The first Riverpalooza. I had gotten into a terrible bar fight a few nights before and had two black eyes and miscellaneous cuts and scratches on my face which I’m sure added to the effect of our (my) performance. Mike Farmer came out and sang an Eternal Bliss song, “Running Man” with us at the end. No Style was pretty terrible then pulled one out of their asses — “The Girl in the Green Jacket” by Bigwig. It was awesome and I was impressed. It came totally out of nowhere. A total goofball band called Beggar’s Day played some terrible, terrible cockrock. They rented a limo for the ‘gig’ and tried to come off as rock stars although the majority of the fans were in high school (the members of the band were all easily into their 30’s). Many months later, they called us for a gig in far away Lansing which we readily accepted. It was later canceled because the guy who books the shows at Riley’s Rock House (where we had previously played an all ages show) ratted us out to the management that members of the band we under age. Never figured out why he did that exactly. I later heard that when Begger’s Day played the singer got very drunk and forgot the words and passed out or something really crazy. From those guys, I wouldn’t be surprised.
Like the first Kraft Bowl show, we set up the sound ourselves and it was average. The hall was nice and not too noisy and we rocked. Suba’s band Cyribiss (then Hellion) rocked and their version of Slayer’s ‘Black Magic” was unforgettable.
