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PTD rocks the Electric Banana in 1986. This Ron Lutz II photo was first brought to our attention by Patrick K. Nightingale. |
Half Life at the Electric Banana, 1986
Chaos reigns. Check out the young lady in the upper right, watching the madness from a safe perch.
We now take you to your regularly-scheduled gig list. More photos thereafter.
1/2/86 - Son of John
1/3/86 – Deformed * The Updowns
1/4/86 - Wasted Talent * The Wretches
1/8/86 - No Trend
1/9/86 - Chronic Disorder
1/10/86 - The Toll * A.T.S.
1/11/86 - Son of John * The Strikers * Between the Beat
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Poster courtesy of Josh M. Slifkin, created by Damon Che. |
1/17/86 - The Convenience
1/18/86 - The Affordable Floors * Son of John
1/19/86 - The Convenience * Pynknoys
1/23/86 - Asexuals * Wild Stares
1/24/86 – Eugene Chadbourne * Bronk
1/25/86 – The Dub Squad * The Wretches
1/27/86 – Half Life * Descendents * Circus of Death
1/31/86 – Zone Bleu * Wild Kingdom
2/1/86 – The Convenients * 11h Hour
2/2/86 – PTD * Deformed
2/6/86 - Dag Nasty (set list) (listen) * Beefeater * Half Life
2/7/86 - The Wretches * Between the Beat
2/8/86 - Two by Fours * The Forgotten
2/13/86 - Artless * PTD * XXY
2/13/86 - Artless * PTD * XXY
2/14/86 – Wild Kingdom * The Jury
2/15/86 - Striker * Between the Beat
2/15/86 - Striker * Between the Beat
2/16/86 - Government Issue * Half Life * Circus of Death
2/21/86 - Jesse Malin * Hope * Zone Bleu * The Wave
2/22/86 - The Cynics * The Garden
2/23/86 - Jessee Malin * The Cynics * The Garden
2/23/86 - Jessee Malin * The Cynics * The Garden
2/27/86 - Wild Kingdom
2/28/86 - The Wretches * One Minute to Pray * The Wave
3/1/86 - The Service * The Jury
3/2/86 - The Service * Circus of Death
3/6/86 - One Minute to Pray * The Wretches
3/2/86 - The Service * Circus of Death
3/6/86 - One Minute to Pray * The Wretches
3/7/86 – Between the Beat * The Convenients
3/8/86 – Pedal Jets * One Minute to Pray
3/9/86 – 11th Hour * Between the Beat
3/13/86 - Bone of Contention * Between the Beat
3/14/86 - The Wretches * The Jury
3/15/86 - Wild Kingdom * Thirsty Brats
3/16/86 - Scream * Half Life * Circus of Death
3/20/86 - Zone Bleu * Angry Mob
3/20/86 - Zone Bleu * Angry Mob
3/21/86 – The Convenients * The Shunts
3/22/86 – The 2 x 4’s * A.T.S.
3/23/86 – Life Sentence * PTD * Half Life * The Convenience
3/27/86 - Wasted Talent * Convenience
3/28/86 - The Wretches * One Minute to Pray
3/29/86 – Convenience * The Jury
4/1/86 - DC3
4/2/86 - DC3 * Tom Troccoli's Dog
4/2/86 - DC3 * Tom Troccoli's Dog
4/4/86 – Wasted Talent * One Minute to Pray
4/5/86 – Bad Martyrs (read) * The Wretches
4/11/86 – The Cynics * Cousin It
4/12/86 – Carsickness * Dead Man’s Hand
4/13/86 - Homo Picnic * Half Life * Circus of Death
4/18/86 – Wild King * The Convenients
4/19/86 – Thirsty Brats * Derailer
4/25/86 – Zone Bleu * Between the Beat
4/26/86 – The 2 x 4’s * Half Life * A.T.S.
4/27/86 - Circle of Shit * Half Life * Circus of Death
5/2/86 – Valley of the Kings * Crying Out Loud
5/3/86 – The Service
5/4/86 – The Service
5/9/86 – Carsickness * One Minute to Pray
5/10/86 – A.T.S.
