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1981 Shows at the Channel

Date

Act

Opening Acts

January 1, 1981 State of Mind Hot Dates, Wavelength
January 3, 1981 Human Sexual Response arthur Slick & the Nice Girls, Robert Ellis Orral
January 7, 1981 Roger C. Reale Band, Suade Cowboys, The Sonics
January 8, 1981 Hurricane, Roxx, Adrenalin
January 9, 1981 The Elevators The Modes
January 10, 1981 The Speedies The Boyfriends, Someone & The Somebodies
January 14, 1981 D.C. Tenz, Limbo race, Critical Mass
January 15, 1981 Lou Miami & The Kozmetix The Upstarts, The Atomics
January 16, 1981 The Atlantics The Creamers, Mpc & the Instigators
January 17, 1981 The Blushing Brides 2 shows 8-11
January 18, 1981 Bebe Buell & The B-Sides, The Mundanes, The Trademarks, The Stains
January 21, 1981 The Lines The scan, Steve Goodard & The Deal
January 22, 1981 Jame Montgomery, The Stompers, Jon Butcher Axis Thrills, Carter Alan mc
January 23, 1981 Shane Champagne, The Lyers, The Outlets
January 24, 1981 Nervous Eaters Vinny, Lip
January 28, 1981 The Rox, Maximum Drift, Hot Lunch
January 29, 1981 Swingers Resort, The Daughters, Candy
January 30, 1981 Dirty Looks, Pastiche, New Models
January 31, 1981 Private Lightning, The Mirrors
February 4, 1981 The Graphics, Foster & Tully, Ctf & The Workers
February 5, 1981 Edgar Winter The Creamers
February 6, 1981 The Stompers The Trademarks
February 7, 1981 Kog Nito & The Geeks Johnny Barnes & The Automatics, The Eggs
February 8, 1981 Beatlemagic
February 11, 1981 The Atomics, The Lazers, “7”
February 12, 1981 Image The Sods
February 13, 1981 The Fleshtones The Lyers, The Make
February 14, 1981 The Neighborhoods 4 out of 5 Doctors, Lou Miami & The Kozmetix
February 18, 1981 New Riders Of The Purple Sage The Last Round Band
February 19, 1981 Pastiche, Bound & Gaggged, Boy’s Life, The Outlets Future Dads, Young Snakes
February 20, 1981 The Rattlers La Peste, Berlin Airlift
February 21, 1981 The Atlantics Face to Face, Pepitones
February 22, 1981 The Dark, People in Stores, Young Snakes Mighty Ions, Artyard, Basic Drives
February 25, 1981 The Extremes Redline, Keeper Mc DJ Carter Alan
February 27, 1981 The Nervous Eaters The Outlets, Sonics
February 28, 1981 Jon Butcher Axis Guy Williams Brand
March 1, 1981 The Nervous Eaters All ages afternoon show Hot Dates
March 3, 1981 Benefit Kate Taylor & Skintight, Didi Stewart & The Amplifiers Midnight Traveller
March 4, 1981 Strika, The Pictures, D-Club
March 5, 1981 Steel Pulse The Offs, DJ Peter Simon
March 6, 1981 Pastiche The Orbits, The Graphics
March 7, 1981 The Elevators Vinny, Kid Morrocco
March 8, 1981 The Elevators, All ages afternoon show The Games
March 11, 1981 Numbers, Fingers, Sleeper DJ Carter Alan
March 12, 1981 Love & Flame, Vendetta, “7”
March 13, 1981 Shane Champagne The Boyfriends, Satellites
March 14, 1981 Kognito & The Geeks Jon butcher Axis, Britain
March 15, 1981 Shane Champagne All ages afternoon show The Upstairs
March 17, 1981 Zaitchik Brothers (St. Patrick’s Day party) Fountainhead
March 18, 1981 Numbers, Fingers, Sleeper DJ Carter Alan
March 19, 1981 The Trademarks, Roxx, Frantics
March 20, 1981 The Individuals The Outlets, X-Davis
March 21, 1981 The Plasmatics Future Dads
March 22, 1981 Jon Butcher Axis All ages afternoon show The Needles
March 22, 1981 WMDR night Mission Of Burma, Pastiche, La Peste Peter Dayton Band, The Dark
March 25, 1981 The Freeze, Native Tongue, Emmett Dooley & Bad Habits DJ Carter Alan
March 26, 1981 Arthur Slick & The Nice Girls The Upstairs, The Debutantes
March 27, 1981 Nervous Eaters American teen, The Schemers
