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Supergrass (Webster Hall, New York City, NY, May 17, 2022)

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[ATTENDED: May 17, 2022] Supergrass

There are few bands that I will travel to New York City to see anymore.  Supergrass was one of them.  

In It for the Money is in my Top 5 greatest albums of all time and I could listen to it again and again.  I Should Coco is up there pretty high as well.  And while I didn’t love their later stuff quite as much, there are still some great songs on those records. 

Supergrass last played Philadelphia is 2003 (and weren’t going to play there this time) and last played NYC in 2008.  They broke up in 2010 and reunited in 2019.  So this was my chance to see them.

The crowd was also pretty excited.  One guy near me in particular was out of his mind and talked about seeing them in L.A as well (did he really travel across the country for them?).

The lights went down, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” played out of the speakers and the guys came out.  Supergrass were always presented as a trio even though singer Gaz Coombes’ brother Rob Coombes was unofficially a member for a pretty long time.  It was nice to see him getting proper recognition on this tour.  Even if, really all of the love was for Gaz, the face of the band. (more…)

[ATTENDED: May 17, 2022] Supergrass

There are few bands that I will travel to New York City to see anymore.  Supergrass was one of them.  

In It for the Money is in my Top 5 greatest albums of all time and I could listen to it again and again.  I Should Coco is up there pretty high as well.  And while I didn’t love their later stuff quite as much, there are still some great songs on those records. 

Supergrass last played Philadelphia is 2003 (and weren’t going to play there this time) and last played NYC in 2008.  They broke up in 2010 and reunited in 2019.  So this was my chance to see them.

The crowd was also pretty excited.  One guy near me in particular was out of his mind and talked about seeing them in L.A as well (did he really travel across the country for them?).

The lights went down, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” played out of the speakers and the guys came out.  Supergrass were always presented as a trio even though singer Gaz Coombes’ brother Rob Coombes was unofficially a member for a pretty long time.  It was nice to see him getting proper recognition on this tour.  Even if, really all of the love was for Gaz, the face of the band. (more…)

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Heaven (Webster Hall, New York City, NY, May 17, 2022) [SUPERGRASS]

Posted in Heaven, New York City, Supergrass, Swervedriver, Webster Hall on May 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: May 17, 2022] Heaven

There are few bands that I will travel to New York City to see anymore.  Supergrass was one of them.  

I didn’t care who was opening.   I didn’t even care if I saw the opening band.  Except that I knew I would be getting there very early to see the band as well as I could.

I had never been to Webster Hall before and didn’t know where the band would be.  I walked past the merch (which was totally sold out by the time the show was over) and looked around for any signs of where to go.  I was early and people were milling about.  Finally I figured out the stage was upstairs (!)

So who was Heaven?  Well, back in the 80s there was an Australian heavy metal band named Heaven who released a couple of albums including a cover of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.”  It seemed REALLY unlikley that it was them (especially since they officially broke up in 2012).  But who was this other Heaven? (more…)

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