1986.03.21 - Fenders Ballroom, LA, USA

Date:
March 21, 1986.

Venue:
Fenders Ballroom.

Location:
Los Angeles, USA.

Setlist:
XX. Out Ta Get Me
XX. Welcome to the Jungle
XX. Rocket Queen
XX. Nightrain
XX. My Michelle
XX. Don't Cry
XX. Back Off Bitch
(Setlist incomplete and unsorted?)

Line-up:
Axl Rose (vocals), Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitarist), Slash (lead guitarist), Duff McKagan (bass) and Steven Adler (drums).

Bootlegs:
Yes.

Quotes:
Duff: When my boyhood rock idol Johnny Thunders came to town in late March 1986, the promoters asked us to open both his shows. For me, this was a huge deal. Probably for Izzy, too. [...] I was really looking forward to that first show at Fender's Ballroom. Unfortunately, one of the first things that happened when we got down to fender's for the show was that Johnny started to chat up Axl's girlfriend Erin while we were onstage doing our sound check. Johnny also wanted to know where he could score some dope. Axl flipped out when he got wind that Johnny had hit on Erin, and began a tirade backstage. Axl could be intimidating when he started yelling and carrying on. Johnny spent the rest of the night in hiding in his dressing room, jonesing for a fix [Duff's autobiography, "It's So Easy", 2011, p. 105-106].
Izzy: [i]We opened for [Thunders] once in Long Beach during the early days. This was back when Axl used to wear those chaps with his ass hanging out and no underwear. I remember it was backstage, and Johnny Thunders said, `What are you, some kind of biker fag?' Axl goes, `I'll fuckin' kill you.' Really wanted to kick his ass. And Johnny just sat there smoking his joints and drinking his Budweisers. Great first impression" [Musician, November 1992].

Next concert: 1986.03.28 10PM.
Previous concert: 1986.02.28.

Los Angeles Times, March 21, 1986:

Ad in L.A. Weekly, March 21, 1986:

Article in L.A. Weekly, March 21, 1986 that mentions this show (and the El Rescante Benefit show on March 23) among the particularly recommended ones: