NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: Cock Sparrer/Michael McColgan & The Bomb Squad/No Time/Dark Thoughts Venue: Brooklyn Paramount, 385 Flatbush Ave Ext, Brooklyn, NY Date: Sunday 3/29/26 Tickets: $21 (via Tickpick advance) 9:30pm Cock Sparrer Active: 1972 (London, UK) Latest Release: Hand On Heart (Pirates Press, 2024) Bandcamp F acebook Instagram Discogs Setlist Wiki  AllMusic Y ouTube Spotify 8:30 Michael McColgan & The Bomb Squad Active: 2025 (Boston, MA) Affiliated: Dropkick Murphys (1996-1998), Street Dogs (2002-present) Instagram   Discogs   Setlist   Wiki   AllMusic  Y ouTube 7:30 No Time Active: 2014 (Pittsburgh, PA) Latest Release: Comply or Die (TKO, 2025) Bandcamp   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist   YouTube  S potify Missed: Dark Thoughts Although they have been active since 1972, Cock Sparrer made their biggest impact in the first half of the 80's as one of THE faces of British Oi punk.  They issued music on Decca before tha...

  Bill: The Mars Volta/Kianí Medina/Feliz Y Dada Venue:    Brooklyn Paramount ,  385 Flatbush Ave. Ext . , Brooklyn, NY Date: 11/9/25 Door: $86 (won tickets on DoNYC) 9:30 The Mars Volta Active: 2001(El Paso, TX) Latest Release:  Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío ( Clouds Hill Records, 2025) Biggest Release:  De-Loused in the Comatorium   (Universal, 2003) First Release: Tremulant EP (Gold Standard Laboratories, 2002) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8:30 Kianí Medina Active: 2007 (Puerto Rico) Latest Release: " Muy lejos del encanto " (Pomero, 2025) Instagram Discogs Setlist    YouTube   Missed: Feliz Y Dada Mars Volta had long been a bucket list band to check out.  I've only really heard their 2005 album Francis The Mute, so I had no idea what they've been doing all these 20 years since.  DoNYC papered this show as a bonus free show, so free was a motivator to finally ch...

  Bill: Psychedelic Furs Venue: Brooklyn Paramount , 385 Flatbush Ave. Ext. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Sun 10/19/25 Door: $74 (had friends extra won pair) 9:40pm Psychedelic Furs Active: 1977 (London, UK) Latest Release: Made of Rain (Cooking Vinyl, 2020), " Evergreen " (Cooking Vinyl, 2021) Biggest Release: Midnight To Midnight (Columbia, 1987) First Release: The Psychedelic Furs (Columbia, 1980) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm Gary Numan Active: 1977 (London, UK) Latest Release: Intruder (BMG/The End, 2021), A Perfect Circle: Live (BMG, 2025) Biggest Release: The Pleasure Principle (Atco, 1979) First Release: Tubeway Army- Tubeway Army (Beggars Banquet, 1978) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube   Spotify Psychedelic Furs were a long time "bucket list" band I never got around to seeing.  Stars aligned, a friend of mine won two pairs of tickets, a friend in town was an old fan...

  Bill: Acid Bath/Pentagram/King Parrot Venue: Brooklyn Paramount , Brooklyn, NY Date: 7/25/25 Ticket: $77  10:15 Acid Bath Active: 1991 (Hourna, LA) Latest Release:  Paegan Terrorism Tactics  (Rotten Records, 1996) Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist     AllMusic   Wiki   YouTube 9pm Pentagram Active: 1971 (Alexandria, VA) Latest Release: I'll Certainly See You In Hell: Rehearsal Sessions 1972-1975 (Pentagram, 2025), Lightening In A Bottle (Heavy Psych Records, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube   Encyclopaedia Metallum Missed: King Parrot The 2nd Acid Bath reunion show in Brooklyn came 2 weeks after the first, hastily added when the first one sold out in advance.  This time the opener was Pentagram, Bobby Liebling's long running heavy hard rock band.  This current lineup joined Bobby just last year.  Henry Vasquez has been touring drummer for Saint Vitus, Sp...

  Bill: Acid Bath/Eyehategod/Wailin Storms Venue: Brooklyn Paramount , Brooklyn, NY Date: 7/11/25 Door: Sold Out (Kenny had an extra ticket he got for around $75 with fees a few months ago, they had dropped to $17 on tickpick night of show) 10pm Acid Bath Active: 1991 (Hourna, LA) Latest Release: Paegan Terrorism Tactics (Rotten Records, 1996) Facebook Instagram   Discogs Setlist   AllMusic Wiki YouTube 9pm Eyehategod Active: 1988 (New Orleans, LA) Latest Release: A History of Nomadic Behavior (Century Media, 2021), Four Strikes...From The Elementary To The Penitentiary (TPOS/Take As Needed, 2024)  Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist A llMusic Wiki YouTube Missed: Wailin Storms Acid Bath are one of those band my friend Kenny has loved since I've know him. Their 1994 album When The Kite String Pops was always laying around various offices we were at. He last saw them in a small bar outside Chicago.  I never did although they did play Coney Is...