GREG PRATO



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07-02-1993
New Britain, CT
Sports Palace

Review by: Greg Prato My friends and I drove all the way from Long Island to Connecticut to catch Blind Melon play a medium sized hall called 'Sports Palace' just as "No Rain" and their debut album were about to take off (tix cost a whopping $4.07 each!). I remember the venue being super hot, and when the band hit the stage, we were quite surprised to see that Rogers Stevens had shaved off all his hair and Chris Thorn cut his quite short as well. Shannon had his long hair in pigtails and was wearing blue denim overalls, and they opened up with "I Wonder." Although the band played well, it was a strange gig - the crowd was comprised of very young dudes who kept crowdsurfing, acting stupid, and not really paying attention to the band. Also remember prior to B.M. going on, some stupid local DJ's came on stage and did an unfunny Beavis & Butthead imitation. Why are DJ's such subhumans?