1990-02-16 | Zero

1:23:37
Transferrer:
Charlie Miller; edited & mastered by SIRMick
SHNID:
Zero1990-02-16.mtx.unk.miller.sirmick.176843.flac1648
Source:
Matrix Mix: [Stereo Soundboard Master DAT (48k)] + [Sennheiser 441's (most likely onstage)]
Lineage:
DAT > Sony PCM-R500 > Tascam DA-3000 > DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz > dBpoweramp > wav 16/48 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > CD Wave > flac16/48
Taper Notes:
View NotesSteve Kimock - guitar
Greg Anton - drums, percussion
Bobby Vega (Robert Vega) - bass
Lowell "Banana" Levinger (Lowell Vincent Levinger III) - keys, vox
Martin Fierro - tenor saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone, percussion, jokes, b.vox  

SIRMick Comments:  
--Probably taped by Steve Fink.
--Thanks to Charlie Miller for providing this source and doing the transfer.
--edited and mastered
--SIRMick
--March 2026  

vg NOTES (2026-03-31):  
--Muchas Gracias to (probably) Steve Fink for recording & sharing this Zero 1990 show & to Charlie Miller for the transfer & to SIRMick for his editing & mastering of it & then spreading it far & wide.  Absolutely Appreciated all around!!  
--Thanks muchly as well to LL user PauleyPav79 for knowing & providing the titles of t04 & t08
--I believe that this recording is missing a portion of the set from the beginning of it...this belief is due to the comments/evidence below about the video of "Severe Tire Damage" existing from this show & not appearing here & also on setlist.fm it lists "Rigor Mortis" as having been played this night...now, admittedly, setlist.fm is not always 1000% accurate & that is the only tune they have listed for this night & so that easily could be incorrect, but if we agree that "STD" & "Rigor Mortis" were performed at this show (or, at least "STD"), then I surmise that they were performed at the top part of this show before the recording we have here begins...I deduce this from the fact that this recording plays from where it begins straight thru to the end & the encore, etc., the beginning tuning track does sound like a band that is tuning for the the next tune & not a band that has 'just taken the stage' (simply going on my intuition here from being at years of live shows)...& the other main clue is that at 3:38 into t03 ("tuning"), Martin says, "Good to see some of you are still alive out there..." - thus implying that they have been doing the set for a while & not just the 14 odd minutes that has taken place on the recording so far at that point, etc...anyone else out there feel me/agree with me on this??  
--comments from the thread of this share at LL:  
----------Charlie Miller (2026-03-31):  "This was not taped by Steve Fink. He didn't start till 1992."  
----------mjcrossuk (2026-04-01):  "There's a video on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZK30wtEX5M of a 13-minute version of "Severe Tire Damage," attributed to this date 2/16/90.  That video, if the date is correct, would suggest that this audio recording is incomplete as "STD" does not appear here.
--regarding the video in the link directly above for "Severe Tire Damage" being from this night or not...I will say that it seems more likely than not & the way that they are positioned onstage in that video does line up with the panning from the onstage mics in this recording (i.e.Kimock & Banana favored in the Left & Bobby & Martin favored in the Right, drums in full stereo)
--I added more detail to the band members info...got rid of the listing for Hadi Al-Saadoon as he is not in that video for "STD" nor do I hear him in the recording
--added the missing song titles (thanks to PauleyPav79!!) & corrected some titles toward how they appear on the original albums
--added more detail to the setlist info & venue info
--this venue no longer exists...it opened in the 1970s as "Ninth Street Exit" (1970s);  then "Pine Street Theatre" (1980-1991);  "RKCNDY Portland (Rock Candy)" (most of 1992);  "La Luna" (1992-1999);  "Pine Street Theatre" (2000-2002);  "Solid State" (2004-2005)...it was also known as "The Pine Street Theater"...the building now hosts an eatery named the "La Luna Cafe" which opened in 2020
--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Luna_(Portland,_Oregon)
--https://thewestendnews.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-pine-street-theatre/
--added pics of the venue  