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San Francisco Area  

     Version 1 of The Molecules played in every kind of venue imaginable. From large clubs to house parties, record stores, dive bars, restaurants, art galleries and the 2nd Bay Ares Improvised Music Festival. They averaged about two shows per month. Here is a list of some of the clubs they performed in those years.

          DNA Lounge, Club Komotion, The chameleon, The Blue Bar - (Portland, OR)
          Olive's, The  Paradise Lounge, Nightbreak, New Max - (Eurene, OR)
          CW Saloon, Elbow Room, The Works-(San Jose, CA), OK Hotel, (Seattle, WA)
          The Heinz, Morty's, Shamrock(Los Angeles), Bottom of the Hill

USA Tour 1992

              April  16     Ragee's - Los Angeles, CA
                           17    Gallery X -  Phoenix, AZ
                           18    Downtown Performance Center - Tucson, AZ
                            20   Jelly's - Austin, TX
                            21   Downtown Grounds - Houston, TX
                            22   Tal's Dart Bar                                   
                                   23   Tuxedo Junction - Birmingham, AL
                            24   The Chucker - Tuscaloosa, AL
                            25   Clemson University - Clemson, SC
                            28   Racks - Morganton, NC
                            29   (name of Venue?) Richmond, VA 
                            30   14 Carrot Cabaret - Baltimore, MD
                 May    1      Killtime -  Philadelphia, PA 
                            3     Rock Barr - New Haven, CT
                            4     Knitting Factory - New York, NY
                            5     Trinity College - Hartford, CT
                            6     The Middle East - Boston, MA
                                  8     AS220 -  Providence, RI
                           10    The Beehive - Pittsburgh, PA
                           13    Elmer's - Detroit, MI
                           14    600 Cermak - Chicago, IL
                           15    Dreamers - Chicago, IL
                           16    Walker Center Performing Arts -  Milwaukee, WI
                           17    Uptown Bar - Minneapolis, MN
                            20   Bar and Grill -  Salt Lake City, UT
                            21   The Crazy Horse - Boise, ID
                            22  New Max -  Eugene, OR
                            23  Satyricon - Portland, OR

Europe Spring 1993

                    May     Le Confort Moderne - Poitiers, France
                                          Musique Action Festival - Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France 
                                         (two concerts, name of venues?) - Prague, Czech Republic

European Tour Spring 1994

                   March  22   (name of venue?) Bourge, France
                                   25    Bloom -  Milan, Italy
                                   26    La Casa a Chocs - Neu Chatel, Switzerland
                                   27    Mistral Gagnant -  Saint Etienne, France
                                   29   102 -  Grenoble, France
                                   31    Ellbore Le Sixeme Son - Chambery, France
                       April    1       El Paso - Turin, Itlay
                                   2      Noumatouff -  Mulhouse, France
                                   5      Le Confort Moderne -  Poitiers, France
                                   6      Do Re Mi -  Bordeaux, France
                                   7      La Castiance - La Rochelle, France
                                   8      Balthazar - Thiers, France
                                   9      Reithalle - Bern, Switzerland 
                                  10     La tour, Geneva, Switzerland

San Francisco Area

   Chris Millner left right after the 94 European tour. After several months Ryo replaced Chris on bass. The Molecules continued to play the same clubs in the Bay Area, plus a few new ones where added.

           Night Break, The Fillmore, Bean Benders, Stork Club

European Tour Fall 1995

     All of the shows on the Fall tour, except the last two, where with the Japanese band Ruins. 

              September  19    CCAM - Nancy Les Vandoeuvre, France
                                         20   Pezner - Lyon, France
                                         21   102 - Grenoble, France
                                         22    Festival Les Eclairs de Septembre - Marseilles, France
                                         23    La tour - Geneva, Switzerland
                                         24    Reithalle - Bern, Switzerland
                                         25    Instants Chavires - Paris, France
                                         27    La Castiance - La Rochelle, France
                                         28    Le Jimmy - Bordeaux, France
                                         29    Le Confort Moderne - Poitiers
                                         30    (name of Festival?) - Bourges, France
                   October         1       Vorax Festival - Vincenza, Italy
                                          2     Clandestino - Faenza, Italy
                                          3     (name of venue?) Turin, Italy
                                         11    Eurokot Festival -  Zurich, Switzerland
                                         13    B.A.C.H. - Vienna, Austria 

  Japan Winter 1995

       During this tour The Molecules got to perform with some of their favorite Japanese bands, Ruins, Omoide Hatoba, Kirihito, Coa. There was also a duet set of music with Ron Anderson and Yoshida Tatsuya in Kyoto, a trio with Ron Anderson, Yoshida Tatsuya and Seiichi Yamamoto in Osaka. The Molecules and Ruins did an improvisation set in Tokyo at Show Boat. At La Mama in  Tokyo, The Molecules invited Otomo Yoshihide on stage for an improvisation. Ron Anderson and Yoshida Tatsuya also played together at a small Jazz club in the outskirts of Tokyo. Some of the music from that night can be found on the A Is For An Accident CD. (see catalog) 

