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Art 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. In the late 2000's, it became home and practice space to local band, Mucky the Ducky, as well as a central hub for non-profit Common Frequency. 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.

Over the years, the house also become a mainstay in the KDVS community, hosting countless events, meetings, and fundraisers. This home's longevity as a house-show venue has been due to the lease being handed down from one KDVS DJ to another since 1989. In March 2011, the residents of the DAM Haus were informed that they will not be offered another lease for the 2011-2012 lease period, ending the 20+ year run as a music/performing arts cooperative and venue. The official reason for this decision is to make repairs and renovations on the property. The residence has been vacated as of August 31st, 2011.

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

Booking is no longer available for the DAM Haus.... but there are a lot of great house-venues here in Davis.

Residents

Past shows in sort of date order

  • Babes in Toyland (1990?)
  • Rocket from the Crypt (1992?)
  • Tiger Trap (1993)
  • Butterglory (annual xmas show 1991-1994)
  • Seedmouth (Japan) and other noise bands 1996?
  • Stimbox
  • Bionic Zombies
  • Girls With Hamburgers (Germany?) 1996
  • Deerhoof (3 times)
  • Towel (twice)
  • 24 Hour Vampire
  • Anal Maki (Actually they formed a boyband)
  • Zeek Sheck (MI)
  • Nautical Almanac (MI, okay they got in a fight with Zeek on the porch and stomped off.)
  • Lesser
  • CMU
  • Dysthemia Scars
  • C/A/T
  • Holmes
  • and more noise industrial stuff (It was the 90s)
  • Outhud (Before they moved to NYC and became superstars)
  • The Flush
  • Mupeticon
  • Le Bleu Crotch
  • Charalambides (Houston, TX)
  • Sleeping with the Earth (Portland, OR-via-Davis)
  • Total Shutdown
  • The Lowdown (I know you like comets on fire...)
  • Bitty Things
  • Cheeps (Bellingham, WA)
  • Corpse Fs Corpse
  • Vaz (NYC-via-Minneapolis, ex-Hammerhead!)
  • Hella (Their first show ever)
  • Lightning Bolt (Providence, RI)
  • Pink and Brown (SF-via-RI, pre-Coachwhips)
  • Alchemysts (Britain)
  • Aytobach Kreisor (NY) (OK everyone was outside)
  • Chromatics (Seattle, WA)
  • Drowning in Lethe (Bothell, WA)
  • March 15 (Bothell, WA)
  • Heart of Snow
  • New Maps out of Hell
  • Get Get Go!
  • Sobertooth
  • JonnyX & the Groadies (Portland, OR) (2002)
  • Sweaty Vibrant
  • Limpwrist (LA-via-Chicago, IL) (ex-Los Crudos, punk!)
  • Voetsek
  • Point Line Plane (Portland, OR)
  • Duchess of Saigon
  • Tangles
  • Secret Boyfriend
  • The Sores (Babylon)
  • Metal City/Jaws (OC) (Clothed and otherwise)
  • Dosage and Usage (San Diego)
  • Christpunchers
  • The Show is the Rainbow (Lincoln, NE)(Clothed and otherwise)
  • Radio Berlin (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
  • Headphone (Portland, OR)
  • Sexy Prison (Clothed and otherwise)

2004

  • Casiotone for the painfully alone
  • Ghost to Falco (Portland, OR ... Partying with Metal Urbain from France?)
  • the Intelligence (Seattle, WA)
  • Giant Haystacks
  • Sexy Prison
  • Popular Shapes (Seattle, WA)
  • the Four Eyes
  • Sunshine Smile
  • Short Eyes
  • Golden Boys (Austin, TX)
  • Oh Dark Thirty / Gusto
  • Charalambides (Houston, TX)
  • Living Breathing Music
  • Yuma Nora (Portland, OR)
  • The Primes (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
  • Bakelite (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
  • Dmonstrations (San Diego)

