"Past Triumphs
and Failures, Quality Memories and Things We
Might Want To Forget,
Happily more of the former and just a few of
the latter"
Yes, Pollo Del Mar happily performs for
private functions... Think of us for your next Christmas Party,
Bar Mitzvah, Bar-B-Que, Office Party or Bachelor Party. Contact
your Personal Pollo Concierge at:
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| Date |
Location |
With... |
Notes
21/277 |
| Sep 16 |
The Hotel Utah, San Francisco |
Daikaiju, The Lava Rats |
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| Sep 8 |
Streetlight
Records, San Jose |
Phil Dirt! |
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| Aug 23 |
The Park Chalet, San Francisco |
Skinless Pollo |
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| Aug 5 |
The Pier at Huntington Beach |
Eliminators, Slacktone, Insect Surfers, Outerwave |
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| Aug 4 |
The Purple Orchid, El Segundo |
Insect Surfers |
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| Aug 3 |
Zombie Lounge, San Diego |
Jason Lee & The R.I.Ptides, Zombie Surf Camp |
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| Aug 2 |
Pappy and Harriet's, Pioneertown |
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| Aug 1 |
Baja Cantina, Marina Del Rey |
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| Jul 26 |
The Park Chalet, San Francisco |
Skinless Pollo |
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| Jul 12 |
The Parkway Theater, Oakland |
Will the Thrill and THUNDERBALL |
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| Jun 16 |
Speakeasy Brewery, San Francisco |
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| Jun 9 |
The Park Chalet, San Francisco |
Skinless Pollo |
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| May 18 |
The Park Chalet, San Francisco |
Skinless Pollo |
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| Apr 20 |
The Park Chalet, San Francisco |
Skinless Pollo |
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| TEXAS TOUR |
Thanks Mike Vernon!!! |
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| Apr
1 |
Trophy's, Austin TX |
3 Balls of Fire |
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| Mar
31 |
Threadgill's, Austin TX |
3 Balls of Fire, Bob Spaulding |
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| Mar
30 |
Sam's
Burger Joint, San Antonio TX |
3 Balls of Fire, Bob Spaulding |
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| Mar
29 |
The
Executive Surf Club, Corpus Christi TX |
3 Balls of Fire |
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| Mar
28 |
The
Last Concert Cafe, Houston TX |
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| Mar
23 |
The
Blank Club, San Jose |
Pyronauts, The Barbwires, Mr. Neutron |
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| Mar
17 |
The
Brookdale Lodge, Brookdale |
Gary Hoey |
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| Mar
16 |
The
Hotel Utah, San Francisco |
The Culver City Dub Collective |
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| Feb
5 |
Make
Out Room, San Francisco |
Wilson Gil and the Willful Sinners |
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| Jan
12 |
The
Park Chalet, San Francisco |
| Date |
Location |
With... | Notes 22/185 |
| Dec 4 |
The
Pit at KFJC Radio 89.7 |
Phil
Dirt |
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| Nov 27 |
West Coast Live
Radio Show |
Sedge Thompson |
hear it online |
| Nov 11 |
Parkway Theater,
Oakland |
Monica the Tiki Goddess
and Ultraman |
thanks Will the Thrill! |
| Nov 6 |
Suzy's, Hermosa
Beach |
Insect Surfers, The
Detonators, Boardwalkers |
thanks Ted!!!!! |
| Nov 5 |
The Whistle Stop,
San Diego |
The Sand Devils |
thanks Hans!!! |
| Nov 5 |
Lou's Records,
San Diego |
thanks Toby! |
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| Nov 4 |
SLO Farmer's Market,
San Luis Opisbo |
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| Oct 28 |
19 Broadway,
Fairfax |
