| This is a comprehensive but incomplete list of all performances by the Notz that have been documented--either by a flyer, ad in paper/magazine or live tape. There are 158 performances listed here covering a span of 5½ years, and two more at the end of 1986 and one in 1993. I estimate another 150 or so performances that escape documentation at this time. I will do my best to find those out. Thanks to Bill for his assistance on this timeline. |
| The Dean Era The early gigs--a learning experience. For the first gig, the Notz did the three original songs they had written (one was "Blonde Haired Ghost", I remember) and "I Wanna Be Your Dog". This was also the first time I saw the Embarrassment. | |
| December 12, 1980 | The Mortal Micronotz first gig--four songs with the Embarrassment and AAGARNNS at the Off the Wall Hall |
| March 6, 1981 | The Embarrassment, Micronotz at the Off the Wall Hall |
| March 14, 1981 | Get Smart, Micronotz at the Off the Wall Hall |
| October 15, 1981 | The "Electric Ballroom"--the Names, Micronotz, Color Entertainment, the Ones at the Off the Wall Hall |
| October 16, 1981 | Yardapes, Micronotz at the Off the Wall Hall |
| November 12, 1981 | Micronotz, Ones, AM Radioactive Off the Wall Hall |
| November 23, 1981 | REM, Micronotz at the Off the Wall Hall |
| December 12, 1981 | Fresh Tape 101 Release Party, Off the Wall Hall |
| February 17, 1982 | Micronotz, Sonic Playboys at the Off the Wall Hall |
| February 19, 1982 | Get Smart, Micronotz, Cedar Lounge, Wichita |
| February 20, 1982 | Get Smart, Micronotz, Cedar Lounge |
| April 16, 1982 | Loft Party (one of many) reviewed in BLUR #2 (Micronotz, the Arrest) |
| April 28, 1982 | SPK, Micronotz at the Off the Wall Hall |
| April 30, 1982 | Yardapes, Micronotz Off the Wall Hall |
| May 1, 1982 | KJHK Party, Centennial Park (BCR, Micronotz, Ritual Romance, Other Geese) |
| May 1, 1982 | Start, Micronotz, Ritual Romance at the Off the Wall Hall (Notz with Marc Koch as drummer) |
| May 8, 1982 | Really Red, Micronotz at the Off the Wall Hall |
| May 20, 1982 | TSOL, Micronotz plays at the Off the Wall Hall |
| May 26, 1982 | Ritual Romance, Start, Micronotz Off the Wall Hall |
| July 22, 1982 | Replacements, Micronotz at the Off the Wall Hall |
| August 7, 1982 | Micronotz, Trois Rock, Animal Bones at the Off the Wall Hall |
| September 3, 1982 | Get Smart, Micronotz, Music Box |
| September 4, 1982 | Get Smart, Micronotz, Music Box |
| September 17, 1982 | The Embarrassment, Micronotz, Off the Wall Hall |
| October 6, 1982 | DOA, Micronotz, Off the Wall Hall |
| November 25, 1982 | Naked Raygun, Micronotz at the 950 Club, Chicago |
| November 26, 1982 | The Replacements, Mortal Micronotz at 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis |
| November 28, 1982 | The Gun Club, Micronotz at the 950 Club, Chicago |
| December 3, 1982 | The Gun Club, Micronotz at the Lawrence Opera House |
| December 11, 1982 | Micronotz, Tunnel Dogs at Adrian's |
| February 12, 1983 | The Embarrassment, Micronotz at the VFW Hall |
| February 18, 1983 | The Embarrassment, Micronotz at Dynamo Ballroom |
| February 19, 1983 | The Embarrassment, Micronotz at Dynamo Ballroom |
| April 15, 1983 | Minor Threat, Mortal Micronotz at VFW Hall, KCMO |
| April 20, 1983 | Micronotz, Der Stil at the Dynamo |
| May 12, 1983 | Ramones, Micronotz at Uptown Theater |
| May 26, 1983 | Micronotz, Slipkids Dynamo Ballroom |
| June 17, 1983 | Dead Kennedys, None of the Above, No Trend, Micronotz, VFW |
| June 24, 1983 | Micronotz, der Stil at Storm Art Center 10th and Mass |
| July 22, 1983 | Suicidal Tendencies, Micronotz Lawrence Opera House basement |
