Carnegie Mellon Activities Board Technical Committee

Providing 'Fly-By-Night Sound and Light' since 1974

Over the years, AB Tech has had the [ahem] pleasure of working with a number of major acts, although they weren't necessarily that big at the time. This list covers major shows produced in whole or part by Tech since its creation. Please note this list is definitely not complete and probably not entirely accurate.

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000-Present

2005
	Mirah	February 16	Underground
	Ralphie May	April 14	Carnival Tent
	AB Comedy Carnival
	The Shins	April 15	CFA Lawn
	Second year beautiful weather for the AB Carnival Band. Techies prepare for the worst in 2006.
2004
	Magdalen Hsu-Li	February 28	Drill Deck
	Mitch Hedberg	April 15	Carnival Tent
	N.E.R.D	April 16	CFA Lawn
	AB sponsored Carnival band, on CFA Lawn
	Evan and Jaron	April 25	Underground
	Rebecca Walker	September 29	McConomy
	AB Lecture: "I'm actually not sure who this is, but McConomy is a big room..."
	Michael Moore	October 26	UC Gym
	AB Political Speakers. Documentry film maker.
	Chef Morimoto	November 5	McConomy
	TV's "Iron Chef" performs a cooking demo
	Taking back sunday with Funeral for a Friend	November 12	UC Gym
	Packed AB concert with 3 openers, stage loadin starts at 6am
2003
	Ted Rall	February 24	McConomy
	AB Political Speakers. Noted Political Cartoonist.
	Susie Bright	March 4	Rangos
	AB Special Events. Sex week keynote speaker.
	Kevin Mitnick	March 18	Rangos
	Most Famous Hacker lectures in Rangos.
	Godspeed You! Black Emperor	March 31	Rangos
	AB Coffeehouse. Very packed Rangos show.
	Dave Attell	April 10	Carnival Tent
	Carnival comedian.
	They Might Be Giants	April 11	Weigand Gym
	Carnival band in the gym. Opened by Yves Jean.
	Jurassic 5	April 12	Weigand Gym
	AB sponsored Carnival band, in the Gym.
	Robocup American Open	April 28- May 4	Rangos
	Lighting in Rangos for robotic soccer tournament.
	Kim Phuc	April 29
	The girl in the picture
	The Ataris with Vendetta Red	October 20	Weigand Gym
	AB Fall concert
2002
	Jim Bruer	February 25	Rangos
	AB Comedy. "Donner 308. Come smoke with us!"
	Jon Stewart	March 16	Soldiers and Sailors Hall
	Scheduling disaster forces us to run a stand-up show.
	Bruce Campbell	March 18	McConomy
	AB Lectures. Star of the Evil Dead series.
	Les Savy Fav	April 10	Highlander
	AB Coffeehouse. Highlander becomes a venue.
	Randy Kagan	April 17	Carnival Tent
	AB Comedian with an act that involved stapling things to his head.
	Reel Big Fish	April 19	Wiegand Gym
	Crowd Barrier sides with the audience halfway through the show.
	G. Love (and Special Sauce?)	April 20	Wiegand Gym
	Fishbone	May 3	Rangos
	AB Concerts. Fiesta de Primavera show, too cold to hold outside and too loud to hold inside.
	Dr. Howard Zinn	September 23	Rangos
	AB Lectures. Sold out (or nearly so) for an educational lecture.
	The Hope Conspiracy	October 19	Highlander
	AB Coffeehouse. Required a row of techies to keep Scorp from being pushed over.
	Ben Folds	October 26	Rangos
	AB Concert in Rangos.
	Atom and his Package	November 9	The Underground
	The Underground is packed.
	Hot Rod Circuit	November 23	The Underground
	The Underground is packed, again.
	Matt Bessner	December 2	McConomy
	AB Comedy. Star of Upright Citizens Brigade.
2001
	Keller Williams	February 1	The Underground
	Popular entertainer.
	New Deal	February 11	The Underground
	Judy Sheppard	March 21	McConomy Auditorium
	Dar Williams	March 12	Rangos
	AB Concerts/Women's Center show.
	Magnetic Fields	April 12	McConomy
	With a line extending to Forbes Avenue.
	Jump Little Children with New Invisible Joy	April 20	Carnival Tent
	Carnival concert.
	Fugazi	April 21	Carnival Tent
	AB Concert: Rain-call and moved to the Carnival Tent.
	Superchunk	April 29	CFA Lawn
	Part of the Rock 'n Roll Film Fest and AB Coffeehouse.
	The Clarks	September 21	CFA Lawn
	Anne Witchner wanted them, so she got them.
	Henry Rollins	November 12
	Former rock star does spoken word.
2000
	X-ecutioners	January 21	Rangos
	AB techno show.
	Keller Williams	March 23	The Underground
	AB Underground. First ever packed Underground show.
	Jane Goodall	April 4	Weigand Gym
	AB Lecture.
	Cat Power	April 10	McConomy
	AB Coffeehouse show.
	Eddie Ifft and Gary Greenburgh	April 13	Carnival Tent
	Carnival comedy.
	Quiddity	April 14	Carnival Side Stage
	"Last show" for a popular student band.
	Buzz Poets with Wade	April 14	Carnival Tent
	Carnival concert.
	Strangefolk with Meropoix	April 15	The Mall
	AB Concert.
	El Diablo and Ritual Space Travel Agency	April 15	Carnival Side Stage
	Carnival concert.
	Buddy Brown Show	April 15	Carnival Tent
	Carnival concert.
	The Slip	April 25	The Underground
	AB Underground.
	Mad Professor with New Deal	May 6	Merson Courtyard
	AB Concert. "I'm a sound engineer, mahn!"
	Rusted Root	September 8	Orientation Tent
	AB Concert. Quick stage strike from in front of CFA Lawn due to rain concerns.
	Silkworm and Karl Hendricks Trio	September 11	McConomy
	Mike Nelson	September 18	McConomy
	AB Lecture.
	Ralph Nader	September 26	Rangos
	AB Lecture. Sellout crowd.
	Godspeed You! Black Emperor	October 9	McConomy
	AB Coffeehouse.
	Blues Traveler	October 20	The Mall
	Co-sponsored by AB Concerts. Homecoming/midsemester break show.
	Versus	October 23	McConomy
	AB Coffeehouse.
	Jerry Springer	October 26	McConomy
	AB Political Speakers. "I hope to never see any of you on my show."
	Al Gore	October 27	The Mall
	AB Political Speakers.
	Skatellites	October 28	Rangos
	Co-sponsored by AB Concerts. International Festival/Family Weekend.
	Elliot Smith	October 31	Rangos
	AB Coffeehouse. Screwed by a promoter. Lead singer comes in dressed as Jesus.
	Lewis Black	December 4	McConomy