5:30 – King of the Nerds Mitch Hallock, Creator of Terrificon and CT Gamer Con
7:00 – Glenn Lungarini, CIAC
Throwback Concert: Queensrÿche at The XL Center 1991
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1991!
That year PLR welcomed Queensrÿche at Hartford’s XL Center (then called Hartford Civic Center). Queensrÿche hit the road for its “Building Empires” Tour and brought special guest Suicidal Tendencies with them. Queensrÿche was supporting its fourth full-length studio album, “Empire,” which featured a bunch of hits including Empire, Silent Lucidity, Jet City Woman, Another Rainy Night (Without You), Anybody Listening? and Best I Can.
The tour’s setlist consisted of the band performing the album “Operation: Mindcrime” in full. Their show at the XL Center was the final stop on the first leg of the North American Tour and their last show before the big “Monsters of Rock” tour across Europe.
Today we revisit Queensrÿche’s 1991 concert in Hartford…
Queensrÿche
Tour: Building Empires
Special Guest: Suicidal Tendencies
Wednesday July 31, 1991
The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut
Band Lineup: Geoff Tate, Chris DeGarmo, Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield
Setlist*
- Resistance
- Walk in the Shadows
- Best I Can
- Empire
- The Thin Line
- Jet City Woman
- Roads to Madness
- Anarchy-X (beginning of “Operation Mindcrime” set)
- Revolution Calling
- Operation: Mindcrime
- Speak
- Spreading the Disease
- The Mission
- Suite Sister Mary
- The Needle Lies
- Electric Requiem
- Breaking the Silence
- I Don’t Believe in Love
- Waiting for 22
- My Empty Room
- Eyes of a Stranger
- Last Time in Paris (encore)
- Silent Lucidity (encore)
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these clips of Queensrÿche performing in 1991
50 Years, 50 Albums 1991: Nirvana ‘Nevermind’
The second album from the Seattle based grunge band that changed the face of music as we know it. Taking a cue from the Pixies while also combining the punk sounds of Black Flag with the pop hooks of the Beatles, Nirvana created an album that famously knocked Michael Jackson out of the number 1 spot on the charts. The album that killed “hair metal” and eventually went on to sell over 10 million copies in the U.S. Featuring the biggest alternative rock song of all time “Smells Like Teen Spirit” plus other 90s mainstays like “Lithium,” “In Bloom” and “Come As You Are”.
Learn more about the album:
Nirvana’s Nevermind Turns 25: Classic Track-by-Track Review
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Nirvana’s Nevermind
Nirvana’s Nevermind album cover: Behind the scenes of the iconic photoshoot
Essential video:
Listen to the album:
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PODCAST – Thursday, March 11: How Much Are You Getting In The Stimulus Check; How Else Could We Spend $1.9T; Dumb Ass News
How much are you going to get in the next stimulus check? Math is not a strong suit for the show, but spending that money was a much easier answer. Plus, the CT National Guard is sending almost 600 troops to Africa. (0:00)
If there was no pandemic, how else could the country spend $1.9 TRILLION? Kyle the math teacher was on to break down some interesting scenarios. (12:35)
Dumb Ass News – A mother in New Mexico was accidentally run over by her teenage son, after trying to teach him how to drive. (25:18)
Johnny Damon was arrested for drinking and driving recently, and the police have released body cam footage. Chaz and AJ went through the two minute clip. (33:57)
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The Local Bands Show 03/14/21
Join Rick Allison and Frank Critelli every Sunday at 10pm for “The Local Bands Show” on 99.1 PLR!
Send your original music to [email protected] or The Local Bands Show, 70 Quarry Dock Road, Branford, CT 06405
Check out the bands that will be featured this Sunday….
- The Streams – The Drift
- The Problem with Kids Today – You’re In Love with Junk!
- Big Fang – Mondays
- Bill “Ice Bucket” Beckett – Springs a Comin’
- BoBo & The Unusuals – Two Faces of Man
- Wishful Thinking – American Dream
- John DeMarco – I Want To Be Loved
Support your Local Bands!
