1985.07.04 - Madame Wong's East, Los Angeles, CA, USA

by **Soulmonster** Tue Sep 06, 2011 5:45 pm

July 4, 1985
Madame Wong's East, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Setlist:
01. Reckless Life
02. Shadow of Your Love
03. Jumpin' Jack Flash
04. Think About You
05. Move to the City
06. Don't Cry
07. Nice Boys
08. Back Off Bitch
09. Mama Kin
10. Anything Goes
11. Heartbreak Hotel.

Date:
July 4, 1985.

Venue:
Madame Wong's East.

Location:
Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Line-up:
Axl Rose: Vocals.
Slash: Lead guitar.
Izzy Stradlin: Rhythm guitar and backing vocals.
Duff McKagan: Bass and backing vocals.
Steven Adler: Drums.

Notes:
The band went on late and there were very few people there. During the last song, Heartbreak Hotel, the sound man cut the PA system since they were overtime. The band pulled together and finished the song without the PA system [Marc Canter, "Reckless Road", 2007].

Quotes:

We played Wong’s East one time, and it was just our girlfriends there.

Rock Scene, September 1987

The next show was on the Fourth of July at Madame Wong's East, a restaurant in Chinatown that hosted a lot of punk-rock shows at night. Guns played second on a four-band bill that night. Only three people showed up for our set, including Kat [Duff's girlfriend] and West [Arkeen]. The gig at Madame Wong's was like many of our first shows in that we were booked alongside punk bands. Early in our career we played shows with Social Distortion, the Dickies, and Fear. I guess at first we must have been perceived as that - punk.

Duff's autobiography, "It's So Easy (And Other Lies)", 2011, p. 87-88

Next concert: 1985.07.20 - The Troubadour, Hollywood, CA, USA.

Previous concert: 1985.06.28 - Stardust Ballroom, Hollywood, CA, USA.