NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: EXTC (Terry Chambers & Friends) Venue: Le Poisson Rouge , New York, NY Date: 6/12/25 Door: $30 (had a free pair from DoNYC) 7:30pm EXTC Active: 2019 (Swindon, UK) Affiliated: XTC Latest Release: Live USA, Vol. 1 (EXTC, 2024) Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki   EXTC is XTC's drummer Terry Chambers doing covers much in the way Nick Mason does a tribute with Saucerful of Secrets.  He is joined by Steve Hampton on guitar and Terry Lines on bass.both of a band Dead Crow Road.  Hampton also played with Joe Jackson and The Vapors. The show was two sets no opener, roughly 20 songs by XTC.  You got hits like "Making Plans For Nigel" and "The Mayor of Simpleton" as well as "This Is Pop" from White Music, "Generals And Majors" from Black Sea and "Ball and Chain" from English Settlement.  Overall this was a cool overview.  Despite their big hits in the later 80's, they hadn't toured since 1982 save for  ...

  Bill: Guitar Summit 2024  Feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nels Cline, Gilad Hekselman, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Mike Stern, Leni Stern, Rodney Jones, Anupam Shobhakar, Camila Meza, and Joel Harrison with Jerome Harris (bass), Harvey Sorgen (drums), Ben Perowsky (drums) Venue: Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY Date: 8/24/24 Door: $35 (had +1 guest list) 7:00 Rodney Jones (Guitar)/ Jerome Harris (Bass)/ Harvey Sorgen (Drums) 7:15pm  Kurt Rosenwinkel Active: 1997 (Berlin, Germany via Brooklyn, NY via Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: A Lovesome Thing (with Geri Allen) (Motema/Hardcore Records, 2023) Facebook   Instagram   Bandcamp   Discogs   AllMusic   Wiki 7:30pm Camila Meza Active: 2007 (Chile) Latest Release: Ambar (Masterworks, 2019) Discogs 7:45pm Gilad Hekselman Active: 2006 (Israel) Latest Release: Far Star (Edition, 2022) Discogs 8:10pm Amupam Shobhakar Active: 2014 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Multiplicity: Leave The Door Open (Whirlwind, 2014) ...

  Bill: Off! / Fucked Up Venue: Le Poisson Rouge , New York, NY Date: 7/20/24 Door: Sold Out bought advance ticket $45.43 on Dice Headliner: Off! Latest Release: Free LSD (Fat Possum, 2022) Formed: 2010 (Los Angeles) Facebook ,  Instagram ,  Discogs ,  Setlist Opener: Fucked Up Latest Release: One Day (Merge/Fucked Up, 2023) Formed: 2001 (Toronto) Facebook , Instagram , Discogs , Setlist I was on the fence about going to this show and not really feeling a solo venture on this one, but my old college roommate Noah was in town from LA for the show so I jumped at the chance to catch up.  I've seen Keith Morris a bunch of times recently on Circle Jerks tours but hadn't seen Off! in a while or the opening Fucked Up from Toronto.  The funny thing with Off! is I can never remember a single song by them.  I looked at my hard drive and was surprised that with 300,000 tracks there, I didn't have anything by Off or Fucked Up on it.  I fixed that yesterd...