# Living Colour in San Francisco in 1989? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-colour-in-san-francisco-in-1989/508856 "2009-09-04T14:13:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-colour-in-san-francisco-in-1989/508856/1 "2009-09-04T14:13:03Z")
When I was in high school, I saw Living Colour in San Francisco in 1989. I’m pretty sure it was in a club in North Beach. Anyone remember the date or name of the club? Any chance anyone here was there? It was a great show. By the way, I know they opened for the Rolling Stones later that year - I was there too, but that’s not the show I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-colour-in-san-francisco-in-1989/508856/2 "2009-09-04T15:55:15Z")
Remember anything abut the club? Large & swanky? Small & dingy? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-colour-in-san-francisco-in-1989/508856/3 "2009-09-04T16:10:41Z")
What clubs are up in North Beach that could handle a show like them? - Club Fugazi? - Jazz at Pearl’s - Bimbo’s 360? Maybe something small like the Grant and Green or the Saloon, but those are really small…but they were just getting started so who knows? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-colour-in-san-francisco-in-1989/508856/4 "2009-09-05T00:56:54Z")
Did a little [Googling](http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22living+colour%22+%22san+francisco%22&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&sa=N&sugg=d&as_ldate=1988&as_hdate=1989&lnav=hist4), looks like they were at a place called “The Stone” on Feb 18-19, 1989. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-colour-in-san-francisco-in-1989/508856/5 "2009-09-05T02:53:09Z")
LOVE Living Colour. I didn’t get a chance to see them live until '94 or '95, at the Texas Union Ballroom here in Austin. Muzz Skillings left the band and was replaced by Doug Wimbish. He was awesome, too. They reformed about eight years ago and are still going strong as far as I know! ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-colour-in-san-francisco-in-1989/508856/6 "2009-09-05T03:18:33Z")
Yep, The Stone would have been my guess. Saw a bunch of great punk shows there in the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-colour-in-san-francisco-in-1989/508856/7 "2009-09-05T18:48:03Z")
Wow - thanks! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-colour-in-san-francisco-in-1989/508856/8 "2009-09-06T14:14:36Z")
Shoot - duh. I hate missing stuff like that… ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDanSin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@DirtyDanSin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirtyDanSin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-colour-in-san-francisco-in-1989/508856/9 "2016-06-19T04:59:25Z")
I saw Living Colour play on 2/19/89 at The Stone. It was a Black Rock Coalition gig. I believe that the opener was a band called Harvey. Read more about Harvey here. [CRUD CRUD: Myrtle](http://crudcrud.blogspot.com/2011/07/myrtle.html) My brain is a little crazy after all these years, but I want to say that ‘All’ played the first slot…but that’s not very black rock. Anyway, good set from LC! > [@The\_Shroud](#): > > Did a little [Googling](http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22living+colour%22+%22san+francisco%22&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&sa=N&sugg=d&as_ldate=1988&as_hdate=1989&lnav=hist4), looks like they were at a place called “The Stone” on Feb 18-19, 1989. ---
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-colour-in-san-francisco-in-1989/508856/10 "2026-05-31T06:59:01Z")
Been a while, but I need to follow up on this post. It turns out one show had the then unknown band Soundgarden and one didn’t. [https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/living-colour-soundgarden-the-slammin-watusis](https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/living-colour-soundgarden-the-slammin-watusis) [https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/living-colour–6370037](https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/living-colour--6370037) I can’t believe I saw Soundgarden but don’t remember it. On the other hand, would I really have noticed some unknown band opening for Living Colour? I don’t remember which show I went to. Should I include seeing Soundgarden in my memories or not? ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-colour-in-san-francisco-in-1989/508856/11 "2026-06-01T02:35:40Z")
> [@curwin](#): > > Should I include seeing Soundgarden in my memories or not? In the end it makes no difference at all.