My second show, final with Eric in the lineup (ignore my review for my first show, I dun goofed!), and my first to get a audience tape (from Mystery Jack no less!) So you can listen yourself. I went with a friend from work and we ended up a little bit in front of the right most corner of the soundboard, so what you'll hear on the tape is close to what I heard.

First off this show was the first time I realized that the band really could be something big. I got into Gizz about 2 weeks before Murder of the Universe came out, and was lucky tou catch them a few months later at Lincoln Hall, a 507 capacity venue. Now I was walking into Aragon Ballroom which was 700-4500. I'd estimate it was closer to 2000 on that night, but of course I don't have the numbers, or stats beyond the fact that it did eventually sell out. We walked up at time of doors... to a massive line that wound through a gravel parking lot, down the block, and across a street... then down the block again. And by the time we got in, the double bill of openers Orb, and Stonefield both had already largely finished their sets. We got two songs of whoever played last (since I missed it I don't know which one) and found our places.

The crowd was largely all talking about how the previous night in Milwalkee they got "like a 30 minute Head On/Pill", which would later be released as a bootlegger release. This show... has nothing like that. For the most part, each song is played close to album version, and comes down to whether or not you like the setlist. Billabong Valley gets a lil solo stank on it from Amby but beyond that it's a standard pre-jam era show.

I was happy to get the run of Rattlesnake, Sleep Drifter, Billabong Valley, This Thing, The Bird Song, Boogieman Sam, and Cyboogie, all favorites of mine at that time. A non-essential show, though a good one if you want to see what the two drummer era of Live Gizz was like.