Date, Venue, Location |
Other Bands |
Michael's Notes |
Jeff's Notes |
Set List |
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| 7/14/79 Tight Squeeze Fort Lauderdale |
The Cichlids | first gig ever--"When we played our first show we still looked pretty hippyish. I had long shoulder length hair. Eddie had dreadlocks (!). We were too chickenshit to cut our hair, yet we still wanted to do something kinda weird. So Eddie got his all done up in dreadlocks. This white guy with dreadlocks (laughs)." -- Michael |
First public appearance. Michael says they played a yard party previously... | (partial?) dr tv/ uncontrollable urge (devo)/ wooly bully (sam the sham and the pharoahs)/machine doll (unreleased mike)/catholic love/silly drug songs/centerfold lover (glenn)/cretin hop (ramones)/living like a pig/mr suit (wire)/rich bitch (unreleased mike)/fork it over | ||
| 7/21/79 Florida Atlantic Univ. Outdoor Stage Boca Raton |
The Cichlids | gig shortened by rain---"We played two shows with the long hair and dreadlocks. The second show was outdoors at Florida Atlantic University. This local punk zine, The Mouth Of The Rat, had discovered us by then. The editor, David Parsons, told me, 'You look like John Kay of Steppenwolf, you'd better cut your hair'."--Mike | Hassled by PA Crew. Kickin' Ass pic |
(partial) wooly bully/catholic love/centerfold lover/silly drug songs/cretin hop/mary mary/rich bitch/english civil war (clash) | ||
| 8/79 Tight Squeeze Fort Lauderdale |
The Cichlids | got funny haircuts, Eddie wore priest clothes for the first time We decided to revamp our image, cut our hair and dress up as ridiculously as possible. Eddie figured he'd do Rick Nielsen one better and dress like a priest. He bought a Gibson Explorer. For our third gig we had the priest suit and the haircuts. I was dressed up in a clown suit. Our bassist Glenn would dress up as femininely as possible. Our drummer Chris is huge, so he'd wear a wrestling outfit."--Michael |
not sure if this unmarked cassette was from this gig | (partial) english civil war/fork it over/nut cop/living like a pig/do you wanna dance (bobby freeman) | ||
| 9/1-2/79 Irish House Miami Beach |
-- | hassled by rednecks | This is the gig that a note was passed to the band about how bad they sucked. The note was reproduced on the first single. Key moment on the cassette is when Eddie announces a set break, and the applause is louder than it was for any song they played... | (partial) jimmie b goode/rich bitch/english civil war/bring back the spark (be bop deluxe)/uncontrollable urge/wooly bully/machine doll/silly drug songs/catholic love/baby blue (badfinger)/anarchy in the uk (sex pistols)/mr suit/living like a pig/communist radio/mary mary/dr tv/centerfold lover/i think we're alone now (tommy james)/cretin hop/hasta manana monsieur (sparks)/sheena is a punk rocker (ramones)/hungry (paul revere and the raiders)/tutti frutti (little richard)/teenage lobotomy (ramones)/do you wanna dance/fork it over | ||
| 9/79 Porsche Dealer Location Unknown |
Various acts | Made $400 "We did quite a few strange gigs and had writers from the local papers cover it. The local Porsche dealership opened up a showroom, so we played there. Miami's entertainment scene was just starting to crack open. A lot of weird things were happening. Magazines would want to interview us. The magazine would only have three issues before it folded, but Hey! we were in there."--Chris |
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| 9/11/79 Tight Squeeze |
The Cichlids | Band Got Drunk | 2 sets | (partial) jimmie b goode/uncontrollable urge/wooly bully/dr tv/centerfold lover/mary mary/silly drug songs/cretin hop/hungry/catholic love/mr suit/sheena is a punk rocker/living like a pig/rich bitch/do you wanna dance/i think we're alone now/english civil war/communist radio | ||
| 10/79 PB's West Palm Beach |
Transvestites danced | |||||
| 10/79 Blue Waters Miami Beach |
The Girls | Almost electrocuted | Michael to this day is very careful when approaching a microphone for the first time... | |||
