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Jun 24

Fiasco

  • June 24, 2026
  • Live Music Archive, Recordings Of Independent Origin, Twin Cities Music Archives
  • 7th St Entry, Box Of Steaks, Busiest Bankruptcy Lawyers, First Avenue, live recordings, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Plate-O-Shrimp

This is about The Autumn Leaves, a band that existed in one form or another in Minneapolis, MN between 1994 – 2008. What follows are a handful of live recordings which the band has graciously allowed me to share on Live Music Archive with other past, present and future fans.

[links to recordings provided in posts below]

Al Grande: vocals, guitar
[Box Of Steaks, Busiest Bankruptcy Lawyers In MN, many others…]
Jay Donahue: drums
[Box Of Steaks]
John Ensley: bass
[Plate-O-Shrimp]


Fiasco • 2003-10-07
Minneapolis, MN • 7th St. Entry
New Band Night

cassette side A (45:00):
[01] start (00:46.20)
[02] unidentified title [kill my boss] (01:58.10)
[03] interim / tuning (00:21.09)
[04] unidentified title [magnets] (04:02.28)
[05] interim / comments (00:19.56)
[06] unidentified title [you kids get outta my yard] (02:34.66)
[07] Step On [Happy Mondays] (05:03.02)
[08] interim (00:30.19)
[09] White Trash Bloody Murder (03:07.42)
[10] interim (01:39.24)
[11] For Whom The Wedding Bells Toll (05:36.38)
[12] interim (00:31.48)
[13] unidentified title (04:03.18)
[14] unidentified title (04:31.56)
[15] interim (01:20.50)
[16] unidentified title (03:54.34)
[17] interim (01:37.43)
[18] unidentified title [got your letter] (03:02.55)

cassette side B (03:30):
[19] unidentified title (03:04.11)
[20] end runout (00:26.72)

New Band Night:
Passions
Fiasco

Live Mix: sounds like Bill Batson

Al Grande: vocals, guitar
[Box Of Steaks, Busiest Bankruptcy Lawyers In MN, many others…]
Jay Donahue: drums, vocals [track 9]
[Box Of Steaks]
John Ensley: bass
[Plate-O-Shrimp]

This little powerhouse combo came and went in the blink of an eye, it seems, but fortunately I had the half-presence of mind to capture their debut set on New Band Night. In retrospect, a complete presence of mind might have compelled me to set up my semi-pro rig for this instead of using a portable deck, and maybe have stuck around for Passions, who I only picked up on a year or so later, when they were about ready to call it a day.

Transferred / tracked / tagged by: J.Free / Sonic Archives

Download or stream the show from Live Music Archive


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