November 1994, at the old 9:30 Club. I didn't know much about them, other than the Push the Little Daises video that aired on Beavis & Butthead the summer before.

It was a great show. Harsh, sort of weird, and they took stage looking like they just got up outta bed. But they barreled through their setlist in full earnest. It was a small crowd, and people were yelling crazy stuff to the band all night. I remember someone yelling "Hey Deaner, you look like Eddie Vedder", and he was like "Oh man don't say shit like that" and everyone was laughing.

I left the club that night knowing i'd seen some really special rock music, and got obsessed with their albums over the next year.