5/21/91 The Crocodile Cafe. Seattle, WA
Supported By: The Night Kings
Notes: This show took place at the time that Clean as a Broke-Dick Dog was being recorded.??/??/92 Seattle, WA
Notes: The Monkeywrench played two shows in early 1992, around the time that their first record was released.??/??/92 Seattle, WA
5/28/99 "Garageshock" The 3B Tavern. Bellingham, WA
Also on Bill: Man or Astroman?, Von Zippers, Zen Guerrilla, Thundercrack, Coyotemen11/12/99 The Crocodile Cafe. Seattle, WA
Supported By: Tall Poppies, Fireballs of Freedom
Set: The Pusher, Great Down Here, Thirteen Nights, In the City Tonight, Love is a Spider, From Now On, Bottle Up and Go, Bring on the Judgement Day, The Empty Place, Solar Revelations, I'm Blown, In the Days of the Five, Cloere, One Step Closer (w/Mike Carroll)
Encore: Look Back, Cherry Red
Notes: Everyone looked amazingly happy. Before One Step Closer, Mark introduced Mike Carroll as the singer and then watched the song from the audience. Tim pulled up two guys from the crowd to sing the chorus. After they finished the song, Tim had blown his amplifier, so Steve and Tim stood at the edge of the stage trying to figure out if they could do an enore. Guy from the Tall Poppies lent them his amp, and the show was back on. During Look Back, Tim stood behind Steve, so that when Steve and Tom sang the chorus ("behind you!"), he would have something to look at. Steve noticed, and got a kick out of that.4/27/00 EJ's. Portland, OR (70 min)
Supported By: Fireballs of Freedom, Selby Tigers
Set: The Weasel's in the Barn, Look Back, Around Again, The Pusher, Solar Revelations, Thirteen Nights, Love is a Spider, I'm Blown, The Empty Place, From Now On, Great Down Here, Bring on the Judgement Day, In the Days of the Five
Encore: Bottle Up & Go, Cherry Red, Levitation
Notes: There's not a whole lot of talk from the stage, but the band is on. There's some noodling before From Now On. Some people in the crowd start cheering and Mark asks, "You know that one?" They come back out for the encore and Tom and Tim tune for a couple seconds. When they're done, Mark says, "Thank you very much. That was a great encore, wasn't it? Alright, goodnight!...We'd love to take you all the way back to 1992," and after a short dely they go into Bottle Up and Go. After the song, he remarks, "That was a beautiful year, that was a beautiful year."4/28/00 The Crocodile Cafe. Seattle, WA
Supported By: The Bangs
Notes: This was an all-ages show played in the afternoon, prior to the 21-and-over only show that night.4/28/00 The Crocodile Cafe. Seattle, WA (75 min)
Attendance: 350
Supported By: The Briefs, The Wire Taps
Set: Bring on the Judgement Day, Look Back, Around Again, Sugar Man, Thirteen Nights, I'm Blown, The Weasel's in the Barn, Love is a Spider, Levitation, The Empty Place, Great Down Here, In the Days of the Five
Encore: Day Trader Shuffle, The Pusher
Encore 2: Bottle Up and Go
Notes: Little was said from the stage. Mark seemed to be having a good time, and was grinning a lot. At one point, Tim threw his guitar into the crowd, and began "playing" his distortion box. After the song, the audience returned the guitar with all of it's strings broken. He played one of Tom Price's guitars for the second encore, and told the crowd that he promised Tom that he wouldn't break it.4/29/00 Showoff Gallery. Bellingham, WA
Supported By: Fireballs of Freedom, The Seizures
Notes: This was an all-ages show played in the afternoon, prior to the 21-and-over only show that night.4/29/00 The 3B Tavern. Bellingham, WA
4/30/00 The Starfish Room. Vancouver, Canada
Supported By: Wheelie5/12/00 Club Clearview. Dallas, TX
5/13/00 Emo's. Austin, TX
5/27/00 The Borderline. London, England (65 min)
Attendance: 300
Supported By: The Nomads, The Alchemists
Set: The Pusher, Look Back, Solar Revelations, The Day Trader Shuffle, Thirteen Nights, Love is a Spider, Great Down Here, Sugar Man, The Weasel's in the Barn, In the City Tonight, Levitation, In the Days of the Five
Encore: Bring on the Judgement Day, I'm Blown
