***PUSA Tonight***

KTRIC

Can't Feckin wait for this tonight !!!. After 2 breakup's and 4 fantabulous albums The Presidents of the United States of America are finally playing Dublin.

For those of you un-lucky enough to not get tickets I will post up some links to pics and video's during the next few days.

Hope to see you there

K

Dont be at yourself

Oops, forgot all about that! I'd be sitting at home if it wasn't for that post!

(too. many. gigs.)

bombidol

4 Albums. and at least 2 Rarity collections

Norinoco

Will be there - heading with 3 others.

Looking forward to it- guaranteed to be entertained.

(pity it is on so early - will barely get there for 7)

KTRIC

Are they actually coming on stage at 7 ??

Bottle_of_Smoke

I'd imagine thats the doors time. Then a support act. Usually the main act comes on around 9

dimerocks

support is giveamanakick who also rule.if only i wasnt stuck in cork

Scratch Acid

What the Christ. Of all gigs, this is one I had figured would not sell out and I left it until today to get tickets. F*cking sold out. Can't believe it...who the hell would want to see the Presidents besides sad bastards like me? Balls.

dregin

It sold out in 2 hours, i think.

Third_Echelon

Temple Bar Music Centre is tiny.... A few hundred at the most. It would always sell out with a name like POTUSA....

honru

dregin wrote:

It sold out in 2 hours, i think.

More like six weeks.

In any case it was very likely to sell out in the TBMC at only 600 people.

Concert itself was the sweatiest I've been to in ages and the crowd were well into it. Great gig.

penexpers

Yup was a great gig. Much better than Weezer in my books at any rate.

dimerocks

what were GAMAK like

acquiescefc

Best 'sit down' gig ive ever been to!!!!


'Kitty' was class class class. Anthem of the summer (1996 probably)

acquiescefc

dimerocks wrote:

what were GAMAK like

I got there late, only heard last two songs. Only regret of the night.

Thanks for the badge Keith btw

John

f®eak s&#169 wrote: »

Concert itself was the sweatiest I've been to in ages and the crowd were well into it. Great gig.

I've never been that wet apart from when I go swimming. Seriously hot in there.

Fantastic gig though, they really played their socks off. I've been waiting ten years to see them and they were worth the wait. I felt like I was 12 again. In a good non-creepy way. So many great songs.

Norinoco

Great night - was soaked with the sweat after. Never experienced that much heat at a concert.

POTUSA were class. A huge amount of energy. Fantastic gig.

Read the ticket wrong and thought the main act was at 7!!
Oh well, got there grand and early to see a bit of GAMAK. Fairly impressed, heard the band from the bar - couldn’t get over that there was only 2 of them

KTRIC

The gig was fantastic, the best I've ever been to. And to top it off we all seen a really good scrap outside with 3 bouncers trying to beat up some little guy.

pedro_el_killio

best gig ever!
SOCK IT TO ME...57 AND A HALF TIMES!!!!!!!!!!

Splinter

well amazed with them. liked the way they came down and shook hands and signed stuff at the barrier at the end of the gig,then when we asked if i could take a pic he put his arm round me and posed (guitarist) well happy and well worth the 11year wait, best 20euro i ever spent!

acquiescefc

K-TRIC wrote:

The gig was fantastic, the best I've ever been to. And to top it off we all seen a really good scrap outside with 3 bouncers trying to beat up some little guy.

yeah what was all that about? I just saw a few large people trying to fossilise some guys face in the TBMC wall.

But yeah, the gig was excellent. Thats what musics all about, as Jack Black would say 'the power to move you'.

I know people who probably thought, ooh theyre old and not very trendy, and then tried to get tickets at the last minute.

stevoslice

did they play that eternal classic...


...george of the jungle?

Splinter

the guy was dicking around at the door and whatever happened the bouncer tried to get rid of him, some rando guy started claiming it was public property and he couldnt touch him and the bouncer basically pointed out that he was only gonna hold the guy til the police turned up,the guy tried to make a run but the bouncer was holding tight and then the other bouncer helped, they didnt hit the guy,only held him in place. heard a glass smash when it kicked off too but didnt c any blood or anything like that.

Splinter

thebhoy wrote:

did they play that eternal classic...


...george of the jungle?

na friad not,didnt play cleaveland rocks either but played loads and loads of other stuff
:eek: :cool:
me,a friend and chris from PUSA!!

penexpers

splinter wrote:

na friad not,didnt play cleaveland rocks either but played loads and loads of other stuff
:eek: :cool:
me,a friend and chris from PUSA!!

It helps to know who's who in the band. That's not Chris, that's Andrew.

KTRIC

splinter wrote:

the guy was dicking around at the door and whatever happened the bouncer tried to get rid of him, some rando guy started claiming it was public property and he couldnt touch him and the bouncer basically pointed out that he was only gonna hold the guy til the police turned up,the guy tried to make a run but the bouncer was holding tight and then the other bouncer helped, they didnt hit the guy,only held him in place. heard a glass smash when it kicked off too but didnt c any blood or anything like that.

That random guy was me. Basically they had absolutly no juristiction to hold him there. They were the security for the TBMC and once the step foot on public ground they are just "Joe Public's" and can be charged with assult like everyone else. Those guys made me sick, they give security guards a bad rep.

Scratch Acid

Anyone care to throw up a setlist so I can see what I missed?

penexpers

Think this was it

Video Killed The Radio Star
Some Postman
Kitty
Highway Forever
Back Porch
Love Everybody
Stranger
Lump
Zero Friction
Froggie
Munky River
Mach 5
Boll Weevil
Shreds Of Boa
Dune Buggy
Kick Out The Jams
Peaches

Jennifer's Jacket
Tiki God
We Are Not Going To Make It

Scratch Acid

Hmm. Not bad. I'm not too fond of 'Freaked Out and Small' or the newish one but still...

acquiescefc

You forgot to add in lulu's 'Shout' onto Kick out the Jams.

Fair play tho good memory.

penexpers

Scratch Acid wrote:

Hmm. Not bad. I'm not too fond of 'Freaked Out and Small' or the newish one but still...

I don't know the new stuff at all but thought it stood up pretty well against the old stuff. Especially Zero Gravity and Some Postman.

Royale with Cheese

I don't remember them playing stranger

bombidol

The new album is excellent.

krattapopov

we did our FIRST ever gigs in Ireland and the promise of crazy drunken rock and roll love was fullfilled to the greatest height of our expectations...the 2 shows in Belfast and Dublin were the hottest sweatiest slinkiest wackest gigs yet....they sang all the words and made us feel so welcome I must extend a personal thank you to all those fans that were there.....good times rock and roll on the presidents tour

Christ Ballew's online journal

Simply a fantastic show, they would make a great festival band and i'd love to see them at oxegen next year

revilegreg

Brilliant gig, well worth the 20 euro.