THIS BOOK HAS NOW BEEN REVISED FOR 2026 IN TWO VOLUMES - IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED OUT-OF-DATE AND DELETED. A book about the live music that put Minneapolis on the map...no, not that guy, the actual bands that we loved. The ones that hit big and then fractured, like Hüsker Dü and The Replacements. The ones that were big but no one else knew it, like The Suburbs, and Babes In Toyland. The ones that should have hit big, like Gear Daddies and Arcwelder. The ones we liked and now pretend that we didn't, like Soul Asylum and Information Society. The ones we almost got into drunken fistfights with, like Dillinger Four and Lifter Puller. Everyone. It's a concise concert guide to the bands that played the Minneapolis First Avenue venue from 1979 to 2004. Includes mainroom & 7th Street Entry shows, openers / tour support, canceled / moved /unplayed nights, poster artists, and local record stores played. 710 pages, illustrated, with many never-before-seen flyers and handbills.