2005

  • Birchville Cat Motel (New Zealand)
  • rhBand (reunion...crucial Davis history)
  • Tom Carter (solo...from Charalambides)
  • 7 Year Rabbit Cycle (ex-Deerhoof + members of K.I.T. & Xiu Xiu)
  • Warbler (members of K.I.T. & XBXRX)
  • Good for Cows (SF Bay Area)
  • Tartufi (SF)
  • Oh Dark Thirty
  • Hustler White (Portland, OR)
  • Mikaela's Fiend (Seattle, WA)
  • Pussygutt (Boise, ID)
  • Slammin' B-O-D
  • Sexy Prison
  • Hazardous Guadalupe (Baltimore, MD)
  • Swarm Robbery (Olympia, WA)
  • Business Lady (San Diego)
  • Silver Daggers (L.A.)
  • Dead Moose Head
  • Beaches
  • Savage Republic (L.A.) reunion!!!
  • Gang Wizard (L.A.)
  • The Planet The (Portland, OR)
  • The King Cobra (Olympia, WA)
  • Anni Rossi (L.A.)

2006

  • Jonny X & the Groadies (Portland)
  • She-Rat
  • Switched-On Vultures (ex-Oh Dark Thirty/Corpse Fs Corpse/Sexy Prison)
  • K.G.P. (members of Sores/Kill-a-Watts)
  • Battleship (Oakland)
  • Pterodactyl (Brooklyn, NY)
  • Party Fowl (the O.C.)
  • Switched-on Vultures
  • Plants (Portland; ex-Point Line Plane)
  • The Punks
  • Art Lessing & the Flower Vato (finally!)
  • Gang Wizard
  • Kevin Shields (and as part of Gang Wizard)
  • Leavenworth (SF; feat. KUSF DJ Cactus)
  • Dead Moose Head
  • Little Teeth
  • Dad
  • Alas Alak Alaska
  • Monogamous Casanovas

2007

  • Jonny X & the Groadies (Portland)
  • Duchesses (ex-Business Lady; ex-Danava)
  • Sexual Tourist (ex-Business Lady)
  • Saboteurs (ex-Hips)
  • Falcon Christ
  • Alas Alak Alaska
  • Sharp Ease (L.A.)
  • The Trashies (Seattle)
  • Robin Williams on Fire! (SF Bay Area)
  • Skin Charmers (ex-HGCG, Sores, etc.)
  • Cheveu (Paris, France: Ss recordS)
  • Tyvek (Detroit)
  • Nothing People (Orland; Ss recordS)
  • Nice Smile (Seattle; ex-Night Kings/Chintz Devils/Man-Tee-Mans/Gorls/etc.)
  • Sexy Prison (reunited!)
  • Night Wounds (Max Freedom III rulers)
  • Twin Crystals (Vancouver, Canada; ex-Channels 3 & 4)
  • Terrestrial (mems of Sores/Standard Tribesmen & HGCG)
  • Los Llamarada
  • Captain Ahab
  • Foot Village
  • Mayyors

2008

  • FM Bats
  • Les Hormones
  • Standard Tribesmen
  • Th' Losin Streaks
  • Crash Normal (France, S-S Records)
  • MYYYRS
  • New Thrill Parade
  • Vampire Hands
  • So Cow (Ireland)
  • NoBunny
  • English Singles
  • Sexy Prison (Record Release Show)
  • Mutators (Vancouver, BC)
  • Meth Teeth (Portland, OR)
  • Sucks (aka Crunkwich)
  • Shearing Pinx (Vancouver, BC)
  • Mental Stagnation
  • Freebasers
  • The Hospitals
  • Night Wounds
  • Ganglians

2009

  • Blue Sabbath Black Fiji (Glasgow, Deathbomb Arc)
  • Mucky The Ducky
  • Multi-Peace
  • Coconut Coolouts (Seattle)
  • Personal & the Pizzas
  • The Pizzas
  • Four Eyes
  • Jacob Smigel (Phoenix, Not Not Fun)
  • Poppet
  • Grandmother Ham

