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Song

The Squirming Coil

Times played
356
First
1990
Last
2026
Avg length
8:21
from 356 timed
The longest it ever went missing

30 shows without it, ending 2016-07-01.

Where it sits
  • 5opened the show
  • 47opened a set
  • 49encore
Longest on record

Only where a tape gives a length, so this is the longest anyone timed — not necessarily the longest ever played.

Across the decades
  • 27890s
  • 2500s
  • 3310s
  • 2020s
Every performance
Played by yearMost in 1991: 74
19902026
DateBandVenueLength
1990-01-20PHISWebster Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover5:51
1990-01-25PHISPenny Post, Old Town5:33
1990-01-26PHISTree Café, Portland5:46
1990-01-27PHISThe Front, Burlington5:56
1990-01-28PHISThe Front, Burlington5:39
1990-02-05PHISMyskyn's, Charleston5:28
1990-02-09PHISChameleon Club, Lancaster5:21
1990-02-17PHISStudent Union Ballroom, University of Massachusetts, Amherst5:48
1990-02-24PHISThe Bayou, Washington6:06
1990-02-25PHIS8x10 Club, Baltimore5:50
1990-03-03PHISThe Wetlands Preserve, New York6:29
1990-03-07PHISMemorial Union Building, University of New Hampshire, Durham5:46
1990-03-10PHISThe Front, Burlington6:23
1990-03-11PHISThe Front, Burlington5:42
1990-04-07PHISEl Dorado Café, Crested Butte5:44
1990-05-23PHISThe Library, Richmond6:21
1990-06-05PHISCat's Cradle, Chapel Hill5:53
1990-09-14PHISThe Living Room, Providence6:04
1990-09-15PHISThe Colonial Theatre, Keene5:48
1990-09-20PHISSomerville Theatre, Somerville5:53
1990-09-22PHISStudent Union Ballroom, University of Massachusetts, Amherst5:53
1990-09-28PHISThe Chance, Poughkeepsie6:15
1990-09-29PHIS23 East Cabaret, Ardmore6:36
1990-10-01PHISThe Haunt, Ithaca6:09
1990-10-04PHISField House, University of New Hampshire, Durham5:35
1990-10-06PHISCapitol Theatre, Port Chester5:58
1990-10-07PHISClub Bene, Sayreville5:58
1990-10-30PHISEl Dorado Café, Crested Butte6:02
1990-10-31PHISArmstrong Hall, Colorado College, Colorado Springs5:55
1990-11-03PHISBoulder Theater, Boulder6:03
1990-11-08PHISThe Great Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison6:14
1990-11-15PHISLengyel Gym, University of Maine, Orono6:24
1990-11-17PHISSomerville Theatre, Somerville6:10
1990-11-24PHISCapitol Theatre, Port Chester4:08
1990-11-30PHISThe Colonial Theatre, Keene6:01
1990-12-07PHISRobert Crown Center, Hampshire College, Amherst5:53
1990-12-28PHISThe Marquee, New York8:01
1990-12-31PHISBoston World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Boston6:11
1991-02-02PHISAlumni Gymnasium, Bates College, Lewiston7:12
1991-02-03PHISThe Front, Burlington6:19
1991-02-07PHISPickle Barrel Pub, Killington6:02
1991-02-08PHISThe Music Hall, Portsmouth6:49
1991-02-09PHISJohn M. Greene Hall, Smith College, Northampton6:05
1991-02-14PHISState Theatre Of Ithaca, Ithaca6:05
1991-02-19PHISThe Bayou, Washington6:24
1991-02-20PHISKahootz, Richmond6:20
1991-02-22PHISCat's Cradle, Chapel Hill6:02
1991-02-26PHISThe Barrel House, Salem6:39
1991-02-28PHISSarratt Student Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville6:27
1991-03-01PHISThe Georgia Theatre, Athens5:29
1991-03-08PHISCollege Station Theater, Tuscaloosa8:28
1991-03-09PHISTipitina's, New Orleans6:30
1991-03-13PHISBoulder Theater, Boulder6:05
1991-03-15PHISGothic Theatre, Englewood6:14
1991-03-16PHISTen Mile Room, Breckenridge5:26
1991-03-17PHISWheeler Opera House, Aspen6:08
1991-03-22PHISThe Inferno, Steamboat Springs5:56
1991-03-28PHISThe Catalyst, Santa Cruz6:11
1991-03-31PHISBerkeley Square Theatre, Berkeley6:31
1991-04-02PHISInternational Beer Garden, Arcata5:57