise, avant, groove, jam, disco, huh? Usually it's at this time that steamed vegetables are mentioned. In what context should Souldozer be described? Hmmm.. Not sure. This is for sure though - All Up On Ya brings neo-dadaist booty!

June 2000
Thu 6/01 - Mt. Tai, Delinquents, Hyde - CD Release! Old school west coast punk rock in the vein of Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, etc. The debut cd after being together for approx. 5 years with numerous lineup changes including about 5 bass players and 2 lead singers. Political in their lyrics, but too drunk and irreverent to be 'P.C.' If you like Mt. Tai you should buy it. If you don't like Mt. Tai you should buy it anyway 'cause they need the money.

Fri 6/02 - Starlight Desperation, The Ruby Dare - Edgy garage crunch with space rock overtones from Starlight Desperation. Were you here for this same lineup before they moved here? Don't miss it again.

Sat 6/03 - Lord Mudd, Gaffle, Basketcase - Grand Funk Railroad grew up! Heavy, muddy guitar takes Sabbath into the future! Gaffle provides corrosive slap happy drums, bong-rattling bass, and dust-devilish guitar - making for some good rock. Basketcase - Who opened brain? Scrape goggle. Owooo trenchmouth. Happy happy only time (sic). Mine is the keeper of the scary witch. Oh yeah - Charlie Hill birthday celebration!

Thu 6/08 - Strapped to a Rocket, The Jealous Type - If you're ready for a breath of fresh air from emo rock... (and member(s)? of Landstrider) The Jealous Type is strong rock from Ypsi... Hey - they're on an upcoming Supersuckers tribute!?!

Fri 6/09 - The Dead Heroes, Broadzilla, The Menstrual Tramps - The Dead Heroes do it only one way, Fast and Loud!!! Broadzilla - fire breathin' chick rock from the motor city. Opening this 'earplugs suggested' evening, a girl band hailing from Minneapolis, The Menstrual Tramps - perhaps even heavier rock than Broadzilla?

Sat 6/10 - GOLD DOLLAR PROM!! - Ladies get your lipliner and gentleman start growing your fancy moustaches - It's Prom Time - Pornfest 2000 featuring seedy soundtracks of love and lust from supergroups Hispanica, Miles Long & the Love Gestapo, Fallco, The Knock-Ups and other special guests!

Thu 6/15 - Project K, Freddy Fortune & the Four Gone Conclusions, Paper Tiger - Project K is a trio from LA with members of Paper Tulips, Popdefect and Green & Yellow TV- their sound is new wave quirk with a pop/punk edge... and sorta surfy salt on top. Somehow much more interesting and invigorating than this description implies! Freddy's back! Energetic garage rock with killer harmonies. Hey - they're sharp dressers too. Paper Tiger, quirky two piece pop will open in their first local show since March.

Fri 6/16 - Come Ons Record Release Party! w/ DJs Hentch & Italy!(Invite only, no cover, kiss up to a band member for the invite...)

Sat 6/17 - The Giant Brain, MAN, L.O.C. - It's a night of 'advanced listening.' Giant Brain does some very aggressive improvisational punk, MAN is back in town, solo bass, kick, and vocals. Cool stickers too. Rumor has it that L.O.C. produces some sort of dramatic freak-out pop.

Thu 6/22 - Royal Trux, The Go - 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. THIS SHOW WILL BE EARLY! Royal Trux was very specific about an early start time, so The Go will be hittin' it first at 10:15!! We really mean it, cuz we think they really mean it!

Fri 6/23 - Motor City Burgers, 500 Ft. of Pipe, Vietnam Prom - Heavy garage/punk/entertainment/rap/humor of Motor City Burgers, the psychedelic edged 500 Ft. of Pipe, with the power of the strange Vietnam Prom opening.

Sat 6/24 - Church Keys, Von Bondies (ex Babykillers) - On Norton, from NYC - Andre Williams says, 'I have seen a lot of rock groups and by far the Church Keys got it going on...one of my favorite groups!'

TUES 6/27 Lightning Bolt, Wolf Eyes, GI and the Spykes, The Midnights - This Ft. Thunder, Rhode Island Drums/Bass duo have recently been honoured with the loudest band in the world title. The bass rig is rumoured to be 1600 watts. The most complicated and intricate music imaginable played with hockey gloves and masks. The heaviest band aloud to walk the earth. Wolf Eyes is Southeastern Michigan's premire electronic/industrial//ogre-techno/noise/comedy/ poetry/rock'n'roll outfit. Wolf Eyes develop their rhythms over stolen Blue Cheer melodies, using modified keyboards, scribbly tape manipulation and drum-machine distortion as treble and bass. First Detroit show since their highly successful European tour. GI and the Spykes - One man and 1000 wires. Doom electronics and ogre-techno from member of Basket Case and Universal Indians. Please wear shinguards, he's been known to get ugly. The Midnights - A couple of Snitches and a couple of Bitches, but way more punk. Heavy on the reverb scream dreams. Wild summer nights, bassist on vodka.

Thu 6/29 - Jody Carlson, Ostrach Demagogues - Jazzy rock & pop, kind of like Joni Mitchell meets Santana? Rhythm section features Roberto Warren and Greg Patrick! Opening is Ostrach Demagogues, a Diva fronted flute totin' four piece that hails all the way from Ferndale - laying down hard groves as apocalyptic tales of aliens and the second coming abound.

Fri 6/30 - The Onyas, MHz, Rich Mackin - Loud rude punk from Australia. MHZ opens with ridiculously high-energy, noisy, yet danceable rock, MHz attempt to define 2000 in all of its glory. It's the end of retro! A blast of fresh rock from Ann Arbor. "Consumer Defense Corporate Poet" Rich Mackin from Boston opens the show.

July 2000
Sat 7/01 - Paik, Lab Partners - Post-rock instrumentals w/ hard driving noise breaks & a crazy light show. Lab Partners open with psychadelic sorta Spacemen 3 Style Rock-n-Roll from Cincinnati.

Thu 7/06 - Benifit show for PRA2000. Doors open at 8 show starts at 9. Modern Vagrant ,Tribal Traktion, Bowlscraper, The Horrorscope and Thik will be performing. $7 at the door all money to benifit PRA2000.

Fri 7/07 - Big Barn Combo, Stomp Rockets, Freddy Fortune & the Four Gone Conclusions - Rockabilly sensations make their Gold Dollar debut. Stomp Rockets bring 60's English style rock w/ a little R&B thrown in, and the snappy songs and snazzy looks of Freddy Fortune open the show.

Sat 7/08 - The Wax Wings, Jack Oblivion - Take a great new recording on Bobsled that's getting great reviews and is actually played on the radio, then add a promo poster that has all the ladies swooning... Yes, things are looking good for Wax Wings. Great songwriting and harmonies still prevail. Jack Oblivion (Oblivions, duh!) opens with a backing band composed of well known Detroit rockers.

Thu 7/13 - Gepettophiles, Bonk, Mazinga - Misfits meet the Muppets! Detroit's own hardcore puppet show, the Gepettophiles will make you laugh your face off. Rock/punk from Ann Arbor's Bonk and Mazinga promise one screamer of a night.

Fri 7/14 - Sonic Boom - A Metrotimes sponsored event. We don't have final list of the bands yet, but there will be six local faves per night. It is suspected that this event was created because MT wanted a link on the fabulous Gold Dollar web page, and knew that this was the only way to get it? Huh? Oh never mind.
(updated to this...)
Fri 7/14 - Sonic Boom - 8 pm Mood Elevator, 9 pm Intoxicats, 10 pm Fletcher Pratt, 11 pm Witches, Midnight ebeling hughes, 1 am Starlight Drifters

Sat 7/15 - Sonic Boom - Metro Times music festival featuring more than 70 bands at six Detroit venues. Tonight: Star 80 (8 pm), Small Craft Sighting (9 pm), Red Shirt Brigade (10 pm), Grey Electric (11 pm), Richard Panic (midnight) and Paybacks (1 am).

Tue 7/18 - Town And Country w/ Warn Defever & Ben Bracken - Town and Country return with their front porch minimalism from Chicago. Members of this band have played with Jim O'Rourke, Sam Prekop, Tortoise, and a bunch of other avant types. Also appearing is Warn Defever, with his intriguing blend of sounds both old-timey and postmodern.

Thu 7/20 - The Boldness, Complete Audio Device, Trammel - The Boldness is a fierce firey raunchy rock'n'roll/blues band. Complete Audio Device is an experimental instrumental band with heavy guitar, samples, themin, and drums. Trammel blends power, intelligence, and melody, and provides a new take on power pop and mod.

Fri 7/21 - Handsome Family, Blanche, Jawbone - 'Each song is like an abridged Flannery O'Connor story read aloud by Johnny Cash, hovering somewhere between the metaphysical and the mundane...' - NME Yes folks, it's an evening of really sad songs from Chicago's Handsome Family. From the wreckage of the whirlwind that was 2 Star Tabernacle rises Blanche. Twisted and haunting, with big juicy tears of country sadness.

Sat 7/22 - Ghettobillies, Oh My God - Ass-kickin' country funk, disco bluegrass, heartland glam and workingman's soul. Oh My God from Chicago opens.

Thu 7/27 - The Articles - Detroit's mercurial purveyors of Jamaican jazz hip you to their new inventions and revisit the old faves of Monk, The Skatalites, and whoever walks in!

Fri 7/28 - Inside Five Minutes, 4%, Cobra Youth - Noisy stop and start indie/punk heaven from bands that you need in your lifesytle now!

Sat 7/29 - Wildbunch, Von Bondies - New wave meets garage meets rock star mayhem, The Wildbunch is back, and wants to give you a whole new world to live in.
August 2000


Tue 8/01 - Murder City Devils, Yo Yo's(subpop Sweden)and Catheters (empty) - Seattle'sMurder City Devils are known for ripping audiences apart with their furious live performances, merging 60's garage rock and 70's-era New York punk. London's Yo Yo's pound out punchy ebullient punk, and The Catheters open in what is likely to be a sold out show.

Thu 8/03 - Crypt Kicker 5, Competitorr - Highly charged Detroit cute boy punk rock, with aggressive garage punkity racket meets Jane Fonda workout stage antics in this oh so original and oh so entertaining band from Milwaukee in their third historic Gold Dollar appearance.

Fri 8/04 - HANSON RECORDS PRESENTS - The Bran(Another plight of medic's...)Pos, The Little Princess, Wolf Eyes - Electronics and Vocal manipulations from San Fran, CA with Michigan's own world renouned purveyors of electronics, noise, and aural manipulations - The Little Princess and Wolf Eyes.

