NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: The Mekons Venue: Mercury Lounge , 217 E Houston St. , New York, NY Date: Saturday 6/6/26 9pm Tickets: $39 advance via Tickpick 9:50 pm The Mekons Active: 1976 (Chicago, IL via Leeds, UK) Latest Release: Horror (Fire, 2025) Horrorble (Mekons vs Tony Maimone) (Fire, out 6/12/26) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wik i YouTube   Spotify The last time I saw the Mekons, The Curse of the Mekons was the new release and the year was 1991 at the long gone Nightstage in Cambridge, MA.  35 years on, the band seemed a little less rocking and a little more subdued but not wholly out of character.  There was a little more drunken banter as the band had played a show earlier in the evening. There were difference in the two shows.  The late crowd got exclusives on "Land Ahoy," "Secrets," "Big Zombie," "Tina and "Where Were You?" but missed out on"Keep On Hoppin'," "Simone On The Beach," "Mudcra...

  Bill: GBH/Slaughterhouse/The Mainliners Venue: Gramercy Theatre, 127 E 23 St ., New York, NY Date: Friday 11/7/25 Door: $35 (paid $25 via Tickpick) 9:30 GBH Active: 1978 (Birmingham, UK) Latest Release: Momentum (Hellcat, 2017) Biggest/First Release: City Baby Attacked By Rats (Bronze/Clay, 1982) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8:45 Slaughterhouse Active: 2018 (Los Angeles/South Bay, CA) Latest Release: Sick and Tired (Slaughterhouse, 2025) Biggest Release: Fun Factory (Recess, 2021) First Release: Slaughterhouse (Slaughterhouse, 2018) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist   YouTube Spotify 8pm The Mainliners Active: 2022 (Hollywood/Los Angeles, Latest Release: Discography (The Mainliners, 2025) Bandcamp   Instagram Discogs Setlist     YouTube Spotify It had been a few years since I last saw Charged GBH and 39 years since the first time on the Punks vs Skins tour with Agnostic Front opening in 1986 at ...

 Bill: The Legendary Pink Dots/Orbit Service Venue: The Sultan Room , 234 Starr St ., Brooklyn, NY Date: 10/23/25 Door: $34.09 (DICE Ticket, I won pair on DoNYC) 8:30pm The Legendary Pink Dots Active: 1980 (London, UK/Nijmegen, Netherlands) Latest Release: So Lonely In Heaven (Metropolis, 2025), Chemical Playschool Vol. 25 (Legendary Pink Dots, 2025) Biggest Release: The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse (Play It Again Sam, 1990) First Release: Only Dreaming (Legendary Pink Dots, 1981) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Missed: Orbit Service Trying to figure out the set times was a little difficult with a 7pm door.  My guess was somewhere in the 8:45-9:15 range with the opener at 8, but from my 8:38 arrival, the Dots were already on. The Legendary Pink Dots lead by Edward Ka-Spel are one of those long running (45 years since 1980) entities that have cranked out a nearly infinite amount of music.  The ones I knew were the ones Pl...