Posted AT 3:43 AM EDT on 29/03/07
The ballad of the Rheos
The Rheostatics' first gig was at the Edge in Toronto in 1980; our last gig will be at Massey Hall tomorrow. At the Edge, we opened for a white reggae group from Kitchener, Ont., called the Customers. We didn't get along. One of the bands took an obnoxiously long time to sound-check, and then the Rheos' old keyboard player, Dave Crosby, punched the stage wall. Later, the Customers' singer blew his nose during their set and told the crowd: "This Kleenex is for the Rheostatics.
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