Aimee Mann/Grant Lee Phillips - Fillmore

Frank Black - Foley's Cellar

Cat Power - Great American Music Hall

Chan Marshall just mumbled into her microphone, but still managed to keep the crowd rapt.

Buffalo Tom - Slim's

Juno Reactor/Alex Paterson - Justice League

Shane MacGowan/Sarah Franklyn - Fillmore

I can't remember if Shane MacGowan was formally performing with "The Popes" at this time. In any case, this was pretty much a Pogues concert in disguise.

J. Mascis & The Fog/Caustic Resin - Slim's

Nina Gordon/Paloalto - Great American Music Hall

Nina Gordon, formerly of Veruca Salt, gave an amazing performance this night.

Versus/Mark Robinson - Great American Music Hall

Dandy Warhols/Television Eye - Fillmore

Sleater-Kinney/Gene Defcon/Briefs - Great American Music Hall

BT/Hooverphonic - Warfield

Jill Sobule - Cafe du Nord

Mr. T Experience/Nerf Herder - Fillmore

Beautiful South - Fillmore

Tragically Hip - Fillmore

Once again, the Canadian flags flew proudly inside the Fillmore as Canadians living in the Bay Area came out in force for this concert.

V.A.S.T./Unified Theory - Slim's

The The/PJ Olsson - Slim's

The The - Slim's

Dynamite Hack/Caviar - Slim's

Billy Bragg - Fillmore

Mojave 3 - Slim's

Front 242/Cassandra Complex - Maritime Hall

Laika/Knife & Fork - Slim's

Mighty Mighty Bosstones/Flogging Molly - Fillmore

Saint Etienne - Fillmore

Elastica/Meat Puppets - Fillmore

Bangles - Maritime Hall

Moby/Hybrid - Warfield

Joan Osborne - Fillmore

Get Up Kids/Anniversary - Great American Music Hall

A Perfect Circle - Warfield

Marshall Crenshaw - Foley's Cellar

David J - Foley's Cellar

Zebrahead/Wheatus - Slim's

Lisa Loeb/Penelope Houston - Justice League

Cypress Hill/Dilated Peoples - Fillmore

This concert was recorded and filmed for "Cypress Hill Live at the Fillmore."  I remember cameras on booms panning over the crowd, but I have no idea if I appear on the DVD.

Cracker/Kitty Snyder - Fillmore

Dandy Warhols/Rick Bain & the Genius Position - Great American Music Hall

Wilco - Fillmore

Peter Case/Mary Lou Lord - Foley's Cellar

Catherine Wheel/Tracy Bonham - Slim's

I remember the lead singer of Catherine Wheel placing a pulsing red neon light heart on his chest.

Einsturzende Neubauten - Fillmore

Travis/Leona Naess - Fillmore

The Girls Room - Slim's

I saw:
Tara MacLean
Kendall Payne
Amy Correia
Shannon McNally

Thrill Kill Kult/Meg Lee Chin - Maritime Hall

MDFMK/Regenerater - Fillmore

Alanis Morissette - Fillmore

Robyn Hitchcock & Grant Lee Phillips - Great American Music Hall

J. Mascis/Barbara Manning/Julie Doiron - Bottom of the Hill

Juliana Hatfield/Bill Janovitz - Slim's

Primal Scream - Fillmore

Nine Inch Nails/A Perfect Circle - Cow Palace

Elliott Smith/Minders - Fillmore

Tara MacLean - Foley's Cellar

Kristin Hersh & Vic Chesnutt/Rose Polenzani - Foley's Cellar

The Cure - Shoreline Amphitheatre

Smashing Pumpkins - Berkeley Community Theatre

This was the final tour before Smashing Pumpkins broke up.

Stereolab - Warfield

The The - Fillmore

I never realized that Matt Johnson would be so awesome live.

Queens of the Stone Age/Eleven - Bottom of the Hill

Wire/I Am Spoonbender - Fillmore

Beck - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Oasis/Travis - Berkeley Community Theatre

I remember that whichever Gallagher brother was doing the singing positioned his body at a weird angle such that he was singing up into the microphone, which was angled downwards.

Paul Oakenfold/Dave Ralph - Fillmore

This was the Perfecto tour.

Luna/Mark Eitzel - Fillmore

Charlatans/Stereophonics - Warfield

Lords of Acid/Praga Khan - Maritime Hall

Filter/Chevelle - Warfield

Dido/Tara Maclean - Fillmore

Half a year after her Bimbo's appearance, Dido graduated to the big leagues and sold out the Fillmore.  I remember the place being absolutely packed.

Tara MacLean - Cafe du Nord

I remember this Canadian songstress taking great pains to make eye contact with as many people as possible while she was performing.

Smashmouth/Luscious Jackson - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Aimee Mann & Michael Penn - Bimbo's 365 Club

A sold out show at Bimbo's for the married couple, whom I was used to seeing at Largo in Los Angeles.  I remember hearing "Voices Carry" live for the first time.

Imperial Teen/Track Star - Bottom of the Hill