2009 Statistics and retrospect

Well, another year has closed on the Instagon history and data files and I must say that this has been a really fun and productive year. There were lots of shows in lots of places and lots of new and wonderful faces! I think my favorite show of the year was easily Instagon #500 which happened in the spring.. it was a clusterfuk of a good time.. It was great to play with so many old friends like Greg Ginn, Robert Fisher, Dan Kaufman, Scott Huestis, Zack Olsen, and of course Cary Pealer, and many others.. (Charles Ardinger opening the show was probably my favorite part of that night)..it was a great time and I have a scar on my knee from when I bashed it on the stage to remind me of it for the rest of my days. Also this year saw the re-birth of the GARAGE JAZZ ARCHITECTS project which had taken the shape of a trio and is moving along nicely.. so that is my new BAND.. its a real band.. we have practices and set lists and everything.. LOL. Cary Pealer also made a norcal appearance in the Fall when we recorded the new material at KDVS (Instagon #520).. those recordings done by Fenris Wolf at KDVS are amazing.. and we are currently shopping them to labels! All and all it was a great year.. it was the most shows we have played since 2004, and moving north to Sacramento.
2009 also saw the release of 4 NEW full length titles, 1 amazing re-issue, and 7 compilation releases.. we were busy.. the new titles were, if you missed them.. "DEAMON ROCK" - on Auricular Records, "Thee Scream ov Angels on thee Deaf Ears ov Man" on LOVE EARTH MUSIC, LIVE AT TRUE LOVE on TIF, and LIVE AT NORCAL NOISEFEST 2009 from TIF/BANDCAMP.. and the SPACE 1999 -10 year anniversary edition digital remaster on TIF/bandcamp is something very special
So here are the statistics for Instagon for the year 2009.. the deamon and I both thank you for your continued support. - Lob

Instagon 2009
TOTAL NUMBER OF SHOWS PLAYED - 35

number of NOISE shows - 9
(5 trios, 1 quintet, 3 mixers)

TOTAL NUMBER OF VENUES PLAYED - 24
(7 repeated)
festival appearances - 3

TOTAL NUMBER OF PLAYERS - 58
number of NEW players - 22

TOTAL NUMBER OF SONGS/TITLES PLAYED - 114
number of NEW titles - 64
number of NOISE titles - 13

NUMBER OF COMPILATION APPEARANCES - 7
NUMBER OF FULL LENGTH RELEASES - 4

Detailed information about every set from Instagon in 2009 can be seen at the Instagon web site and the data base for 2009.

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photo of Lob by Yvette Lucas