March 28, 1981 The Stompers The Modes
March 29, 1981 The Stompers All ages afternoon show Witch One
March 29, 1981 (night) Martha & The Muffins The Make, “7”
April 1, 1981 The Stranglers Single-Bullet Theory, The Outlets
April 2, 1981 Sass, The Rave, The Shut-ins
April 3, 1981 Jon butcher Axis Vinny, Guy Williams Band
April 4, 1981 The Lounge Lizards U.S., Ape, Mighty Ions
April 5, 1981 Trapper, The Daughters All ages afternoon show
April 8, 1981 Frantics, The Press, Zodio Doze DJ Carter Alan
April 9, 1981 The Dead Kennedy’s The Lyers, The Dark
April 10, 1981 Atlantics, Orbits, France
April 11, 1981 The Brains, Taxi, Boys, The Loners
April 12, 1981 Johnny Barnes & The Automatics All ages afternoon show
April 14, 1981 Benefit for BC’s Campas school, The Nervous Eaters Mod Lang, Forons DJ Carter Alan
April 15, 1981 Fire Department, Square Peg, Mod Lang
April 16, 1981 Johnny Barnes & The Automatics The Roxx
April 17, 1981 Ex Squeeze Jools Holland & his Millionaires, Robert Ellis Orral The Sonics
April 18, 1981 James Montgomery, Jon Butcher Axis The Games
April 19, 1981 James Montgomery, Jon Butcher Axis All ages afternoon show
April 22, 1981 Art Yard, The Radicl Cams, Crystal
April 23, 1981 American Teen, The Smith Brothers, Power Glide
April 24, 1981 The Nervous Eaters City Thrills, Wunderkind
April 25, 1981 Mission of Burma, La Peste, The Mundanes
April 26, 1981 Sayne, Nightshift, Aces & Eights (at night)
April 26, 1981 Boys Life, Future Dads, Prime Movers All ages afternoon show
April 29, 1981 40 Guys, The Form, The Runes
April 30, 1981 Commander Cody Band Steve Geyer Band
May 1, 1981 Neighborhoods Futrure Dads, Lip
May 2, 1981 Private Lightning, Witch One
May 6, 1981 Slow children, TV Actor, Stereotypes
May 8, 1981 The Go-Go’s Taxi Boys
May 9, 1981 John Cale, Pastiche Paper Dolls
May 13, 1981 Young Moderns, Velocity, Square Peg
May 14, 1981 Steel Pulse La Peste, Healing of the Nation
May 15, 1981 Wayne Kramer (MC5) New Models, Love & Flame
May 16, 1981 Human Sexual Responce Swinging Madisons, Outlets
May 17, 1981 Benefit Fort Point Arts Community, 5 bands
May 20, 1981 The Lads, Leper, Men & Volts
May 21, 1981 Benefit for Gigi Duke Robillard, Michael Gregory Jakson, The Fans
May 22, 1981 The Equators Lou Miami & The Kozmetix, X-Davis
May 23, 1981 Rockats (from England) The Trademarks
May 24, 1981 Pastiche The Probers, Fire Dept
May 27, 1981 Corea, Fazzone
May 28, 1981 L.A.Woman (Door’s cover)
May 29, 1981 The Jam Boys Life
May 30, 1981 The Atlantics The Make, Face To Face
June 3, 1981 The Neighborhoods (Channel birthday party) New Models, The Dawgs
June 5, 1981 Johnny Barnes & The Automatics Korea, Slow Children, Trademarks
June 6, 1981 Crisis, The Fans, The Make, Vinny
June 7, 1981 American Teen, The Loners, The Mirrors, Sass
June 10, 1981 (Clamshell Benefit) Pastice, Jon Butcher Axis, The Trademarks
June 12, 1981 The Probers, Prime Movers, OO7, The Mundanes
June 13, 1981 Nervous Eaters MPC & The Instigators, Sonics, Upstarts
June 14, 1981 P.S.Wild, Steve Geyer Band, Image, Witch One
June 17, 1981 The Specimens, Britain, Redline
June 18, 1981 The Lasers Taxi Boys, Young Snakes
June 19, 1981 Vacuumheads, “7”, The Pictures, Boy’s Life
June 20, 1981 Sudden Urge, Fire Dept, The Dawgs, The Elevators
June 21, 1981 The Mechanics, The T’s, The Stompers, Big World
June 24, 1981 The Circle Jerks The Sweeties, The Stains
June 25, 1981 The Elevators, The City of Thrills, Family Fun
June 26, 1981 $10,000 ChallengeSemi Finals
June 28, 1981 $10,000 ChallengeSemi Finals
July 1, 1981 $10,000 Challenge Finals
July 2, 1981 The Nighthawks The Frontlines, Taxi Boys
