We Will Never Go Away: A Retrospective

                                       2002

Friends,

Please enjoy extra pics/video from another great year of music and glad tidings provided by the likes of Guy Malone, Capricorn, Duck Helmet, and Almost Ancient with a little help from their friends. Sending out a ton of love to all you weirdos who help make life tolerable in the greater Waterbury area! 

Wishing everyone a happy and safe 2016! 

Happy New Year!

cp

2015 Leftovers

1/10/15 Marquee

1/31/15 The Outer Space

2/7 Pacific Standard Tavern

2/27/15 Hoops & Hops

3/7/15 Bleachers

3/12/15 Shamrock

3/21/15 Shamrock

4/3/15 Marquee

4/17/15 Sully's

4/25/15 Boru's 

4/29/15 Pies & Pints





5/8/15 Bridge Street Live









5/27/15 Pies & Pints

5/29/15 Sully's











6/18/15 Shamrock





6/24/15 Pies & Pints





7/8/15 Pies & Pints



7/10/15 McFairlawn's













7/11/15 La Boca







7/16/15 Pacific Standard Tavern











7/22/15 Pies & Pints



7/24/15 Bridge Street Live

































8/22/15 Shamrock



























9/18/15 McFairlawn's











10/1/15 Shamrock








10/22/15 Shamrock





11/21/15 Hot Coco 5k





















11/25/15 Pies & Pints



11/28/15 Holiday Party





12/23/15 Pies & Pints









12/26/15 Shamrock

Happy Birthday!

Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. 

Thanks to Cruess for his wrap up of 2015's last show from Pies & Pints.

"Happy Festivus Everyone"

-Bill, 12/23/2015

12/23/2015

Pies & Pints, Middlebury, CT

Set 1

He's Gone

Boy in the Bubble

To Be Young

Dig a Pony>

Frankenstein (1)

Truckin'

It's the End of the World As We Know It

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Whipping Post (2)

One Way Out (2)

Into the Great Wide Open (3)

Long Black Veil

Satisfied Mind (4)

Set 2

Shakedown Street>

Lion's Mane>

Rant>

Ooh Child

Happy Xmas (War is Over)*>

Baba O' Riley

Waiting in Vain (1)

Come Together

Unknown Legend (5)

Rockin' in the Free World (6)

Set 3

Born to Run

Rocky Mountain Way (3)

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window>

Golden Slumbers>

Carry That Weight>

The End

Cities

Black or White (7)

Tush

Loving Cup

Show Notes

* First time played

(1) "Star Wars" theme tease

(2) Bill C on lead vocals

(3) "Jingle Bells" tease

(4) Dedicated to Dave L.

(5) "and a roadie named Nootz"

(6) "This is for everyone who wants to fuck isis"

(7) "Tweezer Reprise" ending

Acoustic performance. Notes by Cruess. "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" (John Lennon) was debuted. No bass fires were reported at this show.

2015 Wrap Up/ Data Dump coming soon.

I'M IN LOVE WITH THE COCO

"Here we are again"

- "Water on Mars"

"Turn it over! Yeah!"

-Hot Coco 5k Runner, 11/21/15

The Hot Coco 5k is always one of my favorite shows of the year. It signifies the kick-off of the holiday season, it offers most of us the rare opportunity to see the band while we are sober, and it has slowly evolved into quite the fun family affair.  Here's hoping this great tradition carries on!

11/21/2015

Hot Coco 5k, Cheshire, CT

On Your Way Down

Cry

Come Together

Baba O' Riley (1)

To Be Young

Water on Mars

Rocky Mountain Way

Movie Star (2)

Fire

So Far Gone

Soulshine

Whipping Post

Frankenstein

Show Notes

(1) Start of road race

(2) Contained "Turn it over! Yeah!" teases throughout

This show was the band's 7th Annual Hot Coco 5k. No bass fires were reported at this show.

Thumbs up, GM!

We Will Never Go Away

"Open your eyes and see all the things you've become"

-"Cut Off Your Hands", 11/19/15

You've got to hand it to Guy Malone. There's not a ton of local bands that have been playing for almost two decades while constantly keeping material fresh. There's not many bands that can play in front of a dozen people and perform as though it was a packed arena. There's almost no bands that can  consistently produce new original content at the rate these guys have (yea, they debuted 5 songs last night). There's no hits or cover tunes to rely on. These guys just tap the fucking vein and let it rip!  When the Connecticut Bar Band Hall of Fame is created, these guys are easily on the first ballot.

The new tunes hit every point on the spectrum of awesomeness, including psychedelia ("Water on Mars"), shuffling blues dance numbers ("Cut off Your Hands"), dusted off favorites from old demos ("I Redeemer"), and straight up dark & dirty ("Down").