DICK DALE! |
finally... |
| Oct 16 |
Thee Parkside,
San Francisco |
The Barbary Coasters |
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| Oct 9 |
23 Club, Brisbane |
The Ken Sealy Band |
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| Sep 28 |
Hotel Utah,
San Francisco |
The Berzerkers |
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| Sep 11 |
Streelight Records,
San Jose |
KFJC Penny Pitch |
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| Sep 11 |
Linda del Mar
Beach, Pacifica |
The Skegs, The Lava
Rats, The Corsairs |
Pictures here |
| Aug 28 |
Tokyo Garden,
Fresno |
The Neptunes |
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| Aug 21 |
The
Speakeasy Brewery, San Francisco |
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| Aug 15 |
Hotel Utah,
San Francisco |
Surf Report, The
Pyronauts |
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| Aug 14 |
El Rio, San
Francisco |
The Aquamarines |
Launch Party for
the NorCal Women's Surf Fest |
| Jun 20 |
KFJC Battle of
the Surfin' Bands, Hotel Utah |
Aquamarines, Berzerkers,
Corsairs, Lava Rats, The Neptunes,The Pyronauts, The Skegs,
Splashback, Surf Cinema, The Sub-Mersians, Surf Liners |
The surf show of the
year! See Pics. Click here for show info. |
| May 16 |
Bay to Breakers
2004 |
The best year yet! |
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| Apr 18 |
The Blank Club,
San Jose |
The Surf Coasters,
Shig & Buzz |
KFJC Co-Present |
| Apr 17 |
Old Ironsides,
Sacremento |
The Surf Coasters,
The Hypnotic IV |
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| Apr 16 |
The Brookdale
Lodge, Brookdale |
The Surf Coasters,
Sub-Mersians |
| Date | Location | With... | Notes 20/163 |
| Nov 22 |
Hall of Sciences,
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco |
Another wedding,
and we love weddings! |
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| Nov 1 |
KFJC Radio |
Phil Dirt |
Phil's Review
is in the "Live" column @ Reverb Central |
| Oct 18 |
Old Ironsides, Sacremento |
Hypnotic IV, Slacktone |
Read the show report |
| Sep 28 |
The Hotel Utah, San Francisco |
Susan and The Surftones,
Surf Cinema |
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| Aug
23 |
The Speakeasy Brewery, San Francisco |
Free
Beer! |
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| Aug
3 |
The
Hotel Utah, San Francisco |
Ancondas
(Netherlands), Daikaiju |
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| The
HALF-OFF BIKINI SALE Tour |
See Pictures
from the tour |
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| July
6 |
Huntington Beach Int'l Surfing Museum
Huntington Beach |
Alvarados,
Eliminators |
Thanks
Dusty and Bob |
| July
5 |
The Surf and Saddle
Encinitas |
The
Migs, The Infrareds |
Thanks
Rory |
| July
5 |
The San Diego County Fair
San Diego |
Monster
Truck Pull |
Thanks
Art |
| July
4 |
Surf City Run
Huntington Beach |
Thanks
Bob |
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| July
3 |
The
Lava Lounge Hollywood |
Slacktone |
Thanks
Dusty |
| July
2 |
Baja
Cantina Playa
Del Rey |
lots
of silicone |
Thanks
Jamie |
| May
18 |
Bay
to Breakers Race, San Francisco |
lots
of naked people |
|
| 5
Mayo |
Amoeba Records, San Francisco |
El Vez |
We back up El Vez for Cinco
de Mayo! |
| Apr
27 |
Thee Parkside, San Francisco |
Boss
Martians |
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| Mar
29 |
Thee Parkside, San Francisco |
Calamity
and Main |
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| Mar 9 | The Hotel Utah, San Francisco | Slacktone and The Migs | Surf Sunday at the Utah
Pics |
| Mar 1 | West Coast Live Live NPR Radio Show, Bayfront Theater in Fort Mason, San Francisco | El Vez | Check the WCL website for streaming audio of this show |
| Feb 9 | The Hotel Utah, San Francisco, | Insect Surfers and The Hypnotic 4 | Ferenc plays bass with the Insect Surfers |
| Feb 8 | The Blue Lamp, Sacramento | Insect Surfers and The Hypnotic 4 | Ferenc plays bass with the Insect Surfers |
| Date |
Location |