July 3, 1981 Shane Champane Band Pet Clams
July 4, 1981 Nervous Eaters, The Lyres, classic Ruins
July 8, 1981 October Days, Leper, Struggle
July 10, 1981 Mission of Burma, Boy’s Life, Art Yard
July 11, 1981 Cramps Lou Miami & The Kozmetix, The Stains
July 15, 1981 Moden Method, Record Party, A Wicked Good Time Someome & The Somebodies, Outlets
July 16, 1981 L.A.Woman (Door’s cover)
July 17, 1981 Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
July 18, 1981 Dirty Looks, The Trademarks, Swingers Resort
July 19, 1981 Toots & The Maytals The Equators
July 22, 1981 Great Buildings, Section 8, The Hi-Beams
July 23, 1981 Jah Malla Healing of the Nation
July 24, 1981 Third Rail Taxi Boys, The Romers
July 25, 1981 Jon Butcher Axis The Orbits, Trapper
July 29, 1981 Cyclone, Metropolis, Vital Signs
July 30, 1981 The Extrems, Keeper, Puppet Rulers
July 31, 1981 American Teen, The eggs, Witch One
August 1, 1981 Speedies Someome & The Somebodies, Outlets
August 5, 1981 Dance Beams,The Gluons Ones, Hi Beams, Jaguar
August 6, 1981 Image, The Daughters, The Sods
August 7, 1981 Boys Life, Future Dads, Shrapnel
August 8, 1981 The Atlantics, The Orbits, The Snake
August 12, 1981 Dance Party, The Jacals, Propetariat, The Ally Beats
August 13, 1981 Kid Morrocco, The Lazars, Fire Dept
August 14, 1981 Private Lightning, Face To Face, The Upstairs
August 15, 1981 Killing Joke Things That Fall Down, The Young Snakes
August 19, 1981 The Trademarks, Angry Young Bees
August 20, 1981 (? Some sign) August, The Fans
August 21, 1981 The Stompers The Lifters
August 22, 1981 Black Flag Lou Miami & The Kozmetix, The Outlets
August 26, 1981 Marky Mussel & The clams, Aym, Conquest
August 27, 1981 City Thrills, The Creamers, Section 8, 40 Guys
August 28, 1981 Shane Champane Band, The Elevators, The Prime Movers
August 29, 1981 Jon Butcher Axis, American Teen Johnny A’s Hidden Secret
September 2, 1981 Wit’s End, Vitamin, Psyclone
September 3, 1981 The sonics, The T’s
September 4, 1981 The Ally Cats, The Eggs, The Future Dads
September 5, 1981 Berlin Airlift, (formerly Luna) Trapper, Witch One
September 6, 1981 L.A.Woman (Door’s cover)
September 9, 1981 Dance Party, G.G. Allin, The body Count, The By-Produx The Guyanas, The Kidz
September 10, 1981 Ellen Foley, The Make
September 11, 1981 X Someome & The Somebodies, The Dark
September 12, 1981 Joan Jet & The Blackhearts New Models
September 13, 1981 All ages afternoon show New Models, Prime Movers
September 16, 1981 The Dream, The Mark Dana Band, The Stand The Bumsteads
September 17, 1981 Nighthawks
September 18, 1981 The Rockats The Alley Beats, The Ratlers
September 19, 1981 Boys Life, The Speedies
September 20, 1981 All ages afternoon show Boys Life, The Speedies The Stereotypes
September 20, 1981 Q.T. Hush An all AC/DC show
September 23, 1981 The Nubs, The Specimns, The Zone, The Detonators
September 24, 1981 John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett OO7, November Group
September 25, 1981 NRBQ The Whole Wheat Horns, The Incrdible Casuals, Men & Volts
September 26, 1981 Richard Nolan & The Third Rail The Boyfriends, The Eggs, Fazzone
September 27, 1981 The Trademarks, The Boyfriends All ages afternoon show
September 27, 1981 Au Paris The Neats
September 30, 1981 (Live Broadcast) Boys Life, Lou Miami & The Kozmetix Native Tounge, The Detours
October 1, 1981 Shane Champane Band The Lads, The Runes
October 2, 1981 John Cale Peter Dayton Band, Slow Children
October 3, 1981 The Mo-detts Future Dads, OO7
October 4, 1981 Image, newsboy All ages afternoon show
October 7, 1981 Dance Party, Media, East Wind, The News, Petit Mal
