HISTORY
The following is a listing of many of the artists that have performed at Stony Brook University over the years. If you have any additions or corrections please email the VP of Communications. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Fall 2011
The White Panda - September 9th - SAC Ballroom A
Spring 2011
Bruno Mars, Janelle Monae, Plan B - May 6th - Stony Brook Arena
Immortal Technique - February 11th - SAC Ballroom A
Aziz Ansari - February 9th - Staller Center Mainstage
Fall 2010
Best Coast - November 17th - SAC Ballroom A
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Spring 2001
Hezekian Walker, April 6 – Gym
3 Doors Down, Oleander, Shades Apart, March 12 – Stony Brook Arena
Fall 2000
Ray Charles, October 21st
Judy Collines, October 1st
Herbie Mann, October 28th
Spring 2000
Black 47, Antigone Rising, SPrING , April 28th – Roth Pond Regatta
Adina Howard – Hecksher State Park
Doug E. Fresh, Stone Love (Jamaica) VS. Mighty Crown (Japan), April 28th – Gym
MDC, May 27th
Pietasters, April 26th – Spring-Fest
George Lamonde – LASO – Ballroom
The Causey Way, Devl, Nano Frog, April 15th
Billy Joel, March – Q & A session in the Staller Center
Matt Darrau’s Paradox Trio
Fall 1999
Nine Days, Iridesence
Blessid Union of Souls, November 19th – Staller Center
Demolition Doll Rods, November 6th
Beenie Man, La Banda Flakka, Manikkomio, October 29th – Gym
77 (from Portugal) October 16th
Spring 1999
Third Bardo, Bustin’ Surfboards, E Z Living, Spinouts, Plungers, Jonny Chan and the New Dynasty Six, May 15th
High Teen Boogie, Church Keys, Sit n’ Spin, Oyo Bando, May 14th
Spider Nick and the Maddogs, Sidedoor Johnnies, the Cogs – Roth Pond Regatta
Who Cares, April – Springfest
Matrix, DJ Skribbles – SAC Plaza
MJ-12, April – the SPOT
112 and Wayne Wonder & Mr. Easy, February 13th – Gym
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, February 13th – Staller Center
Spring 1998
Redman (with a cameo by Keith Murray) and the Cocoa Bruzas
My Favorite, Tullycraft, Bunnygrunt, April 29
Fall 1997
Jonny Chan and the New Dynasty 6, Sleepwalkers, November 7th
Bill Belamy, Earthquake, Sheryl Underwood – Gym
Dim Sum Clip Job, Pimpadelic, October
All-4-One, Homecoming – Staller Center
Water Street Blues Band
#Poundsign#, Aden, My Favorite, Imperial Pints, Ahstray Boy, September
Spring 1997
Beenie Man and Tanto Metro, March 14, 1997 – Gym
Oyo Bando
Fall 1996
Busta Rhymes, Akineyle, Horace Brown – Homecoming, October 25th – Gym
Spring 1996
Notorius B.I.G. and Bounty Killer May 3rd, Gym
L’il Kim – Ballroom
Jawbox and The Last Crime, March 9, 1996 – Ballroom
Doug E. Fresh – Homecoming
Shelter – Ballroom
Spring 1995
Buju Banton, Spragga Benz – Gym
Lady Saw - Gym
Patra – Gym
Ani DiFranco – Ballroom
Fall 1994
Fugees, September – Ballroom
Fall 1993
Boogie Down Productions – Gym
Robin S. – Ballroom
Zhane – Ballroom
Fall 1992
Soup Dragons/James – Gym
Pauly Shore – Ballroom
Phish – Gym
Fall 1991
Howie Mandell, October – Gym
Spin Doctors, September – Ballroom
Fishbone with Primus, November 15, 1991 – Gym
Poor Righteous Teachers, Nice and Smooth, Leaders of the New School, Red Fox, Naturally,October – Gym
Spring 1991
Special Ed, February 15th – Ballroom (Never performed because of fights that turned into a riot)
Living Color – Gym
Bob Dylan, May 7th – Arena
Fall 1990
Boogie Down Productions – Gym
Physical Graffiti – Ballroom
WUSB Hardcore Benefit? – Bi-Level
George Carlin – Gym
Masters of Reality – Ballroom
The Band – Gym
A Tribe Called Quest – Ballroom
Andrew Tosh – Ballroom
Dirty John Valby – Ballroom
The Machine – Ballroom
Spring 1989
Psychedelic Furs – Gym
Sandra Bernhart – Ballroom
Aztec Two Step, April – Auditorium – Sponsored by WUSB
