1983

Courtesy of Mike Psyche.

1/1/83 - Flipper
1/7/83 - Easter Island

1/8/83 - Sweet Olive
1/14/83 - Ground Zero * Dress Up As Natives
1/15/83 - The Wake * Young Lust

1/20/83 - Kids After Dark * The Zippers

1/21/83 - The Dogs * The Wurms
1/22/83 - George Gee & His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra

1/28/83 - New Angels * Kids After Dark
1/29/83 - Stick Against Stone * The Five

2/4/83 - Boystown * Kids After Dark
2/5/83 - Eros

2/11/83 - The Five

2/12/83 - A.L.-3
2/17/83 - The Five

2/18/83 - Dress Up As Natives (listen) * Ground Zero (listen)

2/19/83 - The Termites

2/25/83 – Boystown * The Shunts

2/26/83 - The Five

3/3/83 - Rip It Up

3/4/83 - The Dogs * Actual Size

3/5/83 - George Gee & His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra

3/10/83 - New Automatics
3/11/83 - Cardboards

3/12/83 - The Five * Ground Zero

3/15/83 - Black Flag

3/17/83 - Ban Gorillas * Kids After Dark

3/18/83 - New Angels * The Shunts
3/19/83 – Boystown * The Shunts

3/25/83 - Dress Up As Natives

3/26/83 - The Five

3/31/83 - Rip It Up

4/1/83 – Kraut * Kids After Dark

4/2/83 - Dress Up As Natives * Kids After Dark

4/6/83 - The Neats * The Five

4/7/83 - Carsickness

4/8/83 - Wigglin' Judys * 96 Tears

4/9/83 - Plastic BTLs * Real Enemy
4/15/83 - The Dogs * The Fits

4/16/83 - The Five * Ubermensch

4/20/83 - Plastic BTLs * Real Enemy (read) (listen)

4/22/83 – Boystown * Disguise

4/23/83 - Rip It Up * The Skull

4/27/83 - Circle Jerks (set list) * The Five

4/28/83 - Husker Du (set list) * Real Enemy

4/29/83 - Ground Zero * Actual Size

4/30/83 - New Automatics * Rip It Up

5/6/83 - The Five * Kids After Dark
5/7/83 - 96 Tears * Life After Bishkoff
5/9/83 - Life After Bishkoff

5/10/83 - Jah Wobble (listen) * Invaders of the Heart * The Five

5/13/83 - Bohemia

5/19/83 - 96 Tears

5/20/83 – Carsickness * Ape

5/21/83 - The Five * 96 Tears

5/23/83 - Legal Weapon

5/27/83 – MDC * Real Enemy
5/28/83 - Kids After Dark * Ban Gorillas

6/1/83 – Flipper * Real Enemy

6/3/83 - Real Enemy * Adrenalin O.E. * The Lust * Ultra Violence * Reflex From Pain

6/4/83 - The Five * Kids After Dark

6/10/83 - Dress Up As Natives

6/11/83 - Kids After Dark * Carsickness

6/12/83 - Dress Up As Natives
6/17/83 - Wigglin' Judys * Actual Size

6/18/83 - The Five * Real Enemy

6/24/83 - November's Children * The Shunts
6/25/83 - The Khakis * Spuds

6/30/83 - Jodie Foster's Army * Real Enemy

7/1/83 - F-Models * Kids After Dark
7/2/83 - Glad Corp. * Carsickness
7/5/83 - C.I.A. * Real Enemy

7/8/83 – Carsickness * Crumbs of Happiness
7/9/83 - The Five * Kids After Dark
7/14/83 - Straight, No Chaser

7/15/83 - F-Models

7/16/83 - The Antoinettes
7/20/83 - Art in the Dark * 96 Tears

7/21/83 - Toxic Reasons * Real Enemy

7/22/83 - Ban Gorillas * November's Children

7/23/83 - Real Enemy * Starvation Army * Offbeats

7/27/83 – Kraut * Real Enemy

7/29/83 - Kids After Dark * November's Children

7/30/83 - The Five * 96 Tears

8/2/83 - Corrosion of Conformity * The Shunts * No Labels
8/4/83 - Arkansas Man * Carsickness

8/5/83 - George Gee & His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra

8/6/83 - No Control * Ultra Violence
8/9/83 - CH3 * Real Enemy

8/12/83 - Hose

8/13/83 - The Five * Real Enemy

8/19/83 - Screaming Urge * The Imprints

8/20/83 – Beast * Real Enemy

8/23/83 - Glad Corp.

8/26/83 - Kids After Dark

8/27/83 - The Five * The Garden

9/2/83 - The Shunts * Ape

9/3/83 - Ban Gorillas * Carsickness

9/8/83 – Necros (listen) * Real Enemy (listen)

9/9/83 - November's Children
9/10/83 - Carsickness * Screaming Urge

9/16/83 - The Five * Actual Size

9/17/83 - Greg Hill Band

9/23/83 - No Trend

9/24/83 - November's Children * The Shunts

9/30/83 - The Five * Kids After Dark

10/1/83 - November's Children

10/5/83 - The Swans

10/6/83 - The Swans (set list) (listen) * Plastic BTLs
10/7/83 - Plan 9 * Io

10/8/83 - 96 Tears * The Five

10/13/83 - Ban Gorillas

10/14/83 - Screaming Urge * The Automatics
10/15/83 - Ban Gorillas * Actual Size

10/16/83 - Ban Gorillas
10/21/83 - Robert Koal & the Trillionaires * November's Children

10/22/83 - The Five * Actual Size

10/28/83 - November's Children * 96 Tears

10/29/83 - Ban Gorillas

11/4/83 - The Five * Thin White Line
11/5/83 - Ubermensch * The Garden

11/11/83 - November's Children * Uprisers

11/12/83 - Bag People

11/16/83 - The Dickies * November's Children   

11/17/83 - Joy Division (Pittsburgh's) (read) (listen) * Story of Failure
11/18/83 - The Imprints * Steve Pellegrino * Toxic Shock
11/19/83 - Plan 9 * The Five
11/25/83 - November's Children * Thin White Line 

11/26/83 - No Control * Thin White Line (listen)

Courtesy of Mike Psyche.

12/1/83 - The Uprisers
12/2/83 - Insect Surfers * The Shunts * Actual Size
12/3/83 - The Five * 96 Tears
12/8/83 - The Uprisers
12/9/83 - Stanley Louis Band * Kitsch
12/10/83 - The Edge * Thin White Line
12/14/83 - Automatics
12/15/83 - The Uprisers
12/16/83 - November's Children * Kitsch

12/17/83 - The Five
12/22/83 - The Uprisers

12/23/83 - The Shunts * Thin White Line
12/29/83 - The Uprisers

12/30/83 - 96 Tears (set list) * Society's Victim

12/31/83 - November's Children

List last updated 7/25/20

Great concerts seemed to come in bunches in 1982 and 1983 in Pittsburgh, this time during an eight-day period.  Joan Jett opened for the Police.  The aptly named Big Deal featured the Five, Boystown, 96 Tears, Kids After Dark, and Ground Zero.  Ticket stubs from Joe's personal collection.

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