| 10/79 Florida Atlantic Univ. |
Hassled by PA crew | Pics: Eddie | Eddie | Eddie |
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| 11/79 Commodore Club Miami |
Babe | plug pulled by disco zealots, broken glass, hassled by cops | Click HERE to read about this gig in the 1996 interview. | |||
| 11/79 Blue Waters |
The Weasels | First gig with The Weasels | ||||
| 12/79 Blue Waters |
Almost electrocuted | |||||
| 12/31/79 Sunrise Musical Theatre |
The Cichlids, James White and the Blacks, Nervus Rex | Drank James Chance's private stock of booze. | Click HERE to read about this gig in the 1996 interview. |
jimmie b goode/rich bitch/dr tv/wooly bully/silly drug songs/catholic love/plastic tv android(Michael--later released as 'hialeah' with eddie lyrics)/i think we're alone now/mary mary/nut cop/kneecappin/living like a pig/fork it over/communist radio | ||
| 1/24/80 P.B.'s |
The Essentials | Transvestites dance, band hassled by cops. Click HERE for flyer. | #1 Eat Fan, Walter Cz, plays with his heroes for the first time | |||
| 2/2/80 Premier Club Hallandale |
The Cichlids | Played LA Woman (Doors). Click HERE for flyer. (courtesy of Steve Sticht | Michael liked Hallandale so much he lives there now. Or something... | |||
| 2/80 Agora Hallandale |
Band kicked out of club, robbed and hassled by bouncers, banned from Agora for seven months. | Click HERE to read about this gig in the 1996 interview. | ||||
| 3/22/80 Open Books and Records Ft. Lauderdale |
Blue jeans worn onstage for the first time. Click HERE for flyer. | |||||
| 3/28-29/80 Premier Club |
Charlie Pickett & The Eggs | First gig with Charlie Pickett | ||||
| 4/80 (consecutive nights) Premier Club |
Charlie Pickett | Drank, took drugs | Setlist for 4/12/80 jimmie b goode/dr tv/wooly bully/rich bitch/silly drug songs/catholic love/subhuman/mary mary/pushin too hard (the seeds--sung by glenn)/queers of eqypt (unreleased Michael)/rave on (buddy holly)/communist radio/nut cop/l.a. woman (doors)/fork it over/kneecappin'/mr suit/living like a pig/english civil war/plastic tv android |
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| 4/80 (consecutive nights) Premier Club |
Charlie Pickett | Drank, took drugs | ||||
| 4/80 (consecutive nights) Premier Club |
Charlie Pickett, The Reactions | First gig with The Reactions | ||||
| 5/9-10/80 Premier Club |
Charlie Pickett, The Weasels | Drank, took drugs Click HERE for flyer. |
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| 5/80 Premier Club (consecutive nights) |
The Weasels | Made cool flyer | ||||
| 6/6-7/80 Premier Club |
Charlie Pickett, The Weasels | Premier era ends Click HERE for flyer. |
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| 7/23/80 P.B.'s |
The Essentials | Transvestites dance Click HERE for flyer. |
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| 9/16/80 Agora |
The Reactions, The Front | Big return to Agora, got good press and stuff. More good press and even more good press. Click HERE for flyer. |
young guy/party line/living like a pig (chris cottie sings backing vox. on the bridge)/subhuman/jimmie b goode/catholic love/wooly bully/the car/i led two lives/silly drug songs/my guitar wants to kill your mama (zappa)/open man/gimme your money/get me high/communist radio/nut cop/kneecappin'/journey to the center of your mind (amboy dukes)/dr tv | |||
| 10/1/80 TR3, New York City |
Start of 1980 Fake National Tour Click HERE for flyer |
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| 10/2/80 '80s Club New York City |
Metropole | Good pizza | "In New York we wanted to go see John Lennon. We were going to go to the Dakota and hang out. This was right before he got shot, like October of 1980. We had played two clubs in NYC, a place called TR3 and a place called the 80s, which was in the eightieth block of Manhattan, near the Dakota. We got the idea, 'Hey, let's see if John Lennon steps out', which we didn't end up doing. Instead, we went and saw David Bowie in the Elephant Man (laughs)."--Michael | |||
| 10/4/80 Cafe Deja Vu Raleigh, NC |
The Eat are big stars in N.C. Click HERE for flyer |
