fIREHOSE Live @ California State University, Chico, Bell Memorial Union, April 8th 1992

In 1992 my buddy asked me if I would film his band (Jurassic Field Trip) as he knew I had access to a fairly nice video camera for 1992 standards. They were opening for Firehose (who I was not familar with at the time) in Chico California. About halfway through my friends performance someone tapped me on the shoulder and told me to come with him. A manager or someone with fIREHOSE began questioning me, asking me if I had permission and/or paperwork authorizing me to be filming there. I told him yeah, the band playing right now asked me to film them but they are kind of busy right now. Luckily the host saw us and confirmed that I was there at the bands request. So the guy reluctantly allowed me to go back inside with the understanding that I could not film fIREHOSE. After my friends band played, I decided that I would go home because the camera was very expensive and I didn't want to leave it in my car. As I was exiting the building a different guy affiliated with the band stopped me and appoligized about what happened earlier and asked me if I would like to film fIREHOSE. I excitedly accepted the offer and filmed us going into the office to sign the proper documents granting authorization. I wasn't sure why they changed their mind at the time, but I'm pretty sure I know now that when Mike Watt found out what happened to me he wanted to make sure that a wrong was righted and took the matter into his own hands. Being that I had my eye in the lense filming and didn't know the names of the band members, I didn't realize till 23 years later (thanks to a teacher named Joe) that the person giving me permission and joking around with me was the bass player Mike Watt. This concert sat in a box for 23 years until I decided to digitize it with my new computer hardware. When telling this story to TMS Joe (whose favorite band is The Minutemen) he told me that he'd bet the guy who signed the release was the bass player and ex Minutemen Mike Watt as he is a really good guy and very down to earth. I got home that night and checked the recording and sure as shit he was right, it was Mike Watt. I included that part before the show in this video. And by the way, fIREHOSE sounds awesome live and they rocked the house that night. When the camera starts bouncing it's because the mosh pit is hitting me in the backside. I wanted to join in but I had a concert to film. The quirky camera work kind of captured my enjoyment of the show. I'm putting this concert on cd right now to listen to on the way to work as fIREHOSE is my new favorite band. They are really catchy aren't they :)
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to these songs, nor do I use them for my own personal gain.