Notes: The guys all seem to be having a good time, especially Tim who keeps thrusting his guitar into the crowd to get some feedback. Mark appears to be nervous at first, but later does some rock star posturing and makes faces at the crowd. After Thirteen Nights, Tim steps to the mic and asks, "Can anyone from the Nomads loan me a guitar? pretty please?" Mark adds, "In the regular E tuning, not an opening tuning. That'd be great." After The Weasel's in the Barn, Steve announces, "Tom says to entertain the audience with drugs or something. He think's we're losing momentum. Soon after, an audience member gets the microphone and begins singing "Happy Birthday" to his friend, Martin, which most people in the audience think referrs to Martin Bland. Mark takes up on this saying, "Martin just turned sixteen. Martin is sixteen today and has never been kissed, so all you young boys please kiss him after the show." During In the City Tonight, someone in the audience is rough-housing with his friend, and the security mistake this for an actual fight and move to throw him out. While the song continues, Mark shouts, "Hey, bring that guy back here! Hey! Hey! Hey, fuckhead! Hey, fuckhead!" while Tim runs offstage to argue with the guards. Eventually, the fan is released. In the Days of the Five breaks down at the end, with Mark singing the chorus over feedback from the other guys, who then break back into the song proper for a couple seconds before they finish it.5/28/00 The Borderline. London, England (65 min)
Attendance: 300
Supported By: The Golden Guineas, The Country Teasers
Set: Bring on the Judgement Day, Levitation, I'm Blown, The Day Trader Shuffle, Sugar Man, Around Again, Cherry Red, Love is a Spider, The Empty Place, Look Back, The Weasel's in the Barn, In the Days of the Five
Encore: Bottle Up and Go, The Pusher
Notes: The guys seem a little more relaxed than the night before, with everyone smiling and laughing. Before The Weasel's in the Barn, Mark addresses the audience: "Alright, ladies and gentlement. What is in the barn!" The audience cheers. "No, there's no 'wooo' in the barn. What is in the barn, baby?" The audience cheers some more. "No, 'yeah' is not in the fucking barn. What is in the barn? It's the weasel, you idiots!"5/29/00 Wembley Arena. London, England (35 min)
Attendance: 12,000
Supporting: Pearl Jam
Set: Bring on the Judgement Day, Levitation, I'm Blown, Thirteen Nights, The Pusher, Sugar Man, Great Down Here, Cherry Red
Notes: Mark was drinking wine onstage, and at the beginning of the set, spilled some on the security guard that was standing below him. He leaned down and kissed the guard on the cheek, and then hopped down off the stage and kissed everyone in the front of the crowd on the cheek. Later, he began doing headstands, and then headstands and cartwheels. Before the last song, according to Tim, "I jumped off the Wembley stage and took my guitar to where the crowd was so that they could be a part of the band. I couldn't get back up after that so I tossed my guitar back up on stage and I went backstage where the medics came to see if I was OK...Mark jumped off after i did.he climbed back up on stage. I'm not sure who gave Tom my guitar at that point but the other guy that ended up playing it was Johnny who had played with Thee Headcoats. It was a lot of fun." When Tim threw his guitar on stage, Tom picked it up and played both it and his guitar for a while. The Monkeywrench got a warm reponse from the crowd, especially considering the way that Pearl Jam crowds have responded to Mudhoney.5/30/00 Wembley Arena. London, England (35 min)
Attendance: 12,000
Supporting: Pearl Jam
Set: The Pusher, Look Back, The Weasel's in the Barn, Great Down Here, Love is a Spider, The Day Trader Shuffle, Levitation, In the Days of the Five
Notes: Before The Monkeywrench come out, Eddie Vedder plays one song solo. When he's done he takes the time to introduce The Monkeywrench: "Alright now it is with great pleasure and aplomb that I introduce Mark, Tim, Martin, Steve..." and there's a huge pause while he blanks on Tom's name and scans the front of the crowd for someone to shout it at him. He gets out of it with, "And uh, one guy who's really nervous." Near the end of In the Days of the Five, most of the music stops save for a little feedback while Mark sings nearly a capella. They all rejoin the song for the big finish.8/11/00 "Las Vegas Shakedown". Gold Coast Hotel. Las Vegas, NV (50 min)