Guy Malone is certainly not for everyone, there's no doubting that. But that's kind of the way we like it. GM is a band for people that enjoy original, raw, unapologetic, creative, and rowdy music. If they're too loud, you're too fucking old. 

11/19/2015

The Shamrock, Waterbury, CT

John's Camera

Easy Tiger

Cities> (1)

Demon Theory

Water on Mars*

Big Ol' World

Cut Off Your Hands*

I Redeemer*

Remission*

Down*

With a Little Help From My Friends (2)

Show Notes

*First time played

(1) unfinished

(2) Bill C. on lead vocals

This show featured the debuts of five new original songs: "Water on Mars", "Cut off Your Hands", "I Redeemer", "Remission" and "Down". No bass fires were reported at this show. 

Thumbs up, GM!

Cruess Control

Lighting director, tour manager, and lead vocalist for the George Clooney Trio, Cruess took the reins in my absence last night as GM offered up another fun unplugged performance in Middlebury. I guess I don't even need to show up anymore.`

9/30/2015

Pies & Pints, Middlebury, CT

Set 1 (8:17)

Down By the River

Waiting in Vain

Midnight Rider

Poe's Song

Cities (1)

Truckin'

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Into the Great Wide Open

The Lady

Set 2 (9:47)

Dead Flowers (2)

Ophelia (2)

He's Gone

Loving Cup

I'll Be in the Street*

Little Bit of Soul

Asshole

Frankenstein

The Power of Love (3)

Show Notes
*First time played
(1) "Home of The Coppolas and Guy Malone"
(2) Dancin' Dick on lead vocals
(3) Jim on lead vocals

Acoustic performance.  "I'll Be in the Street" was debuted. Thanks to Cruess for setlist. No bass fires were reported at this show.

B.L.O. Me

"This place really used to be something before electricity"

-Dave, 9/18/2015

After a 10 year absence, Nick Biello returned for a one night stand with his old GM cohorts in the East End. The quartet dusted off a few oldies with little rehearsal, played a setlist with rarities abound, and the crowd was treated to one of the more entertaining set break performances in recent years. I was enjoying myself too much to experience this show while staring at a camera, but I was able to grab video of a scorching, 15-minute "Geppetto's Lament". Strap in and enjoy!

9/18/2015

McFairlawn's, Waterbury, CT

Set 1

Situation Nominal

Cry

Shadowboy (1)

Alibi (2) 

Elephants on Parade (3)

Geppetto's Lament (4)

Frankenstein>

On the Run>

Tush>

Frankenstein 

Set 2

I Can't Go For That> (5)

Lion's Mane (6)

Unsane (7)

Shame

So Far Gone

Spook the Pigeons (8)

Show Notes

(1) Last time played 3/10/2012

(2) LTP 7/19/2013, contained "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Pink Floyd) tease

(3) LTP 1/10/2015

(4) LTP unknown, circa 2005

(5) Jim on lead vocals, contained "Funky Town" (LIPPS INC) tease

(6) LTP 4/30/2011

(7) LTP unknown, circa 2005

(8) LTP 9/24/2011

Thumbs Up, Guy Malone!

We Got the Bombs

"He smells like the 90's"

-Britt

Another fun Wednesday night in Middlebury.  This one was pretty Dead-heavy, as we're leading up to Capricorn's show at Bridge St. Live on Friday night. This show featured three more debuts, which brings the GM song catalog upwards of  a million.

7/22/2015

Pies & Pints, Middlebury, CT

Set 1

To Be Young 

Down By the River>

Movie Star

He's Gone 

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Come Together

Long Black Veil

Truckin'

Soulshine

Waiting in Vain

Only Love Can Break Your Heart*

Boy in the Bubble

Set 2

Into the Great Wide Open

Althea

Fire on the Mountain>

Scarlet Begonias

Shakedown Street (1)

Estimated Prophet

Casey Jones*

Easy Tiger

Asshole*

Baba O' Riley

Show Notes
*First time played
(1) Contained "Stash" (Phish) tease)

Acoustic performance. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (Neil Young), "Casey Jones" (Grateful Dead) and "Asshole" (Denis Leary) were debuted. No bass fires were reported at this show.