"We played in Raleigh, North Carolina, in this little university district called the Raleigh Underground. A lot of Floridians in the audience were going to college up there. We did great. That was the best show of the whole trip. They went nuts." --Michael |
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| 10/5/80 The Station Chapel Hill, NC |
The Hertz | Drove station wagon into drainage ditch | ||||
| 10/6/80 688 Club Atlanta |
The Contractions | Played to four people | Click HERE to read about this gig in the 1996 interview. |
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| 10/19/80 The Button Fort Lauderdale |
Back in Florida. Whole band gets crew cuts | |||||
| 10/25/80 Open Books & Records, Progresso Plaza |
The Essentials | Fake wet t-shirt contest (in which eddie takes unoccupied t-shirts and dips them in a bucket of water, then holds them up for applause) |
Pics: Eddie Gig shortened by police Click HERE for flyer. And HERE for press. |
catholic love/plastic tv android/jimmie b goode/dr tv/wooly bully/the car/gimme your money (unreleased Michael)/i led two lives/silly drug songs/mary mary/subhuman/nut cop/fork it over/kneecappin'/l.a. woman/communist radio/mr suit (truncated by arrival of police) |
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| 10/31/80 Balkan Club Hollywood |
The Reactions, The Throbs, The Wrap | Entire band dresses up like Fidel Castro (the InFidels) Click HERE for flyer |
One Halloween they all dressed up as Fidel Castro, the beards and cigars and fatigues and everything. --Kenny | |||
| 11/80 The Button Fort Lauderdale |
Band gets garbage can full of beer and $300. | A short video of this gig exists, the place was packed and the crowd was rockin'. | ||||
| 12/14/80 Bicentennial Park, Miami |
The Reactions, Critical Mass | Scary people make violence. Click HERE for article in Sun Tattler by Lori Mirrer |
John Lennon Memorial concert. some of the more stupid hippie or anti-punk audience present apparently objected to the eat and the reactions... | (partial) young guy/jimme b goode/the car/it won't be long (beatles) |
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| 12/23/80 Agora |
The Weasels, The Reactions | 25 cent screwdriver night | ||||
| 12/31/80 Balkan Club |
The Eat with Charlie Pickett (the Yeehaws), The Reactions | Charlie Pickett plays with The Eat for the first time. | ||||
| 3/13/81 Balkan Club |
Charlie Pickett & the Eggs, The Reactions, Roy and the Hayheads | Drank, took drugs | ||||
| 3/81 Balkan Club |
The Reactions, Roy and the Hayheads | Drank, took drugs | ||||
| 3/81 Agora |
Charlie Pickett & the Eggs | Eggs had equipment problems | ||||
| 4/81 Balkan Club |
The Reactions | Final Balkan gig | ||||
| 4/81 Florida Atlantic University |
The Yeehaws, Charlie Pickett & the Eggs | Hassled by PA Crew | ||||
| 7/15/81 New Wave Lounge Fort Lauderdale |
Salute to the IRA Click HERE for flyer |
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| 8/81 Miss Lucky's Club Tampa |
Glenn Newland quits the band after the gig. | Pics: Dave Fun, Glenn, Michael, Charlie, Lisa, Eddie, Peppy | Peppy, Lisa | Peppy |
jimmie b goode/open man/party line/nut cop/kneecappin'/gimmie your money/subhuman/ballbusters on parade/wooly bully/mary mary/i led 2 lives/young guy/silly drug songs/get me high/communist radio/the car/catholic love/LA woman | |||
| 9/26/81 Polish American Club Hollywood |
Charlie Pickett & the Eggs, The Essentials | First gig with new bassist Kenny Lindahl Click HERE and HERE for flyer |
Click HERE to read about this gig in the 1996 interview. | flower punk (zappa)/l.a. woman/jimme b goode/ subhuman/the car/wooly bully/communist radio/open man/nut cop/kneecappin'/i led two lives/get me high/question of temperature (the balloon farm)/party line/silly drug songs/young guy |
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| 12/30-31?/81 The Edge Singer Island |
