Nomeansno - Provinssirock (1990-06-02 Seinajoki, Finland)

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		Track Name	Length
	1	Full Live Set	59:41

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Captured at Provinssirock in Seinäjoki, Finland on June 2, 1990, this blistering live set finds NoMeansNo at the height of their international underground powers. Touring in the wake of Wrong (1989)—the record that cemented the Victoria, British Columbia trio as one of the most inventive and fearsome bands in punk—Rob Wright, John Wright, and Andy Kerr deliver the kind of wiry, explosive precision that made them legends on the European circuit. Their appearance at Provinssirock 1990 placed them on a formidable bill that weekend alongside acts such as The Cramps, De La Soul, The Mission, and, on the festival’s second day, The Stone Roses, underscoring just how highly regarded the band had become well beyond Canada’s borders. NoMeansNo’s set took place on the festival’s opening day, June 2, the same day as The Cramps, while The Stone Roses appeared on June 3.

By 1990, NoMeansNo were no longer simply a cult Canadian hardcore act—they were one of the most respected and singular live bands in independent music, revered for a sound that fused punk velocity, post-hardcore tension, jazz-like rhythmic intelligence, and a darkly cerebral sense of humor. This Finnish festival footage is a superb document of that era: raw, intense, and utterly locked-in, showing why the band built such a fierce reputation across Europe and why so many fans still regard this Wrong-period lineup as the definitive NoMeansNo incarnation. The set also sits squarely within the same European touring period that soon yielded the celebrated live album Live + Cuddly, recorded in Holland in spring 1990.

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