Dam Haus

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503 E St.

haus.jpgArt Lessing and the Flower Vato perform at the Haus during Summer 2006.

Dam Haus was the house where Shove (see Omnibus Records) practiced and buried statues in 1994-1996, briefly became a "raver" house in 1996 and then a noise venue (DAM = "Davis Anti-Music" House) in 1997. Evolved in a more rock direction as the Varicocele Records Dude moved on, and then an awful lot of Portland / Seattle bands. I know I missed at least 2 show lineups. Well known for having the most over the top craft services trays for the bands, including homemade baked beans, shrimp w/ aioli, and gourmet pizzas shipped from Chicago packed in dry ice.

This home's longevity as a house-show venue is due to the lease being handed down from one KDVS to another since 1989.

Capacity of 150 people in the living room and kitchen during the Lightning Bolt show, See the Power of Salad DVD for proof.

Residents

Past shows in sort of date order

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

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2005-06-06 17:02:18   The "hand-formed patty" will become the new "caviar" this Saturday night. —RickEle

2005-08-24 00:29:43   Professionally staffed churro cart in the patio this Saturday! —RickEle

2005-12-03 23:15:15   My favorite haus that hosts shows. —HeatherKlinger

2006-01-10 18:30:13   hello my name is Adrian I would like to play at your house. this is my record label: [WWW]http://www.marriagerecs.com/ my band is called "thanksgiving" please write to me at adrian_orange at hotmail dot com —AdrianOrange

2006-03-19 22:12:07   Sorry, Adrian...I hadn't checked this page until just now, but I see everything worked out as far as getting a show at Delta of Venus and then Fools Foundation. Our tiny house would have likely been inadequate to welcome all your fans here, but thanks for thinking of us. Next time you're coming through the area, you can get in touch with me at the K Records message board. —RickEle

2006-05-20 14:25:45   hello my name is travis and I am in a two piece band called 'the last slice of butter.' we are from seattle and would very much like to play at your house in august! please write me at band@arabian-nightmare.com thank you —TravisCoster

2006-06-11 17:19:46   My band is called the CJ Boyd Sexxxtet. We are an instrumental 4 piece (on this tour) consisting of bass, and 3 cellos. We've got music on www.myspace.com/thecjboydsexxxtet. We're trying to do something in Davis next month. Hit us up if you can do something on July 17th, 18th, or 20th. Hope to hear from you. —CjBoyd

2007-03-09 11:26:53   greetings dam haus. my name is brian and i play with a band. we like to call ourselves D Numbers. we'd love to play at your house. we are experienced fun-havers and we'd llike to demonstrate for you and your friends. check out our sounds: [WWW]http://www.myspace.com/dnumbersband drop me a line: dreamscream@msn.com. thanks! —BrianMayhall

2008-03-05 10:38:09   we are fellows doing are part in the diy scene in our respective cities... and realizing the world getting so very small, we thought it time to finally compile and maintain a good list of DIY spaces across the country to help us all get to know each-other a little better and keep new blood moving through our respective cities, not too mention remind us all that we are not alone.

so we are curious as to whether you would like to get listed and jump into this larger community.

www.dodiyusa.org
www.myspace.com/dodiyusa

if so please just give us a little blurp of what sort of things you do and the go code on listing you.

cool?

love,
all of us —neilsadork

2008-05-14 07:06:24   My name's Dani and I'm in a band called Toothpaste from Minnesota. We're going to be in the Sacramento-ish area from July 20-30, and we were wondering if we could play the Dam Haus during that time. Also, we're pretty gearless right now so if we could borrow someone's drumset and guitar amp, that would be sweet to. Thanks! -Dani
www.myspace.com/binarysound
dani_barstad@hotmail.com —Toothpaste

2008-05-19 21:22:57   Hey Rick & Co. I can't believe I'm just now seeing this. Legend has it that Tiger Trap's first show was at the house.

Also, the place was never truly a raver house, but around Halloween 1995 there was lots of funny stuff floating around town and we had a couple of parties that started out as Shove shows, but ended with bad techno and naked girls on rollerskates.

I can't tell you how happy it makes me to still be able to see shows in this house. —DaniKandoKaiser

2008-07-23 00:01:59   A surprising number of people on the above list have RIP listed after their name. Does this imply that this abode has a remarkably high mortality rate, or am I reading this wrong? —IDoNotExist

2008-09-14 23:37:43   The "RIP" does not actually mean that the past resident has died, but just moved on. While I cannot confirm that all of those former residents listed are still living, I have seen some recently enough to say, pretty confidently, that they are alive and well. Not sure who started the "RIP" or what it means, exactly, but it seems like it has lived on over the years. —SeanJohannessen

2008-12-18 14:36:18   JUNE MADRONA would like to play at Dam Haus March 24th. Is that date available? our website is bicyclerecords.com/junemadrona please email me at ross(at)bicyclerecords(dot)com
thanks! -ROSS

2009-05-14 18:35:50   yo DAM house we're from the bay area and kinda wanna play outside of the bay area so is there anyway we could play at your house sometime this summer? got any dates open? any shows we could just hop on?

if you wanna hear us here is our myspace: myspace.com/videowinepartyrules

thanks —VIDEOWINEPARTY

2009-06-17 00:32:04   Life on Mars wants to rock the haus this upcoming school year. How do we get in touch? myspace.com/lifeonmarsrock, lifeonmarsband@gmail.com —LifeOnMars

2009-07-28 11:47:44   The traveling Bootz Orchestra is looking to play a house show in Davis in September on the 28th (a monday...ouch). Can this be made happen? DAM House looks sweet. We is [WWW]http://www.myspace.com/bootzorchestra and bootzorchestra@gmail.com. Thanks. —ashleyking

2009-08-10 17:06:25   We are a folk band called Awkward Starfish from UC Santa Barbara and are going on tour in mid-September. We are going to be in nor-cal from September 11-16. Are any of those dates available to play? Here is our myspace and email: www.myspace.com/awkwardstarfishband and awkwardstarfish@yahoo.com. This house sounds awesome. —awkwardstarfish

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