Charlie Pickett & the Eggs | Drank, took drugs | --" Fell asleep reminiscing about playing at some club north of West Palm on a New Years' Eve with The Eat. Sometime late in the the evening, Cheri Fun looked agitated. Eddie and I were standing near the pinball machines (as it was a class club). Eddie asked her what was wrong and she said she was aggravated with another girl who was 'pissed off 'cuz my brother wouldn't fuck her' and ... we laughed til we couldn't breathe and our sides hurt and ... another great Eat song was spawned."--Charlie Pickett |
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| 2/19/82 The Underground Tropicay Hotel Fort Lauderdale |
Monkey Farm | Band drinks bottles of whiskey, recites dialogue from Raging Bull Click HERE for flyer |
jimmie b goode/what do you think this is (scumbag)(unreleased Michael)/open man/the car/nixon's binoculars/anxiety attack (unreleased Michael)/can't get there from here/subhuman/ communist radio/silly drug songs (slower arrangement)/party line/catholic love/young guy/get me high/nut cop/ballbusters on parade/i led two lives | |||
| 2/82 Summers on th Beach Fort Lauderdale |
Real wet t-shirt contest | |||||
| 4/82 Palm Beach Junior College Lake Worth |
Charlie Pickett & the Eggs, Rip Shredder | Eat play outdoors | "That show took place at the Lake Worth campus of Palm Beach Junior (now "Community") College. I 'member it good cause I met my pals Phil & Ken (whom he later played with in F) at that one. They was dancin' like freaks to Rip Shredder. -Eddie Nothing | |||
| 5/7-8/82 Finders Lounge Hallandale |
Charlie Pickett & the Eggs | drummer on LSD Click HERE for flyer |
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| 6/11-12/82 Finders Lounge |
Lumpen | Communists open show Click HERE for flyer |
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| 7/2-3/82 Finders Lounge |
The Rubber Thongs | Drank, took drugs Click HERE for flyer |
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| 8/82 Sync Studio Z Miami |
Chris Cottie shoots off guns in parking lot, gets arrested | |||||
| 9/24-25/82 27 Birds/Coconut Grove |
Charlie Pickett & the Eggs | Eat gets on TV show | ||||
| 10/8-9/82 Finder's Lounge |
The Essentials | Michael gets punched in face Click HERE for flyer |
(partial) mr brown gets down/living like a pig/open man/subhuman /one call to cuba/we're an american band (grand funk railroad)/i led two lives/ballbusters on parade/psychotic mchale's navy/dream of yogi/hey jackass/she's pissed off/wooly bully/communist radio/nixon's binoculars |
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| 10/22-23/82 27 Birds |
U.S. Furys | U.S. Furys, Isaac Baruch from The Reactions' new band | ||||
| 10/82 Sync Studio Z |
Ken Lindahl quits, Glenn Newland returns | |||||
| 10/24/82 Finders Lounge |
Michael almost gets laid | |||||
| 10/31/82 Finders Lounge |
Band gets drunk | (partial) i led two lives/communist radio/open man/one call to cuba/mr brown gets down/nut cop/kneecappin'/get me high/jimmie b goode/young guy/six days on the road/nixon's binoculars/the ballad of jed clampett (flatt & scruggs)/silly drug songs/tales of brave ulysses (cream)/catholic love/l.a. woman/wooly bully |
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| 1/83 Finders Lounge |
Eat goes swimming | |||||
| 3/83 Sync Studio Z |
Band gets drunk | |||||
| 6/16/83 Big Daddy's Blitz Miami |
The DT Martyrs | Farewell Eat gig, band plays extended funk jams | Last announced gig for five years | (partial) there's no business like show business (Irving Berlin)/mr brown gets down/flower punk/the loner (Neil Young)/plastic tv android/living like a pig/m-80 ant death/subhuman/get me high/dr tv/nixon's binoculars/nut cop/open man |
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| 10/29/83 Holloweenie Party at GCIB's warehouse space, Ft. Lauderdale |
Eat plays three songs at GCIB's warehouse
Click HERE for flyer |
Notes from a fan: They agreed to play after extreme begging and a couch attack of Milo from Gay Cowboys In Bondage. I overheard and saw Milo begging Eddie at Open Books & Records I guess a week or two before. Stan Still Dance Band, The Eat, Gay Cowboys In Bondage and another band; I forget who. Maybe Morbid Opera?? Milo worshiped The Eat and was after every song thanking them for showing up, and saying they are Gods. | ||||