Sat 8/05 - Soledad Brothers, The Paybacks, The Sights - It's a record release show for the soulful & dirty stripped down rock 'n' roll duo that we have come to know as the Soledad Brothers. The Paybacks return with metallic, prison yard bubble punk. We're still not quite sure what that means, but we know the band kicks. Garage kids The Sights open.

Thu 8/10 - Blue Dog (playing to the film "Dog Star Man" by Stan Brakhage), Travelling Cinema - Some of the finest musicians in town accomanying a very fine film. From Portland comes Travelling Cinema. It's a deconstructable portable movie theatre created itself as a work of art. Inside of which you can sit in one of three theater seats and watch 16mm experimental films as they are rear projected in front of you. All the while, in a secret compartment a performer creates a live soundtrack. The films are dreamy nostalgia of a bygone americana era, made from manipulated 50's home movies. The soundtrack is slint/david pajo/ariel m style guitar with reel to reel tape loops, portable record players, and sampling casio keyboards. We're pretty sure the theater is too big to be constructed inside the Gold Dollar, but experimental film and music work well here.

Fri 8/11 - Witches, 12 Tech Mob/DJ Daddy Riff, Down MF - Energized reverberated rock, DJs that need to be seen to be believed, and Philly's Down MF. This is a Witches CD release, and a free CD is included with a slightly bolstered cover charge.

Sat 8/12 - Charm City Suicides, The Boldness, Saucer - Originally from Baltimore, a 60's garage band time travels to 1977 and then gets shot to outer space where their songs are broadcast on really noisy shortwave frequencies. With keyboard, guitar, and drums, The Boldness cross the likes of Tom Waits and The Monks with a fierce jazzy guitar sound reminiscent of Richard Hell and the Voidoids. The experimental electronics of Saucer open.

Thu 8/17 - Ska-Jazz Casual with The Articles, SPOT - Detroit's mercurial purveyors of Jamaican jazz hip you to their new inventions and revisit the old faves of Monk, The Skatalites, and whoever walks in! Multi-insrtumentalist Spot opens with Celtic infused compositions. More instruments than the Immigrant Suns? Yes, this is the same Spot who produced Minutemen, Black Flag, Meat Puppets, Husker Du, Dicks, Misfits, and more for SST in the 70's and 80's....

Fri 8/18 - The Blowtops, MHz - 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! MHz continues to put on one of the best live shows in the business. Energetic, and innovative, think loud fast punk meets Devo, but with tight original rhythms that have never been heard before.

Sat 8/19 - songs:ohia, Adam Druckman, American Mars - 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. Adam Druckman gives personal, often darkly romantic songs, performed on both acoustic and electric instruments. Presented in a loose, noisy, lo-fi production style -- with a subversive, punky edge. On American Mars, "Mr. Thomas Trimble and company return to the live arena (as it were) to perform haunting songs of the Midwest and to explore the interior realms of the post-modern singer-songwriter." - Chris Handyside

SUN 8/20 - Bob Log III, The Causey Way, Night Moves - Returning to the Gold Dollar, Bob is guitarist of the band Doo Rag. Alone, he plays drums with both feet and guitar with both hands, while singing one-man band anthems such as 'Booby Trap' & 'Ass Computer.' On the cult of The Causey Way: CMJ (11/1/99, p.20) - '...this skittish, new wave-influenced punk is a mocking, sinister good time....The group's smart-ass samples of evangelists, parents and newspeople add the finishing touch. Go on, sell your soul.' Members of Man or Astroman. NIGHT MOVES FINAL SHOW EVER!!! REALLY. THEY PROMISED.

Thu 8/24 - Reynols (Argentina), Universal Indians (Detroit), late (Minneapolis), Humectant Interruption (kzoo) - An evening of international stars of avant and noise, with the headliner being a drone noise trio from Argentina. REYNOLS started its activities in 1993 in Argentina. Since that date the work of the band has been basically oriented to improvisation, droning and deep experimental research, etc., employing diverse acoustic & electric instruments, tapes and electronics. The group is leaded by Miguel Tomasín, an amazing musician who suffers Down´s Syndrome. The fact that Reynols integrates a handicapped member is not casual, actually the band´s forrays into musical experimentation are guided by the inmense freedom of Tomasín´s mind, giving a challenging and unique character to this project.The line-up is completed with musicians Robeto Conlazo & Anla Courtis, and enlarged with several guests. In 1995 Reynols released the first dematerialized CD called "Gordura Vegetal Hidrogenada". In 1996 they started releasing stuff outside their country. At the moment the band has more than 30 releases in Europe, USA and Japan. During the years the band´s activities has included: concerts for plants, tributes to dry ice, psychic energy refractions with toothbrushes, noise performances in public squares, etc. Reynols also played as stable band for a TV medical programme called "Buenas Tardes Salud" and manofacturated selfdesigned electric guitars and other instruments.

Fri 8/25 - Slumber Party, Wolf Eyes, Apartment - CD release for VU inspired melodic mellow pop & harmonies of Slumber Party. The invigorating mayhem of Wolf Eyes promises to frighten the meek, and Chicago's Apartment opens with literary scatological and sexual texts and new-wave cabaret ditties with guitar, cello, drums, and tuba. It's a fractured, theatrical, and sometimes sinister stew of witty art punk.

Sat 8/26 - Belle Isle, Clone Defects, Them Wranch - Belle Isles final show, with the punk rock mayhem of the Clone Defects. Them Wranch opens with primitive moody garage rock, chunks of broke-down blues and lo-fi country.

Thu 8/31 - Ska-Jazz Casual with The Articles - Articles residency with varied and very special guests continues. See 8/17.
September 2000


Fri 9/1 - Bottom, Ebeling Hughes, Broadzilla - Loath to align themselves with all of the 'girly singer/songwriter stuff,' Bottom wallows in heavy, textured 70's guitar decadence. Think punk, hardcore, and Black Sabbath from a female trio. When Syd Barret had his vision of the future, he saw Ebeling Hughes, and the windows have been lined with aluminum foil ever since.

Sat 9/2 - American Death Ray Music, Von Bondies - From Memphis - The band contains members of 68 comeback,Compulsive Gamblers,and The Reatards and just released a single on Misprint Records. The band could be described Hi Class Trash Rock n Roll. Von Bondies open with the romantic sounds of depraved youth.

Thu 9/7 - Bluebird, Burning Brides, Inside Five Minutes - Bluebird is a rock group from LA. A mess of hair, guitars, collision and exhiliration. Reckless, intense and throbbing while wide open and sensitive.... Low rent rock stars Inside Five Minutes make their second appearance here with punk/garage/indie/noise/mayhem.

Fri 9/8 - Grayling, Dragstrippers - Fast noisy garage & rock inspired music from a couple of local faves not often seen here.

Sat 9/9 - Impaler's 399th Birthday w/ N-2 Submission, The Impaler, Radium, Taboo, and Greebo 2000 - A scary night music - electronic, pop & goth. A sense of the absurd and a sense of humor will be provided if you forget to bring yours.

Sun 9/10 - Candy Snatchers, Trash Brats - Raw, brutal and dangerous. The Candy Snatchers are back! The legendary glam/punk Trash Brats open. Plan on calling in sick to work tomorrow. Again.

Wed 9/13 - Waxwings, Adventures in Stereo, Chamber Strings - Ok, so it's a Wednesday, but the Waxwings are worth it bringing finely crafted songs and harmonies. Scottish duo Adventures in Stereo is a pop band full of heartfelt lyrics swirling on top of 60's wonderlust, tweaked harmonies, and melodic beauty. The Chamber Strings walk the line somewhere between Memphis soul and glam rock. Ok, check it out and you'll understand. This is a Bobsled Records showcase of sorts.

Thu 9/14 - Ska-Jazz Casual w/ The Articles - Detroit's mercurial purveyors of Jamaican jazz hip you to their new inventions and revisit the old faves of Monk, The Skatalites, and whoever walks in!

Fri 9/15 - They Come in Threes, Trammel, French Kicks - They Come in Threes returns with strange quirky pop. Trammel blends power, intelligence, and melody, and provides a new take on power pop and mod. New York's French Kicks on My Pal God Records open with jaunty disjointed pop.

Sat 9/16 - Ill Ease, KUZ - Ill Ease is Elizabeth Sharp who used to drum in New Radiant Storm King and play bass in Skinner Pilot. Peculiar instruments and even stranger arrangements travel with Ill Ease - just enough to grasp while still retaining an odd haze of spontaneity. KUZ returns with their ever spontaneous and experimental mix of steamed vegetables lightly buttered.

Mon 9/18 - Circle, Windy & Carl, Universal Indians - Finland's Circle in their first US tour bring tranced out space rhythms, at once minimalist, explosive, repetitive, and complex. Windy & Carl bring expansive layered instrumentals, blurred melodies, and extended drones. "Free metal noise horses" Universal Indians open.

Thu 9/21 - Shark Quest (Merge), Judah Johnson - Something like Eastern European surf music? From North Carolina? Hmmm... Multiple guitars, cello, bass, drums, rattlesnake tails, maracas, woodblocks, piano, mandolin, banjo, and more. Judah Johnson makes their first stab at Gold Dollar immortality with shadowy catchy melodic pop.

Fri 9/22 - Novadriver, MAN - 'From the dilapidated streets of Detroit comes Novadriver, a sonic high-octane blast of shag carpeted, metal-flake Detroit muscle. Exploring such topics as Armageddon, interstellar travel, and hedonism, Novadriver's music is sure to take you to a new dimension.' MAN opens with solo bass and kick drum punk anthems.

Sat 9/23 - Electronic Cow Recordings CD release party 'Little Miss Loveseat' - Performances by Punk Funk Honkeys, Paper Tiger, The Detholz, Sonic Ruth, and Delta Waves. The CD features FEZ (MI), Karate Cowgirl (TX), Delta Waves (MI), Paper Tiger (MI), California Lightening (CA), The Detholz (IL), Nonspatial (GA), Jenny Hoyston (CA), Marilyn Handball (MI), Astroboy (Eng), PhreakOLay (MI), Cptn Zeta Jones (Eng), Tentative (Canada), Sonic Ruth (MI), Robot Boulanger (MI), Too Many Jenny (MI), Santeria (LA), Muffler (IN), and Dege Legg (LA). With five bands, we'll be starting early. It's also a CD release show for Paper Tiger, as well as being Paper Tiger's final show.