With... | Notes 10/143 |
| Oct 6 | The Hotel Utah, San Francisco | Slacktone and the Nebulas | See Pics |
| Aug 1 | Kimo's, San Francisco | The Balboas | |
| Jul 19 | The Hotel Utah, San Francisco | 3 Balls of Fire | |
| Jul 4 | 4th of July Party, Marin | Mel Waldorf plays bass and we become Pollo "Mel" Mar | |
| Jun 23 | CD Land, Palo Alto | Thanks Stretch! | |
| May 19 | The Examiner Bay to Breakers, corner of Hayes and Market Streets, San Francisco | about 100,000 runners going by | |
| May 10 | The Deuces, San Francisco | The Shi-Tones and The Mach IV | |
| Mar 27 | The Elbo Room, San Francisco | The Aqua Velvets | |
| Feb 23 | Casa de Buena Vista Officers Club, Treasure Island, San Francisco | Private birthday party | |
| Feb 2 | Rick and Marty's Wedding, Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco |
| Date | Location | With... | Notes 26/133 |
| Dec 28 | The Hotel Utah, San Francisco, CA | The Aqua Velvets | |
| Sep 22 | West Coast Live NPR Radio Show, Julia Morgan Theater, Berkley, CA | Garrison Keillor (Prarie Home companion), Author Douglas Coupland (Generation X), Jazz singer Paula West | RealAudio archive |
| Jul 21 | Old Western Saloon, Point Reyes Station | ||
| Jul 20 | The Paradise Lounge, San Francisco | SubArachnoid Space, Buzzy Frets, The Berzerkers and De'Briah | Video shoot |
| Jul 13 | Benefit and Live Recording, San Francisco | recording of our Live in JapanTown CD | |
| Jul 8 | The Chronicle Marathon, On third Street near Lefty O'Doul Bridge at Pac Bell Park, San Francisco | about 100,000 runners going by | the closest we will ever get to playing at Pac Bell Stadium |
| Jul 4 | Private Party, Marin | ||
| Jun 30 | Don and Lisa's Wedding | ||
| Jun 12 | 330 Ritch Street, San Francisco | Spud's Surf night | |
| Jun 10 | The Cactus Club, San Jose | The Red Elvises | Peter Brown plays bass |
| Jun 8 | Voodoo Lounge, San Francisco | Those Darn Accordions and The Rev | |
| May 20 | The 90th Annual Examiner Bay to Breakers, San Francisco | ||
| May 13 | Club Fusetti, San Rafael | ||
| May 4 | The Deuces, San Francisco | The Shi-tones | |
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See Photos |
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| Apr 22 | The Pier at Huntington Beach | The Deoras and Surf Report | |
| Apr 21 | The Tiki in SAN DIEGO | Insect Surfers | |
| Apr 20 | Mr. T's Bowl in HIGHLAND PARK | Insect Surfers | |
| Apr 7 | LaSalles Chico | The Nowhere By Nowhere Festival | Hundreds of bands descend on Chico for 4 days of music and velveeta and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale |
| Apr 7 | Aca Taco, Chico | The Nowhere By Nowhere Festival | |
| Mar 20 | The Bottom of
the Hill San Francisco |
Laika and the Cosmonauts , Ape | Read the review by Natalie Drest |
| Mar 18 | New George's San Rafael | Mark Karan (from The Other Ones), Snout, Power and Light | |
| Mar 10 | The Deuces | The Neptunes | |
| Feb 17 | Cafe DuNord, San Francisco | Cover
to Cover Benefit for the Popular Noise foundation |
An evening of local bands covering the music of other Bay Area bands, past and present. |
| Feb 4 | The Bottom of
the Hill San Francisco |
Slacktone, The Saturn V, Drifting Sand | Wild Wild Winter Party! |
| Feb 2 | Cubberly Community Center Palo Alto |
A Benefit to Send Medical Supplies to Cuba | |
| Jan 12 | Voodoo Lounge, San Francisco | The Alvarados |
| Date | Location | With... | Notes 13/107 |
| Sep 22 | McNear's Mystic Theater, Petaluma | The Mermen | Read the show review |
| The Internal Combustion Tour
Tour Diary |
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| Aug 6 | Sacred Grounds in San Pedro | The Neptunas, Splashback, The Neptunes, The Boardwalkers | "Surfer's Stomp Numero Dos" |
| Aug 5 | Mr. T's Bowl in Highland Park | Spy-Fi, Davie Allan and the Arrows, The Boardwalkers, Insect Surfers, The Rancheras | "Acid Beach Party" |
| Aug 4 | The Tiki in San Diego | The Deoras | |
| Aug 4 | Lou's Records, Encinitas | ||
| Aug 3 | Club Fred in Fresno | The Neptunes | |
