Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!

[azaghal1981]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/archive-carl-bernstein-on-donovan-and-the-first-washington-post-articles-on-the-rest-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fames-class-of-2012/2011/12/06/gIQAhVfjaO_blog.html

Some things never change.

[Brian_Wallace]

Genius isn't appreciated in its time.  I'm surprised they couldn't unearth a live Guns review.  They probably opened for some head bangers at the Cap Center in the mid-80s, didn't they?

Brian

[TheREALHunter]

GNR headlined the Bayou then came back a year later as openers for Aerosmith at Merriweather.

[i am gay and i like cats]

are there any bands today that are trying to bring back the era of hair bands . . . but without looking all queer and all while doing it?

[TheREALHunter]

It's gone from teased hair, makeup and Lip Service to short hair, makeup and Affliction.

[slappy]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/archive-carl-bernstein-on-donovan-and-the-first-washington-post-articles-on-the-rest-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fames-class-of-2012/2011/12/06/gIQAhVfjaO_blog.html

Some things never change.

Well, the Feld's have changed to running the Circus and FOUR FOOT MUDPITS!, SUNDAY!, SUNDAY!, Sunday!....
Probably for the better of DC music audiences.
http://www.feldentertainment.com/Productions/

[HoyaSaxa03]

Concert review: Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Ontario Theatre (opening for General Public)

By Joe Sasfy, Dec. 10, 1984

Opening were Hollywood's Red Hot Chili Peppers, who pumped out an abrasive and nutty brand of funk and rap that eventually turned much of the audience against them. Their choppy funk was enriched by zany dancing, obscenity, squabbles with the audience and Hendrix-style guitar work.

sounds about right

[HoyaSaxa03]

The four Beasties have been enjoying their 20 minutes in the spotlight and, according to Adam Yauch, some of Madonna's fans have, too. "The reaction has been mostly good," Yauch says. "Usually they love it or they hate it. There's always been a reaction, I'll say that."

"It's not like bland Muzak," adds Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz, son of playwright Israel Horovitz. "It's real obnoxious, and it rubs you, either the right way or the wrong way."

again, sounds about right.

[Brian_Wallace]

GNR headlined the Bayou then came back a year later as openers for Aerosmith at Merriweather.

I think they played Hammerjacks too, early on.

Brian

[sweetcell]

from the article:

Donovan, who appeared to be a bit confused by the police and the necessity for starting the concert late, also had to contend with an atrocious sound system and lighting more appropriate to a police interrogation room than a concert hall.

any venue will sound bad if the PA sucks.

DAR haters gonna hafta hate harder.

[Justin Tonation]

from the article:

Donovan, who appeared to be a bit confused by the police and the necessity for starting the concert late, also had to contend with an atrocious sound system and lighting more appropriate to a police interrogation room than a concert hall.

any venue will sound bad if the PA sucks.

DAR haters gonna hafta hate harder.

1. The hall is part of the sound system.
2. Perhaps the PA was good but the room sucked.

[sweetcell]

the hall isn't part of the sound system.  the power amps, the speaker cabinets, the mixing board, the wiring, etc - those are part of the sound system. 

my reading of that quote is that the PA wasn't tuned/eq'ed properly, or it distorted, or crackled, etc.

i'm pretty sure if the writer wanted to say the hall sounded bad, he would have said "the hall sounded bad".

[Justin Tonation]

the hall isn't part of the sound system.

Acousticians would probably disagree.

[azaghal1981]

The acoustics of a hall most certainly are part of the sound system. Although I would imagine someone like Donovan being a good fit for Constitution Hall.

[notme]

alot of shows i have seen at dar had the same size speaker array/system as 930