Wed 9/27 - Immigrant Suns, Krakatoa - The ever eclectic Immigrant Suns return. It's their first show here in a long time, and rumor has it that they have a newly augmented lineup. Hatched in Philadelphia in 1997 and recently relocated to Brooklyn, Krakatoa constructs a zany maze of genre transgressions. The quartet (Val Opielski on piano, bass, and occaisional guitar, Glendon Jones on violin, Ted Casterline on bass and guitar, and Ely Levin on drums) balances a rigorous complexity of arrangement with the joyous squall of immediacy in performance. The band meshes disparate influences such as Naked City, The Residents, Shostakovich, Bela Bartok, and Stereolab into a startlingly unique sound that may best be described as 'savant-garde'.

Thu 9/28 - Ska-Jazz Casual w/ The Articles - Detroit's mercurial purveyors of Jamaican jazz hip you to their new inventions and revisit the old faves of Monk, The Skatalites, and whoever walks in!

Fri 9/29 - The Mood Elevator, They Come in Threes, GIST - Power pop stylings and power pop on the more experimental side. Gist opens - DC-indie-rock-pop-experimental--think Sonic Youth meets the Police meets Dismemberment Plan.

Sat 9/30 - Frontier, DJ Daddy Riff, Persona - A full evening of experimental electronic and techno. Turntable wizardry, bent beats, and knob twillding. Get ready for a ride. Frontier plays live four on the floor dance music with guitar, bass, drums, lights, films, etc. We'll bring the dance club to you.
October 2000

Sun 10/1 - Tribute to Cobb's Corner Jazz - A trip-hop-bebop-technofusioned-avant-garde-jazz jam. Our (The Gold Dollar's) tribute to one of the legendary clubs of The Cass Corridor's heyday. Featuring some of the best musicians in the Metro Area. Hosted by keyboardist Phillip (Philharmonic) Hale, and percussionist Roberto Warren.
TUE 10/3 - Estrella 20/20, VAZ, Von Bondies - Estrella 20/20 is from Tokyo. They are on Estrus Records. Very snarly, garagy, dirty-ass punk rock. Similiar to Guitar Wolf, Lollipop and Jon Spencer. VAZ (on Amphetamine Reptile) brings self-inflicted headstomp of the most hostile intent from the remaining two-thirds of HAMMERHEAD. Detroit's Von Bondies bring their personal brand of frantic deapraved punk to open the evening.

WED 10/4 - Zeke, New Bomb Turks, Bantam Rooster - Yea, you read that right. A very full evening of high energy rock & punk. This is the one.

Thu 10/5 - Barnyard Playboys, Killbillys - Cow-punk & psychobilly to apocolyptic trucker rock? Draw your own conclusions. From New York on Rubric Records, it the Barnyard Playboys! Demented Detroit psychobilly opens.

Fri 10/6 - 12 Angry Steps, The Unfriendlys, Crash 94 - Guitar rock with a punk twist, Detroit rock n roll from the dark side, and a good dose of Eastside sleaze. Why not?

Sat 10/7 - The Stillmen, The Tip Top Daddies - Perhaps the most authentic and exciting rockabilly band in the country. StarTone and Goofin' Recording Artists from San Francisco The Stillmen making their first Michigan appearance, and, direct from Indianaopolis - red-hot hillbilly bop fromThe Tip Top Daddies. The latest RAB spun between sets by DJ Del Villarreal !

Thu 10/12 - The Woggles, Stomp Rockets, The Sirens - From Athens, GA, The Woggles return to make you jump up w/ 60's styled pop rock, garage, instrumental surf, 50's R&B and blues. Stomp Rockets bring 60's English style rock w/ a little R&B thrown in, and the Sirens make their debut - a girl rock & soul band with Muffy Kroha, Deanne (Come Ons), Amy (Gore Gore), and Michelle. Arrive early, stay late, skip work.

Fri 10/13 - Big Bang Theory, Twitch, Them Wranch - Kind of a mixed up night - The big and heavy crunch of Big Bang Theory, weirdo songs & goofiness from Twitch. Ohio's Them Wranch opens with primitive moody garage rock, chunks of broke-down blues and lo-fi country.

Sat 10/14 - Come Ons, Beautys, Jawbone - Garagey soul & R&B smoothness with The Beautys energetic garage/punk soul from Ft. Wayne, IN. Jawbone's haunting croonings open.

SUN 10/15 - Her Space Holiday, Warn DeFever's Control Panel, Mascott - Electronic slo-core indie pop from Marc Bianchi (on Tiger Style) - dream pop ethos with electronic beats and samples. Control Panel (Warn DeFever of His Name is Alive) provides the sounds of robot love, and Mascott (on Le Grand Magestry) brings whimsically adventureous beautiful melodic pop.

WED 10/18 - Sweeder, Showshane, Wafflehouse - On Perishable from Chicago, ex Red Red Meat, Rex, Sin Ropas, Squash Blossom. This Chicago-based indie threesome creates lovely little pop songs that are infused with the ethereal atmosphere of the kinds of dreams from which you wake up smiling. The music is warm, luscious, velvety; it sidles up beside you and strokes your senses. This isn't to suggest that it's not without its rough, lonesome, anguished moments, but these are always framed by the overall loveliness of the songs' compositions, allowing you to experience them without anxiety. -www.epitonic.com

Thu 10/19 - Crypt Kicker 5, Slo-Poke, Wristrocket - Highly charged Detroit cute boy punk rock - and more - some of which may not match that description?

Fri 10/20 - White Stripes, The Hentchmen - Night one of two with this incomparable minimalist rock, blues, and soul duo. High energy rock with Farfisa, guitar, and drums from the Hentchmen.

Sat 10/21 - White Stripes, The Whirlwind Heat - Night two of two with this incomparable minimalist rock, blues, and soul duo. Whirlwind Heat, from Grand Rapids, brings their post Devo-cum-Brainiac spazz punk synth garbage to town again.

SUN 10/22 - Cretin 66, The Mystery Addicts, (tba) - Kansas City rock & roll & punk. Yes, this is rock. The mystery addicts add glam-punk-sonic-rock'n'roll from Dayton.

TUE 10/24 - The Greenhornes, The Buzzards - Cincinnati's Greenhornes return wit Hammond B3 fueled mod garage, and energetic crunchy guitar buzz. Buzzards open with garage punk chaos & style.

Thu 10/26 - Ska-Jazz Casual w/ The Articles - Detroit's mercurial purveyors of Jamaican jazz hip you to their new inventions and revisit the old faves of Monk, The Skatalites, and whoever walks in!

Fri 10/27 - Trash Brats, Das BeanHeads - Detroit's long time favorite glam punk sensations. A band that has more stage presence after playing 12 hours than most bands can ever hope for.... Yes it will be loud. Das BeanHeads open with straight up rock & roll.

Sat 10/28 - The GO, Octopus, Kepler - Several tours later, The Go returns to the local stage with their take on Detroit garage energy and chaos. The debut of Octopus - 'and it sounds like Hawkwind/Black Sabbath/late 60s Detroit but with a shot of estrogen and exotica and a James-Bond-villain kind of vibe. The songs are about evil and whatnot. File under Subverted Stoner Rock.' The lead singer is Sirhan Sirhan's cousin! From Ottawa, Kepler brings mellow downer rock & pop. This evening will start softly for you, and then start pounding.


November 2000
Thu 11/02 - St. John and the Baptists, Terranauts - Ex Johnny Motel members in a new take on punk & garage with The Terranauts rock out the earlier part of the evening with evil abrasive pop songs.

Fri 11/03 - Geraldine, Cinecyde, Ring - 'Pure bastard rock' from Geraldine - somewhere between punk and blues, the Stooges and the Meat Puppets. Cinecyde has a tradition of high-octane punk fueled power pop reaching back to the late '70s. Guess what? They've still got it good! Ring opens with 'alternative heavy rock.'

Sat 11/04 - Detroit Cobras - (CANCELLED) Set your party instincts on overdrive as The Detroit Cobras bring their dynamic and energetic soulful garage sensibilities to the stage again.

Thu 11/09 - The Embrooks, The Come Ons, The Silencers - On Bomp, The Embrooks are the hottest Freakbeat trio the UK has to offer!! Since their inception just over 2 years ago, the band have gone from strength to strength, discarding their initial 'moody teen punk' approach in favour of something a little more powerful and energetic, drawing on international influences ranging from The Easybeats and La de Das through to The Birds and The Golden Earrings (to name but a few). Detroit's own Come Ons on Sympathy are on tour with the Embrooks, and offer a slice of jump up r&b smoothness and energy. Wanna dance?

Fri 11/10 - Blanche, The Blacks(formerly The Black Family), DJ Virginia North - Country rock & gospel spectacle - twisted and haunting, with big juicy tears of country sadness. The Blacks (on Bloodshot) open... 'Incorporating boisterous indie rock, outlandish country/punk, debauched Dixieland, Delta blues, cabaret cool and rockabilly boogie, the Blacks keep the pleasure principle in effect with deceptively simple songwriting and climactic performances.'---Mitch Myers Magnet of Chicago

Sat 11/11 - Junk Monkeys, The Paybacks - A legend of Detroit rock returns - firecracker hook-bursts, slam-bang one after another - full of chunky chording and sorrowful riffing at a manic pace, with powderkeg drumming and vocal wails of frustration at loves charges and retreats and songwriting that Paul Westerberg wishes he could still muster. Paybacks open with metallic, prison yard bubble punk. It's punk, it's pop, it's melodic and energetic. Enjoy!

Thu 11/16 - (tba)

Fri 11/17 - Uz Jsme Doma, Bogue, Climax Divine, Audra Kubat - From the Czech Republic! Since long before Zappa met Vaclav Havel, oddly theatrical Czech quintet Uz JsmeDoma has been making fast, furious jazz with thrash-punk energy. They're powerful but playful, determined but daffy as they careen with oompah loompah sax sounds, cheery male choirs and pounding hyper-rhythms. Bogue makes their first appearance here, a loud enegetic two piece heard to be described by someone as Prince meets Mule? Climax Divine returns with dexterous and innovative experimental pop stylings, and Audra Kubat of Stunning Amazon opens with a solo acoustic set. Here's another Uz Jsme Doma link...

Sat 11/18 - Easy Action, MHz, Electricity - The incomparably powerful assault of Easy Action - raw, sleazy, angry, impassioned scorching Detroit rock. MHz continues to amaze with punk energy and fury combined with quirky rhythms and over the top stage moves. Electricity rises from the wreckage of the Metros - a band that never played here, despite submitting a really good energetic punk single.

WED 11/22 - The Wildbunch, Bantam Rooster - It's Gold Dollar a Go Go with The Wildbunch, Bantam Rooster and more..... Work it.

