Sidekick Kato Fireside Bowl 1995

[@SimonB.]

0:00 Kruses 4:06 Excel 7:10 Orion

[@littleshovel]

Got to open for them a few times in 93-95. Great f'n band. -Jeff, "The Unemployed"

[@SimonB.]

In which band did you play?

[@littleshovel]

@@SimonB. The Unemployed, though we may have also played a show as "Cloy" with SK. Sometime in 93' or '94 we played the "Amazon Rainforest Conservation Show" at the Fireside with them - we opened, Sidekick Kato, Everlast, Los Crudos. There may or may not have been another band, too - I'm old now. lol.

[@creekandseminole]

I like that HUM shirt

[@blahblibidyblahblah]

oh happy days! it's me "the fan"! I made this video... complete with monolithic VHS recorder and all. Can't remember when i dumped it onto a DVD, or how it ended up in Tom's house... but glad to see it! "play I realize, fucker"

[@ParapluieDefenestrator]

blahblibidyblahblah i dumped it to dvd. Not sure how it got to tom because the copy i sent him got sent back. But i mailed out a bunch to different people. Or maybe i wasn't the only one burning it. I copied it off a vhs you gave me.

[@blahblibidyblahblah]

and for those who really wanna know, this was on St. Patty's Day, in the glorious year of our Tom, 1995

[@matthew327]

Watching this gave me chills.. THANK YOU for sharing.. brings back old memories...

[@ThisAgressionwWontStandMan]

Great band. Great scene at the time.

[@MikeJPetrik]

@elizabethstedman If you happen to find any others, Im sure Im not the only one who'd love to see them. Such an important band in my high school years! You should ask Tom how much it would take to get Kato to play a one off reunion show. With all the fans in Chicago, we could probably wrangle up that cash in a day.

[@blahblibidyblahblah]

i meant nothing but the highest of compliments to the Kato's fearless leader :-)

[@toddallen60]

Nice upload!

[@MikeJPetrik]

This is so great. Do you have any others? I'd love to see a Tunnels of Fun show.

[@toddmichaeljohnson7139]

Ahhhhh! I miss this band! Any hope of a reunion?

[@KennyLars]

November 3rd, 2018, Chop Shop/1st ward in Chicago. Just around the corner from the old Double Door location.

[@vxeel]

FRANKY!!!! Jesus, so glad I found this brought back so many awesome memories....What was the name of that other band your buddies, I think they were brothers, their dad was a pilot, we all went to Viators together? anyone?

[@mattaren327]

pretty sure thats me yelling EXCEL over and over...

[@bobdobalina9511]

That's Matt Skiba with the buzzed blond head in front ha

[@ParapluieDefenestrator]

Bob Dobalina sorta. Matt has the buzzed green hair. The guy to his right has buzzed blonde hair. The guy to his left with the half buzzed blue hair is me.

[@reidellis1988]

@@ParapluieDefenestrator so fuckin sick. Cheers!

[@danjchicago]

I always thought this was a great riff.