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Bands on campus

Editor’s note: My email conversation with Al Strickler ’83 and James Dooley ’83 about bands playing on campus sparked the following from James.

I can tell you exactly who played at our spring fling thing from 1980 to 1983.

  • 1980: David Johansen (formerly of the New York Dolls and later toured as Buster Poindexter), Robin Lane and the Chartbusters (great first LP, faded away unfortunately)
  • 1981: NRBQ—played indoors due to rain, worst show of the lot but still a good show
  • 1982: Squeeze, Flock of Seagulls—Flock of Seagulls had just released their first LP and were fantastic, but Squeeze blew them out of the water (IMO, anyway!)
  • 1983: U2—they had just released their third LP (War) in the spring of 1983, and most of the set was from that LP. Bono had just started his phase of waving a huge flag as he walked/strutted around the stage. Good show, but it was a short, one-hour-only set. I believe our budget for the show was $10K, and they would only play for us for an hour at the rate.

All said, a pretty awesome lineup of bands for that era! 1982 show may have been the best one! I should add that the 1980 show was on the upper quad by Jarvis and Cook, etc. I dormed in Jarvis my first year and thought it was the greatest thing ever to have a show right outside my dorm (perhaps as a consequence, my freshman year grades were not the best). I think NRBQ played in Mather. The last two shows were on the playing fields below the upper quad and closer to the football stadium. At that time, they were used for soccer and lax.

James Dooley ’83
New York, New York

James Day, son of Gina (Policastro) Day ’09, enjoys the spring issue while snuggling with his grandmother

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James Day, son of Gina (Policastro) Day ’09, enjoys the spring issue while snuggling with his grandmother.