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| Saturday, March 9, 2002 "The Fuzzy Monkey" 2425 60th St (262) 564-0665 Kenosha, WI |
Sound: Go Audio Operated by Brian Ingwell Assisted by Matt McEvilly Lights: Interstellar Operated by Geoff Reinke |
| SET 1: You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi Round and Round - Ratt In My Dreams - Dokken Still of the Night - Whitesnake Alone Again - Dokken Working for the Weekend - Loverboy Youth Gone Wild - Skid Row Down Boys - Warrant Tom Sawyer - Rush Sister Christian - Night Ranger New Girl Now - Honeymoon Suite Talk Dirty to Me - Poison Photograph - Def Leppard All She Wrote - Firehouse Love Song - Tesla Wait - White Lion Uncle Tom's Cabin - Warrant Wild Side - Motley Crue Smokin' in the Boy's Room - BS/MC |
SET 2: Lay Your Hands on Me - Bon Jovi Separate Ways - Journey Panama - Van Halen Runaway - Bon Jovi Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi Nothing But a Good Time - Poison Lick It Up - Kiss Unskinny Bop - Poison Rebel Yell - Billy Idol Bed of Roses - Bon Jovi Smokin' - Boston Rock of Ages -Def Leppard Monkey Business - Skid Row White Wedding - Billy Idol Beth - Kiss The Stroke - Billy Squier Jump - Van Halen Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Journey Here I Go Again - Whitesnake Up All Night - Slaughter Lay It Down - Ratt Pour Some Sugar' - Def Leppard ---------- I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister |
| A Word from Josh: I was driving to the gig, my van battling a nasty head-wind which was knocking me all over the highway, listening to A Prairie Home Companion as I often do, when I heard guest violinist Peter Ostroushko commenting on his song "The East Texas Waltz" saying "One thing I love about music is that you can close your eyes and it will take you to a different place." Seizing upon this idea I quickly threw in a Skid Row tape and closed my eyes, hoping it would immediately take me to Kenosha. Instead, it took me to a ditch along side the Interstate near Johnson Creek. The one-way trip to Kenosha for me was about 120 miles, but the wind made it seem like 210. The temperature was in the 30s but the wind-chill factor was 326 below zero. I stopped for gas and as I stood along side my van my hair was completely horizontal like a proud flag. Anyway, I arrived at the club with less than stellar expectations. Ever since this gig showed up on our schedule we've been receiving reports from people describing the Fuzzy Monkey using words like "small", "dank", "tiny" and "in Kenosha". So, was it really that bad? 'Depends how you look at it. The small stage at the end of the small room meant that we had to leave half of our production in the trucks. Several times my hair momentarily got stuck to the ceiling as I was playing. No, this certainly wasn't the Bradley Center. But, you know what? I can't get too down on any room that reminds me of my Grandmother's basement. Yup, I was able to keep a good attitude by reminiscing about Christmas morning 1974. Of course it didn't hurt to have the room full of rock-n-rollers who really seemed into what we were doing. The crowd included a lot of familiar faces including Maribeth, Erika and Julie K who came down from the Milwaukee area; Linda, Trish and Dawn who came up from the Chicago area; and K-town locals Scott, Connie, Anne and Tom who often drive great distances to see us elsewhere, but didn't have to on this night. In set list news, we were glad to bring back "Up All Night", Slaughter's tribute to insomnia. We originally learned it last November and played it live once. It really sucked so we decided that we needed to work on it before doing it again. A short four months later and it's ready to go! - Josh |
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