#3 Iowa Beef Experience
I saw Iowa Beef Experience in Sioux City Iowa at a club called Kings Court. For those of you who were lucky enough to experience a show there it was truly amazing. I remember driving up to the show with my friend John Kestner. He was in a local band at the time called Strychnine. I was totally stoked as we drove the 23 miles to Kings Court in his Dodge Sprinter with no heat blasting The Misfits.
This was one of my first shows there. I showed up at the club in awe of the venue. It was an old run down school. I walked in and paid the $5 cover to a guy who looked like he should be in a mental institution. His name was Pete Phillips. He commented on my coat which was a woman’s fur coat just barely big enough for me. I walked in from the foyer and looking into what was probably the concession stand upstairs from the gym where the stage was located. It was full of typical Sioux City kids, dirty and confused. From there I walked into the bathroom which consisted of a hole in the floor. Not sure where my piss went but didn’t care at the time. So I walked down the stairs to the gym and the place was packed. On the stage was Iowa Beef Experience. All I remember from their show was the swarm of kids slam dancing. The next band on the stage was Three Mile Pilot. To this day my ears still ring from that show. They were the loudest band I’ve ever seen. They all had hand made metal guitars and amps up to the ceiling and off to the left side of the stage was Pete peering over the crowd of people from top of the PA speaker. That show changed my life. Every weekend from then on I went to shows in Sioux City and to this day have never seen anything like it.
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February 4th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Hello,
Not sure that this is true) but thanks
Thank you
Nadine
March 23rd, 2009 at 1:26 am
Hello,
Interesting, I`ll quote it on my site later.
Thanks
Dirnov
March 26th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
I saw Iowa Beef Experience around 87 at a house party in Milwaukee. I was just a dumb high school kid who loved punk but didn’t exactly fit in the scene because I dressed like a regular hick.
The show was mindblowingly good, they played up in the attic I think and it was good and loud and wild. One of my highlights of the night was seeing Chris (if I remember correctly) getting into an argument with a nazi skinhead from my school (who basically everyone hated) and completely tore him a new one.
I’ve since played in many bands myself and seen countless bands and this night stands in my mind as one of the best ever.