Against the Grain Tour

Against the Grain Tour
Tour by Bad Religion
Associated album Against the Grain
Start date June 7, 1991
End date July 6, 1991
Legs 2
No. of shows 4 in United States
1 in Canada
23 in Europe
28 in total
Bad Religion concert chronology

The Against the Grain Tour was a concert tour by punk rock band Bad Religion in support of their album, Against the Grain.

It marked the first tour of new drummer, Bobby Schayer who had played his first show at a gig at Al's Bar in Los Angeles on May 22, 1991.[1]

The European leg was recorded for the Tribal Area release, Big Bang, a concert film released in 1992.[2]

Tour dates

Date[3] City Country Venue Notes
North America
June 7, 1991 Buffalo United States Randall's Rehearsal Hall Support from Burn
June 8, 1991 Detroit Saint Andrew's Hall Support from Cold as Life and Pitbull
June 9, 1991 Chicago Medusa's
June 10, 1991 Cleveland Peabody's Down Under
June 11, 1991 Toronto Canada Opera House
Europe
June 13, 1991 Berlin Germany Metropol Support from NOFX
The band was originally booked to play Neue Welt
June 14, 1991 Hildesheim Vier Linden
June 16, 1991 Bremen Aladin Music Hall Support from NOFX and Baffdecks
June 17, 1991 Hamburg Markthalle Support from NOFX and Condition Red
June 18, 1991 This was an evening show, added due to the original two shows at the Markthalle on the 17th and 18th being sold out
Due to poor advertising for this show, only about 200 people turned up
The band took requests from those in the crowd and let them come up on stage and sing some of the songs
Night show
Support from Mucky Pup
June 19, 1991 Coesfeld Fabrik
June 20, 1991 Herford Rock Heaven Support from Mind Over Board
June 21, 1991 Frankfurt Volksbildungsheim Support from Negazione
June 22, 1991 Nuremberg Serenadenhof
June 23, 1991 Munich Theaterfabrik Support from No Twist
June 24, 1991 Kaufbeuren Zeppelinhalle
June 26, 1991 Zürich Switzerland Rote Fabrik
June 27, 1991 Stuttgart Germany LKA Longhorn
June 28, 1991 Kirrlach Rheintalhalle Support from Baffdecks, Happy Hour and Dead Monroes
June 29, 1991 Giessen VFB Waldstadion Part of the Bizarre Festival
Of the eleven bands playing the Saturday, Bad Religion were fifth on the line-up, behind Pixies, Danzig, Stiff Little Fingers and The Alarm
June 30, 1991 Cologne Rose Club
July 1, 1991 Oberhausen Music Circus Ruhr Support from The Dickies and Noise Annoys
July 2, 1991 Nijmegen Netherlands Doornroosje
July 3, 1991 London United Kingdom The Dome Support from Inside Out, Sleep and Adversary
July 4, 1991 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg
July 5, 1991 Marl Germany Schacht 8 Support from Noise Annoys
Release party for Tribal Area 5.
July 6, 1991 Berlin Stadtpark Weissensee Day two of the two-day Rock Together Open Air festival
Bad Religion headlined the Saturday night, over Napalm Death and Discharge

Band Members

Greg Graffin – Vocals
Brett Gurewitz – Guitar, back-up vocals
Greg Hetson – Guitar
Jay Bentley – Bass, back-up vocals
Bobby Schayer – Drums
Karat Faye - F.O.H.- Engineer

References

  1. ↑ Bobby Schayer – May 22,1991 – I Officially Played My First Bad... Facebook
  2. ↑ Big Bang | Dicography | The Bad Religion Page – Since 1995
  3. ↑ 1991 – Against the Grain Tour | Tours & shows| The Bad Religion Page – Since 1995
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