Fri 11/24 - Outrageous Cherry, Universal Indians, Americans - Wildly popular music featuring guitars, drums, singing, and lots of songs. Underground pop sensations Outrageous Cherry's band history is an illustrious fable in itself. Universal Indians bring an always entertaing mix of noise and experimentation. Fairport Convention/Neil Young + Neu/Faust = 2 girls and 2 boys called 'Americans.' Is this too ambiguous? I'll try harder next time.

Sat 11/25 - The Numbers, The Datsons - Melodic distortion driven hooks - power pop punk in the vein of early Who or Kinks, but somehow making it fresh and original. The Datsons, a Mod band from montreal opens.

Thu 11/30 - The Codependents, The Impaler
December 2000
Fri 12/1 - Inside Five Minutes, The Lanternjack, Stroker AceLow rent rock stars Inside Five Minutes provide punk/garage/indie/noise/mayhem and intensity. The Lanternjack takes aggressive indie rock and adds the stage (and sometimes off stage) antics of dazzling madmen. Stroker Ace makes their Gold Dollar debut with punk/rock/pop with a hint of riot grrrl.

Sat 12/02 - The Eternals, Denise James, Happy Supply - The Eternals on Thrill Jockey / DeSoto are a trio from Chicago reminiscent of Totroise & Isotope with vocals. Members of Trenchmouth, Tom Ze, Tortoise.... Last seen in Detroit opening for Tortoise. Denise James, backed by Matt Smith and members of the Volebeats and The Come Ons bring solid songwriting and harmonies - a 'French Pop' sound. Happy Supply, an oh-so-cute and engaging indie-pop duo makes their first Detroit appearance, so be here early!

WED 12/06 - Enon, Wolf Eyes - 'a sample-laden boiling cauldron of weird-pop genius.' Ex Brainiac and Skeleton Key. You saw them open for the Flaming Lips in October at the Majestic. Now get the complete experience. Wolf Eyes gives their deconstruction of rock & electronics - electronic/industrial/ogre-techno/noise/comedy/ poetry/rock'n'roll.... Wolf Eyes develop their rhythms over stolen Blue Cheer melodies, using modified keyboards, scribbly tape manipulation and drum-machine distortion as treble and bass.

Thu 12/07 - Kim Sorise's leaving Motown event, with entertainment by the Immigrant Suns and DJ Brad, and more! - An evening of eclectic music as Kim (WDET, Zoot's, Aggie Usedley's Air Driven Wheel, Gold Dollar) leaves for Louisville. Headlined by The Immigrant Suns, Detroit's own eclectic ethnic folk music group bringing equal parts old world tradition and new world innovation.

Fri 12/08 - Climax Divine, Brothers From Another Planet - Climax Divine returns with dexterous and innovative experimental pop stylings. For Brothers, think Bad Brains meet Captain Beefheart with James Brown sneaking in. The name may sound familiar... once a mainstay on the Detroit rock scene. Proficient musicianship from James Page (also of Rubberband Timmy, Q-Ball), Jake Smith (60 Second Crush), Monic (Motor Dolls), and Gordon Spencer (also a session player, producer, etc.)

Sat 12/09 - The Dishes, Bogue, Strut - Brutal, deranged, and subliminally lovely, four woman Chicago outfit the Dishes dish out heavy rock that is both a punishment and a delight. Raw and invigorating like first wave punk with quick electro-pop rock songwriting. Bogue is a loud energetic two piece - Mule meets Prince at a Royal Trux show? Strut was once called "the latest almost girl band sensation." That is still almost true. Want fries with that?

TUE 12/12 - (CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER - BANDS STUCK IN CHICAGO) L'Altra, Pulse Programming, Eberle/Laman/Peck - From Chicago on Aesthetics, L'altra brings emotive atmospherics and haunting compositions. Pulse Programming, also on Aesthetics is sometimes minimal and ambient, and sometimes much more beat oriented, they also show awesome movies during their live sets. Eberle/Laman/Peck opens with animation and electronics.

Thu 12/14 - Larval, Birth - 'Larval combines lush haunting arrangements of strings and horns with a rock rhythm section, resulting in tense build ups and powerful climaxes.'

Fri 12/15 - Skinmill, Stoker Ace, A Thousand Times Yes - Modern power pop from Skinmill. Stroker Ace brings punk/rock/pop with a hint of riot grrrl, and lots of power. "avant-garde folk, or rock laced with nostalgia and brutal honesty" from A thousand Times Yes opens. Either that or an imposter band just borrowing the name does something completely different.

Fri 12/15 - (CANCELLED - TOUR RE-ROUTED..... AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD US....)John Doe, Adam Druckman - As one of the founding members of the Los Angeles punk band X, John Doe was one of the most influential figures in American alternative rock during the early '80s, but when he launched a solo career in the early '90s, he decided to pursue a rootsy, country-rock direction instead of continue with punk. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster. Yeah, I know.... but it's only $10. Doors at 9:00, show starts at 10:00, SO BE EARLY!

Sat 12/16 - Stomp Rockets, Tijuana Hercules - Stomp Rockets bring 60's English style rock w/ a little R&B and a lot of stage presence thrown in. Chicago's Tijuana Hercules is a wild, stripped-down-and-dirty blues, rock, r & b, soul, and country outfit featuring John Forbes (formerly of Mount Shasta, Dirt, Phantom 309, and Kelly Hogan), guitar & vox; Chad Smith (Bruised Pussy, Mount Shasta), drums; and Mike Young, percussion.

Thu 12/21 - Rated X-MAS Film Party - Vintage risque with T.M. Caldwell and Giles

Fri 12/22 - SPAG takes over the Gold Dollar for a night of punk glam and anything-a-billy. Don't Ask and the Co-eD KiLLerS are going to play a few short sets and Kelly is going to DJ some punk, glam and rock-a-billy music.

Sat 12/23 - PAIK, Laughing Gas, Showshane The rumors of PAIK's demise were much exaggerated... Fresh out of the studio with post-rock psychedelic instrumental sound, hard driving noise breaks, crazy lights, and a fury of fog. "With its spontaneous and impulsive approach to improvisation Laughing Gas blends styles of music that incorporate jazz, funk and samba rhythms with contrasts of noise, free jazz and a lot of punk attitude." "Showshane does not consider themselves space punk, just a rock/jazz band with space-like tendencies and an infatuation with the infinitesimal"

Thu 12/28 - (tba)

Fri 12/29 - Hemigod, Blush - 'Hard-rock heavy hitters – crunchy guitar riffage; long, flowing locks; powerful rhythm and soaring, melodic songs that suggest that rock'n'roll is a far cry from dead, baby! If they're Detroit's answer to Alice in Chains, then Detroit's a lot more attractive than Seattle.'—Chris Handyside Blush = 3 girls, 1 guy, electro-pop-rockers.

Sat 12/30 - Warn Defever "100 Years Band", Bob McCreedy w/ Aliccia (Slumber Party), Ghost World - Warn Defever of His Name is Alive (& band!?!) play songs from the "I Want You to Live for One Hundred Years" record. Bob (Volebeats) & Aliccia (&band!?!) play some country tinged songs with harmonies. Emerging from a two-year psychic cultivation period on this night is Ghost World . The Sound: Is it Rock-n-roll??? Is it Britpop???? Is it electric? Yes. Is Ghost World a cross between this band and that band filtered through a psychedelic array of hi-tech effects from twenty years ago mixed by (insert name of legendary producer here) on acid and cough syrup? Probably.

January 2001


Thu 1/4 - Bantam Rooster (on Crypt), Immortal Lee County Killers (on Estrus), BOGUE - Perhaps the most energetic two piece bands on the planet. Bantam Rooster: 'An accelerated mix of country, blues and punk rock, Potter's fiercely urgent vocals collide with the instruments like a barroom brawl. These two guys make more noise than most five-piece bands. It's like a two-piece rock and roll history lesson' Lee County Killers: Featuring Chet Cheetah Weise (Quadrajets frontman) on guitar & vocals. The reunited bastard duo plays 'the real punk blues' or the 'essential f***ed up Blues.' That's right, the duo only uses essential ingredients; there ain't no crap additives. The sound mixes early electrified Chicago blues (Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Hound Dog Taylor), Mississippi Delta blues (Bukka White, Son House, Blind Blake), with modern electrified Mississippi stuff like Fred Mcdowell and the Fat Possum label (R.L. Burnside, T-Model Ford, Elmo Williams and Hezekiah Early); ILCK finish it with the MC-5 and Blue Cheer. It's mean-ass blues from the punk delta. Bogue is back again with powerful rock. In some way this is what Royal Trux would sound like as a Detroit two piece?

Fri 1/5 - Hentchmen, They Come in Threes, Happy Supply - With a combination of 'originality' and 'talent,' the Hentchmen have 'won over' the acceptance of their many enthusiastic fans. These three able youngsters will once again deliver 'the goods.' They Come in threes deliver 'odd pop' stylings, and Happy Supply, an oh-so-cute and engaging indie-pop duo returns.

Sat 1/6 - I live in LA, Wolf Eyes with Spykes, Viki - The story, concept and music of I Live in LA is quite confusing and headache inducing....'We abuse our instruments, ourselves... Are they really from LA?' Wolf Eyes gives their deconstruction of rock & electronics - electronic/industrial/ogre-techno/noise/comedy/ poetry/rock'n'roll.... Wolf Eyes develop their rhythms over stolen Blue Cheer melodies, using modified keyboards, scribbly tape manipulation and drum-machine distortion as treble and bass.

Thu 1/11 - St. John and the Baptists, The Terrorists - High powered punk energy and mayhem from ex Johnny Motel band and The Terrorists from Iowa City.

Fri 1/12 - American Mars, Chris Mills (on Sugarfree), Delta 88 - 'Mr. Thomas Trimble and company return to the live arena (as it were) to perform haunting songs of the Midwest and to explore the interior realms of the post-modern singer-songwriter.' - Chris Handyside 'The agreeable acoustic/electric blend of Chris Mills's roots-rock may go down like a warm glass of milk, but the sentiments of his bedraggled first-person narratives sting with the pain of whiskey poured into an open wound.' CMJ

Sat 1/13 - Slim Cessna's Auto Club (on Alternative Tentacles), Blanche - Old-time religion, hillbilly caterwauling and rock-n-roll are just more gasoline on the fire of this wild Denver group. This is alt-country with attitude that is outrageous, but sincerely so. This is roots rock with both raunch and respect. Detroit's Blanche opens with a country rock & gospel spectacle - twisted and haunting, with big juicy tears of country sadness.