               December             9   (name of venue?) Kyoto             
                                                 10   Fandango -  Osaka
                                                 11   Show boat -  Tokyo
                                                 12   La Mama -  Tokyo

      After the tour of Japan, The Molecules had planed to work on  new material for the next CD, and to set up a tour of Europe. When Ryo was denied permission  to enter the United  States by U. S. customs, he was replaced by John Shiurba.  The Molecules continued to play locally and in 1996 did a short Northwest tour with Melt Banana. The Molecules continued with recording work on their never released triple CD until June of 1998 when Ron departed to live in Europe and then New York City.

European Tour Spring 1997

              March 12   Dodorama - Rotterdam, Netherlands
                                  13   Zwischenfall - Bochum, Germany
                                  14   Roter Salon - Berlin, Germany
                                  15   ZV Bunker - Chemnitz, Germany
                                  16   Turm - Halle, Germany
                                  17   Haus Lichtinstein - Tubingen, Germany
                                  18   Desi -  Nurnberg, Germany
                                  19   Tu-club - Vienna, Austria
                                  20   Utopia - Innsbruck, Austria
                                  21   Sauton - Saint Gallen, Switzerland
                                  23   La Case A Chocs - Neuchatel, Switzerland    
     
The second half of the tour in Europe was with Badgewearer and Rogojine.

                         26   Instants Chavires - Paris, France
                               27   Pez Ner - Lyon, France 
                               28   Tapavu - Grenoble, France
                               29   M.J.C. Mirabeau - Marseille, France
                               30   Sall des Fetes - Castets. France
                               31   Gaxtetxte d'Acotz - Saint Jean De Luz, France
                     April  1     Bar Laminak - Bayonne, France
                               2     Le Jimmy - Bordeaux, France
                               3     Tontons Flingueur - Rennes, France
                               5     MJC Porte Oceane - Le Havre, France
                               6     Chez Pichon - Nantes, France
                              10    Clandestino - Faenza, Italy 
                              12    Csa L'Asilo - Ancona, Italy        

 East Coast Tour Fall 1997

       October       29   Knitting Factory  New York, NY
                              30    Up-Stairs At Nick's - Philadelphia, PA
                              31    Megaphone  Loft - Baltimore, MD
           November  1      (name of venue?) - Atlanta, GA 
                              3      (name of venue?) - Louisville, KY
                              4      (name of venue?) - Cleveland, OH
                              5      Bee Hive - Pittsburgh, PA
                              8      AS220 - Providence, RI
                              9      (afternoon) Brass City Records - Waterbury, CT
                              9      (night) (name of venue?) - New York, NY       

Molecules 2006

April      7th - Hemlock Tavern - San Francisco

What? Yeah! No shit!  Ron made a stop over in San Francisco on the way to Tokyo (Ronruins tour), do a concert with The Molecules.  (Ron Anderson, Tom Scandura, John Shiurba) Jump to January of 2007 a new CD/DVD release called Friends this is a best of the unreleased triple CD and a DVD history of performance from all 3 versions of the band.  February 2007 West coast tour San Francisco to Vancouver. May of 2007 European tour.

The Molecules West Coast tour 2007

 January      27 - San Francisco CA - Hemlock Tavern
                           28 - Oakland, CA - 21 Grand with BlipVert
                           31 - Portland, OR - Towne Lounge  
 February     1 - Seattle, WA - Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre
                            2 - Vancouver, Canada - Push International Performing Arts Festival at Western Front
                            3 - Olympia, WA - The China Clipper

Music Unlimited Festival 07 - Wels, Austria

The Molecules Spring European tour 2007

May 4 - Cherbourg-Octeville, France - Festival Terra Terma
          5 - Lille, France - La Malterie
          6 -  Brussels, Belgium - Le Magazin Quatre - with Yolk
          7 -  Rennes - France - La Fete des Mason
          8 -  Poitiers -  France - Zooprod
          9 - Bordeaux, France - Athénée Libertaire
        10 - Bourges, France - Emmetrop
        11 -  Lyon, France - Sonic
        12 - Brainains, France - Moulin de Brainans
        13 - Geneva, Switzerland - Cave 12
        14 - Strasbourg, France - Molodoi
        16 - Reims, France - Excalibur
        17 - Dijon, France -  Les Tanneries
        18 - Nancy, France - Musique Action Festival @ L'Autre Canal
        19 - Paris, France - Instants Chavirés

The Molecules Autumn Europe 2007

November 3 - Bern, Switzerland - Reithalle
                       7 - Wurzburg, Germany - Immerhin
                       9 - Wels, Austria - Music Unlimited Festival

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