Patreon Exclusive: Philadelphia, PA – 4/10/1992

With all of our coverage of cities on the upcoming tour, we found ourselves in a bit of a logjam this past week. Since Philly shows were happening prior to the normal episode release date, it made more sense to go with the Baltimore 2013 show for the main platform. It also helps that there are a full array of early Philly shows we could’ve gone back to when there’s been a total of… one Baltimore show, so that why we’ve decided to give this episode the Patreon exclusive treatment!

This show took place when the band was just starting to surge. Unplugged had already been recorded, and by the time that they returned home after their run in Europe, Americans had caught on to them and they starting to become high in demand. The night following this show would be their first stint playing SNL, so the band was feeling good about where they stood. Though Ed makes a comment about wanting to leave Seattle to get away from being labeled a “grunge band”, the spirits were incredibly high and the energy was palpable. All of the classic Ten songs were performed in their original sound, and we even get a quick appearance from Release in this set. Of course we’ll see Ed’s hijinks become a part of this as he does what was so commonplace in this era during Porch – his best Evel Knievel impersonation.