The Bejesus Belt

tighten up

1986–1989

I joined the band after Mike, the original rhythm guitarist, left in the summer of 1986. I was in the band until we broke up in 1989 and was not involved in the 2007 reunion tour. The music below is all either stuff I helped write or played on, not as a vanity project but just to not step on any toes. This is not meant to be a comprehensive collection of C.O.P. stuff. If you have anything you think belongs here, please get in touch.

Music

Flyers & Photos

many sourced from the web, so thanks to the original posters

Flyer: Christ on Parade, Neurosis and Crimpshrine at The Place, 117 F Street, Davis. Friday, Oct. 9th, $2

Poster: Christ on Parade and Die Schlacht at Ungdomshuset, Jagtvej 69, Copenhagen. Tuesday, 2 August 1988

Poster for the Kreuzzug '88 tour: Christ on Parade and Die Schlacht

Flyer: Christ on Parade and Die Schlacht at the Rose Club, Luxemburger Strasse 37, Cologne. 16 August 1988

Flyer: Christ on Parade and Shrapnel UK tour, October 1988, from Stevenage to Swansea

Flyer: BGK, Frightwig, Rhythm Pigs, Christ on Parade and Mighty Farm Band at the Farm, 1499 Potrero, San Francisco. Friday, Oct. 24th 1986

Flyer: Christ on Parade, Operation Ivy, Hell's Kitchen, Special Forces and more at Gilman Street. Sunday, March 12

Flyer: Christ on Parade, Corrupted Morals, Neurosis, Isocracy, Sins of the Flesh, Positive Outlook, Sewer Trout, Pollution Circus, Grandma Hashbrown and Cancer Garden on the Capitol steps. Sunday, May 24

Flyer: Christ on Parade, Hellbastard, Shrapnel and more at Planet X. Saturday, 22nd October

Flyer: Christ on Parade, Neurosis, Subvert and a special mystery guest at Community World Theater, Tacoma. Saturday, April 2nd

Flyer: Christ on Parade, Neurosis, Positive Outlook, Cancer Garden, Pollution Circus and Sins of the Flesh at Spankey's. May 3rd

Flyer: Dag Nasty, Christ on Parade, Soulside, RKL, Pillsbury Hardcore, Flag of Democracy, Infest and more at the Jackie Robinson YMCA, San Diego. Oct. 3rd

Flyer: Christ on Parade, Screeching Weasel and It's Not What You Think at the Cattle Club, Sacramento. Thursday, June 15

Flyer for the last Christ on Parade show, with Neurosis, Steel Pole Bath Tub, Econochrist, Resist and Nuclear Roach at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley

Flyer: Christ on Parade, Neurosis and Crimpshrine at the Independent Learning School. Friday, Oct. 2

Flyer: MDC, Nation on Fire and Christ on Parade at the Balboa Theater, Los Angeles. Saturday, Jan. 21

A building covered in a huge painted mural, seen on tour

Christ on Parade on stage, guitarist in a Destroy shirt

Christ on Parade playing to a crowd sitting on the floor

Four photos of Christ on Parade on stage

Christ on Parade on stage, black and white

Christ on Parade on stage in front of the band's banner

The crowd going off in front of the stage at a Christ on Parade show

Looking out from the stage over a huge outdoor crowd

Singing into the microphone, black and white

Video

thanks to the original posters

Blister

Sometime after C.O.P. broke up, Noah formed a new band and invited me to play second guitar (thanks Noah, you are awesome). Most of us lived in San Francisco at that time and shared a practice space on Turk near Mason (across from the former Sound of Music I believe) that we shared with the Ramonas (only met them once I think). We played all over the Bay Area and did one Western States tour that took us to Texas, Utah, Washington, and Oregon as well as Southern California, all under the management of the inimitable Kevin Wortis. If you have anything you think belongs here, please get in touch.