Supporting: Onyas, Nashville Pussy, The Fuzztones
Supported By: Wayne Kramer, The Street Walkin' Cheetahs, The Demonics
Set: Bring on the Judgement Day, Look Back, The Day Trader Shuffle, Thirteen Nights, Cherry Red, Love is a Spider, The Weasel's in the Barn, The Empty Place, In the City Tonight, Levitation, In The Days of the Five, Notes & Chords Mean Nothing to Me
Notes: This was the first day of a three day festival. Steve is wearing an extremely wide tie with a short-sleeve shirt. Mark is really animated, particularly at the beginning.8/19/00 "Hey Punk!" 5th Ave Skate Park. Seattle, WA (60 min)
Set: Notes and Chords Mean Nothing to Me, I'm Blown, From Now On, Around Again, The Pusher, L.I.E.S., Levitation, Solar Revelations, Cherry Red, Great Down Here, Do You Love Me (w/Duane Peters, Steve Olson), Born to Lose (w/Duane Peters, Steve Olson)
Notes: Throughout the show, Tim keeps letting various members of the audience make noise with his guitar. Around Again is stopped and restarted after Tim and Tom don't begin the song at the same time. After The Pusher, Tom steps to the mic and says, "Goddamn that pusher man," to which Steve adds, "If you goddamn that pusher man you can skate more." A few songs later, there's confusion as to what song is to be played, and Tim creates feedback with his guitar while it's decided to play Levitation. They have another lengthy discussion before deciding on Cherry Red. Great Down Here is restarted when Tim begins the song before the rest of the band is ready. After that song, Mark introduces their "newest, oldest, bestest friends," skaters Steve Olson and Duane Peters, and adds that "they were skate-punk before the rest of you were skate-punk." Tim walks to the mic on the far side of the stage to point out that he was skate-punk back when Olson and Duane were. After another delay of a few minutes while Olson gets settled in, they break into Do You Love Me, with Olson on stage left handling lead vocals while holding a guitar that serves little more than decorative purposes. Mark, Tom and Duane handle back up vocals from stage right, sharing two microphones.9/1/00 The Pine Street Theater. Portland, OR
Supported By: Nebula, The Heads
9/2/00 "Bumbershoot Festival." The BumberClub. Seattle, WA (60 min)
Supporting: Heather Duby, Oldominion, The Makers
Supported By: The Melody Unit, Polecat
9/7/00 The Liquid Room. Tokyo, Japan
9/8/00 Ebisu Milk. Toyko, Japan
9/10/00 Club Quattro. Nayoga, Japan
Supported By: Antonio Three, Gasoline9/11/00 Club Quattro. Osaka, Japan
Supported By: King Brothers9/13/00 Shinjuku Loft. Tokyo, Japan
9/28/00 Chilkoot Charlie's. Anchorage, AK
9/29/00 Mammoth Music. Anchorage, AK
10/6/00 Las Palmas, Spain
Supported By: Beachwood Sparks
Set: Bring on the Judgement Day, Look Back, Solar Revelations, The Day Trader Shuffle, Thirteen Nights, I'm Blown, Love is a Spider, The Pusher, Levitation, Great Down Here, In the Days of the Five, Notes & Chords Mean Nothing to Me
Encore: (missing)
Notes: During the first song of the set, Tim breaks his hollow-body guitar when he drops it off the stage. His amp lasts until the second song, at which point it breaks. He replaces that amp with a different one, and a few song later replaces that amplifier for another new one. Over the course of the set, he also manages to break some strings on his guitar. During the encore, Martin's drum stool falls apart. Despite all this, the audience seems to enjoy the show.10/7/00 "Festival Serie B." Calahorra, Spain (60 min)
Supporting: The Real Kids
Supported By: Chariot, El Hombre Burbuja, Insanity Wave, La Granja, Giant Sand
Notes: The Pusher, Look Back, Solar Revelations, The Weasel's in the Barn, Thirteen Nights, Cherry Red, Love is a Spider, I'm Blown, The Day Trader Shuffle, Levitation, Great Down Here, In the Days of the Five, Notes & Chords Mean Nothing To Me
Encore: (one song)
