Weezer concert: 11/30/1993

Weezer concert
Weezer concert
November 30, 1993
	Concert flyer
Location	Los Angeles, CA
Venue	Club Lingerie
Tour	LA Basin / Self Punishment Tour
Other bands	Loungefly; Delmar Brown; Bushrock;
Weezer live show chronology
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Weezer performed at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles, California on November 30, 1993, as part of their LA Basin/Self Punishment Tour. Loungefly, Delmar Brown, and Bushrock also performed at this show. The concert was long believed to be the first to feature guitarist Brian Bell, and their first show since recording the Blue Album, until Karl Koch shared his original handwritten list of all Weezer shows in a Discord Q&A on the Weezerpedia Discord server on September 13, 2023, which revealed 2 earlier concerts. The show (like others on this tour) was intended to both acclimate Bell, as well as to generate interest in the band to potential business assets (lawyers, booking agents, etc.).^[1]

Setlist

Historic event

Self Punishment / LA Basin Tour starts; 1st show with Brian Bell. Today Weezer embarked on a 12 show in 2 week "tour" of the Los Angeles area, the purpose of which was to break Brian in as a full band member after his joining the band in September while the Blue Album was being recorded. In addition it was to try and build some buzz around the band, now that they were signed and had a record in the can. Geffen Records advised the band to do this as many industry types who might later prove to be valuable assets to the band's possible success (i.e. lawyers, booking agents, promotion people, radio station people) were more likely to attend a show by a new signed band to see what the fuss was about, whereas unsigned bands had a lot harder time getting influential people to pay any attention (as Weezer had learned over the prior 18 months of often totally fruitless efforts). As luck would have it, a small set of photos was taken at this historic show, Brian's very first. The flyer also survives.

- Karl Koch

Gallery

Photo taken by Karl Koch

References

↑ Historic event: 11/30/1993 by Karl Koch

[Historic_event-1] Historic event: 11/30/1993 by Karl Koch

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