1986 February 14 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA
1986 February 21 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Untouchables, Freaky Executives) [advertised, but were they in NYC instead?]
1986 February 21 - The Ritz, New York, NY, USA (with Fine Young Cannibals) [did they play this show instead?]
1986 February 22 - Rheem Performing Arts Theatre, Moraga, CA, USA (with Freaky Executives) [advertised, but information conflicts with review of concert in Boston]
1986 February 22 - The Channel, Boston, MA, USA (with Fine Young Cannibals, Buddy System)
1986 February 25 - Club Soda, Montreal, QC, Canada (with Fine Young Cannibals)
1986 February 28 - St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI, USA (with Fine Young Cannibals)
1986 March 4 - Wolfgang's, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Fine Young Cannibals)
1986 March 6 - Fender's, Long Beach, CA, USA (with Fine Young Cannibals)
1986 March 7 - Hollywood Palace Theater, Los Angeles, CA, USA (with Fine Young Cannibals)
1986 March 8 - The Farm, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Impulse F, Convictions, Denim TV)
1986 March 8 - Showcase Amphitheatre at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, CA, USA (with Fine Young Cannibals) [did they play this show?]
1986 March 29 - Cotati Cabaret, Cotati, CA, USA (with Freaky Executives)
1986 April 6 - "Art Party" at University Art Museum at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA (with Zula Pool, Carol Bach-Y-Rita, Ed Tannenbaum)
1986 April 10 - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA, USA (with Until December)
1986 May 1 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA (with DJ David Bassian)
1986 May 2 - The Hill, Oakland, CA, USA (with Until December)
1986 May 5 - Wolfgang's, San Francisco, CA, USA Wolfgang's, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Erasure)
1986 May 7 - Rheem Performing Arts Theatre, Moraga, CA, USA (with Wire Train)
1986 May 30 - Rheem Performing Arts Theatre, Moraga, CA, USA (with Wire Train, Zula Pool)
1986 June 7 - Berkeley Square, Berkeley, CA, USA (with Wire Train, Jain)
1986 June 17 - The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA (with Wire Train, Balls of Fire)
1986 June 20 - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA, USA (with Beat Farmers, Mrs. Green)
1986 June 27-29 - The San Francisco Music Fair San Francisco, CA, USA [which day did they play?]
1986 July 3 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA
1986 July 5 - The Farm, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Typhoon, Convictions)
1986 September 10 - Oasis, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Mysteries, Fields Laughing)
1986 September 17 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Spanish Elvis)
1986 September 18 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA [most likely this listing was incorrect]
1986 September 18 - Oasis, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Mysteries, Fields Laughing)
1986 September 25 - Club DV8, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Voice Farm, Flying Color)
1986 December 18 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA
1987 May 9 - "At The Lakes" at Sonoma State University, Cotati, CA, USA (with Mrs. Green, Stringrays)
1987 May 16 - The Omni, Oakland, CA, USA (with Primus)
1987 June 12 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Fade to Grey)
1987 June 13 - The Omni, Oakland, CA, USA (with Primus, Capture The Flag) poster
1987 July 1 - The Stone, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Primus, Capture The Flag)
1987 July 10 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA
1987 July 15 - Berkeley Square, Berkeley, CA, USA (with Capture The Flag)
1987 August 21 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA
1988 July 1 - Berkeley Square, Berkeley, CA, USA (with Capture The Flag)
1988 August 12 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA
1988 September 9 - Berkeley Square, Berkeley, CA, USA
1988 December 10 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Show and Tell)
1988 December 27 - Kennel Club, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Sons of Silence)
1989 February 15 - I-BEAM, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Hobo, Slack) poster
1989 February 17 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Slack)
1989 April 29 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Smoking Section)
1989 July 7 - I-BEAM, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Voice Farm, Eden Unger & Lauren Danielle)
1990 April 21-22 - Club Me/ Cattle Club, Sacramento, CA, USA (with Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Groovie Ghoulles, 58 Fury, Anton Barbeau and the Joy-Boys, The Movie Stars, Alex Paulik)
1990 April 26 - DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA, USA
1990 May 12 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA (with World Entertainment War)
1990 June 8 - DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA, USA
1990 July 3 - I-BEAM, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Capture the Flag)
1991 February 2 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Smoking Section)
1991 July 20 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Smoking Section)
The Holy Ghost People
1990 October 20 - The Omni, Oakland, CA, USA (with Primus, Fungo Mungo, You And What Army)
1991 August 28 - H.E.A.R. Benefit at DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Bob Cock and the Yellow Sock, Sway, Hexx, NVS, Linda Perry, hawnna Hall)