2010

  • H E X L O V E (Release Party for 7" Split w/ Mucky The Ducky)
  • Mucky The Ducky
  • Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk (Lawrence, KS)
  • Pregnant (KDVS Recordings)
  • Jooklo Duo (Italy, Qbico Records)
  • Cotton Museum (Detroit, Qbico Records)
  • D.M.P.H. (Weird Forest, mems. of Oaxacan, Dead Western and Antennas Erupt!)
  • Death Sentence: PANDA! (SF, Upset the Rhythm)
  • MYTHS (Vancouver, BC)
  • Repressive Proteins (Sacto)
  • Stimulus (Sacto, ex-Sucks)
  • Greg Davis (Burlington VT; Kranky, Carpark)
  • Aures (PDX; Footage)
  • Sagan Genesis (mem. of Mucky the Ducky)
  • Jen Boyd (Autumn Records)
  • Thee Oh Sees (In the Red)
  • Mayyors (Last Show; Footage= Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
  • Ty Segall (Goner; Footage)
  • Trawler Bycatch (PDX, Porter Records)
  • Sailor (ex-Religious Girls)
  • Mucky the Ducky

2011

  • Gestapo Khazi (Long Beach)
  • GGreen
  • Warm Streams
  • Grave Babies (Seattle)
  • Butts (Seattle)
  • The Howling
  • David Liebe Hart (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!; Footage)
  • Art Lessing and the Flower Vato (Sacramento/KDVS Recordings)
  • Lecharous Gaze
  • Big Black Cloud (Portland)
  • Zig Zags (L.A./ex-Intelligence)
  • Babs Johnson Gang (Sac)
  • Crack the Case (ex-DMPH/Slammin' B-O-D)
  • Vulcanus 68 (SF/mem. of Evangelista)
  • Blanketship (Gigante Sound)
  • Garrincha & the Stolen Elk (Sacramento/ex-Antennas Erupt)
  • Mondo Lava (Davis/ex-Antlers)
  • Seann Marry Pat Jóhansson (Davis)
  • CJ Boyd (Joyful Noise)
  • Psychic Handbook (Oakland/Not Not Fun)
  • Monterey Babe Aquarium (Davis)
  • Radio People (Ohio/Digitalis)
  • Palmetto Moon Electronic Group (South Carolina)
  • Pregnant (Placerville/KDVS Recordings)
  • Pacific City Nightlife Band (Portland/mems. Skaters & Eat Skull)
  • Orphan Fairytale (Belgium)
  • Mucky the Ducky (Davis/Sac)
  • Crack the Case (ex-DMPH/Slammin' B-O-D)
  • Wounded Lion (L.A./In the Red)
  • Charles Albright (Sacto/SS/Permanent)
  • Godspeed 209(Stockton)
  • Ty Segall (SF/Goner/Drag City; Footage Part 1, Part 2)
  • Ganglians (Sac)
  • Ettrick (SF)
  • Fine Steps (Sac)

The End

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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: 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 [email protected] 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: http://www.myspace.com/dnumbersband drop me a line: [email protected]. 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 [email protected] —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

—rosscowman

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, [email protected] —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 http://www.myspace.com/bootzorchestra and [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. This house sounds awesome. —awkwardstarfish

2009-11-29 12:06:37   Western Massachusetts band, PROBLEM WITH DRAGONS (www.myspace.com/problemwithdragons), is setting up their 1st West Coast Tour. PWD is somewhat stoner-rock/sludge-metal/grunge. maybe a 90's Melvins sound? PWD has opened for bands like Lightning Bolt, Dead Meadow, Murder Junkies. DATES NEEDED IN NORTHERN CA ARE: FEBRUARY 5 or 9 (prefer feb 9). PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP THIS TOURING BAND!!! Email [email protected] and THANKS!!! —robertamerican

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