Date: Fri 25-Sep-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

Quick Words:

Twisted-Sister-Snider-Moppin

Full Text:

ON THE ROAD/SHANNON HICKS

Late bulletin: GREG BROWN will be returning to Newtown's Edmond Town Hall for

a concert on November 12. Details to follow in upcoming weeks...

TWISTED SISTER frontman DEE SNIDER will be hosting the evening when "Dee

Snider's Strangeland Tour" pulls into Hartford early next month. Snider has

produced the feature film Strangeland , which arrives in theatres October 2.

In conjunction with the film, bands featured on the soundtrack are now

crossing the country on the aforementioned Strangeland Tour.

SOULFLY, SNOT, (HED)PE and DAYINTHELIFE will be at The Globe Theatre in

Norwalk on Thursday, October 1, sans Snider. The full bill, including the host

man, will then be at The Webster Theatre in Hartford on Sunday the 4th.

The 70s cover band that we in the area have come to know and love, MOPPIN

SAUCE, has three shows upcoming within the next few weeks. This weekend the

band will be at Boppers in Danbury on Saturday night (Sept 26). The band will

return to the Danbury club on October 24. And for Halloween, Moppin Sauce --

its regular costumes and all -- will be at Fat Daddy's in Watertown on October

31.

Also on Halloween, radio station WPLR will host its annual Kooks & Spooks

Convention at Toad's Place in New Haven. That party starts around 9:30 pm, but

no word yet on who the entertainers will be.

The October 4 show by THE JOSHUA REDMAN BAND at Toad's Place has been changed

to an all-ages event. Tickets are $15 in advance, or $20 at the door. On

October 18, the club will present "An Evening with STRING CHEESE INCIDENT,"

also open to fans of all ages. In November, DUDE OF LIFE, lyricist for PHISH,

will be at the club on the 24th, the same night Phish is around the corner and

down the road a bit, at the New Haven Coliseum. The Phish show tickets won't

be on sale until October 10. Dude of Life's tickets are $8.50 ($10/door), and

on sale now. That's another all-ages show.

Until next week, I'll be seeing you... on the road.

Questions and comments concerning "On The Road" (or anything music related)

should be sent to Shannon Hicks, c/o Bee Publishing Co., 5 Church Hill Road,

Newtown 06470, or shannon @thebee.com. Include a phone number for

confirmation, please . If you don't have a stamp or a piece of paper or a

writing utensil that works, give me a call! Phone number at the office is

426-3141. Shows listed on the calendar at club locations are for ages 21 and

over unless specified.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

SEPTEMBER 25 -- Cobalt Rhythm Kings at Toad's Place, New Haven (Swing Dance

Night w/ dance instruction), Jitterbug Jane opening; Leslie West at The Danger

Zone, Waterbury;

September 26 -- Moppin Sauce at Boppers, Danbury;

September 27 -- Hatebreed at Toad's Place, Ground Zero and Stigmata opening

(all ages);

September 30 -- Blink 182 at the Webster Theatre, Hartford.

OCTOBER 1 -- Leftover Salmon at Toad's Place, New Haven (all ages); Dee

Snider's Strangeland Tour at The Globe, Norwalk (performances by Soulfly,

Snot, (hed)pe and dayinthelife);

October 2 -- The Radiators at Toad's Place, Sweeter Than Wine opening;

October 3 -- Janet Jackson at Hartford Civic Center, Usher opening; radio 104

Big Day Off at the Meadows, Hartford, with Cracker, Dishwalla, Better Than

Ezra, The Amazing Royal Crowds, Marcy Playground, God Lives Underwater, Fuel,

Stabbing Westward, Days of the New, Spring Heeled Jack, the Joydrop, Ruth

Ruth, Stretch Princess, Preasurecrush, Guster, Rustic Overtones, et al;

October 4 -- Joshua Redman Band at Toad's Place (all ages); Dee Snider's

Strangeland Tour at The Webster Theatre, Hartford (performances by Soulfly,

Snot, (hed)pe and dayinthelife);

September 5 -- 2 Skinnee J's at Toad's Place (all ages), Gargantua Soul and

The Smittys opening;

October 8 -- Circle of Karma, Nasty Disaster, Of My Own and Bone Orchard at

Toad's Place (all ages);

October 9 -- The Marshall Tucker Band at Toad's Place, Steel Rodeo and Whiskey

River Band opening;

October 10 -- Barenaked Ladies at Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford; The Sloan

Wainwright Band at Night Lights Coffeehouse (United Methodist Church),

Norwalk;

October 11 -- Aerosmith at the Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, Fuel opening

(postponed from Aug 22, earlier tickets honored);

October 12 -- King's X at Toad's Place, Galactic Cowboys opening (all ages);

October 13 -- Less Than Jake at Webster Theatre, All opening;

October 14 -- Soulfly at the Webster Theatre;

October 16 -- Blue Oyster Cult at Toad's Place, Eclectic Nobodys and Crucible

opening;

October 18 -- String Cheese Incident at Toad's Place (all ages);

October 23 -- Culture at The Globe Theatre, Norwalk; Tom Tom Club at Toad's

Place, Paradise Vendors and Mollycoddle opening;

October 24 -- Moppin Sauce at Boppers, Danbury;

October 26 -- John Taylor (Duran Duran) at Tuxedo Junction; Sepultura and

Vision of Disorder at Toad's Place, Earth Crisis opening;

October 27 -- The Hornets at Toad's Place (Swing Night, dance instruction w/

Jitterbug Bill);

October 30 -- Dokken at Toad's Place, X Factor X opening;

October 31 -- Moppin Sauce at Fat Daddy's, Watertown.