Chunklet

So I did a really pleasant interview with a gentleman from the Chicago Reader yesterday about the Chris Thomson tape archive and he asked me about my own personal pack-rat proclivities. And you know what? I really don't have many other than the tapes and records I have. Really. Honestly. I moved around so much that I whittled things down to the bare essentials.

And that takes me to this Lungfish live tape. When I lived in York, PA from '87 to '91, I went to DC, Philly and Baltimore A LOT for shows. I think I saw Lungfish around this time three times (I was obsessed with "Necklace of Skulls" at the time), and I don't know why I recorded this particular show and not the others, but so be it.

After almost 20 years of keeping this out of circulation (and surveying people's reactions from Twitter), I thought it about time to let people hear it. So here you go, Lungfish recorded off the board at the Hourhaus in Baltimore on June 5, 1991. I remember the venue was quite a dump, but the show itself was incredible.

Enjoy.

Big Big Thanks! I was at this show and other early Lungfish shows - always a great band.

Posted by db @ 02/26/2010 01:37 PM

thank you from moscow

Posted by andrew @ 01/15/2010 02:37 PM

Yes, the Hour House was definitely a dump, even by Baltimore standards. I practically lived at that place in the early 90s...so many good shows. Everyone used to put their trash in the holes in the walls, and it piled up over the years...when they renovated the place about 10 years ago to use as band practice space, the walls that came down were filled with trash, needles, bottles and cans, and pretty much everything else...

Posted by Jen @ 12/25/2009 01:25 PM

LOVELY!

(Necklace of HEADS, dude!)

Posted by Mike @ 12/22/2009 06:12 PM

Thanks. I love Lungfish and can't wait to listen to the show.

I think that photo was taken during the Pass and Stow era. (Sorry.)

Posted by Greydon Clark @ 12/21/2009 08:40 PM

yr pretty much my hero and I want to have yr babies.

Posted by Erik @ 12/20/2009 06:43 PM

Mea culpa, KM. Was I at least correct in asserting that it was a dump? I know, I know, in Baltimore that could be quite a stretch.

Posted by h2o @ 12/17/2009 09:39 PM

Nice! Just FYI, the "dump" is the Hourhaus, not the Autohaus.

Posted by KM @ 12/17/2009 07:38 PM

Thanks man, here in baltimore, Lungfish do not get nearly as much credit as they deserve. I might have even been at this show!

Posted by Eric @ 12/17/2009 09:30 AM

You're a hero, man. Thank you SO MUCH for this one!

Posted by Ben @ 12/16/2009 09:02 PM

oh, HELL yes. thanks a bunch Henry!!

Posted by Jerny @ 12/16/2009 07:45 PM

Just call him Henry Claus.

Posted by Joe Gross @ 12/16/2009 07:08 PM

Thanks for posting this!

Posted by Matthew J Barnhart @ 12/16/2009 05:08 PM

Finally, a competent response to the tired criticism of Lungfish songs sounding the same. That weak ass cop out always pissed me off.

Posted by kip @ 12/16/2009 04:10 PM

AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME. As one of the 39 known LF fans out there, I say the most under-appreciated band of that decade. Of course all the songs sound the same. That was the point. Patterns of sound, with incredible lyrics.

Web-Hi-Five, Henry!

Posted by billy @ 12/16/2009 03:49 PM