November 5, 1993 Empire Polo Fields, Indio, CA

setlist: Release, Go, Animal, Why Go, Deep, Jeremy, Glorified G, Daughter/Improv (It’s Time to Realign Your Body with Your Mind), Alive, Rearviewmirror, Improv (Thank You), Blood, Rats, Once, Porch/(Tearing), Fuck Me in the Brain enc: Sonic Reducer, Even Flow, Indifference, Baba O’Riley

notes: This show, originally planned for the LA area, was problematic with respect to parking and cold temperatures. The unruly crowd was moshing in line during the soundcheck and to PA music! Before PJ started, a roadie sang a hysterical rendition of ‘Copa Cabana.’ The audience is launching shoes at the stage even before and during the opening acts. In fact, during Eleven’s set, a shoe hits Jack Iron’s bass drum, he stops the song and says that if he finds out who threw it he would make him pay for the damages (quite pissed). Finally, PJ hits the stage, with the audience behaving outrageously. Prior to ‘Deep,’ Ed remarks, “Kill your local rapist, but torture him first, then serve him to your enemy for dinner.” Later: “The first guy I met today gave me this book and asked if I wanted to know the secret for living forever.” Tossing it into the crowd, he says, “Why the fuck would I want to live forever?” During ‘Porch,’ Ed invites the audience to spit at him. The agitated crowd, continuing to throw stuff onto the stage, leads Ed to comment that “… me and Jeff are going to the front gate and when you exit, we are going to beat the shit out of every barefoot person here” and “… throw a gun so I can shoot you.”

This was an epic show. Was supposed to be in LA but PJ were having their war with Ticketmaster and so they refused to do a show there. This venue is now home to Coachella.

This show became legendary for the tirade that Eddie Vedder threw because of the shoe throwing. It was pretty bad. People were pelting the bands with shoes and anything else they could find. Eddie Vedder threatened to wait at the gate and kick the shit out of whoever was barefoot. They got spit on, Eddie sarcastically asked for that though. They finished the show playing behind their amps to keep away from the shoes. Don't know what triggered all the rowdiness but it started in the lines before the show even began.