| Jul 27 | The Red Devil Lounge | Hat | Jeremy Rexford joins PDM |
| May 21 | 89th Examiner Bay to Breakers | **show #100** |
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| May 12 | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | Jumbo Shrimp | |
| Mar 25 | The Tiki House, San Diego | The Space Cossacks | See Pics |
| Mar 25 | The Pitcher House, Hermosa Beach | John and the Nightriders, Slacktone, The Space Cossacks | See Pics | Show Report by Ms. Sandi Beach |
| Mar 4 | ILW Union Hall | Sunless Day and K-9 | Benefit for a fallen Bike Messenger |
| Feb 18 | Private party for DiCarta, Redwood Cty |
| Date | Location | With... | Notes 16/94 |
| Dec 11 | WEST COAST LIVE
The Frieght and Salvage.Berkeley |
The Sonos Handbell Ensemble | Jeremy Rexford and Jab from Herb join
us. WCL.ORG has a RealAudio web cast of the December 11th program! |
| Dec 4 | Tip Top Inn, San Francisco | The Aquamen | The Aquamen play RUSH songs! |
| Dec 4 | WINTER SWELL at KFJC at Los Altos | The Surf Kings | |
| Nov 19 | Paradise Lounge , San Francisco | The Mermen | Show Poster! - SEE PICS! "Devil" CD release show |
| Oct 2 | Jelly's, San Francisco | Slacktone, the Brainwashers | Slacktone PICS, Pollo Pics |
| Sep11 | Private Party at Jellys, SF | ||
| Jul 18 | The HiBall Lounge, San Francisco | Pics | |
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See Pics |
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| July 16 | Moonlight Club, , Santa Rosa | Seventh Day Rototiller | |
| July 17 | Kenwood Vineyard in Sonoma Valley | ||
| July 17 | Old Vic Ma Stokeld's,, Santa Rosa | Seventh Day Rototiller | |
| July 18 | Kenwood Vineyard in Sonoma Valley | ||
| July 9 | Beach Chalet | John Hamilton sits in on bass | |
| May 16 | San Francisco Examiner Bay to Breakers | See a bit of the article that mentioned us in the SF Examiner! | |
| May 12 | San Carlos Convention Center | Big Kahuna Private Party | |
| Apr 23 | The HiBall Lounge | Herb | "Surfin Senorita" release party See Pics | Read the show report |
| Mar 13 | Paradise Lounge | I Cosmonauti (Italy) | Jeremy Rexford plays drums |
| Date | Location | With... | Notes 18/78 |
| Nov 8 | Foothill Club Long Beach | ||
| Nov 8 | The International Surfing Museum , Huntington Beach | ||
| Oct 24 | The University Sports Bar, Seattle WA | Plank and The Deep End | |
| Oct
22 |
Private Party for NetPress | Another
Crab feed! |
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| Aug 7 | Hotel Utah San Francisco | ||
| Aug1 | Lost and Found Saloon, San Francisco | ||
| Jul 18 | Beach Chalet San Francisco | ||
| Jul 9 | Paradise Lounge San Francisco | The Space Cossacks. | |
| Jul 7 | Ol' Ironsides , Sacramento, CA | The Space Cossacks | |
| Jun 17 | Cafe Du Nord , San Francisco | The Aqua Velvets | |
| Jun 13 | Lost and Found Saloon , San Francisco | Slacktone | |
| May 23 | Lost and Found Saloon, San Francisco | Planet Seven | |
| May 21 | Moscone Center, San Francisco | Big Kahuna Private Party | |
| May 17 | San Francisco Examiner Bay to Breakers | ||
| Apr 17 | Paradise Lounge | Aqua-Velvets | |
| Mar 13 | Lost and Found Saloon | Slacktone and The Berzerkers | |
| Feb 28 | Lost and Found Saloon | Matt Hogan & The Incredible Diamonds | |
| Jan 28 | Cafe Du Nord |
| Date | Location | With... | Notes 23/60 |
| Dec 20 | WEST COAST LIVE, The Cowell Theater, Fort Mason in San Francisco | Sonos Handbell Ensemble | WCL.ORG has a RealAudio web cast
of their December 20th show. December 20th, 1997 |
| Dec 6 | The Purple Union Columbus Street, San Francisco | Poontwang, Berzerkers, Tube-Sharks | |
| Nov 8 | The Transmission Theater | Brazil 2001, Insect Surfers, Slacktone, and Jumbo Shrimp | |
| Oct 11 | Private Party, Sacremento | The Infamous Eric Party | |
| Sep 30 | MS InternetExplorer 4.0 Release Part, Ft. Mason | Bill Gates | Pollo Del Mar meets Bill Gates! pics and commentary |
| Sep 20 | On the Pier in Santa Cruz | ||
| Sep18 | The Chameleon | King Kukelele, Catherine the Hu-la-go-go Queen | The Ocean is not for Cowards CD Release Party! |
