Amplified Dirt (1991)

15, 4, 1991 San Francisco While one member of The Haters used an amplified shovel to dig dirt from a wheelbarrow to a large shallow box, another member used an unamplified shovel to dig dirt from the same box back to the wheelbarrow. Off to one side, a fifth member did a live mix of the amplified shovel with prerecorded sounds of fire, glass smashing, auto crashes, and explosions. During this ten minute performance, the audience quickly became inspired to an enraptured silliness. Running amok while covering most of the club in a thin layer of dirt and torn bits of paper. Officially entitled A Trapeze Number.