Shows/1987-04-13b

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• City Pages listings; Apr. 8, 1987: [1] [2]
• Twin Cities Reader listings; Apr. 8, 1987: [3] [4] [5]

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They Might Be Giants
First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN
April 13, 1987

Fan Recaps and Comments:

This show was held at 7th St Entry, a smaller space attached to First Avenue that typically hosts acts not large enough to headline the venue's Mainroom. Performing in the Mainroom on this night were Gear Daddies and Rank and File. John Flansburgh wrote of this show in a 2019 Twitter post:

TMBG's first time playing in Minneapolis was at 7th Street Entry on April 13, 1987. We were used to small venues at the time, but that stage seemed very small and very low. Then we snuck into First Avenue next door with Drivin' and Cryin' playing. That stage seemed impossibly big. It seems Snakefinger played a week before that, Brave Combo two nights earlier. Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper five days later, the Butthole Surfers and Killdozer a week later, then UTFO. While it looks like half the span of indie music then, every two weeks at [First Avenue] in '87 looks as diverse.

Preview from City Pages, April 8, 1987:

Rank and File/They Might Be Giants: Here's more than a single evening's worth of good tunes all pressed into about four hours. First, the rough-ridin', tough-rockin' Gear Daddies play in the mainroom. Then strangely-humored duo T.M.B.G. will present their songs about rabid children and heads full of puppets in the Entry. To top it all off, Rank and File rears its head again. They're touring in support of a new, self-titled album, which displays a hard edge on the band's country-ish rock and roll. First Avenue, Mpls., 332-1775.

Preview from The Minnesota Daily, April 10, 1987:

They Might Be Giants (Entry), Rank and File, Gear Daddies (Mainroom), Mon., First Avenue, 375-1775. The key word is "might." The highly-touted Giants' "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppethead" was certainly one of the happiest moments of '86 pop, but the rest of their debut album was too quirky for instant gratification. Rank and File keeps plugging away. Throw in those Gear Daddies (with a single in the wings) and it's still only four bucks in advance, stubs good for both rooms.