Alkaline Trio - Live in Fireside Bowl, Chicago, IL 10.02.1998

★ Punk Rock, Ska-Punk, Hardcore & other rare live shows and documentaries ★
This time I present to your attention a very rare recording of the Alkaline Trio performing at the famous, underground club Fireside Bowl in Chicago in 1998. Sound and video quality is average.
01. 01:09 - Cringe
02. 06:07 - Cooking wine
03. 08:58 - Clavicle
04. 12:10 - This is getting over you
05. 17:13 - As You Were (Theme From Caddyshack)
06. 19:53 - Little Needle
07. 24:13 - Nose Over Tail
08. 27:43 - Cop
09. 30:44 - Snake Oil Tanker
10. 32:11 - San Francisco
11. 36:13 - Shout out to local bands
12. 37:02 - 97
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[@dadmadedinner5456]

I remember exactly where and when I was the first time I heard this record, 10/13/98 in my friend’s basement. Changed my musical life.

[@UndercoverNormie]

Alkaline Trio is a big part of the soundtrack of my teenage years. I still listen to them all the time lol

[@ThisAgressionwWontStandMan]

One of the best videos on KZbin has 9 comments. I was there, 15, not a cell phone even dreamt of, no data, no credit card machines, $5 at the door and all sales in cash. Thanks to the person that videoed. I just want to cry for those times. Emo wasn't invented let alone corrupted. Maybe fugazi sunny day and get up kids. No mtv...pure

[@dadmadedinner5456]

Emo was definitely “invented”, just hadn’t been bastardized. I miss the old days you are describing.

[@christianperez7846]

The fact Dan had so much faith in this band from the jump says a lot. He was the best bass player in Chicago at the time. Literally could’ve done anything he wanted to do. Matt wrote some songs and won him over. Matt was the band so much at the start. They sound incredibly disheveled. But they produced some of the best music to come out of Chicago

[@patrickbrownson1]

This is very true. Dan is often seen as sorta “the other singer in Alk3”, and I’ve met a number of people who specifically dislike Dan’s songs, while they love Matt’s. So it’s important to remember that both Dan and Glenn had been in comparatively big, established Chicago bands (Slapstick and 88 Fingers Louie, respectively) while Matt wasn’t known as a singer or even a guitarist- he had primarily been a drummer before Alk3. Anyway, like you said, Dan was one of those guys that was obviously going somewhere with his music- he was an insanely talented bassist, he had experience touring and playing with a successful band, and he was beginning to find his own unique voice as a writer. All this, and he had barely turned 20! If he (and Glenn) hadn’t thrown in their lot with Matt, who knows if he’d have gotten another opportunity and found the kind of success he did with the Trio. And just to address those people who dump on Dan’s songs- it is Dan’s very willingness to stretch out, to explore atypical structures/melodies/tempos, that lets Matt stay in his lane and do the thing he does so well. If Dan wasn’t there to provide contrast and share songwriting duties, Matt would not only have to start using his b-material to fill up albums, which would then start to drag, but his whole aesthetic would likely sour and lose some of its punch. So even if masterful songs like “Crawl”, “Emma”, “I Was a Prayer” or “Little Help?” somehow don’t strike your fancy, you should at least appreciate him for allowing Matt (in more ways than one) to write all those songs you *do* love.

[@christianperez7846]

@@patrickbrownson1Dude… I love the breakdown! This is definitely the best comment on this expose. I completely agree with looking at the band as components with their own potentiality. I for one, always adored Dans songs. I liked his bass in Slapstick, and listen often. I love Matt for what he ventured to create always. I think my favorite ALK3 songs are If We Never Go Inside and As You Were. Both very different in era and sound. That’s the great thing about this band and the scene they came up in. I say all the time, if I could time travel; I’m seeing how they built the pyramids AND straight to Fireside circa 1997. Just to hang out with them, The Lawrence Arms. Jawbreaker used to come through. Speaking from my personal upbringing in the SF Bay Area. I have no shortage of punk history here. Dead Kennedys, AFI, Rancid, fucking Green Day. Like, I adore what I have here. But always found myself longing for that time and place in Chicago. Also love Smashing Pumpkins. Probably would want to peek their shows in my time machine

[@jeffreygill5565]

1:09 - Cringe 6:07 - Cooking wine 8:58 - Clavicle 12:10 - This is getting over you 17:13 - As You Were (Theme From Caddyshack) 19:53 - Little Needle 24:13 - Nose Over Tail 27:43 - Cop 30:44 - Snake Oil Tanker 32:11 - San Francisco 36:13 - Shout out to local bands 37:02 - 97

[@patrickbrownson1]

Wow, so that’s why it’s called “Cringe”.

[@harrygurvitz9030]

I had this on a CD way back in the day and I have been waiting a lot of my adult life for someone to throw it on the internet, so thanks!

[@89a1stakesauceban5]

Thank you for this

[@AhmadAmar]

97 live with intro, thanks for uploading! 🙌

[@sarahashby8585]

Thanks for this!

[@onehorsetown3907]

classic footage, nice one

[@PunchFishing]

Blast from the past

[@totalrobot]

Whoa Danny using a Gallien-Krueger head. Pretty cool.

[@matthewmeeuwen6938]

Fireside legendary

[@benjaminmarchand4268]

Ok maybe one more thing, Glenn was an awesome drummer, truly!

[@JustinDeCusati]

“I don’t deserve this.”

[@Ndogification]

Thxs so much, this is great and good quality!

[@AgainstEmpyre]

Thank you :)

[@peopleschampgarage7869]

I was there

[@mikeramirez7617]

So was I. It's weird watching it now. They've released a good number of shows recently I went to as a kid at the fireside.

[@ThisAgressionwWontStandMan]

I was there too

[@benjaminmarchand4268]

I just have 1 question, why no mosh pit?

[@weakweek85]

You were the last good tune….I’m out of fucking tune…. Lol