Notes: Mark Lanegan was supposed to go on after The Monkeywrench, but didn't show and was replaced by The Real Kids. The Monkeywrench don't hit the stage until 3:00 AM. Tim and Martin don't have any problems tonight, but Steve manages to break some strings. A great show.11/3/00 "Terrastock 4". The Showbox Theater. Seattle, WA (45 min)
Supported By: Windy and Carl, The Lothars, Voyager One, Ethereal Counterbalance
Supporting: Ghost, Damon and Naomi, Charalambides, Albunai!, The Wellwater Conspiracy, Tarentel
Set: Cherry Red, The Empty Place, Solar Revelations, The Day Trader Shuffle, I'm Blown, Love is a Spider, The Weasel's in the Barn, Look Back, Sugar Man, Levitation, In The Days of the Five, Notes & Chords Mean Nothing To Me
Notes: This performace occured on the first day of a three day festival. Mark comes out to the lip of the stage and leans out over the crowd to sing during Solar Revelations. He makes it back to his normal spot by doing a backwards summersault over a stage monitor. During The Weasel's in the Barn, Tim runs over to the far side of the stage and manages to unplug his guitar in the process. He sheepishly goes to plug it back in while Steve laughs. Steve and Tom use the song to show off some coordinated moves with their instruments. The same thing happens to Tim again on Sugar Man, which has an intense middle section. During In the Days of the Five, Tim jumps into the crowd and gives it to Scott McCaughey, who puts it on and plays for a couple measures. Tim then spends most of the rest of the song playing in the crowd.11/4/00 The 3B Tavern. Bellingham, WA
Supported By: Mooney Suzuki, The Gimmicks11/9/00 Magic Stick. Detroit, MI
Supported By: Nebula, Lee County Killers11/10/00 Empty Bottle. Chicago, IL
Supported By: Nebula, Easy Action
Set: Bring on the Judgement Day, Solar Revelations, The Day Trader Shuffle, Levitation, Thirteen Nights, Love is a Spider, I'm Blown, The Weasel's in the Barn, Great Down Here, Sugar Man, Cherry Red, In the Days of the Five, Notes & Chords Mean Nothing To Me
Encore: Look Back, The Pusher11/11/00 7th Avenue Entry. Minneapolis, MN
Supported By: Nebula, Lee County Killers11/12/00 Concert Cafe. Green Bay, WI
Supported By: The Immortal Lee County Killers, The Chargers, The Mistreaters, The Mystery Girls
Set: The Weasel's in the Barn, Look Back, Thirteen Nights, Levitation, Love is a Spider, The Empty Place, I'm Blown, Solar Revelations, Sugar Man, Cherry Red, In the Days of the Five, Notes & Chords Mean Nothing to Me
Encore: Great Down Here, The Pusher
Notes: Late in the set, in reference to the financial troubles that threaten to close the Concert Cafe, Tim tells the crowd that he doesn't mean to sound old school, but to keep supporting all-ages venues. Mark chimes in with, "But if you're going to play an all-ages show, make sure there's a sympathetic bar next door." "Unless your straight-edge!" Tim adds, crossing his arms ito form the straight-edge "X" symbol. After Notes and Chords, Tim says, "Everyone who's not already in a band, go out and start one!" "But whatever you do, please, please...don't suck," Mark adds. When they come back onstage for the encore, Mark addresses the crowd while the other guys are getting their instruments ready: "These guys have a harder job than me. They have to keep their instruments tuned and all I have to do is sing and keep my shirt tucked in." Tim reminds him, "And keep your fly zipped."11/30/00 The Troubadour. West Hollywood, CA
Supported By: Nebula, Flash Express12/1/00 Club Mesa. Costa Mesa, CA
Supported By: The Bell Rays, Flash Express12/2/00 Bottom of the Hill. San Francisco, CA (70 min)
Supported By: Zen Guerrilla, The Clay Wheels
Set: Bring on the Judgement Day, Look Back, Solar Revelations, The Day Trader Shuffle, Great Down Here, Love is a Spider, I'm Blown, Thirteen Nights, The Weasel's in the Barn, Levitation, Sugar Man, Cherry Red, In the Days of the Five, Notes & Chords Mean Nothing to Me
Encore: The Pusher
