Here, too, at least the last time they came through town. I don’t know about back in the mid-90s, though.
I have two stories sort of like that… first, was seeing Jarboe (post-Swans), and the sound sucked, and she threatened to end the show if the sound guy didn’t get his shit together…
Second, saw Pigface, with Chris Connelly (one of his last national tours, I believe), and he came out right before Pigface came on, to do a couple of songs. For some reason, most of the audience didn’t know who he was (I did, he’s still one of my favorite singers), and weren’t to happy to see a dude with an acoustic guitar… they were kind of groaning and jeering a bit. He began to play July, but like 2 notes into the song, the power goes out on the mics, so he sort of stands there, strumming for a minute, finally just shrugs and just belts that shit out. Needless to say, by the end of it, the whole crowd was into it.