Mighty Lemon Drops and The Ocean Blue – Ballroom
Poi Dog Pondering, April – Auditorium – Sponsored by WUSB
Israel Vibrations, Soul Jahs – Ballroom
Sister Carol and Shelly Thunder – Ballroom
Fall 1989
Dead Milkmen with The Fleshtones, September – Fall-Fest
Bim Skala Bim, September – Ballroom
Red Hot Chili Peppers with Raging Slab, October – Gym
Leeway and Sick Of It All, October – Ballroom
Meatloaf, November – Gym
Johhny Clyde Copeland, November – Auditorium
They Might Be Giants, December – Ballroom
Spring 1989
The Ramones/24-7 Spyz, April 15 – Gym
Murphy’s Law, Six and Violence, February 24 – Ballroom
Sun Ra, February – Staller Center
Andrew Dice Clay – Ballroom
Fishbone, Slamming Watusis, April 14 – Ballroom
Sister Carol – Ballroom
Fall 1988
Siouxie and the Banshees, October – Gym
Urban Blight – September
Jamille Moondog and Jazz Quartet, September 24 – Auditorium
Hot Tuna, Rick Danko, Schredney Volmer October 22 – Gym
Fishbone, Octobe – Ballroomr
Camper Van Bethoven with Blind From Wild Turkey, October – Ballroom
Jimmy Cliff, November – Gym
Burning Spear, October – Ballroom
Tony Bird, November – Auditorium
Ini Kamoze, December 9 – Ballroom
Billy Bang Jazz Quartet, December 10 – Auditorium
Albert Collins, October 20 – Staller Center
Spring 1988
The Toasters with The Tequila Monsters – Ballroom/Concerts 101
Marcello, Wizards – Ballroom/Concerts 101
Skram with Indaba – Bi-Level/Concerts 101
Fall 1987
Zebra – Gym
Saints – Ballroom
Love and Rockets with Janes Addiction – Gym
Jello Biafra – Staller Center
Stanley Clark – Staller Center
Bobcat Goldwaithe – Gym
The Alarm – Gym
Spring 1987
Paul Young – Gym
Bobby Nelson (2 shows) – Ballroom
Del Fuegos w/ Juliana Hatfield and her sister – Gym
TKA – Ballroom
Fall 1986
Gil-Scott Heron – Gym
Holly Near – Ballroom
NRBQ/John Sebastian – Fall-Fest
Spring 1986
Acoustic Hot Tuna, May 3, 1986 – Gym
Phantom, Rocker, and Slick, February 2 – Gym
Suzanne Vega, April 2 – Ballroom
Alisha, March – Ballroom
The Alarm with The Long Ryders, May 4 – Gym
The Kinks, September 22 – Gym
APB, November 22 – Ballroom
Southside Johnny with Marshall Crenshaw – Fall-Fest
The Hooters, The Outfield, November 3 – Gym
‘Dirty’ John Valby – Ballroom
Zebra – Gym
Buster Poindexter – Ballroom
Spring 1985
Fleshtones – Ballroom
George Thorogood – Gym
Aleem with Nuonce (MPB) – Ballroom
Otis Day and the Nights – Gym
Lou Reed – Gym
David Johansen – Ballroom
The Ramones – Fall-Fest
Zebra – Gym
Santana November 4, 1984- Gym
Frank Zappa (2 shows) November 3, 1984 – Gym
Quiet Riot – Gym
Earons, November 16, 1984 – Union Cafeteria
Spring 1984
The Clash (without Mick Jones), April 26 – Gym
Elvis Costello/T-Bone Burnett April 14, 1984 – Gym
Tristan Rogers, April 1
Reflex, March 3 – Ballroom
Joe Piscopo, March 2 – Fine Arts
Cyndi Lauper, February 25 – Gym
The Alarm, December – Ballroom
Jerry Garcia, December 4 – Gym
Dirty John Valby, November 3 – Ballroom
Eddie Grant, October 29 – Gym
NRBQ, October 23 – Tabler Quad – Sponsored by WUSB
Father Guido Sarducci, October 14 – Ballroom
Yashioka Masuo, Claudia jacobs, Motor Mouse – Fallfest
Graham Parker and the Rumour, September 15 – Ballroom
Spring 1983
Robert Fripp, March 11, (lecture in Auditorium)
Joan Jett, January – Gym
Jorma Kakaunen – Ballroom
Guthrie Thomas – Auditorium – Sponsored by WUSB
U2, May 1 – Gym
Dizzy Gillespie – Fine Arts
Gary Burton Quartet – Ballroom
George Winston – Auditorium – Sponsored by WUSB
Southside Johnny and the Jukes, March – Gym
Gil Scott-Heron, February – Ballroom
Dickey Betts, February – Gym
Pro Wrestling – Gym
Isaac Asimov
Ben Sidran Quartet, April 11 – Recital hall at Fine Arts
Alex Haley
Berlin, February – Ballroom
Bow Wow Wow, February – Ballroom