5/16/86 – The Outlets * Affordable Floors
5/17/86 - The Cynics * Plan 9
5/18/86 - Dag Nasty * Half Life * Tension * Deformed
5/23/86 – Tex & the Horseheads * Deadman’s Hand *
A.T.S. * PTD
5/24/86 – The Wretches * Spuds
5/29/86 - Bone of Contention
5/29/86 - Bone of Contention
5/30/86 – One Minute to Pray * The Wretches
5/31/86 – The 2 x 4’s
6/5/86 - Shadow Club
6/6/86 - The Attitude * One Minute to Pray * Wasted Talent
6/7/86 - The Cynics * L-18-S * The Third Mind (listen)
6/8/86 - L-18-S * 11th Hour
6/8/86 - L-18-S * 11th Hour
6/11/86 - D.R.I. * Half Life * The Deformed
6/12/86 - Long Afternoon * Café Lave
6/13/86 - Pop Defect * A.T.S. (with Minette Seate)
6/14/86 – Carsickness * The First
6/15/86 - Marginal Man * Pop Defect * Tar Babies
6/18/86 - Blood Flower
6/19/86 - One Minute to Pray * Haywain
6/19/86 - One Minute to Pray * Haywain
6/20/86 - Home & Garden * The Third Mind * The White-Outs
6/21/86 - Two by Fours* The Cryptics
6/22/86 - Executioner * Deformed * Dream Death * Circus of Death
6/26/86 - The First * Haywain
6/27/86 - The Cynics * Miracle Legion * Zone Bleu
6/28/86 - Wild Kingdom * The Subterraneans
6/29/86 - Vampire Lezbos * Gargoyle Sox
7/4/86 - The Wretches * The Haywains
7/5/86 - Vertical Pillows * The Cynics
7/6/86 - No Trend * Pleased Youth * Half Life
7/10/86 - Life Sentence * Deformed * Circus of Death
7/10/86 - Life Sentence * Deformed * Circus of Death
7/11/86 - Crying Out Loud * Beats Walking * Wasted Talent
7/12/86 – AOA * Wasted Talent * The First
7/13/86 - Justice League * Half Life
7/17/86 – One Minute to Pray * Heretics * Long Afternoon
7/18/86 - Celibate Rifles * Zone Bleu * Son of John
7/19/86 - Bop Harvey * 11th Hour * Haywain
7/20/86 - The Cynics * Bone of Contention * Arion * The Ranch Hands
7/23/86 – Descendents * Dag Nasty * Half Life * Circus of Death
7/24/86 - Sister Ray * The Updowns * The First
7/25/86 - The Attitude * One Minute to Pray * Haywain
7/26/86 - Sonny Vincent & the Extremes * The Convenients
7/27/86 - Slaughterhouse Five * Denied Remark
7/31/86 - The Ease * Heretics
8/1/86 - Volcano Suns * A.T.S.
8/2/86 - The Convenients * Bad Martyrs
8/3/86 - The Cynics * House of Freaks
8/6/86 - Cro-Mags (listen) * GBH (listen) * Half Life
8/3/86 - The Cynics * House of Freaks
8/6/86 - Cro-Mags (listen) * GBH (listen) * Half Life
8/7/86 – Haywain * Bad Martyrs
8/8/86 - Screaming Broccoli * Hollywood Indians
8/9/86 - Uncle Sam * Primates
8/11/86 - Toxic Reasons * Cheetah Chrome
8/13/86 - Necrophagia (listen)
8/14/86 - Life Sentence
8/15/86 - In Fear of Roses * One Minute to Pray
8/16/86 - Little Wretches * Gargle * Zone Bleu
8/22/86 - One Minute to Pray * The Cynics
8/23/86 - The Attitude * Bad Martyrs
8/22/86 - One Minute to Pray * The Cynics
8/23/86 - The Attitude * Bad Martyrs
8/24/86 - Deadman's Hand * The Heretics * The Up Downs
8/25/86 - Tupelo Chain Sex
8/25/86 - Tupelo Chain Sex
8/26/86 - Tupelo Chain Sex * Zone Bleue
8/27/86 - Jodie Foster's Army * Deformed * Circus of Death
8/29/86 - Cashmere Jungle Lords * The White-Outs
8/30/86 - Circus of Death * Cousin It
8/31/86 - Agnostic Front (listen) * The Cynics * Circus of Death (listen)
8/27/86 - Jodie Foster's Army * Deformed * Circus of Death
8/29/86 - Cashmere Jungle Lords * The White-Outs
8/30/86 - Circus of Death * Cousin It
8/31/86 - Agnostic Front (listen) * The Cynics * Circus of Death (listen)
9/4/86 - White Out
9/5/86 - Par 3 * The Cynics
9/5/86 - Par 3 * The Cynics
9/6/86 - The Wretches * Par 3
9/7/86 - Government Issue * Half Life
9/12/86 - A.T.S. * Cousin It
9/13/86 - Shake Out * Cousin It * The Cynics
9/14/86 - Slam * The Dehumanizers * Circus of Death
9/19/86 - One Minute to Pray * 86
9/20/86 - 3-D Invisibles * A.T.S.
