sammynb 2929 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) Bands I'm most disappointed about never having the opportunity to see in their prime Echo and the Bunnymen (never seen), Killing Joke (saw as old men) and Talking Heads (only ever saw David Byrne solo). First, not shitty local cover, band I saw was Spandau Ballet in 1985, things we do for girlfriends when you're young. Same year saw Howard Jones, Queen, Sting, BB King and the Style Council. Also was lucky enough to see Nirvana just weeks after they released Nevermind - almost didn't go as I wasn't really arsed about them - preferred Mudhoney, TAD, Killdozer and Dinosaur Jr. Saw Elbow at this tiny venue with about 50 others, Asleep at the Wheel wasn't huge here. At one stage, in my mid-thirties, I calculated how many bands I'd seen and it averaged out that from 16, I'd seen one band a night over those twenty years - that's not including all the bands on a festival bill if I went to it. Old age and covid have definitely dented those numbers. Edited March 10, 2022 by sammynb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2767 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Nine Inch Nails. Tool. Sublime. Marilyn Manson. Eek-A-Mouse. Ween. Same year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2767 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 ohhh and oops RHCP and the Foo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14585 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) Saw the legendary Irish fetish-punks Sultans of Ping FC with about 200 other idiots in a club in Bournemouth around 92..might have been 93... they were supported by some little known gang of scruffs from Oxford with a weird wee vocalist by the name of Radiohead....not sure what happened to them tbh Edited March 10, 2022 by PaddockLad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14585 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Was at this too....as a one day line up it was bad to beat.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3603 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I went to this one, in retrospect Saturdays line-up has aged better than Sundays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3603 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 A 2day indoor festival by the way, the stench by the end was unbelievable as 90 % of the people just crashed out on the floor at the end of the first night. Actually that's not completely accurate, a sizeable proportion stayed up speeding for 48 hours 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 26824 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 13 hours ago, Tom said: Great view from the stage mind "Do a lot of work from the stage, mate. Don't like to brag about it." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 6850 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 3 hours ago, NJS said: The band I saw the most - probably saw them about 25 times altogether. Did you get the two gigs for the price of one at City Hall ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3978 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 52 minutes ago, Toonpack said: Did you get the two gigs for the price of one at City Hall ?? Yeah, there can't be many bands who did that - "the sound is fucked so we'll come back and play again for nowt". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 6850 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 30 minutes ago, NJS said: Yeah, there can't be many bands who did that - "the sound is fucked so we'll come back and play again for nowt". Wouldn't care, it was fine after first few songs !!!! Was gobsmacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 I've been lucky enough to see just about see everybody i ever wanted. But one band I regret not seeing was the classic YES line up of Anderson, Bruford, Howe, Squire & Wakeman. I had a chance to go to see YES on the Drama Tour" but by then Anderson & Wakeman had left the band & were replaced by Geoff Downes & Trevor Horn from Buggles. The band were quickly nicknamed YEGGLES. I just couldn't face Horn trying to sing Anderson's parts so never went to see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) Did Milton Keynes Bowl a couple of times. 1986 for Simple Minds the same day England played Argentina in the world Cup finals the "Hand Of God" game. Jim Kerr told us what had happened. It was a cracking day Edited March 10, 2022 by trooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 August 19th 1989 my 30th birthday & I celebrated at Milton Keynes Bowl seeing Bon Jovi on the "New Jersey Tour". They brought on 2 surprise guests Steven Tyler & Joe Perry (Aerosmith) & they all played Walk This Way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3978 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 My first trip to the MK bowl was for U2 in 85. REM were the main support with The Ramones. It pissed down all day and I think that when U2 came on at nine everyone just decided to say "fuck it" and really went for it which made it special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 8 minutes ago, NJS said: My first trip to the MK bowl was for U2 in 85. REM were the main support with The Ramones. It pissed down all day and I think that when U2 came on at nine everyone just decided to say "fuck it" and really went for it which made it special. Same day I went to Knebworth to See Deep Purple. The buses for U2 & Deep Purple left Central Station at the same time. It had pissed down all week & never let up on the day. It was still a great day though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Hog 336 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2005/11/21/elbow_review_feature.shtml Seen Elbow a couple of times since but the first time was my favourite. Mew were class too, they had a thing where you could download the audio of their set if you paid £1.99 via text. Hoping I still have it on a hard drive somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 6850 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 2 hours ago, trooper said: August 19th 1989 my 30th birthday & I celebrated at Milton Keynes Bowl seeing Bon Jovi on the "New Jersey Tour". They brought on 2 surprise guests Steven Tyler & Joe Perry (Aerosmith) & they all played Walk This Way saw Jovi at the old SEC in Glasgow, back god knows when, sound was horrific, old SEC was basically a huge metal shed and PA was in the roof, not a good idea, constantly vibrated/rattled like fuck, place was full of screaming lasses as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 19 minutes ago, Toonpack said: saw Jovi at the old SEC in Glasgow, back god knows when, sound was horrific, old SEC was basically a huge metal shed and PA was in the roof, not a good idea, constantly vibrated/rattled like fuck, place was full of screaming lasses as well. Saw AC/DC at Glasgow SEC in 1991. Went to Whitley Bay Ice Rink in 1986 another big shed. Also saw them at the Mayfair in 1980 the place was absolutely rammed full. This was the last gig Bon Scott ever played. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30404 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 8 hours ago, PaddockLad said: Saw the legendary Irish fetish-punks Sultans of Ping FC with about 200 other idiots in a club in Bournemouth around 92..might have been 93... they were supported by some little known gang of scruffs from Oxford with a weird wee vocalist by the name of Radiohead....not sure what happened to them tbh When I saw Smashing Pumpkins at the Mayfair they were supported by The Verve. Think that was September 93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 What's the furthest you've travelled for a gig? Mates and I use to occasionally drive from Sydney to Melbourne for the weekend to see a band. Furthest for me was Jesus and Mary Chain with Dinosaur Jr, My Bloody Valentine and Blur at the Brixton Academy, a trip to England that I timed so I could see the gig. Would have topped that in 2009 with tickets for 65daysofstatic and a show they had at Barrow but it was cancelled last minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 3659 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I drove to Belgium for a electronica festival with 2 mates and their GFs in my 20s. It got weird 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 3659 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Also been to primavera in Barcelona to see wu tang even later in my 20s but not sure if flying counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14053 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Went to Nashville for a country music festival. More than a decade ago now, fucking hell. Belgrade and Riga for Eurovision if that counts, but it probably doesn't. Either as a gig or as music generally. In terms of land travel though, London to Brighton for an Eels gig at the Dome (also a legendary Eurovision venue ) is about the furthest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5908 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 3 hours ago, trooper said: Saw AC/DC at Glasgow SEC in 1991. Went to Whitley Bay Ice Rink in 1986 another big shed. Also saw them at the Mayfair in 1980 the place was absolutely rammed full. This was the last gig Bon Scott ever played. Love AC/DC. Seen them at Donnington, Vegas, Glasgow and Manchester over the years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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