[ATTENDED: July 16, 2016] Dinosaur Jr.
I have wanted to see Dinosaur Jr for many years. I intended to see them last year when they toured with Primus, but I couldn’t get to the show. So I was pretty excited that they were touring again, this time with Jane’s Addiction.
I had never been to a Stone Pony Summer Stage (never been to The Stone Pony either) and I didn’t really know what to expect (reviews on Yelp are pretty harsh). Things got even more questionable when the weather turned nasty. The show was supposed to start at 6, but as of 4:30 there was a huge thunderstorm in Absury Park, so they delayed the opening of the show. And since there were more storms threatening for later, it was possible that it might get cancelled.
Just to make things a little more unsatisfying, Living Colour was supposed to be the first band on the bill. I’ve never seen them and while I wouldn’t go out of my way to see them, I thought they’d be a lot of fun live. I found out yesterday (although this was probably decided much earlier) that they weren’t playing in this show (they are in Germany), and that Minus the Bear would be opening instead.
I don’t know Minus the Bear (a lot of bands with names like “noun the noun” lately, and I don’t really know any of them). I listened to a few songs before the show and thought they might be fun. But the gates didn’t wind up opening until 8PM, so Minus the Bear didn’t even play. (more…)