9/21/86 - Eat America
9/21/86 - Eat America
9/24/86 - Die Kreuzen
9/25/86 - One Minute to Pray
9/26/86 – The Cynics * The Connells9/25/86 - One Minute to Pray
9/27/86 – Two Small Bodies * Garden
9/28/86 – Circus of Death * Wasted Youth
10/1/86 - Impaler (set list) * Doom Watch
10/2/86 - The Cynics (preview)
10/3/86 – Day For Night * The Updowns
10/2/86 - The Cynics (preview)
10/3/86 – Day For Night * The Updowns
10/4/86 – Vale of Tears * The White-Outs * The Cavemen
10/5/86 – Necropolis * Mean Streak * Pantera
10/7/86 - The Cynics
10/9/86 - Fang * Half Life
10/9/86 - Fang * Half Life
10/10/86 – The Frames * The Updowns
10/11/86 – Thirsty Brats * Between the Beat
10/12/86 – Dr. Know (listen) * Executioner * Dream Death
10/16/86 - Half Life * The Adolescents * Scab
10/17/86 - Wasted Talent
10/18/86 - Beatnik Flies
10/19/86 - Agnostic Front * Doom Watch (listen) * The Uninvited
10/23/86 - Mean Streak * The Unknown
10/24/86 - Fear of Roses * Between the Beat * Affordable Floors
10/25/86 - The Cynics * The Headless Horsemen
10/26/86 - The Cynics (with Tom Moran)* The Updowns * Rot Sunday
10/26/86 - The Cynics (with Tom Moran)* The Updowns * Rot Sunday
10/29/86 - Saccharine Trust * Amazing Grace
10/30/86 - Amazing Grace
10/30/86 - Amazing Grace
11/1/86 – fIREHOSE * Mean Streak * The Wizard
11/2/86 – Murphy’s Law * Half Life * Rot * The Deformed
11/6/86 - The Frames * Bone of Contention * Doomwatch
11/7/86 – Carsickness * House of Freaks
11/8/86 - Precious Wax Drippings * Gargle Sox
11/9/86 - Amazing Grace * Doom Watch
11/13/86 - Zone Bleu * Project H
11/14/86 – Zoogzrift * Between the Beat
11/15/86 - The Cynics * The Furthermore * Bone of Contention
11/20/86 - Guys in Disguise
11/21/86 - Cashmiere Jungle Lords * Project N
11/22/86 – Bosch * Carsickness
11/23/86 - Half Life * Dayglo Abortions (listen) * Doom Watch
11/26/86 - The Cynics * The Furthermore
11/26/86 - The Cynics * The Furthermore
11/28/86 – Between the Beat * Sloth
11/29/86 – Voo Doo Love Gods * Zone Bleu
11/30/16 - The Hay Wain * Certain Ailments of Maturity * Affordable Floors
11/30/16 - The Hay Wain * Certain Ailments of Maturity * Affordable Floors
12/5/86 – Holy Cow * Project N
12/6/86 – Carsickness * Green
12/7/86 – School of Violence (listen) * Slam Whitman * Necropolis
12/12/86 – The Wretches * Bone of Contention
12/13/86 – The Cynics * Gargoyle Sox
12/14/86 – Gargoyle Sox * SS20 * C.O.D.
12/18/86 - Special Ed
12/19/86 - Haywain
12/20/86 - A.T.S. * Carsickness
12/21/86 - SS-20 * Castle Blood * Rot
12/26/86 - Haywain * The Wretches
12/27/86 - Spuds * Square Root of Tuesday
12/28/86 - Strange Flesh * Nuclear Chow Mein * PTD * Crumb Suckers * Doom Watch
12/31/86 - The Cynics12/21/86 - SS-20 * Castle Blood * Rot
12/26/86 - Haywain * The Wretches
12/27/86 - Spuds * Square Root of Tuesday
12/28/86 - Strange Flesh * Nuclear Chow Mein * PTD * Crumb Suckers * Doom Watch
List last updated 2/24/25
Circus of Death at the Electric Banana, late 1986
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Left to right, Alan Peters (bass), Dan Cipriani (vocals), and JP Mulley (guitar). The set list hanging to Alan's right looks interesting. Photo by Doug Fedinick courtesy of JP Mulley. |
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Once again, left to right the band is Alan Peters, Will Shepler (drums), Dan Cipriani, and JP Mulley. Photo by Doug Fedinick courtesy of JP Mulley. |
The Furthermore at the Electric Banana, 11/15/86
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The Furthermore in front of what looks like a rapt audience. Courtesy of Mike Kolesar. |
Deformed at the Electric Banana, 1986
The daylight in the window indicates that this was an afternoon all-ages show.
Links last checked 2/18/25