David Johansen – Ballroom
Good Rats – Fallfest
Todd Rundgren and Utopia, October – Gym
Peter Gabriel, September – Gym
Stray Cats, December – Gym
D-Train, Planet Patrol – Gym
David Johansen, September – Ballroom
Billy Idol, October – Ballroom
Marshall Crenshaw, October – Ballroom
Aphrodisia – Ballroom
Spring 1982
The Pretenders, February 2 – Gym
Bobby and the Midnights, March 7 – Gym
King Crimson – Gym
James Taylor February 13 – Gym
Al Dimeola, March 20 – Gym
Third World, April 3 – Gym
Waitresses, Robert Gordon, March 30 – Ballroom
Peter Tosh, Bad Brains, October 4 – Gym
The Tubes, November 8 – Gym
Controlled Bleeding, Novembe 19 – End Of the Bridge
Go-Go’s, Joe King Carrasco, October 22 – Gym
Yoshiaki Masua, ?Santea/Hammer?, October 30 – Auditorium
David Sanciou, Jan Hammer, October 10
Spring 1981
The Ramones, February 14 – Gym
Santana, May 3 – Gym
Rodney Dangerfield, March – Gym
New Riders of the Purple Sage – Ballroom
Jorma Kaukonen, March 8 – Ballroom
Heath Brothers – Ballroom
Frank Zappa (2 shows) – Gym
Jimmy Cliff with Third World, November 23 – Gym
Blotto – End Of the Bridge
Pat Methany, November 20 – Fine Arts Center
Willie Nile and Quincy, October 1, 1980 – Ballroom
Spring 1980
David Bromberg Band, April 30 – Gym
Larry Coryell, October 5 – Auditorium
Aztec Two Step (2 shows), April 14 – Auditorium
Carly Simon with cameo by James Taylor, May, 1978
Van Morrisson with Rockpile (Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe), October 22, 1978
Peter Gabriel with Jules Shear and the Polar Bears, October 28, 1978
10cc with The Reggie Knighton Band, November 18, 1978
Foreigner
Pearl Harbor and the Explosions/Talking Heads
Dickey Betts, April 16, 1977
Jerry Garcia Band, December 9, 1977
Chuck Mangione Quartet, January 28 – Gym
Utopia w/Todd Rundgren – Gym
Dave Mason
Billy Joel, Deadly Nightshade, October 11 – Gym
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, October 6 – Auditorium
Kingfish, Keith and Donna Band, November 9 – Gym
David Crosby
Hot Tuna, May 8
Buzzy Linhart
Jefferson Starship, fall – Gym
Aztec Two-Step
Bonnie Raitt
Roberts and Barrand
Frank Zappa
Doc + Merle Watson, March 14 – Auditorium
Steve Miller Band – Gym
Randy Weston, October 21 – Ballroom
Tranquility, February 14 – Auditorium
Marion McPartland Trio, March 4 – Ballroom
Jon Mark, Johnny Almond Band, November 4 – gym
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Poco
Chuck Berry
Jackson Browne, February 26
The Allman Brothers – Gym
Wet Willie – Gym
Beach Boys – Gym
Boz Scaggs – Gym
Sean Phillips – Gym
David Pomerantz – Gym
Youngbloods – Gym
Corbett and Daniels – Gym
Frank Zappa – Gym
J. Geils – Gym
Swallow – Gym
The Flying Burrito Brothers – Gym
Jonathan Edwards – Gym
Pink Floyd – Gym
Donny Hathaway – Gym
Kinks – Gym
Yes – Gym
John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra – Gym
Pentangle – Gym
Blue Oyster Cult – Gym
The Byrds – Gym
MC5
Ten Years After – Gym
Mountain – Gym
Grand Funk Railroad – Gym
Bloodrock – Gym
Miles Davis – Gym
Santana – Gym
James Cotton Blues Band – Gym
B.B. King – Gym
Doc Watson and Son – Gym
Delaney, Bonnie and Friends – Gym
Allman Brothers – Gym
New Riders of the Purple Sage – Gym
The Grateful Dead October 30-31 1970 – Gym
Small Faces – Gym
Jonathan Edwards – Gym
Poco – Gym
Hot Tuna – Gym
Cat Stevens – Gym
Traffic – Gym
Leonard Cohen – Gym
Miles Davis – Gym
Tom Rush – Gym
Cowboy – Gym
Freddie King – Gym
Leon Russell – Gym
Mylon – Gym
Incredible String Band – Gym
Les McCann – Gym
Roberta Flack – Gym
Seatrain – Gym
Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys – Gym
Edgar Winter and White Trash – Gym
Jethro Tull – Gym
Jethro Tull – Gym
Gordon Lightfoot – Gym
The Flock – Gym
