First Avenue 40th Anniversary Party -TONIGHT!!!
QUOTE OF THE DAY: First Avenue's 40th Birthday
"Gang of Four in 1982 was the single best concert I've seen anywhere. And my favorite playing gig was the Hypstrz opening for the Ramones the first time they played the club -- '78 perhaps? I remember their leather jackets had a special wardrobe case. The monitors were unbelievable: I could hear myself breathing when I was almost a foot from the mike.
We had to play a 90-plus-minute set because the club couldn't afford more than one support act (really?!). If we had done just 45 minutes, we'd have had the crowd eating out of our hands. By the 70-minute mark, people were asking us to leave. Some bottles were thrown, with the guys from Hüsker Dü being among the culprits. We spoke to them later at the Longhorn about their bad manners."
- Ernie Batson, The Hypstrz / The Mighty Mofos