Thu 1/18 - Corndaddy, KUZ, The Drapes - Describing themselves as 'Ann Arbor, Michigan's favorite practitioners of psychedelic chicken pickin',' Corndaddy provide a near-perfect blending of equal parts rock and country on this eponymous debut. Mostly rock beats are enhanced by a variety of traditional country instrumentation (banjo, mandolin, pedal steel, violin). - Country Standard Time KUZ continues to be strange, and musically wandering all over the place. The Drapes visit from Chicago and bring a different side of Americana: The blues/punk side? More info...

Fri 1/19 - Dangerville, 8-Ball Grifter - Commanding high energy power-billy and psychobilly / rockabilly / punk. Ok, will add more to this description later....

Sat 1/20 - The Witches, W-Vibe, The Jinx - Turning chaos into science, the Witches provide an evening of powerful reverb drenched melodies. W-Vibe opens, turns science into science with video game astronaut sounds and songs. The Jinx makes a first appearance here with their blend of indie pop.

Thu 1/25 - A Thousand Times Yes, Adam's Castle, Brand New Blue - Adam's Castle: One member of the math-rock band, This Is Adelaide. An instrumental band (composed of piano, drums, and bass) playing epics and anthems that you didn't beleve could done with a piano. A Thousand Times Yes has ex-members of The War Effort, The Ivy Crown, and Bookworm. Folk-pop, but with a more punk approach. Brand New Blue is the former singer of The War Effort's solo deal.

Fri 1/26 - Slumber Party (official link), Ansonia - Mellow, dreamy, and hypnotic with four part girl group harmonies. Check out the CD on Kill Rock Stars. Ansonia opens with moody pop that unites unusual rhythmic approaches with layers of guitar, keyboards and vocals. Their approach is dynamic and addictive. Former members of Spy Radio and Perplexa

Sat 1/27 - Easy Action, The Paybacks, Bogue - From what we understand, this is to be a record release... The first full length from Easy Action! 'When punk pummels metal and a man with a growl that could scare the paint off the wall get together, you'd best be in attendance. Easy Action is one of the most intensely pleasurable guitar-rock experiences you're likely to come upon in these days of wuss-pop.'—Chris Handyside

February 2001


Thu 2/01 - Seventeen, Showshane, Baby Ambassador - "…intellectualism answers to the bloody axe of loud rock. The band's XOFF Records debut, Bikini Pie Fight!, featuring the spit-stained scorcher "Porno Getaway", shows the band knows how to get the kids moshing." — CMJ Monthly, January 2001 "Showshane does not consider themselves space punk, just a rock/jazz band with space-like tendencies and an infatuation with the infinitesimal" Hey - it works! Baby Ambassador opens with soulful & intricate pop stylings from ex members of Gandy Dancer.

Fri 2/02 - Andy G & the Roller Kings, The Buzzards, Clone Defects From NYC, the band features Andy G (Devil Dogs), Candy Del Mar (The Cramps), Pete Linzell (The Raunch Hands), Steve Greenfield (Fleshtones), and Ron Salvo (Snuka). Local faves open.

Sat 2/03 - Nitroglycerine, Octopus, The Librarians - An all girl three-piece rock and roll punk band from New York! As for Octopus - '...and it sounds like Hawkwind/Black Sabbath/late 60s Detroit but with a shot of estrogen and exotica and a James-Bond-villain kind of vibe. The songs are about evil and whatnot. File under Subverted Stoner Rock. Librarians from Cleveland open. They are an all-girl cock-rock band. Octopus is surrounded by the ladies.

Thu 2/08 - "Paranoia, 1950's Style" Giles & Tim present an evening of film. Great moments in film in this proud nation.

Fri 2/09 - Violet Skin, N2 Submission, Radium - 4 piece grrrl band - sort of a pop-ish, punkish thing going on. Melodic, and catchy, more.... This is the final Gold Dollar show for N2... It promises as always to be a strange spectacle. Radium opens with space-goth-pop.

Sat 2/10 - MHz, The Hamicks, The Silencers - MHz continues to put on one of the best live shows in the business. Energetic, and innovative, think loud fast punk meets Devo, but with tight original rhythms that have never been heard before. The Hamicks are pure-80's dork rock, undistorted, unpretentious, and totally uncool. If you don't like The Hamicks, you're probably one of the "beautiful people" who made them the way they are, so suffer. Surf sounds of the Silencers open.

Thu 2/15 - Scavenger Quartet, KUZ - Yard sale treasures and automatons fuel this Detroit new music ensemble. Features Frank Pahl of Only a Mother, members of Immigrant Suns, and more. This is a large quartet. KUZ promises a strange and wandering musical feast, steamed and lightly buttered.

Fri 2/16 - Detroit Cobras, The Done Wrongs - Energetic stylings and soulful croonings of this local fave. Is this how we celebrate Sonny Bono's birthday?

Sat 2/17 - Wildbunch, French Kicks, The Dishes - New wave meets garage meets rock star mayhem. It will be whole new world to live in. New York's French Kicks on My Pal God Records return with their jaunty disjointed pop that amazed everyone at their last Gold Dollar appearance. Chicago's Dishes open - a brutal, deranged, and subliminally lovely, four woman outfit, The Dishes dish out heavy rock that is both a punishment and a delight. Raw and invigorating like first wave punk with quick electro-pop rock songwriting. You'll want to arrive early to experience all three fine bands.

SUN 2/18 - Town & Country, Flashpapr, Warn Defever - Town and Country return with their front porch minimalism from Chicago. Members of this band have played with Jim O'Rourke, Sam Prekop, Tortoise, and a bunch of other avant types. Also appearing is Warn Defever, with his intriguing blend of sounds both old-timey and postmodern. "Flashpapr make music out of the happenstance, the banality, of everyday, small-town Midwestern grayness. Sustained chords in sensible keys modulate and linger in reflective stares, broken by sudden awareness of room noises, impressionistic traffic and little sisters." - Neil Dixon Smith

Thu 2/22 - Ko & the Midnight Intruders, Stroker Ace - Know them, love them.

Fri 2/23 - Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios, The Paybacks - A bit of Americana from Tucson. The band features Michael Davis from the MC5, Tom Cook of the Magnolias, and Stephan George. Paybacks open with their rising noisy blended metallic pop. A strange combination? It will grow on you.

Sat 2/24 - Slumber Party, Everything is Fine, Americans - Mellow, dreamy, and hypnotic with four part girl group harmonies. Check out the CD on Kill Rock Stars. Everything is Fine is a moody two piece from The City of Brotherly Love. Reverb and Echo drenched meloncholy in all of it's haunting glory. Described in their native region as "dracula music for cowboys". Americans open with downer pop from Brown City. Sluggish pioneers of "Cosmic Michigan Music".


March 2001


(2/27/01 - note: Gossip just cancelled their tour, but Von Bondies & Stroker Ace are still on...)
Thu 3/01 - The Gossip, The Von Bondies, Stroker Ace - On Kill Rock Stars, "The Gossip's bluesy garage punk boasts a wailingly good frontwoman who sings her face off, routinely whacks herself on the backside, and offers up infinitely more soul than one is inclined to expect from a band of their genre...." Detroit's Von Bondies bring their personal brand of frantic deapraved punk, and Stroker Ace opens with punk/rock/pop with a hint of riot grrrl.

Fri 3/02 - Inside Five Minutes, 72 Plus, 4% - Low rent rock stars inspired by Black Sabbath / MC5. Loud hard rock and roll. 72 Plus opens with a sound reminiscent of the Hellacopters.

Sat 3/03 - Candy Snatchers, The Gazelles (ex Geriatrics), Gore Gore Girls - Raw, brutal and dangerous. The Candy Snatchers are back for another round of inspired punk mayhem. Mighty fine punk & roll from the Gore Gore Girls.

Thu 3/8 - Charm City Suicides, The Boldness - Originally from Baltimore, a 60's garage band time travels to 1977 and then gets shot to outer space where their songs are broadcast on really noisy shortwave frequencies. With keyboard, guitar, and drums, The Boldness cross the likes of Tom Waits and The Monks with a fierce jazzy guitar sound reminiscent of Richard Hell and the Voidoids.

Fri 3/9 - Mid by Midwest Music Festival! It's the best bands in the city playing a six venue two night event! Half of the proceeds go to HAVEN, and half to the performers. On this first evening, Gold Dollar and mxmw.com present Wax Wings, Climax Divine, Fletcher Pratt, They Come in Threes, Judah Johnson, Taboo. For more information on this event and lineups at other venues, check out the web site - mxmw.com

Sat 3/10 - Mid by Midwest Music Festival! It's the best bands in the city playing a six venue two night event! Half of the proceeds go to HAVEN, and half to the performers. On this second evening, Gold Dollar and mxmw.com present Outrageous Cherry, The Dirtbombs, The Junk Monkeys, Gore Gore Girls, Soledad Brothers, and Stroker Ace. For more information on this event and lineups at other venues, check out the web site - mxmw.com

Thu 3/15 - A Thousand Times Yes, O.death, Audra Kubat - This auspicious day brings out the poetic folk and stunning voice of Audra Kubat from Stunning Amazon. Vetrans of other bands, O.death debuts their "Ethereal nuevo-folk-emo-ballad-pop compositions from the most tender heart of punk and rock disenchantment" East Lansing's Thousand Times Yes finishes off the evening - anti-folk rock with a high appreciation for folk rock.

Fri 3/16 - Three Meat Salad Festival w/ Motor City Burgers, Pork Barrel Salamander, Tastes Like Chicken - In a month full of festivals, the logic behind this one was obvious - even to a vegetarian! The evening begins with a reasonable imitation of "white meat," followed of course by the hard, heavy and driving rhythms of the "other" white meat. Ending the evening with an American classic, The Burgers bring their high energy heavy garage/punk/entertainment/rap/humor. Be glad we tried to avoid any more bad jokes.

Sat 3/17 - SOLEDAD BROTHERS, Cheater Slicks, Nearly Deads - Garage blues minimalist duo faves, abrasive dissonant guitar trash and noise from somewhere called Ohio, and a pounding frantic rock & roll duo from Portland.

Thu 3/22 - KUZ, Souldozer, (tba) - 'Kuz is the king of dogfood...' Noise, avant, groove, jam, disco, and some "singer" whose lyrics are pretty much unintelligible! The Souldozer trio opens with a take on big powerful straight ahead rock.

Fri 3/23 - Paik, Lab Partners, Halon - PAIK...a giant, swirling maelstrom of textured,cerebral soundscapes exploding from an image and light induced environment that offers harmonic bliss to those willing to take the step... Lab Partners open with psychadelic sorta Spacemen 3 Style Rock-n-Roll from Cincinnati.