While I'm enjoying seeing the band tighten up their takes on classic tunes, we're missing the originals! Would love to see an unplugged acoustic set of vintage GM tunes- imagine an acoustic set loaded up like this:

8/28/2010

Freight Street Gallery, Waterbury, CT

Set 1 (10:52-11:53 pm)

Holy Ghost

Slow Burn

Lower

Breed

Got a Grip

Easy Tiger

Elephants on Parade

Psycho Killer

The Horse*>

Tube*

Set 2 (12:16 - 1:01 am)

Althea

Something I said (1)

Somehow

Whale (Slow)

Tush

Monkey (2)

Third Personality (3)

Set 3 (1:15 - 2:01 am)

Jam>

Baba O' Riley (4)

Eye to Eye

The Lady

Burn>

Rant>

Burn

On the Run

The Impression

Show Notes
*First time played
(1) Chris Modeen on lead vocals
(2) Played by fan request after a large wooden Monkey appeared in the crowd
(3) Unfinished due to epic bass fire. Sick.
(4) Contained ending section to "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" (The Rolling Stones)

"The Horse" and "Tube" (Phish) were debuted. A bass fire was reported during "Third Personality", causing the band to abruptly stop the set.

Imagine. Imagine that? Imagine!

Get Off My Lawn!

"Nice to be back at The Lawn again. For the first time"

-Dave, 7/10/2015

7/10/2015

McFairlawn's Tavern, Waterbury, CT

Set 1

Come Together

Easy Tiger

Waiting in Vain

Cities

Cry>

Rocky Mountain Way

Got a Grip

He's Gone

Shame

Cold Roses

Set 2

Shakedown Street>

Tush

Baba O' Riley>

Rant>

Ooh Child

Tell My Muse

Psycho Killer> (1)

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed>

Psycho Killer

John's Camera

So Far Gone (2)

Sticks and Stones

Show Notes

(1) "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana) jam

(2) "I ate chimichanga with Dom"

First show at McFairlawns. No bass fires were reported at this show. 

Swiss Underground Balloon Corps

7/8/2015

Pies and Pints, Middlebury, CT

Set 1

Down By The River

Long Black Veil

Waiting in Vain

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

He's Gone

Cry

Tiger

Rocky Mountain Way

Cities (1)

Truckin'

Set 2

Come Together

Fixing a Hole

Sullivan Street*

Dead Flowers*

Shakedown Street (2)

Tennessee Jed

Show Notes

*First time played

(1) "Home of Sub-C"

(2) Contained "Stash" (Phish) tease

Acoustic performance. "Sullivan Street" (Counting Crows) and "Dead Flowers" (The Rolling Stones) were debuted at this show. No bass fires were reported at this show. 

Birthday Bass

"The man playing bass is 60 years old today"

-Dave, 6/24/2015

6/24/2015

Pies and Pints, Middlebury, CT

Set 1

Psycho Killer

Ophelia

Dig A Pony

Into the Great Wide Open

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

He's Gone

Truckin'

With a Little Help from My Friends (1)

Whipping Post (1)

Set 2

Waiting in Vain

Come Together (2)

Happy Birthday Andrea (and Yarn)

Boy in the Bubble

Tush (3)

Shakedown Street>

Baba O' Riley (4)

Tell My Muse

Lost Little Girl (5)

Rockin' in the Free World (6)

Hagman (6)

Baby Bitch

Cold Roses

Soulshine

Show Notes
(1) Bill C on lead vocals
(2) Contained "Stash" (Phish) tease
(3) "Take me to Pies and Pints"
(4) Contained ending section to "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" (The Rolling Stones)
(5) Fan request
(6) Dave on guitar, Brett on drums

Acoustic performance. No bass fires were reported at this show.

Back on the Wagon

Catching up on a few of GM's fun acoustic performances on Wednesday nights at Pies and Pints, Middlebury. Here's the first of 3:

5/27/2015

Pies and Pints, Middlebury, CT

Set 1

He's Gone

To Be Young

Fixing a Hole

Boy in the Bubble

Waiting in Vain

Into the Great Wide Open

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Whipping Post (1)

Set 2

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

Long Black Veil

Psycho Killer

Baby Bitch>

She Came In Through the Bathroom Window>

Golden Slumbers>

Carry That Weight>

The End

Tennessee Jed

Cold Roses>

Will of the Working Man>

On the Run

Tell My Muse

Cities
Breakdown (2)
You Wreck Me
Yer So Bad*
Soulshine (3)
Hotlanta
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Frankenstein

Show Notes
*First time played
(1) Bill on lead vocals
(2) Erik on lead vocals
(3) fan request
Acoustic performance. "Yer So Bad" (Tom Petty) was debuted. No bass fires were reported at this show.

Sinners Are Much More Fun

"Thanks for the mammaries"

-Cruess, 4/29/15

GM delivered a special acoustic performance Wednesday night which hopefully will become a more frequent occurrence in these parts.  Lots of debuts, an enthusiastic crowd and a clean, stripped down sound made for a really fun night. Setlist and videos below.

