Rat Bastard's
To Live and Shave in LA

* * * Tours & Events * * *

To Live And Shave In LA / Holly Hunt - tour 2015

Sat May 23rd - Atlanta
Sun May 24th -  Nashville
Mon May 25th - Dayton
Tue May 26th - Chicago
Wed May 27th - Detroit
Thu May 28th - Cleveland
Fri May 29th - Rochester
Sat May 30th - Providence
Sun May 31 - NYC
Mon Jun 1 - Philadelphia
Tue Jun 2 - Baltimore
Wed Jun 3 - Richmond
Thu Jun 4 - Chapel Hill
 

To Live and Shave In LA Tour 2007


The Line up : 
Graham Moore / Ben Wolcott / Tom Smith / Rat
* Chris Grier - east coast dates only *
* Don Fleming & Andrew WK - NYC date only *

April
27 fri - Nashville @ The Springwater  * special guest band members Chris Davis & Pat Dundon & Leslie Keffer *

28 sat - Lawrence KS @ Replay Lounge  * special guest band members  Dan Kozak & Suzanne Levy *

29 sun - Denver @ Rhinoceropolis 

30 mon - (drive day)

May
  1 tue - Seattle @ Rendezvous 10pm
                                        @ SS Marie Antoinette 6pm

  2 wed - Portland @ Rotture  * special guest band members Dead/Bird &  Kilynn *

  3 thur - Oakland @ 21 Grand  * special guest band member Marlon Kasberg & Weasel Walter *



  4 fri - San Francisco @ Hemlock  * special guest band members Marlon Kasberg & Weasel Walter *

  5 sat - Los Angeles @ The Smell  * special guest band members  Liz Armstrong & Tom Van Dyke & Ren Schofield & Scott Kinsey *

  6 sun - Los Angeles @ The Pehrspace   * special guest band members  Liz Armstrong & Tom Van Dyke & Ren Schofield & Scott Kinsey &  Billy Taylor *

  7 mon - (drive day)

  8  tue - Minneapolis @ Turf Club * special guest band member Matt St-Germain *



  9 wed - Chicago @ Nihilist  * special guest band member Brian McMahon *

10 thur - Detroit  @ MoCAD  * special guest band members Aaron Dilloway & Andy Ortmann *

11 fri - Philadelphia @ The Avant Gentlemen's Lodge   * special guest band member Andrew "gay bomb" Barranca *



12 sat - Baltimore @ The Bank  * special guest band members Andrew "gay bomb" Barranca & Mark and Kelli Shellhaas *

13 sun - Washington DC @ Rock n Roll Hotel  * special guest band members Mark and Kelli Shellhaas *

14 mon - New York City @ Club Midway * special guest band members Mark and Kelli Shellhaas *

         


Noise Against Fascism
Thursday January 20 2005
Black Cat
1811 14th Street NW
Washington DC 8pm



To Live and Shave in L.A.
Mirror/Dash
Metalux
Double Leopards
16 Bitch Pile Up
Nautical Almanac
Monotract
Paul Flaherty/Chris Corsano duo
Magik Markers


To Live and Shave in L.A. Recording
December 11th & 12th 2004 @ Echo Canyon in NYC

Tom Smith
Chris Grier
Ben Wolcott
Don Fleming
Andrew W. K.
Thurston Moore
Rat Bastard
recording by Aaron Mullan


To Live and Shave in L.A. Tour 2004

The line up:
Tom Smith
Don Fleming
Ben Wolcott
Mark Morgan
Andrew W. K.
Rat Bastard
Chris Grier (tour manager)


  

  
Sept 10 NYC Williamsburg - Northsix
Sept 11 Baltimore - Tarantula Hill
Sept 12 Newport KY - Southgate House
Sept 13 Chicago - Empty Bottle
Sept 14 Detroit - DAS
Sept 15 Rochester - Bug Jar
Sept 16 Northampton MA- Flywheel
Sept 17 Providence - Safari Lounge
Sept 18 NYC - Tonic
Sept 19 WFMU