This was the first tour of more than a few days for the Notz--three weeks thru the Midwest, right before John and Dean's senior year was about to start (David and Steve had graduated in May). John had written an extensive diary of the tour for my own BLUR zine #9. Read the diary here. | |
| July 27, 1983 | Micronotz, Deutsch Threat at Crystal Pistol in Tulsa, OK |
| July 30, 1983 | Micronotz, Bum Kon, Peace Core at the Dust Bowl in Denver, CO |
| August 4, 1983 | Micronotz, Expressionless Agony at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis, MN |
| August 6, 1983 | Micronotz, the Shemps at Niko's in Milwaukee, WI |
| August 7, 1983 | Micronotz, Choke at the Cubby Bear in Chicago |
| August 10, 1983 | Non-Fiction, Micronotz and Abandoned Fury at Joe's Star Lounge in Ann Arbor, MI |
| August 11, 1983 | The Replacements, Micronotz at the Pop Shop in Cleveland, OH |
| August 14, 1983 | Micronotz live "on-the-air", WCBN Ann Arbor |
| August 15, 1983 | Micronotz, Great Plains at Mr. Brown's in Columbus, OH |
| August 16, 1983 | Micronotz, Vale of Tears at the Pralltown Cafe in Lexington, KY |
| August 17, 1983 | Micronotz, Slumlords at Tewligans in Louisville, KY |
| September 14, 1983 | Necros, Micronotz VFW |
The "Smash" EP was released in Oct of 83, while half the band was still in high school (and Steve was a freshman at KU.) I'm sure there were many, many gigs during this next six months; these are the only ones I know happened for sure. | |
| October 22, 1983 | X, Micronotz at Uptown Theatre |
| December 30, 1983 | Micronotz, Ritual Romance at the Loft |
| March 1, 1984 | Really Red, Micronotz at Cabaret Voltaire in Houston, TX. |
| March 3, 1984 | Micronotz, Bum Kon, Malibu Kens at Kennedys (Denver CO) |
| March 10, 1984 | Micronotz in Tulsa, OK |
| March 11, 1984 | Micronotz at the Twilight Room in Dallas, TX |
| March 15, 1984 | Micronotz, Really Red at Cabaret Voltaire in Houston TX |
| March 17, 1984 | Micronotz in Norman, OK |
| March 30, 1984 | Micronotz live at Ramona Studios to about 30 invited fans--session for "Live Recording of the Video Soundtrack" |
| March 31, 1984 | Toxic Reasons, Micronotz, Tilt, Orange Donuts |
| April 21, 1984 | The Underground Music Festival at the Opera House--Micronotz, Non-Plus, Orange Doe-nuts, the Slabs, Mental Crisis and Gardrails |
I'm fairly sure that the UMF was the last performance of the Dean Notz. So let's usher in... | |
| September 19, 1984 | DOA, Orange Doe-nuts, Micronotz Opera House |
| October 26, 1984 | Micronotz, Short Notice at the Nitro Klub, Tulsa OK |
| October 27, 1984 | Micronotz, Gardrails at the Voodoo Manor, Halloween party |
| October 31, 1984 | Butthole Surfers, Micronotz, Otto's Chemical Lounge at the VFW Hall |
| November 4, 1984 | Dead Kennedys, NOTA, Micronotz Opera House |
| November 16, 1984 | Stretch Marks, Micronotz, White Surburban Youth at the VFW Hall, KCMO |
| November 24, 1984 | Micronotz, Roach Egg Invasion, Sin Circle Woodys Backdoor Wichita |
| December 1, 1984 | Husker Du, NOTA, Orange Doe-nuts, Micronotz Opera House |
| December 10, 1984 | Micronotz, The Basics, C.O.F., Invisible Order, Pig Iron, Abuse at the Lawrence Opera House |
| December 15, 1984 | Micronotz at the VFW Benefit show, VFW Hall KCMO |
| January 8, 1985 | Micronotz at the Lone Star in KCMO |
| January 18, 1985 | Micronotz, Chuck Wow! at garage party 2146 N. Market, Wichita |
| February 2, 1985 | Toxic Reasons and the Micronotz at the Foolkiller in KCMO |
| February 12, 1985 | Micronotz at Louise's West |
