Post by NSS on Feb 21, 2006 7:17:34 GMT -5
The only reason I walked into the long gone Scrapyard in Buffalo, NY on Saturday April 18, 1992 was because it's owner, Dror Khon (sp?) owed me money for a recent gig. After suffering through some lame-o local punk act the relatively unknown Tribe mounted the stage.
There I stood, front row dead center, for the show, my gaze almost entirely transfixed on Miss Janet LaValley. I purchased Abort the very next day and listened to it for a week straight. I joined the fan club, have an autographed 8 X 10 (in a scrapbook somewhere) as well as "my lucky" Tribe T-shirt, which I was wearing when I took an ID photo for my Citibank Visa credit card and have never allowed them to change since even though I am 12 years older and now have short hair.
I remember eagerly awaiting the release of Sleeper and initially was sorely disappointed and though time has given it some appeal, it's no Abort.
I prayed that Tribe would return to Buffalo...they never did. Then I received the fan club letter annoucing their final show in Boston. I toyed with the idea of driving up for it, but I was way too broke and my car was way too beat-up. This is one of three shows I regret missing, the other two being the Monsters Of Rock festival (VH, Scorps, Doken, Mettalicrap & Kingdom Come) which I stayed home for so I could study for my calculus exam and INXS in Toronto in September of 1997 which I missed because of car problems I experienced while driving to the 09/21/1997 Bruce thingyinson solo show and I was afraid to tax the poor thing for fear of not making it to my CBGB's showcase a week later so I follow a Russian death metal band on a Monday night in front of 10 people. Needless to say, Michael Hutchence died that December and now I have to seem them with that hack on vocals...but I digress.
Back to Tribe:
1) Thank God that someone (bless your heart Steve) had the wherewithal to put a long overdue site for the band.
2) Does anyone know the Abort tour setlist? The couple of memories I had were one of just the guys coming back on stage for the encore, Eric stating something to the effect of "We're gonna leave the women folk at home for this next song." and them rocking out a song by a Boston band before being joined by Terri and Janet for the final number and of Janet LaValley singing into a megaphone. Actually, my good friend, the Knife, now an engineer/producer in Las Vegas, was the sound man for the Scrapyard at the time and remembers fondly assisting Miss LaValley with bullhorn/mic technique during soundcheck.
3) Are there any bootlegs of the Abort tour? I will gladly clean/remaster them for the 5 of us in the world that care.
Peace & God bless,
- NSS
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There I stood, front row dead center, for the show, my gaze almost entirely transfixed on Miss Janet LaValley. I purchased Abort the very next day and listened to it for a week straight. I joined the fan club, have an autographed 8 X 10 (in a scrapbook somewhere) as well as "my lucky" Tribe T-shirt, which I was wearing when I took an ID photo for my Citibank Visa credit card and have never allowed them to change since even though I am 12 years older and now have short hair.
I remember eagerly awaiting the release of Sleeper and initially was sorely disappointed and though time has given it some appeal, it's no Abort.
I prayed that Tribe would return to Buffalo...they never did. Then I received the fan club letter annoucing their final show in Boston. I toyed with the idea of driving up for it, but I was way too broke and my car was way too beat-up. This is one of three shows I regret missing, the other two being the Monsters Of Rock festival (VH, Scorps, Doken, Mettalicrap & Kingdom Come) which I stayed home for so I could study for my calculus exam and INXS in Toronto in September of 1997 which I missed because of car problems I experienced while driving to the 09/21/1997 Bruce thingyinson solo show and I was afraid to tax the poor thing for fear of not making it to my CBGB's showcase a week later so I follow a Russian death metal band on a Monday night in front of 10 people. Needless to say, Michael Hutchence died that December and now I have to seem them with that hack on vocals...but I digress.
Back to Tribe:
1) Thank God that someone (bless your heart Steve) had the wherewithal to put a long overdue site for the band.
2) Does anyone know the Abort tour setlist? The couple of memories I had were one of just the guys coming back on stage for the encore, Eric stating something to the effect of "We're gonna leave the women folk at home for this next song." and them rocking out a song by a Boston band before being joined by Terri and Janet for the final number and of Janet LaValley singing into a megaphone. Actually, my good friend, the Knife, now an engineer/producer in Las Vegas, was the sound man for the Scrapyard at the time and remembers fondly assisting Miss LaValley with bullhorn/mic technique during soundcheck.
3) Are there any bootlegs of the Abort tour? I will gladly clean/remaster them for the 5 of us in the world that care.
Peace & God bless,
- NSS
Musician Extraordinaire, Rock & Roll Deity, Software Engineer and All Around Nice Guy
Official NSS Fan site: www.nssworld.com
Official Cheezy Money Site: www.cheezymoney.com
Software Engineer for The PCA Group, Inc: www.thepcagroup.com
UK Representation by Greig Robertson of Dead Anyway Entertainment Group: www.deadanyway.com
NSS On-Line Store: store.nssworld.com
Mailing Address: POB 787 Derby, NY 14047 USA
Phone: (001) 716-983-7850
Y!: cheezy_money
AIM: ch33zymon3y
MSN: cheezymoney@hotmail.com