CHESTERFIELD KINGS Coney Island High, NYC September 22, 1995

Описание: I was not at this show and did not tape it. I don't even know how i ended up with it, but it's a Rochester band and it's in my collection, so i'm uploading it.
I do not believe this was part of Jon Weiss's 'Cavestomp' festivasl, although the Kings did play a few of those. Coney Island High was a great NYC club run by some of the dudes in D-Generation.

Interesting phase of the CK's. The band were freshly out of the Dolls/Exile phase of Paul Rocco and Brett Reynolds. Brett initially left and was replaced on drums by Kris Hadlock, who was in a band called HATE with brothers Ted and Jeff Okolowicz. To replace Rocco, the Kings simply added the Hate Brothers and were once again a 5-piece, with the added bonus of a vox organ played by one of the Okolowicz's when needed. This coincided perfectly with the band leaving Mirror Records and signing with Tim Livingston's SUNDAZED label, which primarily focused on 60's reissues.
The Chesterfield Kings were in the process of 'reclaiming their status' as the pioneers of the 'garage-rock revival'. In the mid-90's garage-rock was making a mainstream breakthough with bands like The White Stripes, The Strokes, The Vines and The Hives...and *ahem*... The Priests. So what you'll witness is a Chesterfield Kings that still maintains the Berlin/Sonic Sound look, but resurrecting alot of songs, covers and originals, that they started out with and that had made them so popular in the first place. In fact, the first 2 songs of this concert are 'STOP!'(from their second album) and '99TH FLOOR' from their first album.
The Stones were kind of doing this at the same time if you go back and look at setlists from then, they would open with 'Satisfaction' ans sprinkle obscure 60's gems throughout their own set.
Coming almost full circle, The Chesterfield Kings could now feel comfortable playing a well-rounded set of songs from ALL phases of the group. They would go on for another 15 years with one more lineup change, perfecting this blend of old and new.