4/29/15 

Pies and Pints, Middlebury, CT

Set 1

Waiting in Vain*

On Your Way Down

Long Black Veil

Into the Great Wide Open*

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover*

Fixing a Hole

Mookie Wilson

He's Gone

Only the Good Die Young*

Cold Roses

Set 2

I Can't Go For That> (1)

Maneater (1)

Cities 

You Wreck Me*

Mary Jane's Last Dance*

It's the End of the World As We Know It

Breakdown* (2)

Soulshine

Show Notes
*First time played
(1) Jim on lead vocals
(2) "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" tease

Acoustic performance. First show at Pies and Pints. No bass fires were reported at this show.

Bravo, GM!

Saturday's Bruises

"If we're too loud, let us know. We'll try and turn it up."

-Dave, 4/25/2015

4/25/2015

Boru's, Waterbury, CT

Set 1

Got a Grip

Cry

John's Camera

Cites

Come Together

Shame>

Shakedown Street

Cold Roses

Set 2

Easy Tiger

Demon Theory

Mookie Wilson

Everything's Fine

He's Gone

Psycho Killer>

Will of the Working Man>

On the Run>

Tush

Tennessee Jed

Rocky Mountain Way

Black or White>

Tool Time

Satisfied Mind

Bloodshot and Blue>

It's the End of the World As We Know It

Sticks and Stones

Show Notes

No notes. No bass fires. This show rocked. 

Thumbs up, Guy Malone!

P.S.

Amending a previous post siting GM's last Sully's gig as 4/11/03, the latest performance was in fact 1/23/2004. Setlist below:

Guy Malone

1-23-2004

Sully’s Pub, Hartford, CT

Elephants on Parade

Spook the Pigeons

Shadowboy

So Far Gone

Tryptophan

Lion’s Mane

Birdland

Saturday Night Something

Situation Nominal>

Psycho Killer>

B.L.O. Me>

Alibi

Show Notes

Unfinished setlist and recording

A Vacation Close to Home

 "We haven't played here in 10 years. Let's party."

- BC, 4/17/2015

Unofficially, the last time GM played was 12 years ago (almost to the date). Just found this beauty in the arguyves:

 I remember Bill being cool enough to get me in Sully's at the time, as I was a wee candyass 19 year old. I wasn't nearly hip enough to appreciate this B.L.O>Alibi (titled "Bunk" on CD)>Post>B.L.O.  I'll throw this show on archive.org if there's enough demand (i.e. if one person asks me). 

In their return to Sully's last Friday night, the band brought the heat (and Mercier) for a cover heavy show. Setlist and videos below.

4/17/2015

Sully's Pub, Hartford, CT

Set 1

On Your Way Down

Psycho Killer

Come Together

Cry

My Way Gone

Rocky Mountain Way

She's a Woman

Cities

Frankenstein

Set 2

Black or White*>

Will of the Working Man> (1)

Tush (2)>

On the Run>

Tush

Easy Tiger

Shakedown Street (3)

Loving Cup (4)

Baba O' Riley (5)

So Far Gone

Show Notes

* First time played

(1) "On the Run" tease

(2) "Take me to Sully's"

(3) Unknown on lead vocals

(4) Rob on vocals

(5) Contained ending section to "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" (Rolling Stones)

Show featured Mike Mercier on keys throughout. "Black or White" (Michael Jackson) was debuted.  Band last played at Sully's 4/11/03. No bass fires were reported at this show. 

Bravo, Guy Malone!

California, I'll Be Knocking on the Golden Door

364 days after debuting the project, Capricorn returned to The Shamrock to play the best of Santana, Grateful Dead, and Allman Bros. It was fun. Highlights below.
I like you guys. Be good to each other. Happy Spring!

RJO

One of those Nights

2/27/2015

Hoops n Hops, Simsbury, CT

Set 1

Shame

Rocky Mountain Way

Easy Tiger

Lost on Me

Cold Roses

John's Camera

Come Together

Cry

Set 2

On Your Way Down

Psycho Killer

Baby Bitch

Baba O' Riley> (1)

Will of the Working Man>

On the Run>

Tush

Cities>

On the Run

Demon Theory

Tennessee Jed

China Cat Sunflower>

I Know You Rider

Frankenstein

Show Notes
(1) "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" ending
No bass fires reported at this show.

Bad Golf

"You can try, but a lot of the time you will fail. That's Guy Malone's motto"

1/31/2015

The Outer Space, Hamden, CT

Shame

Easy Tiger

Rocky Mountain Way

Lost on Me>

Will of the Working Man>

On The Run>

Tush (1)

So Far Gone> (2)

Baba O' Riley>

Tell My Muse

Cry

Ghost (3)

Cold Roses

Burn

Show Notes
(1) "Take me to The Outer Space"
(2) Crowd request, with lyrics "it was my mom's birthday"
(3) Crowd request

The Hallowed Roots opened. No bass fires were reported at this show.

Thumbs up, Guy Malone!