The Legendary 1985 "Skank Naked" Tour. Spring break of 1985, and three of the four Notz were KU students. The band and its manager bought a 10-pack of cassettes before the tour, so live tapes exist of almost every show on this tour. | |
| March 9, 1985 | Micronotz, Blind Idiot God, Steve Pick Experience at Brothers Bar, St Louis. |
| March 10, 1985 | Micronotz at the Antenna Club in Memphis, TN |
| March 12, 1985 | Micronotz at Jacy's in Baton Rouge, LA |
| March 13, 1985 | Micronotz somewhere in New Orleans, LA |
| March 14, 1985 | Micronotz at Cabaret Voltaire in Houston, TX |
| March 15, 1985 | Micronotz at Liberty Lunch in Austin, TX |
| March 16, 1985 | Micronotz at the Twilight Room in Dallas, TX |
| March 17, 1985 | Micronotz at the Native American Center in Norman, OK |
| March 23, 1985 | Micronotz, Gardrails, others at the Voodoo Manor, 1346 N.H. |
| March 28, 1985 | The Yanks, And/Or, Micronotz at the Opera House |
| May 5, 1985 | Minutemen, Micronotz at the KU Ballroom |
| May 11, 1985 | Micronotz, Short Notice at the Foolkiller |
The legendary 1985 "Tour that Devoured Itself". The "Beast that Devoured Itself" LP was released on June 1, a week into the tour...so they hit the road essentially without an album to support. All these dates were picked off of the books--showing income and expenses, but in most cases the name of the club was omitted. (Fascinating documents, nonetheless.) | |
| May 24, 1985 | A house party at 905 California St, Urbana, IL |
| May 25, 1985 | Green Bay, WI |
| May 27, 1985 | Kenosha,WI |
| May 28, 1985 | Milwaukee, WI |
| May 29, 1985 | Micronotz at Ocayz, Madison, WI |
| June 3, 1985 | Lexington, KY |
| June 4, 1985 | Lexington, KY |
| June 5, 1985 | Columbus, OH |
| June 7, 1985 | Micronotz at JB's Feat, Albany, NY |
| June 9, 1985 | Boston, MA |
| June 12, 1985 | Northampton, MA |
| June 16, 1985 | Raleigh, NC |
| June 17, 1985 | Richmond, VA |
| June 19, 1985 | Norfolk, VA |
| June 21, 1985 | Chapel Hill, NC |
| June 22, 1985 | Atlanta, GA |
| June 23, 1985 | Atlanta, GA |
| June 24, 1985 | Athens, GA |
| June 26, 1985 | Orlando, FL |
| June 28, 1985 | Pensacola, FL |
| June 29, 1985 | Houston, TX |
| June 30, 1985 | Dallas, TX |
| July 1, 1985 | Tulsa, OK |
| July 2, 1985 | Wichita, KS |
| July 3, 1985 | Marginal Man, Micronotz at the Foolkiller in KC |
The Notz took three weeks off during July, where they kicked back and actually went into Ramona Studios to record some songs that later appeared on the "40 Fingers" LP. Originally, they were scheduled to head out to California during this time, but plans didn't work out. This was the second leg of the "Tour that Devoured Itself". | |
| July 29, 1985 | Micronotz at First Avenue, Minneapolis MN |
| July 31, 1985 | Micronotz, Why Think at Ocayz, Madison, WI |
| August 1, 1985 | Micronotz, Good as Dead at Bill's Place, Kenosha WI |
| August 2, 1985 | Milwaukee WI |
| August 4, 1985 | Articles of Faith, Micronotz at the Mystery Lounge in Detroit, MI |
| August 5, 1985 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| August 7, 1985 | Kent, OH |
| August 8, 1985 | Micronotz, Special Ed at Electric Banana Pittsburgh |
| August 9, 1985 | Boston, MA |
| August 13, 1985 | Stamford, CT |
| August 16, 1985 | Boston, MA |
| August 17, 1985 | Replacements, Micronotz at the City Gardens, Trenton NJ |
| August 18, 1985 | Brian Brain, Micronotz at the Kennel Club Philadelphia |
| August 19, 1985 | Micronotz, Mannequin Odd, Grion at JB's Downstairs, Kent, OH |
| August 26, 1985 | Descendents, Micronotz at the Foolkiller in KC |
| August 31, 1985 | Micronotz at Eric Schindling's house party in Kansas City, MO |
| September 7, 1985 | Micronotz, Near Death Experience, Brompton's Cocktail at Past the Pavement Hall |
