Car vs Driver, Braid, Inkwell,

July 21, 1995 - Our last show. I remember Inkwell played on the floor of the Somber Reptile because they didn't want to play on a stage. The crowd was bummed. Bob Nanna from Braid read a little speech before their set - here it is:

It was a good show, and we had just finished recording the "Out of a Silent Sky" album, so it wrapped up the band in a nice neat package. This was the last time we played together until around 1997 when we were all living in Atlanta again and decided to play another show just for fun (see next flyer below).

Tilt, Levelhead, Car vs Driver,

February 10, 1995 - I made this flyer from GI Joe cards I had. Pretty dorky.

8 Bark, Car vs Driver, The Buck Pets

January 24, 1995 - I liked 8 Bark, but that girl in the band always looked like a pissed-off school teacher to me.

Car vs Driver, Inkwell, Lowboy, Scout

December 30, 1994 - Our first show with Lowboy, who included Craig Lee Dempsey later in The 42/At The Price Of The Union/Thoroughbred/Good Friday Experiment and Brian Fielden (sp?) later in The 42 and San Augustin. These were kids from Stockbridge - Southside Atlanta. This was also Inkwell's last show with their original drummer Josh, who moved to San Francisco. I have a video of them at this show which is pretty good.

Dog Pound, Broken, Levelhead, Car vs Driver,

November 11, 1994 - Car Vs. Driver "Keepers of the Seven Keys". Early computer designed flyer. I think some of the guys in Thenceforward made this one. Justin? I think we had to start early because it was disco night at the Somber Reptile.

The Queers, Car vs Driver,

October 14, 1994 - Another show with the Queers. We always played well with them.

Levelhead, Car vs Driver, Act of Faith,

September 24, 1994 - First appearance by Levelhead on the Car Vs. Driver flyer archive. Great band. I'll post their single sometime.

Floodgate, Car vs Driver, Scout, Inkwell

July 23, 1994 - According to Steve's notes, this show never happened, but I remember seeing Floodgate at the Somber Reptile, and buying their LP, which I still have. Am I remembering this wrong? Also, very early Inkwell show here.

Cough Syrup, Car vs Driver, Friction, The Martians

June 19, 1994 - The first time we ever played with the Lukens brothers (later to appear in Hal al Shedad, Year Zero, Retconned, Ultivac and a million other bands) as well as our friends Friction from Chicago. A few days later we went on our first East Coast tour, and played several shows with Friction, Current, Angel Hair, The Yah Mos, Spirit Assembly, Hose Got Cable, FYP, Assfactor 4 and many others. I remember Jon Rothman asking the crowd during this show for donations to help with our tour costs. I think Matt and Steve told him to shut up.

Drive Like Jehu, Car vs Driver, Tanner, Sunny Day Real Estate

June 4, 1994 - Probably the pinnacle of Car Vs. Driver shows. Steve worked with a booking agent on this one, which he said he would never do again. This show was amazing. Drive Like Jehu ended their set with "Luau", and at the last hit, blew the entire power for the club. Also, Sunny Day Real Estate played at the Lazy Lizard Lounge downstairs on the same night, but I didn't watch them.

Act of Faith, Car vs Driver, Broken,

June 3, 1994 - This was a big show. Probably the largest show Car Vs. Driver had played so far at the Somber Reptile. Act of Faith were always nice to include us on their shows, even though we were not in the same style of hardcore, but they were inclusive like that.

May 6, 1994 - Unfortunately Unwound didn't show up for this show, but instead Highway 66 and Don's Ex-Girlfriend from Gainesville played instead, who weren't bad at all. One rumor is that Unwound broke down in Birmingham and couldn't make it to the show. Another rumor is that Unwound was told the show would suck, and not to show up. Either way, I was bummed as New Plastic Ideas had just come out and I was really excited about seeing them. I got to see them on their next tour for The Future Of What at the Midtown Music Hall. Here is a video from that show. This is the first contribution by Scott Wishart to our flyers, which greatly improved the design and overall professionalism of our promotional material.

April 23, 1994 - I made this flyer from the instruction manual for the Indy 500 Atari game. I always liked the artwork for Atari games as they made them look so interesting, but then the actual game would be horrible. Indy 500 was not a bad game, though. I especially liked the ice levels where the cars would drift all over the track.

Holy Rollers, Car vs Driver, Harvey Milk

April 13, 1994 - Harvey Milk was a bit too much for me to take back then, but nowadays I look at them as one of the best bands to ever come out of Georgia. I think their van was stolen after this show and all their gear was ripped off. I was never a big Holy Rollers fan, but it was fun to play with any Dischord band.

Hoover, Fiddlehead, Car vs Driver,

March 9, 1994 - This was a show for the ages. Hoover, Fiddlehead and Car Vs. Driver, what a lineup. I remember we played terribly, and I think it was because Steve played to my left and Jon on my right, which was opposite to every other show we played. For some reason, probably superstition, I always needed Steve in my right ear and Jon in my left. The opposite happened in Hal al Shedad, when Ben had to be on my left and Ed on my right.

Rain Like the Sound of Trains, Freemasonry, Car vs Driver, Bite,

February 19, 1994 - This was probably the best show we played thus far. Rain Like the Sound of Trains tweaked people pretty hard at this show, but they were awesome and totally won me over. They are on my top 10 list of all-time favorite Dischord bands, and I'm glad we got to play with them. Another flyer for the show below, which is also possibly my favorite Car Vs. Driver flyer of all time.

Car vs Driver, Crisis Under Control, No Fraud, Quadiliacha

December 4, 1993 - No Fraud gets last billing on this flyer, even though they were the only touring band on this show. This has Matt Mauldin humor all over it. We played our very first show with Quadiliacha (and Gauge from Chicago), but I think this is the only time we played with Crisis Under Control.

Bite, Barrel, Freemasonry, Car vs Driver,

November 7, 1993 - Classic Atlanta local show flyer. I think Rebar might have played instead of Barrel, but I'm not sure.

Pink Lincolns, Spiney Norman, The Queers, Car vs Driver,

October 31, 1993 - Another flyer for the same show. I remember Steve threw up after our set at one of these Queers shows, but I can't remember which. I remember that one of the guys in the Queers saw Steve puke, though.

The Queers, Car vs Driver, Spiney Norman, Pink Lincolns,

October 31, 1993 - We played with the Queers and the Pink Lincolns at the Somber Reptile on Halloween. I thought Midget Farmers played this show as well, but I could be wrong. The boy in the photo is Jon Rothman.