Support Local Businesses who support Local Bands…
New England Brewing – 175 Amity Road, Woodbridge
Brian’s Guitars – 453 W. Main Street, Cheshire
7:00 – Kyle the Teacher
7:30 – Dr. Jay Lasser, Specializes in work-related stress
8:20 – Concert God Jimmy Koplik
Throwback Concert: Nirvana at The Moon 1991
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1991!
That year PLR welcomed Nirvana to The Moon on Walley Avenue in New Haven. The Moon wasn’t a very big club, but it certainly hosted some big names in a short period of time in the early ’90s. Band like The Smashing Pumpkins, Spin Doctors, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones all graced the tiny stage at The Moon.
But perhaps the biggest act to play The Moon? Nirvana on a Thursday night in September 1991. Just two days before the release of Nevermind!
Today we look back at this historic show, which was Nirvana’s first, and only, performance in Connecticut.
Nirvana
Tour: Nevermind
Special Guest: Melvins & Hed
Thursday September 26, 1991
The Moon on Whalley Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut
Band Lineup: Kurt Cobain (vocals/lead guitar), Krist Novoselic (bass), Dave Grohl (drums)
Setlist*
- Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam (The Vaselines cover)
- Here She Comes Now (The Velvet Underground cover)
- D-7 (Wipers cover)
- Aneurysm
- Drain You
- School
- Floyd The Barber
- About a Girl
- Love Buzz (Shocking Blue cover)
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Breed
- Polly
- Spank Thru
- Silver
- Blew
- Been a Son
- Negative Creep
- Endless, Nameless
*source: setlist.fm
Watch the full Nirvana performance in New Haven
Other Nirvana live clips from 1991
Wednesday, March 10: Chaz And AJ’s Movie Make-Over; A Tribe Member Wins Big At Mohegan Sun; Dumb Ass News
Cancel culture has threatened a lot of movies we enjoyed in the past. Chaz and AJ enlisted movie critic Joe Meyers and the Tribe to help their “Movie Makeover.” The Tribe nominate a movie they think cancel culture may target next, Joe Meyers explains which part of the movie is most troublesome today, and Chaz and AJ work to “fix” the scene to save the movie for future generations. The first nomination, Blazing Saddles, proved to be especially difficult. (0:00)
Tribe member Rob recently won a ton of money at Mohegan Sun. Rob was on the phone to explain the game he was playing, why the table had to be shut down for two hours after his big win, and the first thing he wants to buy with the prize money. (19:32)
Dumb Ass News – Would you let your friend cut off your wiener just to go viral? Two geniuses tried this, it worked, but now one of them is in jail. (32:07)
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Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Wednesday, March 10
8:00 – Susan Constantine, Body Language Expert
8:20 – Movie Critic Joe Meyers
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9:00 – Rob Back, North Haven Resident that won BIG at Mohegan Sun
9:20 – Trapper Don
Throwback Concert: Van Halen at The XL Center 1991
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1991!
That year PLR welcomed Van Halen at Hartford’s XL Center (then called Hartford Civic Center). Van Halen hit the road for its “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge” Tour and brought special guest Alice In Chains with them. Van Halen was supporting its ninth studio album, “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge,” which featured the hit songs Right Now, Top of the World and Poundcake.
Today we revisit Van Halen’s 1991 concert in Hartford…
Van Halen
Tour: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Special Guest: Alice In Chains
Tuesday October 29, 1991
The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut
Ticket Price: $22.50
Band Lineup: Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony, Alex Van Halen
Setlist*
- Poundcake
- Judgement Day
- Runaround
- When It’s Love
- There’s Only One Way to Rock (Sammy Hagar song)
- Bass Solo
- Drum Solo
- A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)
- Panama
- Why Can’t This Be Love
- Finish What Ya Started
- Eagles Fly (Sammy Hagar song)
- Guitar Solo
- You Really Got Me (The Kinks cover)
- I Can’t Drive 55 (Sammy Hagar song)
- Best of Both Worlds
- The Dream Is Over
- Jump (encore)
- Top of the World (encore)
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these clips of Van Halen performing live in 1991