Sat 3/24 - International Noise Festival w/ Ruins (Japan), Ron Andersons PAK (NYC), Troum (Germany), Knurl (Toronto), The Little Princess (Livonia), The Hearing Trumpet (Redford),Honeymuzzle (Marine City) - In what is turning out to be a "festival month" this promises to thrill as many as it frightens. THIS SHOW STARTS PROMPTLY AT 8:30!! - Ruins (Japan)--not your baggy pants drum and bass. Ron Andersons PAK (NYC)--the next step beyond The Molecules. Troum (Germany)--drones from former Maeror Tri members. Knurl (Toronto)--haunting noise sculptures. The Little Princess (Livonia)-- "friendly" noise. The Hearing Trumpet (Redford)-- Samples, loops, and manipulated sounds. To some it is music, to some noise. To all it is sound. Honeymuzzle (Marine City) Detroit debut of this new "noiseician"

SUN 3/25 - Black Halos (Sub Pop), Tuuli, Bomb Pops - Black Halos are dirty punk rock & roll ala Dead boys or NY Dolls. Tuuli is a hot girl pop/punk band from Toronto that's been getting rave reviews wherever they've appeared. The Bomb Pops sound glammier than they look. Imagine Heart Throb Mob, The Trash Brats and Hollywood Teaze all spray-painted together and forming a supergroup.

Thu 3/29 - ---SHOW CANCELLED--- Parker and Lily, Recorder - From New York, ex Valentine Six, "seductive, minimal arrangements of steel guitar and vibraphone dart in and out of shadowy vocals... it's music for your favorite time of night" Time Out, NY Recorder: Lazy lo-fi half psych rock. At least that's what we used to think. We're not sure anymore. Space?

Fri 3/30 - Raging Slab, Octopus, Grand Total - Yes, you read that right. On tour again for the first time in four years. There's even a new CD out. Expect heavy rock that's Southern-boogie, punk, and metal. Sporting much shorter hair than Raging Slab, Octopus brings their testoterone and estrogen overdosed Hawkwind/Black Sabbath/late 60s Detroit inspired madness. Grand Total opens with heavy garage sounds and energy from Toronto. Ok, so maybe there's a hint of old metal in those guitars too?

Sat 3/31 - Texas Terri & The Stiff Ones, The Trash Brats, Chicken Hawks, Mystery Addicts, Cranford Nix - I94 Records Drunk on Rock Intoxication Weekend! - Yes another festival. LA's Texas Terri is equal parts Iggy Pop, Wendy O Williams, reform-school hooker and tatooed savage. Detroit's Trash Brats bring glam punk energy and a presence that leaves most others in the dust. Chicken Hawks from Sioux City, Iowa have been described as if Ivy And Lux switched places in the Cramps... The mystery addicts add glam-punk-sonic-rock'n'roll from Dayton. Hey - this show starts really early!!
April 2001

WED 4/04 - Cutthroats 9, The Lanternjack, 4% - Former members of UNSANE and Machinehead on Reptillian. The Lanternjack takes aggressive indie rock and adds the stage (and sometimes off stage) antics of dazzling madmen. 4% brings uperheavy Nrrdrock. Doc singing for the Melvins.

Thu 4/05 - Outrageous Cherry, The Hurricane Lamps - Wildly popular music featuring guitars, drums, singing, and lots of songs. Outrageous Cherry's band history is an illustrious fable in itself.

Fri 4/06 - Honky, Christpuncher, Bogue, Crimson Sweet - Anchored by ex Butthole Surfer Jeff Pinkus' ragged, rumbling bass lines, this messed-up, tore-down Texas trio churns out a marvelously basic, dirty, stoner-rock grind, all industrial-strength riffs and delightfully sleaze-slanted lyrics. Christpuncher is 3 Guitars/ 2 singers/ 2 bass players/ ...possibly 2 drummers - not all at the same time though. These monstrous rocks have written songs for Slayer, 4%, Judas Priest, Cobra Youth, Iron Maiden, the Nuge and ZZ...etc. Bogue brings an abstractly heavy full and powerful sound, particularly for a two piece. NYC's Crimson Sweet opens with quirky art-damaged punk.

Sat 4/07 - 8-Ball Grifter, Dangerville - Commanding high energy power-billy and psychobilly / rockabilly / punk / gothabilly, and other "billy" too!

WED 4/11 - Showshane, Abby Travis, Recorder - Abby Travis blends cabaret, pop and rock. Her velvety voice adorns lush,theatrical music. This is music to dream your day away to and then have beautiful nightmares haunt your sleep. A veteran of the stage, she has played bass and sung with Beck, Elastica, KMFDM, Botanica (at Gold Dollar!) and more. "Don't hold this against her." Showshane returns with a sound that remains difficult to describe - finely crafted space/noise pop gems? Something like that. Recorder opens with lazy lo-fi half psych rock space stuff. THIS SHOW STARTS EARLY, and you don't want to miss a moment.

Thu 4/12 - "Hardcore Jollies" - Another night of film from Giles & Tim - Assorted 70's sleaze to soil your soul. Bizarre porn highlights featuring Elvis, mickey mouse, Kojak, robots, farmyard animals, rollerball and The Romantics. Bootsey XXX will dj the event.

Fri 4/13 - SHOW CANCELLED!!! Greenhornes, Von Bondies - Cincinnati's Greenhornes return wit Hammond B3 fueled mod garage, and energetic crunchy guitar buzz. Von Bondies: "Screaming Jay Hawkins meets an 8-year-old on speed. Pure rock & roll."

Sat 4/14 - Fletcher Pratt, The Nice Device, (tba) - A full evening of unabashed jangly energetic power pop from young vetrans Fletcher Pratt, and newcomers The Nice Device.

WED 4/18 - AtomBombPocketKnife, Judah Johnson - Mixing up their influences of zeppelin/trex/sonicyouth/bowie and the like, Atombombpocketknife rock the fence between gloom and glam. It's loud, distorted and spacey and it'll add a fifth wall to your bedroom. Check out the new record on Southern, produced by Steve Albini. Judah Johnson opens with shadowy catchy melodic pop.

Thu 4/19 - Jean Agopian - Flamenco, Man(n)a - The Flamenco master is on first, at 9:30pm, and will be at times joined by Marie Durant with dance and Roberto Warren on percussion. Immediately following, Man(n)a makes their Gold Dollar debut with Latin-jazzy pop-rock with a little reggae and funk thrown into the mix.

Fri 4/20 - Tyler Keith & the Preacher's Kids The Sights- From the wreckage of the Neckbones comes a whole new band of pure high energy rock 'n' roll. Detroit garage pop punk "kids" the Sights make their long awaited return.

Sat 4/21 - Slim Cessna's Auto Club (on Alternative Tentacles), Jawbone - Old-time religion, hillbilly caterwauling and rock-n-roll are just more gasoline on the fire of this wild Denver group. This is alt-country with attitude that is outrageous, but sincerely so. This is roots rock with both raunch and respect. A full night from one kickin' band. Jawbone's haunting croonings open.

Thu 4/26 - Slumber Party, Recorder - The understated pop stylings of Slumber party and the innovative ups and downs of Recorder...

Fri 4/27 - Inside Five Minutes, The Muggs, The Fairlanes - Real rock, real power, really powerful rock from Inside Five Minutes, power trio GD debut of The Muggs, and powerful guitars, catchy harmonies, and moving lyrics combine in Boulder, Colorado's The Fairlanes - on Suburban Home Records

Sat 4/28 - Blanche, Deanna Varagona (of Lambchop fame), Rich Mackin - Blanche is a country rock & gospel spectacle - twisted and haunting, with big juicy tears of country sadness. Deanna's current trio with Joe Ferguson (bass) and Jim Earley (drums), creates a sparse yet dynamic backdrop to highlight her poetic lyrics reminiscent of early Etta James passion and Bessie Smith's wiles. She lays her southern soul bare with a passion born in the Appalachian Mountains but bred in a world of a punk rock youth." "Consumer Defense Corporate Poet" Rich Mackin from Boston opens the show.

May 2001
Thu 5/03 - Swingin' Neckbrakers, Greenhornes, Stomp Rockets - A fury of garage rock energy from two Telstar Records bands and a well known local. Get your liver ready...?

Fri 5/04 - Gasoline (from Japan, on Estrus), MHz, Mistreaters - "The Mistreaters, from Milwaukee, will churn things up with their always mighty fine live show chock full o' much stompin' and shoutin'. MHz will continue the frenzy with their furious brand of unique, pissed-off, raw and LOUD rock. And Gasoline of course, from Japan, is going to blow up in everyone's face. More explosive than actual gasoline, this band will peel the paint off the bar walls and ignite the entire Cass Corridor with their own brand of broken-blues biker rock." -stolen from Flying Bomb site

Sat 5/05 - Document, Crypt Kicker 5, Mock Heroics - Document's first appearance here. Sincere indie/emo rock. CK5 has been called "Highly charged Detroit cute boy punk rock." Mock Heroics (ex King for a Day, Glider) brings catchy melodies and strong hooks.

WED 5/9 - Couch, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, PAIK - Couch, on Matador and Kitty-Yo is "somewhere between functional energy and expressive groove... similar to Tortoise but with the important distinction of not being dull." - Mike Wolf, Time Out New York From LA on Virgin Records, Black Rebel plays hard-edged, guitar-strewn music with a hint of '60s psychedelia and a fairly large amount of Britpop influence thrown in. Probably your only chance to see this band in such a small intimate setting. PAIK provides a giant, swirling maelstrom of textured,cerebral soundscapes exploding from an image and light induced environment that offers harmonic bliss to those willing to take the step........

Thu 5/10 - B-Movie Rats, Trash Brats - From Los Angeles, B-Movie cult-crashers lay it out fast and loud... vindictive rock and roll vermin apparently laying dormant since '73 waiting for just the right moment to infiltrate and infest the city streets and send the MTV generation lunging for the remote and screaming in terror. Timeless glam punk stylings of the Trash Brats get things jumping. One of Detroit's most loved and hated bands for about as long as we can remember.

Fri 5/11 - The Great Crusades, Bogue, The Drugs - From Chicago Checkered Past recording artists "The Great Crusades look at life through a shot glass lens... mixing anger, muscle and minor-key remorse... with the bonus of a singer who's got the tubercular pipes of Tom Waits and Axl Roses's love child." -Rolling Stone "Uh - yeah, and excellent catchy songwriting..." -Neil Bogue is a three piece from Detroit that sounds like the stooges crashing Wilson Pickett's bachelor party. The Drugs make their debut - ex Starlite Desperation, and Dave Buick on bass. At least that's what we're told.

Sat 5/12 - Baby Ambassador, The Jinx - Baby Ambassador brings soulful & intricate pop stylings from ex members of Gandy Dancer. The Jinx makes a second appearance here with their fine blend of indie pop.

