Fluid Reunite Again for Jan. Shows

Legendary Denver grunge era band last spotted at the Sub Pop 20^th bash....

By Fred Mills

Back in the summer we brought you the story about Sub Pop Records' 20^th anniversary celebration in Seattle, along with a corresponding feature on the Fluid, which had been an early mainstay of the label and got back together (as did Green River) for a few shows in conjunction with the event. By all accounts, the performances were dynamic and riveting, the band's powers undiminished.

At the time, Fluid vocalist John Robinson noted that the reunion was essentially a one-off, but he left the door open for the possibility of future dates, saying, "We don't have to create anything - there's no expectations, nothing riding on it. If something comes back in the way of an offer to do a festival here and there, maybe do a show in Europe, we'll look at it at face value: Does it line up with our schedules? Does it make sense? Will we get a cool trip out of it? Maybe pocket a little money? The thing is, as I said, with documenting and throwing all this out there, we could be creating some kind of commodity with it where if the website we're putting together gets enough traffic, maybe some promoters will see that and go, ‘Hey, maybe there's an audience for this...' And put together an offer. But lucky for us, we get to exist in this timespace right now with zero expectations. If anything comes of it in that regard, it's just bonus."

So now word arrives that, indeed, the Fluid will be doing two shows next week, in Hoboken and Brooklyn:

Friday, January 16th.
Maxwell's, Hoboken NJ.  tickets
w/ The King Left and The Overcasters.

Saturday, January 17th, 2009.
Williamsburg Music Hall tickets
w/ Jemina Pearl (from Be Your Own Pet) and The Overcasters.

Be there or be square.

The Fluid on the web:

Fluid at imeem: www.imeem.com/thefluid

Fluid at MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=2081250