The Who – Gym
Sha-Na-Na – Gym
Larry Coryell – Gym
Pacific Gas and Electric – Gym
Moody Blues with Timothy Leary – Gym
Joe Cocker – Gym
Laura Nyro – Gym
Turly Richards – Gym
Odetta – Gym
David Peel and the Lower East Side – Gym
Melanie – Gym
Jerry Jeff Walker – Gym
Renaissance – Gym
Van Morrisson – Gym
John Mayall (fall) – Gym
Pig Iron – Gym
James Taylor – Gym
Stalk Forrest – Gym
Quicksilver Messenger Service – Gym
Dreams – Gym
Pink Floyd – Gym
Roland Kirk – Gym
Cannonball Adderly – Gym
Chicago – Gym
Allman Brothers – Gym
Roxy – Gym
Jefferson Airplane – Athletic Field
Canned Heat – Gym
Mott the Hoople – Gym
Traffic – Gym
Beacon Street Union – Gym
Orpheus – Gym
Children Of God – Gym
Smokey Robinson – Gym
Sam and Dave – Gym
Joni Mitchell – Gym
Tim Hardin – Gym
Rhinoceros – Gym
Procol Harum – Gym
Moby Grape – Gym
Soft White Underbelly – Gym
Bo Grumpus – Gym
Ten Years After – Gym
Churls – Gym
Blood, Sweat and Tears – Gym
Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company – Gym
Richie Havens – Gym
Rev. Gary Davis – Gym
John Hammond – Gym
Nina Simone – Gym
The Youngbloods – Gym
Earth Opera – Gym
Arlo Guthrie – Gym
Flatt and Scruggs – Gym
Mountain – Gym
Miles Davis – Gym
Taj Mahal – Gym
Chuck Berry – Gym
Slim Harpo – Gym
James Cotton – Gym
The Band, Mother Earth (Tracy Nelson) – Gym
The Byrds – Gym
The Grateful Dead - Gym
The Doors – Gym
Tim Buckley – Gym
The Chambers Brothers – Gym
Jefferson Airplane – Gym
James Cotton – Gym
Kaleidoscope – Gym
Ravi Shankar – Gym
Judy Collins – Gym
Phil Ochs – Gym
The Holy Modal Rounders – Gym
Soft White Underbelly – Gym
Jimi Hendrix – Gym
The Soft Machine – Gym
Spencer David – Gym
Vanilla Fudge – Gym
The Vagrants – Gym
Janis Ian – Gym
Love – Gym
The Grateful Dead (1st East Coast Appearance), June 3, 1967 – Gym
Incredible String Band – Gym
The Charles River Valley Boys – Gym
Jackie Washington – Gym
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Gym
Simon and Garfunkel – Gym
Mose Allison – Gym
The Mitchell Trio – Gym
Thelonious Monk – Gym
The Clancy Brothers – Gym
Dick Gregory – Gym
Mongo Santamaria – Gym
The Fugs – Gym
MC Lyte
Steeleye Span
U. Utah Phillips
David Bromberg
Robert Palmer, Union Auditorium
Dave Mason
Chuck Berry
Faces with Rod Stewart
Happy and Artie Traum, SB Auditorium
Fanny
Tom Waits
Tom Paxton, SB Auditorium
Harry Chapin
Charles Mingus, Sam Rivers Trio – Union Ballroom
Zappa/Mothers Of Invention
Fugs
Kid n’ Play
John Fahey
Leo Kottke, Andy Kaufman
Martin Mull
Pentangle
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
John Cale/Talking Heads – Auditorium
Gary Wright
Bonnie Raitt
Alpha Band with T-Bone Burnett
Vassar Clements and Cactus
DJ Red Alert
Billy Joel, Deadly Night Shade
Larry Coryell and the Eleventh House
Return To Forever
Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen
Miroslav Vitous
Buju Banton, Spragga Benz
Lene Lovich
B-52s
Muddy Waters
Mutabaruka
Lydia Lunch, No Trend, Flour
Tom Waits
Paul Winter Consort
Oregon
Stan Getz
Modern Jazz Quartet – Staller Center
Buzzy Linhart
Tranquility
Savoy Brown
Ron Carter Quartet
Jesse Colin Young, dean Friedman
Pablo Cruise
Doobie Brothers
Weather Report
Billy Cobham
Robert Klein
Henry Youngman
Chris Rush
Jean-Luc Ponty
Yoshiaki Masuo
New York Citizens
Muddy Waters
Mahavishnu Orcestra with John McLaughlin (electric)
Shakti with Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
Bad Brains
Paul Geremia – Lecture Hall
Mose Allison – Union Auditorium
Richie Havens – Staller Center
John Prine – Fallfest
Roches – Staller Center
Argon & the Flying Saucers
Dizzy Gillespie
The Earons (82 or 83) – Union Cafeteria
MTM
Black Sheep, Urban Blight
Six and Violence
Norman Bates and the Showerheads
The Police