Overall, I think it really retains the VHS aesthetic it deserves. Seriously, cool themes aside, the burgers are some of the best youll ever have. Theyre also all burgers on the menu at Kumas Corner Chicagos famed metal-worshipping burger joint. The luminance levels for digitization were adjusted mainly to see Daryl's face and those of the crowd-but the fluorescents are totally blown out. True, these are all names of metal bands. It's curious that the anonymous camera person never zooms in on the band.
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This would have been their 4th last show before they first broke up in 1999. The tracking errors at the bottom of frame are "burned into" this generation from dubbing. Here we have an un-released Braid show from Chicago. As will be evident, the quality of this bootleg is fair-to-poor. We used to drive into the city from the suburbs to buy VHS copies of the shows we had attended at the Fireside Bowl, which was.well, really, beyond words: an incredible place on earth. They always had a slew of videotaped Chicago punk shows for sale on VHS, with crappy monotone colored photocopy covers (I think this cover was blue).
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This video is a bootleg that was purchased at The Clubhouse, next door to The Metro on Clark Street in Chicago. NOBUNNYs first live performanceFireside Bowl in Chicago, IL. Admission was $5, and The Bollweevils played with The Bouncing Souls, Face Value, and Bughunt. Ascension - Live show at The Fireside Bowl in Chicago, IL on December 14th, 1997.This was the third day of the three-day 'Chicago Hardcore Fest' put on by Ji. Indie prog rock/prog metal/math rock for fans of Battles, Drive Like Jehu, King Crimson. Less Than Jake Cross Street Station, Ypsilanti, MI - Less Than Jake The Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI - Last updated:, 21:25 Etc/UTC. Don Caballero-Fireside Bowl, Chicago 1999-entire show (one hour). According to The Chicago Shows List Archive, this show was on Sunday, October 8th, 1995. Less Than Jake Fireside Bowl, Chicago, IL - Following concerts.
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The Bollweevils live at the Fireside Bowl.