"Back in the Day" Concert Tales: FAITH NO MORE + CIRCUS OF POWER June 18, 1990 (VIDEO)

This week, I bring you the next installment in my "Back in the Day Concert Tales" series. We are travelling back to June 18, 1990 when FAITH NO MORE and CIRCUS OF POWER performed in a bowling alley in Omaha! 

Faith No More was celebrating the one year anniversary of its breakthrough album, The Real Thing, with a tiny club show in Omaha. The band was in amazing form and blazed through songs from all three of the albums that had been released up to that point. Immediately after this show, the band left for Europe.

New York hard rockers, Circus of Power, opened the show. COP was touring in support of its second full-length LP, Vices.

I was able to talk briefly with members of both bands, and took some pictures, too!

Back In The Day: Backstage Stories from the 80s and 90s (VIDEO)

In this week's video I am joined by Maria Buszek. In addition to being an old friend of mine, Maria is also a professor, an author, a record collector, and music fan. We discuss some of the bands we met back in the late 80s/early 90s and the (sometimes) extreme lengths we went to meet them. You'll love this video.

Faith No More Announce US Dates

I was starting to think the Faith No More reunion was going to be a strictly European thing. But this week, the band has announced that it will be playing this year's Coachella Festival in April, and two hometown shows in San Francisco. According to Brooklyn Vegan, Faith No More will also be playing in Brooklyn on July 5th as a benefit for Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn (OSA).

Good news all around.