| Aug 24 | Private Party - Sacremento | We dig lobster feeds! | |
| Aug 2 | The Paradise Lounge | Brazil 2001, Sub-Mersians, Torpedoes, Berzerkers, Kelp | A record release party for the "Reef Madness" surf compilation. John Hamilton sits in on bass. |
| Jul 12 | Stumptown Brewery Guerneville | ||
| Jul 11 | Little River Theater Guerneville | ||
| Jun 21 | The Making Waves Festival , SF | ||
| Jun 15 | The North Beach Street Fair | ||
| Jun 7 | Casanova San Francisco | Berzerkers | |
| Jun 7 | KFJC's "Reverb Central" with Phil Dirt | Live radio broadcast | |
| May 9 | Stumptown River Theatre, Guerneville | Hat | |
| Apr 24 | The Chameleon San Francisco | 7th Day Rototiller | |
| Apr 17 | Cocodrie San Francisco | ||
| Mar 21 | The Beach Chalet San Francisco | ||
| Feb 8 | The Hotel Utah, San Francisco | The Aquamen, The Insect Surfers and The Torpedoes | pics |
| Feb 1 | The Purple Onion, San Francisco | Slacktone, The Reventlos, and The Berzerkers | pics |
| Feb 1 | WEST COAST LIVE , The Cowell Theater, Fort Mason in San Francisco | WCL.ORG has a RealAudio web cast
including excerpts from their February 1st show. These excerpts were rebroadcast on February 20th, 1999 includes: |
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| Jan 23 | Lost & Found Saloon, San Francisco | Splashback |
| Date | Location | With... | Notes |
| Dec 31 | The Beach Chalet San Francisco | The Mermen | New Years Eve Show, Pete Brown plays drums |
| Dec 20 | The Stork Club Oakland | ||
| Dec 7 | The Boat Club San Francisco | Pearl Harbor Day | |
| Oct 23 | Stumptown Brewery Guerneville | ||
| Oct 23 | Palookavile Santa Cruz | Berzerkers | Shark Festival |
| Oct 13 | Moe's Alley Santa Cruz | ||
| Sep 15 | Players Club, Belmont, | Berzerkers, The Woodies | The NITRO BIKINI NATIONALS pics |
| Sep 14 | Emeryville Street Fair, Emeryville | pics | |
| Sep 11 | Maritime Hall, SF | Budderball, Baby Snufkin | |
| Aug 25 | Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz | The Parafins | |
| Aug 17 | Zeitgeist, SF | ||
| Jul 28 | Paradise Lounge, SF | The Aquamen, The Woodies and The Penetrators | |
| Jul 28 | KFJC's Summer Surf, Los Altos | The Penetrators | |
| Jun 21 | Making Waves Festival, SF | ||
| Jun 20 | Club Boomerang, SF | The Torpedos | |
| Jun 15 | Schooner's Tavern, SF | ||
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| Jun 9 | Huntington Beach Surf Museum | ||
| Jun 8 | Jack's Sugar Shack, Hollywood | Insect Surfers, Slacktone and Pink Floyd the Barber | |
| Jun 6 | Rusty's, Santa Monica Pier | Brazil 2001 and Slacktone | |
| Jun 4 | Babylon, San Francisco | Splashback, The Torpedos | |
| May 30 | Transmission Theater, San Francisco | Huge, Splashback and The Berzerkers | Big Wednesday" Show, Chris Thomas' Pollo Premier! |
| Mar 20 | Faultline San Rafael | Snout | |
| Feb 28 | The Paradise Lounge San Francisco | pics | |
| Feb 16 | The Purple Onion San Francisco | First and last gig as a trio. We miss Jono! |
| Date | Location | With... | Notes 6 |
| Aug 28 | Bottom of the Hill San Francisco | ||
| July 4 | Zietgiest San Francisco | ||
| Jun 21 | Making Waves Festival San Francisco | ||
| Jun 17 | The Purple Onion San Francisco | Guitar
Wolf (Japan), The High Fives |
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| May 16 | Paradise Lounge San Francisco | ||
| Mar 1 | KFJC's Winter Swell, Los Altos | Aqua-Velvets | Jeff Turner joins Pollo Del Mar! |
| Date | Location | With... | Notes 7 |
| Nov 19 | KFJC Live "in the pit", Los Altos | Live Radio Broadcast | |
| Oct 11 | Paradise Lounge San Francisco | Orbit and the Purple Knifs | Pulp Fiction Relase Party |
| Oct 8 | Marda and Barry's Wedding, San Anselmo | ||
| Sep 14 | Ft. Mason Youth Hostel San Francisco | ||
| Jun 23 | Paradise Lounge San Francisco | Scott Amendola | |
| Jun 7 | Making Waves Festival San Francisco | ||
| Feb 19 | Guy Messick's Party San Francisco | Pollo Del Mar Debut |
February 19, 1993 - First "Surf Jam"
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