Sep 09 1999 @ Melkweg Amsterdam, NL

day two: amsterdam. the melkweg was about twice as small as the bataclan, but it was packed. As walt had said the day before, they put rachid and i on the guest list. it's cool because i spent that money on merchandise going directly into the band's pocket (or angelo in fact, only maddvibe merchandise available). apparently the ska revival thing is finally hitting europe, because the selecter had quite a success opening. angelo enjoyed it fully from the floor. imo, it was a bit weak. I think that more people came for the selecter than for fishbone, even though no one left before the end (1 am). here, the audience was a lot more quiet than in paris, no diving, no swimming altough security was inexistant and the stage about as high. funny. i thought it would have been the other way around. this led to a very cool and funk oriented set. even though the list was about the same (they played longer), it was one big jam. some very good versions that i had never heard. i'll have to check the recording to be more specific. for me, this was their best.

Denis

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Much smaller venue, and a lot of though guys, trying to smash up people enjoying the show, Angelo swimming from time to time, very very good show musically!!!! (a little bit loud may'be?)

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I went over from London to the Amsterdamnnnn! gig with a couple of old school friends. What a show. Hadn't seen them for a while, last time they played in London was on the 'Give a monkey a brain' tour with support from Bad Brains. Anyway, they seemed to warm up after the first half-hour (probably something to do with all that weed) and Angelo looked smooth with his bright pink bowler hat. First t...

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