September 14, 1981 / May 1983, Radio Interviews

September 14, 1981
101 underground, Minneapolis, MN
with Jimmy Nervous

01.  Intro
02.  Bob and Chris Interview
03.  Paul and Tommy Interview


May 1983
KFAI, Minneapolis, MN, Lowdown with David Lowe

01.  Intro
02.  Job Country (God Damn Job) 1983-05-08
03.  Interview Segment 1
04.  Don’t Get Married
05.  Interview Segment 2
06.  Shoot Me Kill Me (Sex With A Goat)
06.  Interview Segment 3
07.  KFAI Promo - Jam
07.  Interview Segment 4

As long as people don't beat ya up,
It's all right...

Recording: Broadcast

1981-1983, Sessions: Home demos, Minneapolis, MN

01. It’s Hard To Wave In Handcuffs
02. Piano Noises
03. Bad Worker  #1
04. Bad Worker #2
05. You’re Getting Married (Don’t Get Married)
06. Hold Me In Suspension
07. Gimme Torture
08. A Little Bit Drunk #1
09. A Little Bit Drunk #2
10. tuning
11. A Little Bit Drunk #3
12. All That We’ve Been Through
13. Still Be Waiting #1
14. Still Be Waiting #2
15. I Wish You Were Lonely #1
16. Still Be Waiting #3
17. If Only You Were Lonely #2
18. Fuck School
19. Gas Station Attendant
20. Behind My Back
21. Mama Said
22. Instrumental
23. Never Fit In
24. Cool My Jets
25. Answering Machine #1
26. Answering Machine #2
27. Take Me Down To The Hospital
28. If Only You Were Lonely #3
29. I’m In Trouble
30. Treatment Bound
31. I’m Drunk (Outta My Way)
32. Shut Up
33. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Lloyd Price/Elvis Presley)

Bruce Springsteen...
Getting his hair curled...

Notes: Westerberg solo home demos. Interesting series of takes where you can hear the evolution of ‘If Only You Were Lonely.’

Recording: 4-track Studio

Bootleg: Unintentionally

November 26, 1983, On Broadway, San Francisco, CA

01. Hayday
02. I’m In Trouble
03. Wipe Out (Surfaris)
04. Kids Don’t Follow
05. God Damn Job
06. Color Me Impressed
07. I Will Dare
08. Go
09. We’re Coming Out
10. Johnny’s Gonna Die
11. Lookin For Ya
12. Rattlesnake
13. Sixteen Blue
14. Gimme Noise

Spend my cash, waste my time,
Take out the trash, not this time...

Notes: May have been an opening slot for X.

Recording: Audience

August 5, 1983, VFW, Kansas City, MO

01.  Favorite Thing
02.  Rattlesnake
03.  Goin’ Out Of My Head (Little Anthony & The Imperials)
04.  Fuck School
05.  Sixteen Blue
06.  Willpower
07.  God Damn Job
08.  Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Lloyd Price/Elvis Presley)
09.  I Will Dare
10.  Color Me Impressed

I think, think, I think, think,
I think, think once in a while...

Notes: ‘Ratlesnake’ is extended to almost four minutes in length. Incomplete recording.

Supporting: Scream

Recording: Audience

August 1, 1983, Fitzgerald’s, Houston, TX

01. Wipeout (Surfaris)
02. Hayday
03. Love You Til Friday 
04. Lovelines
05. Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley And His Comets)
06. Johnny’s Gonna Die
07. I’m In Trouble
08. Take Me Down To The Hospital
09. Favorite Thing
10. Never Been To College
11. Trouble Boys (Rockpile)
12. I Will Dare
13. God Damn Job
14. Sixteen Blue
15. White And Lazy
16. Color Me Impressed
17. Kick Your Door Down
18. Move It On Over (Hank Williams)
19. Move It On Over (Hardcore Version) (Hank Williams)
20. I Hate You > Hey Good Lookin’ (Hank Williams)
21. Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
22. Mr. Whirly
23. Johnny B Good (Chuck Berry)
24. Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)
25. I’ll Be There (Jackson 5)
26. Did You No Wrong (Sex Pistols) > Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter (Hermans Hermits)
27. Gimme Noise
28. I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash)
29. I Hate Music
30. - dialogue
31. Willpower
32. Go
33. unknown track (cut)

Johnny always needs more than he takes,
Forgets a couple of chords, forgets a couple of breaks...

Notes: Strange performance - the place doesn’t seem too crowded and there is a lot of audience/band interaction. ‘Color Me Impressed’ in slowed down and played more mid-tempo. A lot of heckling during the show. One guy keeps requesting ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ until the guys actually pull off a pretty credible abbreviated version. The audience even starts arguing after the song. ‘Sixteen Blue’ is not complete on some early recordings. A master tape surfaced in 2006 with superior sound.

Recording: Audience

June 8, 1983, Club de Wash, Madison, WI

01. Hayday
02. I’m In Trouble
03. I Will Dare
04. You Lose
05. Color Me Impressed
06. God Damn Job
07. Favorite Thing
08. Take Me Down To The Hospital 09. Eighteen (Alice Cooper)
10. Music Is My Life
11. Shiftless When Idle
12. Why Learn
13. Where’s Our Money
14. Look Like An Adult (Seen Your Video)
15. Gimme Noise
16. Takin A Ride
17. Fuck School
18. Stuck In The Middle
19. Run It
20. Hey Good Lookin’ (Hank Williams)
21. Willpower
22. White And Lazy
23. Kids Don’t Follow
24. Lookin’ For Ya
25. Ace Of Spades (Motorhead)
26. Mr. Whirly
27. Customer
28. Rattlesnake
29. Living After Midnight (Judas Priest)
30. Love You Til Friday
31. Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley)
32. I Hate Music

Well I can’t breathe, I can’t swallow,
Here today gone back tomorrow...

Notes: Nice audience recording for the period. Good version of ‘Ace Of Spades’ that is actually played all the way through. "Willpower’ drones on as usual. "Look Like And Adult" is actually an early take of "Seen Your Video" with verses.

Recording: Audience

Bootleg: Ya Want The Pussy Volume? / Gallons Of Style (incomplete)