# I saw them when....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-them-when/69675>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 21, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-them-when/69675 "2001-06-21T19:06:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-them-when/69675/41 "2001-06-23T19:25:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by betenoir \*  
> \*\*I saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers when their big hit was “True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes” (I wonder if even they remember that song) and they were an opening act for a band you do not know. \*\*

Oh man, I saw them way before that, when they didn’t have any records at all, and were just playing the underground LA clubs. I just happened to go into Scream, one of my favorite downtown clubs to have a drink, and the place was absolutely packed and at near riot-level tension over their live gig.  
But I didn’t really think this would be of the level of “I saw them way back when…” so I wouldn’t have mentioned it except that you brought it up.

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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-them-when/69675/42 "2001-06-24T10:29:48Z")

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I saw Living Colour at a small club in San Francisco in 1989.

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