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Hydro wrote:
Yes!! Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins were openers for the Chili Pepper's BSSM tour. They played on campus at RPI in upstate NY that fall. Still the best concert I've ever seen and it was free to students. So much winning!
The other cool on-campus concert that year was Public Enemy with Anthrax opening. I worked backstage at that one and got to talk with Flavor Flav, Chuck D, and Scott Ian throughout the night - all three were super nice and down-to-earth guys.
Saw both those shows at RPI. I was at SUNY Albany at the time.
I believe Primus opened up for PE and Anthrax.
RPI Field House had a lot of kickass shows. Especially during that 1990-1992 timeframe. Trying to think of other shows I saw there during that time. Jane’s Addiction during the Ritual de lo Habitual tour. Living Colour. Neil Young/Sonic Youth/Social Distortion. Other shows I saw there not at the Field House but at smaller venues on campus were Bob Mould, Rollins Band, and Camper Van Beethoven.
Forgot to add They Might Be Giants to the list of shows I saw at the McNeil Room at RPI.
I was searching historical lists of concerts at RPI to see what else I may have seen and came across this photo of Bob Mould's show at RPI in October 1990. Believed to be from the Albany Time Union review of the show.
Notice the comment with the picture. It was the loudest fucking concert I have ever seen and blame my tinnitus on it. The show was on a Sunday night. I didn't go to classes again until Wednesday or Thursday. I was actually near deaf for a couple of days. The following weekend was Rollins Band if memory serves. Which certainly didn't help.
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