WED 5/16 - EC8OR, Wolf Eyes, Bunnybrains - EC8OR : Germany's Digital Hardcore terrorists bring thier hyper electronic blastbeats to Detroit. Opening is Detroits own electronic beat-noise terrorists Wolf Eyes and New Yorks retarded children of Rock'n'Roll, The Bunnybrains.

Thu 5/17 - Trailer Trash & Trashy Trailers - Another night of film from Giles & TM Caldwell, featuring hillbillys, bikers, bad girls, and assorted miscreants.

Fri 5/18 - The Dishes, Hamicks, puta-pons, Rael Rean - Brutal, deranged, and subliminally lovely, four woman Chicago outfit the Dishes dish out heavy rock that is both a punishment and a delight. Raw and invigorating like first wave punk with quick electro-pop rock songwriting. Also fun at the after-party. The Hamicks are part sun-baked texas art punk mixed with a three foot Graphix bong and the ballpeen hammer-like notion of a good time. the kind of guys you think MIGHT be cool when you invite them over to party but eventually wished you hadn't. The puta-pons (Chicago) play angular punk/new wave that evokes the late 70s a la Slits, Au Pairs and Gang of Four. Rael Rean make their first appearance here - Wire meets Devo with a bit of Stranglers and Gang of Four in there as well. New Wave in a 70's sense, not the hair sprayed 80's sense.

Sat 5/19 - Stunning Amazon, Judah Johnson, Blair - Poetic folk and stunning voice of Audra Kubat with a full band. Judah Johnson brings shadowy catchy melodic pop, and Blair opens with some solo acoustic new urban folk.

Thu 5/24 - Showshane, Detachment Kit, Halon - Frome the first time they were accidentally booked here, Showshane has continued to impress with noisy space pop gems. "Detachment Kit is their name, they work a tight indie/emo/pop-punk outfit, really great vocals, and an all around good-spirited band."

Fri 5/25 - Waxwings, The Blacks - What we've said before is still true... stellar songwriting, catchy melodies, and great harmonies in just the right places. It seems that the Waxwings are always on tour these days, so be sure to catch 'em in a rare moment at home. The Blacks (on Bloodshot) "Incorporating boisterous indie rock, outlandish country/punk, debauched Dixieland, Delta blues, cabaret cool and rockabilly boogie, the Blacks keep the pleasure principle in effect with deceptively simple songwriting and climactic performances."---Mitch Myers Magnet

Sat 5/26 - Clone Defects, Killawatts, MHz, Sagger - Clone Defects punk-o-rama.... MHz continues to amaze with punk energy and fury combined with quirky rhythms and over the top stage moves. "The other two bands are from Milwaukee, and you know what that means -- somebody thought it would be funny to put musical instruments in the hands of beer-drunk idiots. Wasn't me." -Flying Bomb

Thu 5/31 - Babylonian Tiles, Rogue Angel Seven, Blake Chen - From LA on Pangea, Babylonian Tiles are the originators of acid-goth and masters of the dark psychedelic sound. Join The Hip Death Goddess and The Tiles and 'Take A Journey...To The Dark Side Of The Mind.' "You have to love someone who digs Hawkwind, Henry Cow, and the Dead Kennedys..." Rogue Angel Seven has been compared to a cross between Apoptygma berserk,KMFDM and Tool. Blake Chen opens with loops, samples, FX & vocals. The sound is darker, moodier....

June 2001
Fri 6/1 - Whirlwind Heat, They Come in Threes - A Record release on Italy Records. That means Dave & John are going to DJ too... Whirlwind Heat brings their post Devo-cum-Brainiac spazz punk synth garbage to town. Quirky popsters They Come in Threes open.

Sat 6/2 - The French Kicks, The Walkmen, The Dirty Shame - New York's French Kicks, now on Star Time Records return with their amazing jaunty disjointed pop stylings. The Walkmen (also on Star Time) open along with a new Detroit band, The Dirty Shame. This band features members of Taboo and the Wildbunch, and draws on a darker side. Who's Nick Cave?

Thu 6/7 - White Stripes, Rock*A*Teens, Ko & the Midnight Intruders - CD Release Show!! It's the Whites Stripes again! This may be the last time you'll be able to see this great Southwest Detroit duo in this intimate setting, as they continue to take the world by storm. From Atlanta, Rockateens make a rare appearance. Reverb drenched garagey energy. It's art school meets old-school garage, cow punk and surf, fresh, fun and utterly unpretentious. Ko & Co. open with rock, garage, and hints of country.

Fri 6/8 - Japanic, The Nice Device, Rael Rean - From Austin, Japanic plays dirty and unforgiving music, mixing rhythm and blues, punk rock, and electronics. New-wave, no-wave, semi-punk rock, mildly aggressive, while still slightly submissive band. Nice Device returns with edgy power pop, and Rael Rean opens with New Wave in a 70's sense, not the hair sprayed 80's sense. Wire meets Devo meets ??

Sat 6/9 - Easy Action, Bogue - A satisfying pummeling of screaming guitar and vocals... Punk edged screaming rock. Bogue opens. Now officially a three piece, it's a loud, precise, layered, full, and complex sound. Interested? You should be.

Thu 6/14 - Botanica, Climax Divine, Fetch - On Checkerd Past Records, Paul Wallfisch (Firewater) brings an all star cast... "Macabre, intelligent Nick-Cavish type lyrics and vocals set to some strange combination of jazzy piano blues and tribal rock, Botanica is tongue-in-cheek dark and angry fun. Expertly rendered, it's hard to tell if these people are actually trying to hit a niche audience or just wanted to get together and make a kick-ass record." ~The Big Takeover Climax Divine returns with dexterous and innovative experimental pop stylings. Fetch opens... Angsty indie guitar pop that packs a punch...

Fri 6/15 - Thrall, Mazinga, Aurora - Thrall intends to bring you its tightly woven sludge rock enhanced by the maniacally theatrical rantings of former Godbullies frontman, the Rev. Mike Hard. Their new CD, 'Hung Like God', will be available for mass consumption - the official Detroit release party. Aurora opens up with their own brand of melodic power rock echoing the likes of AC/DC and Jane's Addiction(if your feeble mind can even possibly fathom that correlation). Mazinga will be there with cosmic punk enlightenment as well as a message for Detroit: "All your base are belong to us. You have no chance for survive make your time."

Sat 6/16 - Greenhornes, The Sirens - The rock is back! Part retro, part garage and all rock! Their bouncy sound is a mixture of guitar-driven soul and in-your-face garage rock. Oh yeah, did I mention that it is infectious as hell, too? Sirens make their second appearance here - a girl rock & soul band with Muffy Kroha, Deanne (Come Ons), and Michelle, and a mystery guitarist who is quite well known in these parts, and might not be a girl. Your Detroit rock fantasies come true.

Thu 6/21 - Film from Giles & TM Caldwell... "Soundies - Music & Film in Wartime." 16mm Musical vignettes from the generation before the rock video. Selections from the archives of Giles & TMC spanning the styles of the forties & fifties. Rock; Blues; Hill-Billy; Jazz ; Swing; Grind; Cha Cha Cha. Music of all kinds represented in short films.

Fri 6/22 - Ghettobillies, Pearly Sweet & the Platonics - Ann Arbor's Ass-kickin' country funk, disco bluegrass, heartland glam and workingman's soul. From Chicago, Pearly Sweet & the Platonics do kind of an indie update on blues & soul.

Sat 6/23 - The Hentchmen vs. The Buzzards - It's a garage punk battle of two local garage punk faves. Raging blazing band battle action. Kind of like boxing, WWF, or monster trucks but with bands? These two bands will be tagging off all night trying to one-up eachother in multiple short sets. Winner to be chosen by you the audience. Many surprises planned, but then we can't tell you or it wouldn't be a surprise.

Thu 6/28 - Souldozer, Scuba La Boobala - The Souldozer trio gives their take on big powerful straight ahead rock. Scuba La Boobala brings catchy pop and power pop.

Fri 6/29 - Violet Skin, Document, Brooklawn - An evening of fine indie rock & emo. Grrl represented by Violet Skin, and more indie/emo from the others. Expect this description to be updated soon.

Sat 6/30 - Prom - "Xanadu" 4th Annual (and final) - We've been awash in Purple Rain, spent a Night on Disco Mountain, and sunk to the depths of Porno. Now enter the gates of Heaven here in "Xanadu."
July 2001

SUN 7/1 - Denver Gentlemen, The Orbitsuns, Jawbone - The band that spawned 16 Horsepower and Slim Cessna's Auto Club makes a first appearance here. Comparisons to 16 Horsepower and Slim Cessna abound, and rightly so. Slim Cessna and David Eugene Edwards are former members. A fine blend of alt-country, Americana, stellar musicianship, and general weirdness. "...some more images that come to mind .... early '70s Bryan Ferry fronting a 19th century haunted minstrel show… Picture Will Oldham on amphetamines leading a funeral procession in New Orleans." Randall J. Stephens, Ink19 Orbitsuns make their first appearance here bringing a country-western, rockabilly kick with some of the area's finest musicians from Crud, The Chisel Brothers, and Sponge. Jawbone's minimalist haunting croonings open.

WED 7/4 - Immigrant Suns, Stringbuilder - Check out the ever changing lineup of Immigrant Suns. Not entirely sure who's in this incarnation, but it promises to be finely crafted songs with influences and instruments from all over the world. From Providence, RI, Stringbuilder uses traditional acoustic instruments to create rhythmic, driving music that harkens back to old-time sounds while tipping its hat to the contemporary.

Thu 7/5 - Amino Acids, Saucer, Dylan 94 - Amino Acids - Instrumental garage punk - devo/mummies is space suits. Noisy, fun, and truly bizarre. Saucer brings electronic improvisation that attempts to bridge rock and electronic noise.

Fri 7/6 - The Dirty Shame, The Alphabet, W-Vibe - Detroit supergroup makes their second appearance. Strong songs and sincere performance from a band that features members of Taboo, The Witches, and the Wildbunch. Bar rock for a future generation? Redefining bar rock? The bar will be a rockin'? The Aphabet makes their first appearance here since they changed their name from Ghostworld. Psych/pop croonings and guitar freakouts.... Speaking of freaks - it's been quite some time since we've had the pleasure of hosting a W-Vibe show. This electronic duo makes highly entertaining pop ditties about robots and stuff like that using keyboards and obsolete video games. Yup.

Sat 7/07 - Trash Brats, The Jollys - After thirteen years?!? Thee Trash Brats continue to be one of Detroit's most loved and hated bands - It's glam punk with a pop edge, and consistent stage energy that puts most bands to shame. Newcomers The Jollys open with their take on pop/punk stylings.

