Club Congress – Tucson, AZ

September 16th, 2002

The Arizona Star has the only review of the Tucson show I’ve found. Unfortunately, it’s entitled Best Rock Band in America? Not at Club Congress.

It’s not overwhelmingly negative, but it seems to describe a pretty average show. From what I understand, “Club Congress,” is actually the parking lot of the Hotel Congress.

The Aztec Press also has their own review, available here. Excerpt below:

Shortly after 10:30, the headliners took the stage, and for 40 minutes there was no letup. All three members-Brownstein, lead singer Corin Tucker and drummer Janet Weiss-sang on most of the songs. The setlist included songs from their latest release, like “Far Away,” “Oh!” and “Sympathy,” as well as older favorites like “I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone” and “Words and Guitar.”

Tucker paused after a few songs to tell a hilarious story about meeting Robert Plant-who didn’t know who she was) -and Brownstein confessed that the tour had been uneventful thus far.

When someone yelled out a request for “Freebird,” Brownstein joked, “We’ve never heard that one before.”

They were almost unbelievably charming and devoid of pretense. Though it’s hard to imagine that they don’t know how good they are, they haven’t let the hype overwhelm them.

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