| October 11, 1985 | Micronotz, Near Death Experience, Orange Donuts at the Foolkiller |
| October 18, 1985 | Micronotz, Immaculate Reception at the Outhouse |
| November 2, 1985 | Micronotz play the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary |
| November 22, 1985 | Micronotz, Slabs, Yellow Flag "Fairwell to the Foolkiller" KCMO |
| December 3, 1985 | Circle Jerks, Micronotz KU Ballroom |
| January 24, 1986 | Micronotz at the Burge Union |
| January 31, 1986 | Benefit gig at the Outhouse for Fresh Sounds #3; Brompton's Cocktail, Pedal Jets, Rabbit Scat, Micronotz, Iguanas, Duh Ta Da Ta Da at Outhouse |
| February 8, 1986 | Micronotz, Brompton's Cocktail, Third Force, Duh-Ta-Duh-Ta-Duh, Immaculate Erection at the Outhouse (Heartland Skaters) |
This is the final, aborted, ill-fated national tour of the Mortal Micronotz. The album "40 Fingers" was supposed to be out by the time of this tour, but it didn't come out until July--several months later. | |
| February 12, 1986 | Micronotz, Corrosion of Conformity at the 3D Club in Wichita |
| February 13, 1986 | Tulsa OK at the 424 Club |
| February 14, 1986 | Norman, OK at Subterrania |
| February 15, 1986 | Micronotz, 2x4 Circle A Ranch Dallas |
| February 16, 1986 | Black Flag/Micronotz at the Twilight Room in Dallas TX |
| February 18, 1986 | Micronotz at the Continental Club in Austin, TX |
| February 20, 1986 | Micronotz at Cabaret Voltaire in Houston TX |
| February 21, 1986 | Micronotz, Flaming Lips at the Bone Club in San Antonio, TX |
| February 22, 1986 | Micronotz at Jed's in New Orleans, LA |
| February 24, 1986 | Micronotz at W.C. Don's in Jackson, MS |
| February 26, 1986 | Micronotz, Terminal Diner at OK Club in Tallahassee, FL |
| February 27, 1986 | Micronotz at a party in Gainesville, FL |
| February 28, 1986 | Micronotz at Ray's Hall in Jacksonville, FL |
| March 1, 1986 | Micronotz at the Nightowl Club in Venice, FL |
| March 2, 1986 | Micronotz at Jim's Hall in Orlando, FL |
| March 7, 1986 | Micronotz somewhere in Miami. FL |
There is some disagreement among the band members that all the previous dates in Florida actually occurred--but they did agree that Miami was the final show. With frustrations and internal dissension taking over, they pulled the plug and drove straight back to Lawrence in silence. They did keep the next date, however--which was supposed to be the midpoint of their tour and a precursor to their first-ever West Coast dates. The farthest west the Notz ever played was Denver. | |
| March 22, 1986 | Micronotz, Bum Kon, Duh-Ta-Duh-Ta-Duh at the Outhouse |
There was some hints the Notz might get back together after this show--notably in a July 13 article in the Lawrence paper in which Jay was quoted as saying "the only way we'd do it is if we agree never to do it again". Well, I guess the next show was it. This was the final performance of all the members of the Mortal Micronotz together--John, David, Steve, Jay and Dean. Yes, Dean. It was mostly "Jay Notz", but Dean did four songs with the band at each performance. At the afternoon show, Jay and Dean sang "Gimme Some Skin" together! | |
| December 31, 1986 | The Embarrassment, Micronotz at Cogburn's (2PM and 7PM) |
The Micronotz were just about to become another footnote in rock n roll history when on January 31, 1993, David Dale committed suicide. The next Saturday, Feb 6, there was a memorial show for him where Steve Buren, playing bass, joined John, Steve and Jay and did four Micronotz tunes. | |
| February 6, 1993 | David Dale Memorial Show, Outhouse: Micronotz, Kelly Girls, Joe Worker, Dracomagnet, Bonus-Pail, Wayback Machine, Slackjaw |