Notes: During the last chorus to Look Back, Tim steps up to the center of the stage to play. Mark sneaks up behind him and crawls between his legs, causing Tim to fall on his back. Tim recovers, and goes over to sing backup on one mic along with Steve and Tom. Before Love is a Spider, Mark asks, "Has anyone seen Roy Loney? Has anyone seen Roy Loney? I left a ton of messages on his machine," while peering out into the crowd." Half-way through I'm Blown, Tim falls into the audience, and plays while the crowd keeps him afloat. Levitation is introduced with, "This is a song that was written by someone who lives in the Tenderloin." Sugar Man has a long, intense middle section. After the song, Tom steps to the mic and says, "Let's play some grunge," which makes the other guys crack up. During In the Days of the Five, Tim tries to give his guitar to Mark, who runs away. Tim then goes over to Steve and puts his guitar around his neck. Steve then plays the guitar while Tim plays Steve's bass, which Steve is still attached to. When they get back onstage for the first encore and are retuning their instruments, Tom thanks The Clay Wheels and Zen Guerrilla for letting them use some of their gear. Steve adds, "I wouldn't let us use their gear." At the end of The Pusher, Tim gets up on Martin's bass drum and lets Martin play his guitar with his drum sticks.3/30/01 The 3B Tavern. Bellingham, WA (70 min)
Attendance: 200
Supported By: The Blow-Up, The Glory Holes
Set: Levitation, Look Back, Thirteen Nights, The Weasel's in the Barn, The Day Trader Shuffle, Love is a Spider, Bring on the Judgement Day, I'm Blown, The Pusher, Great Down Here, Cherry Red
Encore: In the Days of the Five, Notes & Chords Mean Nothing to Me
Notes: A fun, rowdy show. The audience engages in a local tradition by throwing more beer at the stage than they end up drinking. Before The Day Trader Shuffle, Steve takes a full bottle of beer and slowly dumps it on a member of the audience with great fanfare. After the song, Tom mentions that he prefers red wine and asks that people throw that on stage. Mark comments that he prefers cocaine, and makes the same request. After I'm Blown, Tim walks over to Tom's mic and says that he'll show everyone his "Eddie from Nebula lick" and plays a short minor pentatonic speed lick. Later, Tom and Tim hit the first chord to Cherry Red, and everyone stands around while Steve makes a big display of cleaning his glasses before starting the song with his bass riff. They come out for the encore and start up In the Days of the Five. Mark quickly stops the band and gets a guy in the crowd who's just thrown a beer to come up on stage. After a little prodding, he comes up and Mark gets him to tilt his head back and open his mouth. Mark then pours a beer all over the guy's head and asks, "How did you like it?" The guy responds, "That feels just great," and gets off the stage. After another false start, they play a particularly aggressive version of the song. After it's over, Steve quickly gets off stage while the other guys stand around waiting for him to come back. They end up starting Notes & Chords Mean Nothing to Me without him and after a short while he comes back on stage without his bass. He drapes his arm around Mark, and they sing the song together.4/20/01 The Crocodile Cafe. Seattle, WA (45 min)
Supporting: The Makers
Supported By: Bangs
Set: On Your Arrival, Look Back, The Weasel's in the Barn, Great Down Here, Love is a Spider, Black Plastic Tarp, Levitation, I'm Blown, In the Days of the Five
Notes: When they hit the stage, Tim announces that they'll be playing two new songs, and On Your Arrival and Black Plastic Tarp are premiered. Tim dedicates Levitation to "Craig. He's from Texas and this song's from Texas."5/27/01 "GarageShock 2001". Emo's. Austin, TX
Supported By: Sugar Shack, The Immortal Lee County Killers, The Soledad Brothers, The Fatal Flying Guillotines, The Wednesdays
Set: Bring on the Judgement Day, Levitation, I'm Blown, Thirteen Nights, Love is a Spider, Black Plastic Tarp, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cherry Red (set out of order except for the first and last songs)
