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Charm Fueled- Blue Room, Chico 2/25/95 video

Recorded by: James Johnston
Copied from master VHS to DVD in 2007

Patricia Rowland Howard of Vomit Launch and Empty Gate’s mid-90s band, whom really to me sound a bit like 28th Day, Barbara Manning’s old group, at least in parts.

You can see I was in a huge hurry to share these (sarcasm, if it wasn’t obvious). This is a shame, as life is short, and these shouldn’t be sequestered away on some shelf to decompose.

There are four live videos total of this outfit, of which this is the last one chronologically, the first three filmed at Lava Lounge and the last one (this) at Blue Room, ranging from late 1994 to early 1995. This is the easiest watch of these because it’s the best-lit, relatively speaking, though the audio on all these are all very listenable! Setlist, keeping in mind this is *all* unreleased material.

I do know the guitarist / occasional vocalist is named Sean Gowan, who had previously played in The Vertels but don’t know much else beyond that.

Setlist

  • If I Could [0:02]
  • Don’t Count Me Out [3:23]
  • Consume Me [6:37] – Trish mentions her attire, “fashion disaster night”
  • Believe In Sadness [9:52]
  • ? (Slow # w/Sean & Trish vocals) [12:40]
  • Repeat Myself [18:10] – Trish then tosses flyers to the crowd, with a Yes tease then thrown in…
  • You Are The Sugar Ring [22:26]
  • ? (punk cover? f.u. 2-3-4) [26:39]
  • (slide guitar intro) You Gotta Lot Of Nerve [30:05] (brief internal cut at 32m30s)
  • (encore) [35:11]
  • Dumb Fuck [35:32]

There’s a Vertels video recording here, along with a Vomit Launch live performance of “Dog Sauce” from September 1989, recorded by JE: https://www.youtube.com/@chasmonchichi/search?query=Vertels

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Charm Fueled- Lava Lounge, Chico 2/17/95 video


Charm Fueled
17 Feb 1995
Lava Lounge
Chico CA

Playing with Larry Crane’s band “Flaming Box Of Ants”.

Filmed by James Johnston. Master VHS transferred to DVD in 2007, and sent to me in 2013.

Patricia Rowland Howard of Vomit Launch and Empty Gate’s mid-90s band, whom really to me sound a bit like 28th Day, Barbara Manning’s old group, at least in parts. There are four live videos total of them, of which this is the third chronologically, the first three filmed at Lava Lounge and the last one at Blue Room, from late 1994 to early 1995.

You can see I was in a huge hurry to share these. Setlist, keeping in mind this is *all* unreleased material. I do know the guitarist / occasional vocalist is Sean Gowan, but don’t know much else than that, or if he’s still playing music.

  • intro [0:00]
  • If I Could (w/Sean & Trish vocals) [0:31]
  • Painkillers Work (song about J.J) [3:29] Crowd member, maybe Jim himself, maybe not – “Is this one about Jim Johnston”? Sean – “They’re all about Jim Johnston!”
  • Don’t Count Me Out [7:22]
  • Consume Me [11:13]
  • Rescue Me [13:31]
  • ? (Slow # w/Sean & Trish vocals) [17:20]
  • Believe In Sadness [21:47]
  • Repeat Myself [25:28] (after complaining about allergies)
  • You Are The Sugar Ring [29:36]
  • ? (punk cover? “f.u. 2-3-4”) [33:44]
  • Dumb Fuck [37:20] (I hear it alternatively as “dumb fuck” and “skullfuck” YMMV)

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Charm Fueled- Lava Lounge, Chico 10/94 video

Filmed by James Johnston. Master VHS transferred to DVD in 2007, and sent to me in 2013.

Patricia Rowland Howard of Vomit Launch and Empty Gate’s mid-90s band, whom really to me sound a bit like 28th Day, Barbara Manning’s old group…before going into full-frenzy guitar freakout mode.

Playing with Glycerin and Snowmen. CF played second.

There are four live videos total of them, of which this is the first chronologically, the first three filmed at Lava Lounge and the last one at Blue Room, from late 1994 to early 1995.

You can see I was in a huge hurry to share these. I haven’t tried to gamma adjust this one, the Lava Lounge room was pretty dark, so for me, it’s more important as a means to preserve the audio, which luckily is clear as a bell, no processing or tinkering has been done at all for either.

Setlist

  • Painkillers Work [0:50]
  • Consume Me [5:00]. A cut afterwards as the camera moves in more closely.
  • Rescue Me [7:15]
  • Repeat Myself [11:09]
  • Don’t Count Me Out (I Speak In Languages…) [15:23]
  • Turn The Pages [19:13] (brand new, not played before)
  • Tell Me Where Do I Go From Here [22:23]
  • Dumb Fuck [28:10]
  • thanks [31:56]

Keep in mind this is *all* unreleased material. I do know the guitarist / occasional vocalist is Sean Gowan of The Vertels, but don’t know much else about this project, or who the bassist / drummer were.

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