Best show you've ever seen at the 9:30 club

[stu47]

ryan adams, 10-3-02
 
 of course, thats the only show I've seen at the 9:30...I did have tixs for the second night of sigur ros but my car decided to break down that night  

[Ikarus]

mogwai, '01.  i still have tinitis from that one.

[Shadrach]

Old Club: Clutch & The Specials
 
 New Club: Clutch, Joe Strummer, Goldfinger

[sonickteam2]

I would say...
 
  Chemical Brothers in 1999
  or
  Smashing Pumpkins in 1999 (or was it 1998)

[Seth Hurwitz]

Al Green
 Iggy Pop
 Mighty Wind
 Bob Dylan
 Fatboy Slim
 Radiohead (surprise show)
 
 come to mind initially
 
 althought I did have an awfully good time at David Lee Roth

[brennser]

yeah that sleater kinney show last year was great - they kicked ass

[bearman🐻]

There are so many I wouldn't even know where to begin...but here are a few that I remember:
 
 Social Distortion, Nov. 2001
 Catherine Wheel, December 1997
 Echo & the Bunnymen, July 2001
 Chemical Brothers, September 1999
 Buzzcocks, November 2000
 Queens of the Stone Age, June 2002
 Prodigy, June 1998
 Iggy Pop, November 2001
 Yo La Tengo, January 1996
 Rollins Flag, June 2003
 
 When the 9:30 was still WUST, my favorite shows are:
 The Stone Roses May 1995
 The Charlatans UK April 1994

[jkeisenh]

ok, let's add to the mix a little...
 
 Sleater-Kinney on the All Hands on the Bad One tour... second time around (Sept 01, I think?)
 
 Flaming Lips just this year.  (mmm... balloons, confetti, and costumes!)

[edbert]

adrian belew because he made the club go smoke-free for the night

[Mobius]

Old club:  Social Distortion
            Fugazi
 
 New club:  Lou Reed
            Richard Ashcroft
            Guided By Voices
            Fugazi
            Strokes
            Television
            Interpol
            Son Volt

[saco]

As a patron: Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan,Chili Peppers
 
 As an employee: Rage, Social Distortion, Hank Williams III

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Old club... Scream reunion, circa 1992 ish (?).

[godsshoeshine]

sleater-kinney last year was my first show at the 930 club and has a special place in my heart as i have been a fan for years, but never got to see them because they always skip pittsburgh.

[Sir HC]

Gack, there are so many.  I agree though as WUST it was Stone Roses.  That is one of my 10 all time fav shows, and they moved it there after Ian freaked that there were seats at Georgetown University (talked to the electrician there years back).
 
 Old Club:
 Husker Du (Bob just stared at the camera girl all night)
 Jane's Addiction (those guys are short!)
 Butthole Surfers (Was there for their 2 night stint)
 Robyn Hitchcock solo
 Devo
 The Orb (with live drummer and bassist)
 
 New Club:
 Sigur Ros (2003)
 Gomez (2002?)
 Chemical Brothers (best light show and insane sound)
 Sex Pistols (I had always felt I missed something and I was right)
 
 There are more, but I have seen too many to keep track of them.

[chaz]

A few that come to mind:
 Radiohead ok computer tour - 2nd date with my then-future wife
 Nick Cave - 97 or 98
 Iggy Pop - my wife was like 8 1/2 months pregnant and she had a blast
 Damned/Scream at the old club in 85 or 86
 Bad Brains at the old club
 Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman tour
 Any Flaming Lips show at the new club
 Afghan Whigs in like 97 or 98