Notes: Based on the performances of the supporting bands, The Monkeywrench have their work cut out for them: the singer/bassist for the Wednesdays hung upside down from the ceiling while still playing, the Fatal Flying Guillotines with their human pinball of a singer played in the audeince, Chet from The Immortal Lee County Killers crawled on the floor through the crowd on his stomach, Sugar Shack put on a blitstering set, and Tim's Lord High Fixers reuinited to play a song. The guys are all in good spirits for a show in Tim's home town and rise to the occasion. The new Black Plastic Tarp - introduced by Mark with, "This is a new song about a black plastic tarp. It's called Black Plastic Tarp" - as well as at least three other new songs are performed. At some point during I'm Blown, Mark falls on his ass for no apparent reason. Mark prefaces Love is a Spider by telling the crowd, "I've seen a lot of things these last couple days, and all I have to say is that you don't need jelly if the peanut butter's chunky" (the night before, Marcus, the singer for Zen Guerrilla, kept saing "You got to spread the peanut butter think to make the jelly taste good."). During Cherry Red, Sammy from Fireballs of Freedom takes it upon himself to grab a guitar and join in. That the guitar isn't plugged into anything didn't deter him. After a few seconds of this, an angry Mark rips the guitar from his hands and throws it down, sending Sammy tumbling. Mark then gets pulled into the crowd and lands on his face. He gets back onstage followed by 20 audience members and the set ends with an extended jam where everyone is dancing and having a good time. When it's finally over, Mark tries to say goodbye, but there's no microphone to be found so he waves while exiting.12/31/01 The Crocodile Cafe. Seattle, WA (75 min)
Attendance: 250
Supported By: The Evaporators, The Gun Street Girls, DJs Spencer Moody and Cherry Canoe
Set: Low On Air, Look Back, The Weasel's in the Barn, Black Plastic Tarp, Great Down Here, Bottle Up & Go, Bring on the Judgement Day, (Revenge), The Day Trader Shuffle, Flashy New Dance Step, Sugar Man, Sunnyland, Levitation, I'm Blown, Cherry Red
Encore: The Pusher, Notes & Chords Mean Nothing To Me
Notes: Low On Air, Flashy New Dance Step and Sunnyland are premiered in a fun, lively show. The guys hit the stage a minute or so before midnight. Tim tells the crowd that if he holds up his right arm a lot tonight, it's not some fancy rock move, it's because he's supposed to elevate his wrist (which he broke skateboarding this Summer). He then promptly disappears into the crowd. The other guys stand around trying to sort things out until Tom steps to the mic and says, "So...anyone have a watch?" It turns out that Steve does. Tom and Steve then start two countdowns at once: "Ten," "Four," "Nine," "Three," until they get on the same page and start over from ten, accompanied by a drum-roll from Martin. Martin comes out to kiss his wife and Mark jumps into the crowd to kiss his. When he and Tim make it back onstage, Mark comments, "Hey, I just made out with some random woman!" After Bring on the Judgement Day, Steve teases the intro to The Kinks' Revenge. Mark introduces Fancy New Dance Step by telling the crowd that he wants to see their dance steps and then shows off a foot-swiveling dance of his own during the beginning of the song. After Levitation Tim thanks The Evaporators for tuning his guitars during the set. Mark then thanks them for "bringing their fine Canadian asses down." The Gun St. Girls and DJs Spencer Moody and Cherry Canoe are summarily thanked in the same way, except they're not Canadian, unlike The Evaporators. In the middle of Cherry Red, Tim runs across the stage and starts letting the audience play the guitar with him, not realizing until afterwards that his guitar became unplugged on the way over. A few meatheads in the crowd are sporadically shouting out for Mudhoney and Green River songs. When the guys come out for the encore, one of them shouts for Hate the Police, and Tom turns to Steve and, with a smile on his face, sarcastically says, "Yeah, let's do Hate the Police." At the end of Notes & Chords, Tim leans his guitar on his amp to produce constant feedback and does a stage dive. While this is going on, Mark does an extended head stand until Steve decides to gently kick him over. Tim makes it back onstage just in time to see all the other guys finish the song and wave goodnight.
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