The Olive Pit

The Olive Pit was a rehearsal space and music venue at 720 Olive Dr. #H in the late 1980s. The space is currently occupied by RockBand University.

Acts (alphabetized)

• 3D Blackboard
• Adobe Engines
• Bill Scholer
• Cactus Liquors
• Civil Rhythm
• Dig to China
• Frightwig (cancelled)
• Grey Bouquet
• Jane Ware-Butler (projected art)
• Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
• Muskrats
• The PiePets
• Sea Hags
• Shep's Faithful Head
• Ted's Exploding Head
• Thin White Rope
• Toasted Sweeties
• True West
• Zombie Motorcade

The PopeAlopes at the Olive Pit in the 1980s. Photo courtesy of Robert Toren.
 

Shows (chronologically)

• Feb 8, 1986
  • Zombie Motorcade
  • Grey Bouquet
  • 3D Blackboard
  • Thin White Rope
• Feb 23, 1986
  • Bill Scholer
  • The Muskrats
  • Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
• Mar 8, 1986
  • Zombie Motorcade
  • Cactus Liquors
  • Sea Hags
  • Frightwig (cancelled,, so Sea Hags promoted to headliner and Zombie Motorcade added)
• Nov 22, 1986?
  • Bill Scholer Blues Band
  • Civil Rhythm
  • Zombie Motorbouquet
  • Grey Bouquet
  • Thin White Rope
  • True West
• Sept 17, 1987?
  • Sheps Faithful Head
  • Pie Pets
  • Dig To China
  • Adobe Engines
  • Thin White Rope
• Aug 5, 1988? Final show
  • Ted's Exploding Head
  • Shep's Faithful Head
  • Not Civil Rhythm, but an unreasonable facsimile thereof
  • Go Dog, Go!
  • Lugnut
  • PiePets
  • Thin White Rope

Fliers

Flier from March 8, 1986. According to one attendee, Frightwig never went on due to one of its members being in the hospital. The flier describes the venue as the "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Olive Pit."A 1980s flier

Footage

• Red Sun and Thin White Rope at The Olive Pit, 1988

• Thin White Rope at The Olive Pit, 1989