 

No Fun Fest 2004
March 20 2004 Brooklyn, NY

The line up:
Tom Smith
Don Fleming
Mark Morgan
Rat Bastard

TLASILA 3
September 22 2000 New York City with Tom Smith
September 23 2000 Providence RI with Brian Chippendale (aka Harry Pussy 2)
September 24 2000 Philadelphia with Newton (aka Sonic Youth 2)
September 25 2000 Athens GA (aka TLASILA 3)

The line up:
Gerard Klauder
Rat Bastard
Dan Hosker


TLASILA 2


TLASILA 2
2000 tour

The line up:
Liz Armstrong as "Misty Martinez"
Weasel Walter
Nondor Nevai
Rat Bastard

21 Aug 2000 - Cleveland - Speak in Tongues - w/ Razak SS and The Hex

22 Aug 2000 - Pittsburgh - Millvale Industrial Theater - w/ Reynols a.o.

24 Aug 2000 - Baltimore - Ottobar

25 Aug 2000 - NYC - Don Hill's

27 Aug 2000 - Rochester - The Bug Jar - w/ Pengo, Finkbeiner, a.o.

TLASILA 2 review
            

TLASILA 11th May 2000 Greenpoint Brooklyn NYC
Beer & Sausage @ The Polish National Home


TLASILA 1999 tour


The line up:
Liz Armstrong as "Misty Martinez"
Weasel Walter
Nondor Nevai
Rat Bastard
Tom Smith

19 OCT 1999 Philadelphia
20 OCT 1999 Cleveland
21 OCT 1999 Green Bay
22 OCT 1999 Chicago
23 OCT 1999 Detroit
24 OCT 1999 Rochester
25 OCT 1999 Providence
27 OCT 1999 New York City

To Live and Shave in L.A. UK / France Tour 1998

The line up:
Rat Bastard
Tom Smith
Greg Chapman

Nondor Nevai (UK only)
Billy Taylor (UK only)
Julien Betcourt (France only)
Andy Bolus (France only)

Brighton
London
Leeds
Newcastle
Edinburgh

Lillie
Paris
Marseilles
Lyon

To Live and Shave in L.A. UK Tour 1997

The line up:
Rat Bastard
Tom Smith
Billy Taylor



Leeds
Newcastle (Andy Bolus)
London

Tora Tora Tora Fest Atlanta GA Dotties Dec 6-8 1996
with Simeon of Silver Apples

Rat - Linda Searnock - Simeon Coxe - Greg Chapman @ Tora Tora Tora fest


To Live and Shave in L.A. 1996  (Apr 21st to May 11th)

The line up:
Rat Bastard
Tom Smith
Ben Wolcott

Denton TX
El Paso TX
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Olympia WA
Seattle
Bellingham WA
Vancouver Canada
(rest of the tour dates were cancelled due to poor booking information)


To Live and Shave in L.A. 1995 (Sep 26th to Oct 1st)

The line up:
Rat Bastard
Tom Smith
Ben Wolcott

Washington DC
New York City
Chapel Hill NC

To Live and Shave in L.A. 1995 (Sep 3rd to Sep 9th)
The line up:
Rat Bastard
Tom Smith
Ben Wolcott

Atlanta
Chapel Hill NC
Philadelphia
Boston
New York City

To Live and Shave in L.A. 1995 (Aug 15th to Aug 19th)
The line up:
Rat Bastard
Tom Smith
Ben Wolcott

New York City
Philadelphia
Chapel Hill NC

To Live and Shave in L.A. 1995 (Feb 13th to Feb 24th) Tour

The line up:
Rat Bastard
Tom Smith
Ben Wolcott

Orlando
Tallahassee
Atlanta
Cleveland
Detroit
Ypsilanti
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York City
Chapel Hill NC
Jacksonville FL

To Live and Shave in L.A. at Churchill's
(well over 50 performances from Nov 1993 to Feb 1995)




would you start a band with this guy?