Government Cheese with RAYGUN

On Thursday, January 24th, 1985, Government Cheese played our first gig ever. It cant be. But its true.

Government Cheese, in all its loud, licentious glory, has just turned 40 years old. We christened the newly built party room behind the Sig Ep house, a square spartan cinderblock and cement affair with no heat. It was freezing outside, thus inside as well.

We played in our coats. There is no recording of that gig, and it wasnt a show youd expect from a band that was going to last four years. A