Statistics
Mission Control has been counting things again. Show numbers are worked out on the spot from the same list as the Shows page, so they stay current on their own. Everything is "on record": a show nobody logged is not counted, and the first line of the sources says who did the logging.
Show log
> Shows on record
- Shows
- 312, in 26 different Earth years
- Venues
- 235 different rooms, fields, and festivals
- Cities
- 121
- Regions
- 41 US states and Canadian provinces (counting DC)
- Countries
- 3: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
- First show
- April 28, 1990, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
- Latest show
- May 30, 2026, Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
- Next show
- March 7, 2027, United Heritage Hall, Austin, TX
- Busiest year
- 1998, with 90 shows
- Busiest month
- February 1996, with 26 shows
- Longest streak
- 27 days in a row with a show, January 31, 1996 to February 26, 1996
- Best day
- Saturday (83 shows). The quietest is Monday (23).
Shows per year
Empty rows are dead air. Mission Control would like to note that it was not consulted.
| 1990 | | 3 |
| 1991 | | 7 |
| 1992 | | 7 |
| 1993 | | 16 |
| 1994 | | 13 |
| 1995 | | 66 |
| 1996 | | 40 |
| 1997 | | 10 |
| 1998 | | 90 |
| 1999 | | 2 |
| 2000 | | 2 |
| 2001 | | 0 |
| 2002 | | 0 |
| 2003 | | 2 |
| 2004 | | 0 |
| 2005 | | 1 |
| 2006 | | 0 |
| 2007 | | 0 |
| 2008 | | 2 |
| 2009 | | 1 |
| 2010 | | 3 |
| 2011 | | 4 |
| 2012 | | 1 |
| 2013 | | 1 |
| 2014 | | 2 |
| 2015 | | 22 |
| 2016 | | 5 |
| 2017 | | 4 |
| 2018 | | 1 |
| 2019 | | 1 |
| 2020 | | 0 |
| 2021 | | 0 |
| 2022 | | 0 |
| 2023 | | 0 |
| 2024 | | 0 |
| 2025 | | 0 |
| 2026 | | 6 |
Where the signal went
Cities
| 38 shows | Chicago, IL |
| 27 shows | Champaign, IL |
| 9 shows | New York, NY |
| 8 shows | San Francisco, CA |
| 8 shows | Urbana, IL |
| 7 shows | Austin, TX |
| 6 shows | St. Louis, MO |
| 6 shows | Washington, DC |
Venues
| 11 shows | Blind Pig, Champaign |
| 8 shows | Empty Bottle, Chicago |
| 8 shows | Metro, Chicago |
| 4 shows | 9:30 Club, Washington |
| 3 shows | Aragon Ballroom, Chicago |
| 3 shows | Double Door, Chicago |
| 3 shows | Liberty Lunch, Austin |
| 3 shows | Lounge Ax, Chicago |
US states
| 82 shows | IL |
| 28 shows | CA |
| 15 shows | MO |
| 15 shows | NY |
| 15 shows | OH |
| 14 shows | FL |
| 13 shows | TX |
| 10 shows | KS |
Dead air
The longest quiet stretches between two shows on record.
| 6 years, 6 months | November 2, 2019 to May 15, 2026 |
| 3 years, 2 months | October 15, 2005 to December 27, 2008 |
| 2 years, 7 months | December 31, 2000 to August 9, 2003 |
| 2 years, 1 month | August 16, 2003 to October 15, 2005 |
Calendar oddities
- New Year's Eve
- 7 shows, most recently in 2008
- Valentine's Day
- 3 shows, 1996, 1997, 1998
- Halloween
- 1 show, in 1997
- By decade
- 1990s: 254 / 2000s: 8 / 2010s: 44 / 2020s: 6
Studio output
- Albums
- 5 studio albums, 47 tracks, 4 hours and 3 minutes of music
- EPs and singles
- 8 releases
- Longest track
- "Winder & Monty Python" (14:18), on Electra 2000
- Shortest track
- "Baby, Baby" (2:28), on The Pod EP
- Longest album
- Electra 2000 (58:38). The shortest is Fillet Show (31:27).
| 1991 | Fillet Show
9 tracks · 31:27 |
| 1993 | Electra 2000
11 tracks · 58:38 |
| 1995 | You'd Prefer an Astronaut
9 tracks · 45:47 |
| 1998 | Downward Is Heavenward
10 tracks · 51:58 |
| 2020 | Inlet
8 tracks · 55:28 |
Lyrics on file
- Songs
- 54 songs have lyrics on this site.
- Lines
- About 1,330 lines and 9,300 words, transcribed by ear.
- Longest
- "The Scientists" (about 316 words)
- Shortest
- "Winder" (about 46 words)
Sources
- Shows: dates, venues, and cities come from the volunteers at setlist.fm, read through the setlist.fm API. Upcoming dates come from the band's announcements, posted on the homepage. Every figure in the show log is calculated by this page from that list.
- Albums, EPs, and track lengths: this site's own Discography pages.
- Lyrics: this site's Lyrics pages. They are by-ear transcriptions, so the counts are approximate.
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