First live band you ever saw?
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Griff
Feeding the foxes
Spion said:We thought 'who are these miserable cunts?' at the time - a freak of a singer, bass player with his back to the audience and no encore. Of course, that attitude changed as time went by
Watched them do 'Transmission' & 'She's Lost Control'on Something Else recently, and from thinking what's this geezer doing this funny dancing for, to actually getting it
Sweaty Betty
Hemo rising!
Spion said:together? I saw Saxon (for my sins) with Hawkwind in about 1980
nah.....cant remember which came first
N1 Buoy said:Slayer supported by Machine Head - Wolverhampton Civic hall in 1993 or 1994. I'd never heard of or seen a mosh pit, but I soon found out what was involved
I wouldn't go near that gig these days.
I was at that, my first gig was Napalm Death at Milton Keynes woughton Centre
well i saw The Osmonds and Animal Krackers (and Sky). But the first gig i went to with my own money that i wanted to go to was Thin Lizzy
Juice Terry
rama lama fa fa fa
Motorhead 16/12/79 Hammy Odeon
AC/DC 17/12/79 Hammy Odeon (Bon Scott's last UK gig
)
Tickets were £2.75
AC/DC 17/12/79 Hammy Odeon (Bon Scott's last UK gig
)Tickets were £2.75
maya
timewasting fool (in every universe)
years best forgotten... the roundup
Spotty, teenage "anarchist punks", screeching into the mike through a wall of feedback, on kaput guitars... Think they were called "Killsnuff" or something similarly moronic!
Their logo was a Dead Kennedy's ripoff sigil, superimposed on a melting skull with an amateurish-looking spliff in its naked grin, looking suspiciously like a penis.
Eurghhh...
*
(*The vocalist was a total hunk, though... ! </Fluff>)
Spotty, teenage "anarchist punks", screeching into the mike through a wall of feedback, on kaput guitars... Think they were called "Killsnuff" or something similarly moronic!
Their logo was a Dead Kennedy's ripoff sigil, superimposed on a melting skull with an amateurish-looking spliff in its naked grin, looking suspiciously like a penis.
Eurghhh...
*(*The vocalist was a total hunk, though... ! </Fluff>)
The_Reverend_M
More bass, vicar?
nothing particularly brilliant I'm afraid ... Bush @ The Forum, 7th Feb 1997. I was sixteen and blown away by seeing live music for the first time. Haven't looked back since 
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
First gig I got taken to as a kid was either The Baron Knights or The Spinners sometime in the 70s.
First gig I went to on my own was The Fabulous Thunderbirds, who were playing a free gig round the corner from where I was staying on holiday in France when I was about 13.
First gig I went to on my own and paid for was Iron Maiden, 2 years later.
First gig I went to on my own was The Fabulous Thunderbirds, who were playing a free gig round the corner from where I was staying on holiday in France when I was about 13.
First gig I went to on my own and paid for was Iron Maiden, 2 years later.
The_Reverend_M said:nothing particularly brilliant I'm afraid ... Bush @ The Forum, 7th Feb 1997. I was sixteen and blown away by seeing live music for the first time. Haven't looked back since
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
hah
The_Reverend_M
More bass, vicar?
Dubversion said:MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
hah
I kind'a knew that would be your response
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
hah
The_Reverend_M
More bass, vicar?
Does seeing Arcade Fire twice in the last week and five times in total make up for it? Not to mention The Flaming Lips thirteen times ...?
tonywild2001
Well-Known Member
Scott Walker at Tooting Granada (now a bingo hall) or Edgar Broughton at Hobbits Garden aka the Joint's Club Wimbledon (now the Watershed).
Also saw Black Sabbath at The Castle in Tooting. (they had to play a Thursday cos the guvnor said they weren't good enough for Saturday )
All around 1969/70.
Also saw Black Sabbath at The Castle in Tooting. (they had to play a Thursday cos the guvnor said they weren't good enough for Saturday
)All around 1969/70.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
haylz said:saxon
Cardiff St Davids Hall 1989
Me too, Brighton Centre 1982. My mum told me to wrap up warm 'cos it would be cold in that big room, so she made me wear a body warmer. They weren't exactly trendy at the time.
Thin Lizzy briefly after that before I got bored with rock.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
its funny you say that, my first gig was bush too!
it was awesome
it was awesome
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
After failing to see the UK Subs in Croydon (not looking 18), and the Plasmatics at Hammy Odeon (cancelled by Hammersmith Council for health and safety reasons), I finally got to see Athletico Spizz '80 at the marquee in 1980 (of course). They had a number of different names, but always included the word Spizz. The most famous of these was Spizz Energy.
Was that after Mick Jones left? I saw them at the Academy around that time although I think it was 1983.passenger said:the Clash brixton academy circa 1982
Spion
I hear ya
i think that takes the prize for the longest-ago-and-coolest gigs so far. Nice onetonywild2001 said:Scott Walker at Tooting Granada (now a bingo hall) or Edgar Broughton at Hobbits Garden aka the Joint's Club Wimbledon (now the Watershed).
Also saw Black Sabbath at The Castle in Tooting. (they had to play a Thursday cos the guvnor said they weren't good enough for Saturday
All around 1969/70.
I can only bring vicarious contributions on that score
A guy I knew when we were teenagers had seen Pink Floyd at the Swan pub in Brum in 1967.
My dad saw Louis Armstrong in Detroit in 1943
art of fact
wavvvey
ive been to so many gigs but cant even remember the 1st one i went to.. maybe nofx or someone like that i was probably into at the time
northernhord
Active Member
^ Hey spion, I saw Joy Division in the same year at Manchester Russell club before Wilson changed the name of the club, fuckin great
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