| 4/24/88 Churchill's Hideaway Miami |
Charlie Pickett & the MC3 | Big Eat "I Love the Devil" reunion gig | First appearance of 5-man line-up--Lindahl (3rd guitar) and Newland (bass) |
--(partial) search my car/subhuman/nixon's binoculars/shoes shoes shoes/i led two lives/narcotics in the carport (Michael/the dt martyrs)/wooly bully/nut cop/eight miles high/subhuman (slight return)/communist radio/i love the devil/i cry for you |
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| 5/21/88 Churchill's |
--(partial) cripple creek (the band)/bad day bigeye at pine bluff (dirk bill unreleased?)/agonizing reappraisal (kenny unreleased)/how she boogalooed it (beach boys)/shoes shoes shoes |
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| 10/2/88 Open Books & Records Miami |
five man line up/eddie's young son can be heard laughing hysterically every time eddie curses | subhuman/mr brown gets down/manatee smacker/shoes shoes shoes/five to one (doors)/i led two lives/wooly bully/search my car/nixon's binoculars/get me high/little red riding hood (sam the sham)/walk don't run (ventures)/communist radio/l.a. woman/nut cop | ||||
| 3/10/90 Churchill's |
The Yeehaws (no Glenn), The Chant | Toastin' Jack (?) | c'mon if you're comin' (brownie mcgee and sonny terry)/i led two lives/mind reader (mighty mofos)/dream of yogi/communist radio/toasting jack (?)/couldn't get high (fugs)/ cripple creek/eight miles high/search my car/roostering with intent (cocksparrer)/a question of temperature | |||
| 5/91 Churchill's |
Charlie Pickett | Drank, took drugs | ||||
| 7/18/92 Churchill's |
The Eat (no Glenn) with Dirk Bill | Pete Moss 30th birthday party | it's a mess (dirk bill)/shoes shoes shoes/mr brown gets down/nixon's binoculars/watch my .38 (commander cody)/couldn't get high/(if you) touch my wife/nut cop/kneecappin'/communist radio | |||
| 9/21/96 | The Eat (no Glenn), Funyons | Eat plays punk rock Click HERE for review in Reverb Click HERE for flyer |
jimmie b goode/catholic love/get me high/m-80 ant death/hialeah/ psychotic mchale's navy/octopus/ mary mary/six days on the road (dave dudley)/i led two lives/nut cop/kneecappin'/shoes shoes shoes/hey jackass/communist radio/she's pissed off | |||
| 7/11/97 Churchill's |
Trash Monkeys, Mr. Entertainment, Charlie Pickett | Pete Moss Memorial concert | Last gig for 11 years, Chris Cottie's last gig | |||
| 2/2/08 Churchill's |
Jeannie & the Tits, Fraulein, Pitch Black Radio | No drugs, only one beer, new drummer, Mike Vullo Click HERE for flyer |
1. Money for the Police 2. Mary Mary 3. Party Line 4. Hey Jackass 5. Silly Drug Songs 6. Wooly Bully 7. Nut Cop 8. Kneecappin' 9. Psychotic McHale's Navy 10. Jimmie B. Goode 11. Junior's Farm 12. M80 Ant Death 13. Communist Radio 14. I Led Two Lives 15. Catholic Love 16. Mr. Suit 17. Dr. TV [encore] |
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| 3/15/08 Alligator Alley Oakland Park |
Drug Czars, Charlie Pickett, Slang | Eat play a brief set | 1. Catholic Love 2. M80 Ant Death 3. Wooly Bully 4. Communist Radio |
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| 8/8/08 Alligator Alley |
Charlie Pickett, Mr. Entertainment, Stan Still Dance Band, Boise Bob, Johnny Tonite | Chatham fest, HOW ARE YA?? (Bobby Bitman from SCTV) | kneecappin'/livin' like a pig/silly drug songs/m-80 ant death/mary mary/nut cop/hey jackass/dr tv/i led two lives/catholic love/communist radio |
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| 9/19/08 Churchill's |
Charlie Pickett | Inverted ending with Johnny Salton on vocals Click HERE for flyer |
The band switched instruments for the last 2 songs, Kenny and Mike Vullo took over guitar, Michael got on drums, and Eddie on bass and vocals. last gig before Kenny moved to New Mexico |
Living Like a Pig/Hialeah/M-80 Ant Death/Catholic Love/Nut Cop/Kneecappin'/Party Line/Dr. TV/I Led Two Lives/Silly Drug Songs/Communist Radio/Hey Jackass/The Other Side of This Life (fred neil)/Wooly Bully | ||
