I was there at Selinas and I've always had a strong memory of them opening with Today. I'm thinking that other person was confused and in fact this recording is from that Melbourne show. I had seen them at their Big Day Out Sydney show and went along to this one because they were so good at the BDO. The Selinas show is still one of my top 3 gigs of all time along with Sonic Youth in 1989, Iggy and the Stooges in 2006. They were epic and one of the best crowds I've been in. The mosh pit was the whole floor.

Of the 8 dates on the band's 1994 Australian tour, this club date in Sydney is the only one with a recording circulating. The majority of the dates on this tour were part of the annual Big Day Out Festival, which was held in multiple cities, featuring many of the biggest bands of the time.

So, instead of having a recording from one of those larger festival performances where the band played to a crowd of thousands, all we have is this recording from an inbetween date that the band played in a small club in Sydney, their final gig in the country before leaving for New Zealand to play another club date there, and then the New Zealand leg of the Big Day Out Festival. From there, the band would move on to Japan, and then back to Europe for dates including shows in Germany, Spain, and the 4 day stand at the Astoria in London.

On the whole, the band sound pretty good here, although Billy doesn't seem to give too much beyond his standard delivery in the songs. In fact, songs like Quiet have him deliberately taking it easy on some of the verses he would normally scream, and he just about runs out of steam by the end of Mayonaise. So, a little bit of tiredness here. And the band played a shorter set than what they normally performed during this era, most noticeably omitting I Am One (and the rant that went with it, of course). Silverfuck was played at this show, but is missing from the recording.

In all, the incomplete recording and average/shortened performance makes this one for the completist. There are better performances and recordings from this era.