SUN 7/08 - Reggae Benefit featuring Jo Nab, Ras Kente, Rhythm Posse - Detroit's finest reggae masters join together in one night to benefit fire victims... Show starts early! 'Roots Reggae Vibration at de Gol' Dollah mahn' I can hear Michael Julian now....

MON 7/09 - Lightning Bolt, Wolf Eyes, Pink & Brown - 'The loudest band in the world. The bass rig is rumored to be 3200 watts. It is the most complicated and intricate music imaginable played with hockey gloves and masks. Wrapped in layers of mystery, this band makes your silly 'heavy' music stylings seem like the work of children. A mind blowing stew of hyper kinetic drumming and bass blurt of unbelievable power and intricacy.' 'Wolf Eyes opted for the wall-of-sound effect. I was blown away by the charisma of the lead singer and how they manipulated their instruments to create a sound like a later-day Captain Beefheart with some Mick Jagger struts and thrusts thrown in for full rockstar glory. Of course, if it hadn't been for the confused giggles and the 'What the hell?' conversations during their set, I could have really enjoyed it.' - Michelle Patterson, WBGU (Bowling Green) Pink & Brown - Pink plays guitar and sings. Brown plays drums. Pink plays intricate spazzy weirdo rock as he thrusts and contorts his skinny pink body all over everything. Brown plays hard and fast. Pink sings like a little bionic bird. Brown does not sing. For fans of Crom Tech, DNA, The Stooges, Providence Rock, and the comic book Spiderman

Thu 7/12 - Film from Giles & TMC... "Cannibal Stew" - ...a strange cinema haggis containing unwholesome ingredients from the limits of their larder

Fri 7/13 - Datacarbon Recordings Across Woodward Release with Adam's Castle, Showshane, Halon, Laughing Gas - Datacarbon Recordings is new label out of Detroit that believes in and works with artists and bands who are as much fans as they are musicians. Improvisational, space, instrumental rock, space noise rock and more are represented in this fine and full evening.

Sat 7/14 - 12 Angry Steps, Shepwrench - Leather clad Dretroit rock and punk from 12 Angry Steps Shepwrench opens ass kickin' detroit rock and features members (and former members) of Speedball, the Twistin' Tarantulas and Easy Action.'

TUE 7/17 - Erase Errata, Viki, Maximum Cloud - From San Francisco, "blistering remnants of post-punk and no wave greatness - chaotic, rhythmic, melodic, repetitive, to the point. As if a blender churned up the Scissor Girls, Mission of Burma, Birthday Party, Fire Engines, and DNA." Viki is a one woman noise/dance project. Kind of like Peaches, but with more of a noise and experimental home made instrument feel. Worth being late to work tomorrow.

Thu 7/19 - Superdot, TheKnowHow - The best of punk/ska from Detroit and Florida.

Fri 7/20 - The Muggs, The Bigger Lovers, Nice Device - Power evening - that is power trio and power pop... The Muggs were a very pleasant surprise in their last show here. With a nod to proficient power trios of the past, the Muggs have the energy, presence, skills and songs to pull it off. Catchy and entertaining. From Philadelphia comes the Bigger Lovers - jangly guitar based power-pop. Refreshing, faimiliar and new at the same time. Think Big Star, think The Who... Detroit's own Nice Device opens their take on the big hooks, loud guitars and catchy vocals of power pop.

7/21 - Mark Cunningham's Convolution, Aaron Dilloway - It's a duo collaboration of trumpet, electronics and visuals of Mark Cunningham and his wife Silvia Mestres. (compare to Ben Neill, Spaceheads, Rhys Chatham, maybe a little illbient stuff like Spooky). Cunningham has been living in Barcelona since 1991, but previously was a member of the groups Don King (which at points included Arto Lindsay and Pere Ubu's Tony Maimone) and seminal New York 'No Wavers' Mars, whose back catalog has been reissued on Atavistic Records. In the 80s he also collaborated with the likes of Christian Marclay, Foetus, and Rudolph Grey. In 1999, he collaborated on two Etant Donnes CDs with Lydia Lunch, Alan Vega and Michael Gira, and debuted at Sonar 2000 as a member of Genesis P-Orridge's Thee Majesty. He was recently featured in a full page article in The Wire. This tour will be Cunningham's first US shows in over a decade. This is the new music stuf that we really like here!!! Dare to try something different.

Thu 7/26 - Mokum, The Haskels, The Winonas - Mokum makes their debut here with female fronted funky rock and pop. The Haskels visit from Lansing with innocently poppy rock stylingsa, and Winonas open with a sort of Buddy Holly meets early Stones meets Americana meets early R&B meets ?? Their first appearance here too.

Fri 7/27 - The Come Ons, Happy Supply - Retro R&B driven dance pop that just seems to get catchier every time. Chicago's Happy Supply opens... "an oh-so-cute and engaging electro indie-pop duo..."

Sat 7/28 - First Annual Trash Nationals with The Mystery Girls, Strong Come Ons, The Panic Buttons, Thee Mighty John Waynes - Alabama, Wisconsin and Indiana... All Walks of all American life? From Wisconsin The Mystery Girls (dolls/damned/devo) and the Strong Come Ons (blown up amps and broken down blooze) with Alabama trash Rockers the Panic Buttons and Indiana drunks Thee Mighty John Waynes....Yeah!!!!

August 2001

WED 8/1 - Betty Blowtorch, Broadzilla, The Sights - "They are the hott all-girl rock sensations whose latest release features a guest appearance by Vanilla Ice?!? That and the fact that they are foxy and musically adept has generated a media frenzy.... features in Alternative Press, Spin magazine, Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, NYPress and more. They are currently the lead story on MTV.com, on the cover of LA's Glue magazine." Think proficient powerful hard rock, punk & metal. Broadzilla: "Trashy, thrashy hard stuff from a band that remembers rock n' roll is supposed to be fun." Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press The Sights open with energetic up-tempo garage pop.

Thu 8/2 - Detroit Cobras - One final appearance here for the Cobras, bringing their energetic stylings, soulful croonings and good time party sensabilities.

Fri 8/3 - Parker & Lily, Recorder, Ansonia - Hey we (Gold Dollar) have been open for five years!! - From New York, ex Valentine Six, "seductive, minimal arrangements of steel guitar and vibraphone dart in and out of shadowy vocals... it's music for your favorite time of night" Time Out, NY Recorder: Lazy lo-fi half psych rock. At least that's what we used to think. We're not sure anymore. Space? Ansonia opens with moody pop that unites unusual rhythmic approaches with layers of guitar, keyboards and vocals. Their approach is dynamic and addictive. Former members of Spy Radio and Perplexa.

Sat 8/4 - Eight Ball Grifter, Psycho Charger - Both Skully Records artists - Eight Ball Grifter- greaser-punk psychobilly from Lansing, MI, Psycho Charger- industrial trashabilly from New York, NY.

WED 8/8 - The Dirtbombs, The Dishes, Ex Models - Two drummers + two bassists + Mick Collins = nearly 1000 pounds of pure rock goodness. Opening - Brutal, deranged, and subliminally lovely, four woman Chicago outfit the Dishes dish out heavy rock that is both a punishment and a delight. Raw and invigorating like first wave punk with quick electro-pop rock songwriting. Also fun at the after-party. Probably not on a Wednesday though. Ex Models from New York bring energetic and fast kinda new wave stuff possibly inspired by Devo, Talking Heads, and Shellac?

Thu 8/9 - Giles & TMC present Silent Cinema - Unusual short films & cartoons from the silent era. Including the following & many more, with creative soundtrack supplied : Edison ; Jungle Jive ; Iwerks' The Pincushion Man; Krazy Kat ; Felix Emulsified ; Burlesque ; Melies ; Charlie Chaplin ; Buster Keatons' Cops ; Rollerskating Dwarf ; Racy Mickey & Mighty Mouse ; Little Black Sambo ; Avery's Big Bad Wolf ; etc.

Fri 8/10 - They Come in Threes, Bogue, Atalaya - Quirky experimental guitar pop. Hey - buy the CD! Now a three piece, Bogue brings an abstractly heavy full and powerful if a bit soulful sound. Atalaya is a new band with "bewitching vocals" from Leah Duncan and also features Leigh (Slumber Party) and Eric (Baby Ambassador)

Sat 8/11 - The Lost Kids, Gore Gore Girls, The Buzzards - Former members of Starlite Desperation and Belle Isle, Dante, Yasmine, and Jennifer are back visiting from California with their new band. Gore Gore Girls bring powerful and raw garage punk.

Wed 8/15 - Barbara Manning, Denise James, Americans - A veteran of San Francisco's vibrant pop scene, Barbara Manning has played in a host of Bay Area groups, including SF Seals and World Of Pooh, and released several stunning solo releases. Barbara as you have rarely heard her before...Energized by the punky energy of her new trio the Go-Luckys!

Thu 8/16 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, PAIK, The Dirty Shame - From LA on Virgin Records, Black Rebel plays hard-edged, guitar-strewn music with a hint of '60s psychedelia and a fairly large amount of Britpop influence thrown in. PAIK provides a giant, swirling maelstrom of textured,cerebral soundscapes exploding from an image and light induced environment that offers harmonic bliss to those willing to take the step........

Fri 8/17 - Queen Bee, Thrall, Radium - Queen Bee is back and better (and louder?) than ever. Karen Neal (Inside Out, Thrall) is joined by Rachel May (Broadzilla) and Adam (Godbullies) for powerful and intricate glam punk stylings. Thrall intends to bring you its tightly woven sludge rock enhanced by the maniacally theatrical rantings of former Godbullies frontman, the Rev. Mike Hard.

Sat 8/18 - Junk Monkeys, The Hentchmen, Climax Divine - THE FINAL SCHEDULED SHOW AT GOLD DOLLAR!! - Junk Monkeys combine great songwriting, powerful hooks, power-pop sensibilites, and punk rock energy. One of the bands that kept me interested in live music, and helped inspire the creation of the Gold Dollar. Hentchmen return with their unique high energy rock and garage gems. Another band that has a long history of doing it right, always giving it all they've got on stage. Long time fans may remember a show at Finneys with 249 (my old band) opening? Ok, maybe not. It was back in '93 or '94?? Climax Divine seems to be finally getting the recognition they are due. This "experimental rock" band submitted the first demo to the Gold Dollar, and we didn't book them at first, because the tape was almost too good to be believed. Must be some kind of studio trickery - but no, they can do it live. Innovative stylings and virtuoso playing. Ok - that's it! Thanks everyone for all of your support over the years! -Neil