October 8, 1981 Shooting Star The Meetings, Ball N’ Chain
October 9, 1981 Private Lightning The Lifters, The I. Q.’s
October 10, 1981 Jon Butcher Axis The Orbits, The Snake
October 11, 1981 Jon Butcher Axis All ages afternoon show The Detours
October 11, 1981 Streetfighter
October 14, 1981 Dance Party, Lizzie Borden & The Axes, Under The Inflence Maximun Drift, The Score
October 15, 1981 Orleans President, Roxx
October 16, 1981 Jr. Walker and The Allstars, Sam & Dave
October 17, 1981 The Look Hometown Rockers, Fire Dept
October 18, 1981 (Benefit for Greenpeace) James Montgomery Band (2 show afternoon & Evening
October 20, 1981 English Beat The Dirty Looks
October 21, 1981 Dance Party, Romance Language, Hunger City It’s Just, Last Sacrifice
October 22, 1981 L.A.Woman (Door’s cover)
October 23, 1981 Berlin Airlift, (formerly Luna) Image, Red Line
October 24, 1981 Mission Of Burma The Neats, Native tounge
October 25, 1981 The Neats, Native Tounge All ages afternoon show
October 25, 1981 Ellen Foley
October 28, 1981 Unction, The Furies, Jonee Earthquake, The Decoders
October 29, 1981 Comander Cody, The Maynard Silva band Eight To The Bar
October 30, 1981 Wall Of Voodo The Eggs, The Stains
October 31, 1981 The Atlantics The Probers, The Dark
November 1, 1981 The Jackals, Bottom Line, Maximun Drift All ages afternoon
November 4, 1981 Iron Rage, The quest, Hard Reign, The Group
November 5, 1981 Trapper The Streets, The Bars
November 6, 1981 The Fools New Models, Trust
November 7, 1981 The Stompers Kid Morrocco, The Bangs
November 8, 1981 The Stompers All ages afternoon show The Bangs
November 11, 1981 Mike Love & The Endless Summer Band (Beach Boys)
November 13, 1981 Johnny Thunders, The daughters, The Egyptians
November 14, 1981 Elvin Bishop Tanoose
November 15, 1981 Someone & The Somebodies, Future Dads All ages afternoon
November 17, 1981 New Order Del-Byzanteens
November 18, 1981 Los Paramounts, The Brass, The Rude Boys, Sky Island
November 19, 1981 (Benefit Clamshell) Boys Life, Future Dads, The MIA’s Angry Young Bees
November 20, 1981 Jon Butcher Axis The Blasters, Sayne
November 21, 1981 Berlin Airlift Face To Face, X-Davis
November 22, 1981 Jon Butcher Axis All ages afternoon show The Machines
November 27, 1981 Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix tribute)
November 28, 1981 Private Lightning The Make, Axes
November 29, 1981 Private Lightning All ages afternoon show Britain
December 2, 1981 The Silver Doots, rte. 145, Mr. Motto, The Law
December 3, 1981 The Trademarks, Austin Frayne, Maximun Drift
December 4, 1981 Johnny Thunders, Lou Miami & The Kozmetix The Specimens
December 5, 1981 Someone & The Somebodies, The Fast November Group
December 10, 1981 B. Willie Smith, The Group
December 11, 1981 Cramps The Dark, Tymon Dogg
December 12, 1981 Berlin Airlift The Sonics, Jackie & The Rippers
December 17, 1981 L.A.Woman (Door’s cover)
December 18, 1981 Rockats (from England) The Bangs, The Lifters
December 19, 1981 Jon Butcher Axis Jonny A’s Hidden Secret
December 20, 1981 (Christmas party) Jon butcher Axis Fire Dept, The Dawgs Vital Signs,Angry Young Bees
December 23, 1981 The Product, Sweet Evil, Risk-A, Single
December 25, 1981 Third Rail, The Dream
December 26, 1981 NRBQ & The Whole Wheat Horns The Incredible Casuals, The Upstars
December 29, 1981 (Benefit for the High School Times) The Outlets, The Upstairs Jared, Origin of Species, Prime Movers, The Shockers
December 30, 1981 The Trademarks, The Detours
December 31, 1981 Plasmatics
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