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Providence RI: Club Babyhead – July 18, 1992

73 Richmond Street. Providence, RI
73 Richmond Street. Providence, RI. Google Streetview image from May 2011

Club Babyhead was a nightclub and hard rock music venue in Providence, Rhode Island.
The venue was located at 73 Richmond Street…Previous to being dubbed Club Babyhead, the venue was known as Club Rocket, likely because of the amusement park rocket ship that hung in the club’s entryway. 1. Currently houses a club called EGO Providence (2026)

Setlist: 2

The Act We Act
A Good Idea
Changes
Running Out of Time
Helpless
If I Can’t Change Your Mind
Where Diamonds Are Halos
The Right Words
The Beer Commercial
Anyone
Slick
Clownmaster
Tilted
Armenia City in the Sky (The Who cover)
JC Auto

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Babyhead[↩]
  2. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/sugar/1992/club-babyhead-providence-ri-4bddbf4a.html[↩]

Baltimore MD: Max’s – July 16, 1992

Ron Furman, co-owner of Max’s Taphouse, sits outside Max’s on Broadway — as the establishment was then known — in the mid-1980s. (Courtesy: Ron Furman)
https://baltimorepostexaminer.com/covid-19-killing-marylands-businesses-as-many-struggle-to-survive/2020/04/03/version-2

Max’s on Broadway in Fells Point was a staple of the Baltimore live music scene. The venue pivoted away from its regular live concert policy in 1993 1 and it is now known as Max’s Taphouse.

  1. https://www.baltimoresun.com/1993/12/21/maxs-to-end-its-booking-of-live-music-acts-2/[↩]

Richmond VA: Flood Zone – July 14, 1992

11 S 18th St in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia.
11 S 18th St – image from Google Streetview

The Flood Zone was a music venue located at 11 S 18th St in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Started by co-owners Mason Wyatt, Bruce Olsen and Steve Payne in 1985, it was envisioned to be an all-purpose arts facility with a recording studio, record label, video production capabilities and performing-arts space. In 1989, after failing to turn a profit, Olsen and Payne sold their shares to Wyatt for $1.00. In the early 1990s, Wyatt leased the venue to Coran Capshaw, who removed the recording studio and replaced in a bar and hotdog machines upstairs.

Capshaw booked The Dave Matthews Band who called The Flood Zone their home away from home. DMB eventually played there 75 times between November 4, 1991 and September 28, 1994. Other notable bands to perform at The Flood Zone were Phish, who performed on March 24, 1992 and July 16, 1992, Wilco on August 1, 1995, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on March 29, 1992, Black Crowes on December 10, 1990 and Nine Inch Nails on April 13, 1990.

In the mid-1990s, The Flood Zone lost their license after a member of Gwar stripped naked on stage. They eventually reopened, but in 1997 the city closed The Flood Zone after a series of assaults and fights in the neighborhood. The building was eventually turned into the Have A Nice Day Cafe, a disco-themed dance club chain based in North Carolina. 1

  1. https://askingtree.com/venues/471[↩]

Norfolk VA: Boathouse – July 13, 1992

The Boathouse was a legendary waterfront music venue in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, located next to Harbor Park.
Source: https://veermag.com/2020/05/tbt-remembering-norfolks-boathouse-music-venue/

The Boathouse concert venue (originally 119 Park Ave, Norfolk, VA) was located on the Elizabeth River directly next to Harbor Park. Operating from 1983 to 2003, it famously hosted major touring rock and alternative acts. However, the venue is no longer there. The original building was severely damaged by Hurricane Isabel in 2003, never reopened, and has since been completely demolished.