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Spaceland - Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. [Live]

Guided By Voices

Date: 04/21/1995
Format: Gig
# Songs: 34
Audio Exists: Yes
Video Exists: No
Tour: Alien Lanes Tour
Comments
Support: Mary Lou Lord, Elliott Smith

This was listed as Spaceland but on a 1995 Alien Lanes Tour itinerary (as of 2/22/95) it shows that they were to play Fuzzyland, which is a different club in LA. Fuzzyland is no longer - it is now Mr. T's Bowl.

The tour itinerary also lists the Dragonfly I believe as a separate show. It reads:

Long Beach/LA sneak - Fuzzyland, Dragonfly

So, does "sneak" mean it was a secret or unannounced gig? Was that true only for the 2nd gig at Dragonfly?

Los Angeles Times article by Lorraine Ali on April 15, 1995 mentions that GBV were to play the Troubadour at 8pm Thursday and 9pm Friday at Spaceland. So, looks like it may have been changed from Fuzzyland to Spaceland. Article link: http://articles.latimes.com/1995-04-15/entertainment/ca-54989_1_pop-beat

Info from Jim Greer: Spaceland (aka The Satellite but people still haven't gotten used to calling it that yet) hasn't changed on the outside at all but the inside is completely different from when we first played there. The current stage was where the back of the room used to be, and the current back of the room is where the stage was, except there wasn't a stage, it was just a couple of monitors on the floor.

I definitely remember that show as it was the one where my bass cabinet caught on fire, and the next day in San Diego we had to borrow one from No Doubt. My cabinet burned out at Spaceland and we left it there for dead and then the next show was the daytime festival in San Diego at UCSD followed directly by a night show (same day) at the Casbah (I think I borrowed Gaunt's gear).
Spaceland - Los Angeles, CA
1.   A Salty Salute
2.   Tractor Rape Chain
3.   Evil Speakers
4.   Striped White Jets
5.   King And Caroline
6.   Motor Away
7.   Gold Star For Robot Boy
8.   Trap Soul Door
9.   Break Even
10.  Hot Freaks
11.  The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
12.  Shocker In Gloomtown
13.  Sheetkickers
14.  Deaf Ears
15.  Yours To Keep
16.  Echos Myron
17.  Unleashed! The Large-Hearted Boy
18.  Blimps Go 90
19.  My Son Cool
20.  I Am A Scientist
21.  My Valuable Hunting Knife
22.  Why Did You Land?
23.  Non-Absorbing
24.  Marchers In Orange
25.  Postal Blowfish
26.  Game Of Pricks
27.  14 Cheerleader Coldfront
28.  Key Losers
29.  Big Boring Wedding
30.  My Impression Now
31.  Weed King
32.  Don't Stop Now
33.  Quality Of Armor
34.  Exit Flagger