The Spent Poets
1991 November 10 - The Omni, Oakland, CA, USA (with Eskimo, Fungo Mungo and ??)
1992 January 18 - Nightbreak, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Hobo, Stimmies)
1992 May 6 - Berkeley Square, Berkeley, CA, USA (with You And What Army)
1992 May 13 - KITS Live 105 Modern Rock Cruise #6, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Blur, Senseless Things)
1992 June 17 - Marquis Theatre, NYC, NY, USA (with Basehead, Jah Wobble)
1992 June 18 - Tradewinds, Sea Bright, NJ, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 June 19 - The Academy, New York, NY, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 June 20 - The Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 June 21 - Metropol, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 June 23 - Bogarts, Cincinnati, OH, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 June 25 - Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 June 26 - Decker Park, Austin, TX, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 June 27 - Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX, USA (94.5 The Edge Third Birthday Bash)
1992 June 28 - The Woodlands, Houston, TX, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 June 30 - The Marquee Club, Boulder, CO, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 1 - Club DV8, Salt Lake City, UT, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 3 - RKCNDY, Seattle, WA, USA (with Live, Wire Train) poster
1992 July 4 - Town Pump, Vancouver, BC, Canada (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 5 - RKCNDY Portland, Portland, OR, USA (with Live, Wire Train) poster
1992 July 7 - Cattle Club, Sacramento, CA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 8 - Hard Rock Cafe, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 9 - The Edge, Palo Alto, CA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 10 - Sound FX, San Diego, CA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 12 - Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 13 - Roxy, Los Angeles, CA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 15 - The Roxy, Phoenix, AZ, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 17 - Deep Ellum Live, Dallas, TX, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 18 - The Backroom, Austin, TX, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 19 - Numbers, Houston, TX, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 21 - Beach Club, Orlando, FL, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 22 - Club Detroit, St. Petersburg, FL, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 23 - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 24 - Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 25 - The Mad Monk, Wilmington, NC, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 27 - Pterodactyl, Charlotte, NC, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 29 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 30 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 July 31 - Peppermint Beach Club, Virginia Beach, VA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 August 1 - Flood Zone, Richmond, VA, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 August 4 - Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 August 5 - St. Andrews, Detroit, MI, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 August 6 - Empire (or Peabody's Downunder?), Cleveland, OH, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 August 7 - Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 August 8 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1992 August 9 - Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI, USA (with Live, Wire Train)
1994 January 21 - Slim's, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Translator, Barton Darlington and Dekker Sheff, 7-Day Diary)
1994 March 3 - DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA, USA
Dates for the tour with Live and Wire Train largely obtained from The Live Lounge. Contemporary press reports place The Poets at the following dates and I am inferring their presence at the others: 6/27, 6/30, 7/3, 7/4, 7/10, 7/13, 7/21, and 7/31. Press reports describe the Poets as leaving the tour and not playing the 8/15 (The Sting, New Britain, CT) show, that would mean that they did not play the 8/16 (The Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA) show, but unclear when exactly they left the tour. Corrections welcome.
Slider
1994 December 27 - Galaxy Concert Theatre, Santa Ana, CA, USA (with X)
1997 May 28 - Opium Den, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1997 June 25 - Alligator Lounge, Los Angeles, CA, USA (with Magnet, Lincoln)
Bob Cock and the Yellow Sock
1989 August 6 - Paradise Lounge, San Francisco, CA
1990 May 4 - I-Beam, San Francisco, CA, USA [audio available at Toaster Land]
Setlist: John The Fisherman, Groundhog's Day, In The Flesh, Tommy The Cat
1990 June 29 - I-Beam, San Francisco, CA, USA
Setlist: John The Fisherman, Harold Of The Rocks, Tommy The Cat, Mr. Knowitall, Groundhog's Day, A Shot In The Dark, Hey Bob, A Whole Lotta Cock, Disco Bob, In The Flesh
1990 July 12 - The Cabaret, Cotati, CA, USA
1991 August 28 - DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA
1992 May 25 - DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA, USA [setlist available at Toaster Land]
1993 December 11 - KROQ Acoustic Christmas, Burbank, CA, USA [audio available at Toaster Land]
Setlist: Jerry Was A Racecar Driver, John The Fisherman, Groundhog's Day, Disco Jam
Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel
1996 August 14 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA, USA
1996 August 23 - Phoenix Theatre, Petaluma, CA, USA
1996 August 24 - Slim's, San Francisco, CA, USA
1996 September 5 - Supper Club, New York, NY, USA (with M.I.R.V., Masque) [audio available at Toaster Land]
1996 September 8 - Avalon, Boston, MA, USA (with M.I.R.V.)
1996 September 9 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA (with M.I.R.V., Masque) [audio available at Toaster Land]
1996 September 10 - Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, USA (with M.I.R.V., Masque)
1996 September 12 - The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA, USA
1996 September 21 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA
1996 September 27 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA (with M.I.R.V.) [audio available at Toaster Land]
1996 October 3 - Brick by Brick, San Diego, CA, USA (with M.I.R.V.)
1996 October 4 - Electric Ballroom, Tempe, AZ, USA (with M.I.R.V.) [audio available at Toaster Land]
2001 March 3 - Noise Pop Music & Arts Festival, Justice League, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Money Mark, DJ Me DJ You)
Electric Apricot
2005 May 19 - 19 Broadway, Fairfax, CA, USA
Setlist: Hey Are You Going To Burning Man?, Sugar Train Blues, The Future Will Blow Your Mind, Uncle Pete's Party, Pancakes, Yog Sagoff, Backroads Of My Mind
2005 May 25 - Sweetwater Saloon, Mill Valley, CA, USA
Setlist: Hey Are You Going To Burning Man?, Sugar Train Blues, The Future Will Blow Your Mind, Uncle Pete's Party, Pancakes, Yog Sagoff, Encore: Backroads Of My Mind
Setlist: Hey Are You Going To Burning Man?, Sugar Train Blues, The Future Will Blow Your Mind, Uncle Pete's Party, Backroads Of My Mind, Yog Sagoff, Encore: Pancakes
2005 August 27 - "Shakedown Fest" at Horning's Hideout, Portland, OR, USA - canceled
2005 September - 16-18 "Earthdance Festival" at The Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville, CA, USA [which day did they play?]
2007 March 17 - Opal's Freehouse, Austin, TX, USA
Setlist: Hey Are You Going To Burning Man?, Sugar Train Blues, Uncle Pete's Party, Backroads Of My Mind, Yog Sagoff
Madame Blavatsky Overdrive
2007 ?? - The West Oakland Theosophy Center, Oakland, CA, USA
2007 ?? - Haight Street Fair, San Francisco, CA, USA
2007 August 1 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Oslo and Statutory Grape / or with Whisper In The Noise?)
Setlist: Idiot Jones Will Have His Day, Kicking The Can, Drowning Not Waving, My Secret Life Is Killing Me, These Days (Jackson Browne cover), Stay, Occam's Razor, Spaceman Time To Go
2016 April 24 - Toot's Tavern, Crockett, CA, USA (with ??)
2016 May 6 - Merchant's Saloon, Oakland, CA, USA (with La Fin Absolute du Monde, Sludgebucket)
2016 June 10 - Stork Club, Oakland, CA, USA (with Sin Silver And The Avenue, The Stereo Eclipse, Glasir, La Fin Absolute Du Monde, Alpha Pride, Heavy Crown)
2016 July 17 - Merchant's Saloon, Oakland, CA, USA (with Party Force, Fracas)
2016 July 23 - Toot's Tavern, Crockett, CA, USA (with Cruella, The Butlers, Bullywest, Attik Door, Swampy Waterz)
2016 August 26 - The Uptown, Oakland, CA, USA (with MCM and the Monster, CACA, Kehoe International, Maximum Bob)
2016 October 28 - Toot's Tavern, Crockett, CA, USA (with La Vish Green, Bullywest, Chronic Vitality)
2016 November 18 - DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA, USA (with The Ghost Next Door, The Ellusive Furs)
1997 December 31 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Hellbillys, M.I.R.V.)
1998 Feb 12 - Paradise Lounge, San Francisco, CA, USA (with Neosoreskin, Bent Scepter, Jim Campilongo Band)
2018 December 31 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA (with The Claypool Lennon Delirium)
Setlist: His Name Is Beanpole, Embryo, Farmer Loved An Onion, Grandma, Sponge Boy, Children In Your Garden, Chicken Boy, Cousins, Judge Wapner, Pumpkin Pickin' Time, His Name Is Beanpole (Reprise)
Personnel: Derek Greenberg: lead vocals, guitar; Larry LaLonde: guitar; Matt Winegar: guitar, backing vocals; Adam Gates: bass guitar, backing vocals; Darin Wilson: piano, keyboards, backing vocals; Tom Muer: keyboards; Geoff Marx: drums; Les Claypool (aka 'Piggy'): drums on Chicken Boy
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