The Band Formerly Known as Fuel

I was astounded when a link to this video showed up in an email. I had never seen a copy and had presumed the original was long since disappeared. We played a decrepit old theatre in Flint, Michigan and were taped by the local cable access channel. It was a weird experience and we weren’t too happy at the time, but I was stoked to discover this complete show in pretty-good-quality video.

You have to sit through three minutes of the credits and then the cable guy, but then our set starts.

We played some kind of art space in Baltimore, Maryland. This was organized by Kim Coletta from Jawbox and was the first show of our mini-tour with them. I believe the Holy Rollers opened, then us and then Jawbox.

I do remember that our van got broken into and Aaron’s bag with clothes and cassettes was stolen, but they missed the envelope with all our cash in the door pocket. I think we scoured the neighbourhood and then spent a couple of hours filling out a report at a police station downtown.

The show was fun though, especially since the guys from Admiral were at the show, but didn’t get to play. You can see the singer Sean in a couple of shots. We had just finished playing a series of shows with Admiral and then stayed with them in Harrisburg. We then moved on to the East Coast with Jawbox, staying at Kim and Jay’s place in Silver Springs.

First song - “Take effect”

Second song - “The Name Is…”

Third song - “Some Gods”

Fourth song - “Not Up For Sale”

I used to have a copy of this show on VHS and am trying to track down a digital copy of the entire show.

This was from a show with Jawbox at D.C. Space in the summer of 1990.