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Deacon Blue... at what was Manchester GMex
GF at the time fainted (presume due to heat, not proximity to Mr Ross....)
Ended up dragging her out - still amazes me how the crowd parted as I did so...
St Johns brought her round, gave her a seat and a cup of sweet tea and banished me back to the gig - with instructions to collect the GF on my way out 🙂
Public Enemy, touring Fear of a Black Planet.
2nd time I saw them (last year) was for the FoaBP 20th anniversary tour - I'm happy to say they've improved a lot.
My first actual proper gig with known bands rather than live acts in the pub was Donington '90. Thunder, Quireboys, Poison, Aerosmith, Whitesnake. Rawk!
That's if you discount, when I was very young, going to my local sports centre to see a live performance by the Animal Kwackers.
Bongo, Rory, Twang and Boots.
Ahem.
As you were.
Monsters of Rcck 81
AC/DC
Whitesnake
Blue Öyster Cult
Slade
Blackfoot
More
I can remember the AC/DC bell and Whitesnake (when they were english)but nothing else
I WILL NEVER stand in a muddy field with bottles of piss being thrown all over the place again
Plum
999 Dartington hall 78?
First gig, included sex (well ok a grope) and alcohol. Not bad for a 14 yr old.
I WILL NEVER stand in a muddy field with bottles of piss being thrown all over the place again
I remember, as a terrified teen, getting accosted at Donington by a wild looking neb with a heavy Glaswegian (I think) accent. Frightened me to bloody death.
"Hey! Hey ye! YE LADDIE!" [i]*mad pointing*[/i]
Erm. Hello yes?
"as YE, ye go' any [b]BEER[/b]?" [i]*more pointing, wild glassy stare*[/i]
Um. No. Sorry. Er, sir.
"Well. 'kin ere ye go then pal!" [i]*thrusts a two-gallon flagon of ale at me*[/i] "you have a 'kin gran' day now!"
Oh. Cool! Thank you very much!
Gotta love Doni.
First gig, included sex (well ok a grope) and alcohol. Not bad for a 14 yr old.
How old were you?
The Guana Batz at Granny's in Pompey (classy place on top of the tricorn)
Bet that's impressed you all.....
Wish it had been something like The Clash but alas I am too young.
Black Sabbath in about 76 IIRC - its all a bit vague in the mists of time. Might have been tangerine dream
Easy to get those two mixed up.
Rubber_Buccaneer - I supported them loads of times!
Motorhead 1981 at Bradford St Georges Hall.
My dad and uncle took me .No alchohol, no drugs and defintely no women.Come on i was only 11
Oh gosh, that means trying to remember the early 70's ... and my memory isn't what it was. 😳
Blind Melon in support of Lenny Kravitz Wembley arena. A friend was going with his girlfriend for her birthday and they had a spare ticket. Turned out to be bloody awesome and the start of a long lasting love of live music.
Cougar, sorry i was 15, does that make it better? Punk rock!!
cinnamon_girl - MemberOh gosh, that means trying to remember the early 70's ... and my memory isn't what it was.
Me two 🙂
barnsleymitch - Member
I supported them loads of times!
What band? I went to the Klub Foot (The Clarendon)in Hammersmith quite a bit and will probably have seen you play if you came that far south.
The Undertones, Bradford St George's Hall, 1980
A band called the Juvies, Bucaneer. Only gig I clearly remember in London was Gaz's Rockin Blues (Soho, I think).
Donington 95. Machine Head was my first moshpit, and I was on the barrier for Metallica, until halfway through Fade to Black when my ribs started to give out. Fortunately one of the guards at the front saw I was getting squished and pulled me out. \o/
Cud, Wakefield, about 1987ish?
Glastonbury was/is a more or less annual summer holiday for us, and I got taken from year dot, so probably some naff old 90's band on the NME stage was probably my first taste of it.
remember being blown away by QOTSA when I was about 11 at Glasto
Cougar, sorry i was 15, does that make it better? Punk rock!!
Black Sabbath:
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Tangerine Dream:
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Stone Roses at Spike Island May 1990. When they (finally) came on stage I nearly died of excitement, the atmosphere was incredible. "The time is now" Mr Brown bellowed over and over, it certainly was.
(incidentally, trawling images to do that post, could there be any more uncool-looking bands than early Sabbath? Good heavens)
The clash 79ish, supported by the Slits.
Foo fighters, colour and the shape tour at shepherds bush empire.
Brian may and roger Taylor for the encore (with two drum kits on stage) it rocked.
Night of the guitars at royal court about 1985 , leslie west, randy california,robbie kreiger,justin hayward,alvin lee .....real guitar fest
Sky, my dad took me to see them at the Aberdeen Capitol while I was still in primary school. Then there was a looong gap and the next one was either Tori Amos in Glasgow or Sparklehorse in Bristol in 1998.
Average age of a STWer = 48?
Unless you count the school band's unsuccessful audition in the East Midlands heat of some Saturday morning TV kid's programme "battle of the bands" type thing, mine was U2 Joshua tree tour 1987 Cardiff arms park.
Stone Roses at Spike Island May 1990. When they (finally) came on stage I nearly died of excitement, the atmosphere was incredible. "The time is now" Mr Brown bellowed over and over, it certainly was.
I was there too, nearly missed the coach back to sheff, I remember gary clail on u sound system was shite, and the fireworks at the end were ace, the rest is a blur
Subway Sect (support for Buzzcocks on their '78 Love Bites tour) at the Aberdeen Capitol also. I was 14. With my elder sister and her Banchory punk rock mates.
Both bands were chuffin great.
Loads of folk bands as a kid but first I chose to go and see was the Brian May Band, on the back to the light tour. Pretty damn good as it happens... 1993, apparently, so I was 15- I remember chatting up some random older girl and she asked "Did you ever see queen live?" "Well, no, I was 8 when they played their last show" 
Second was the All-****ing-mighty in Edinburgh, got backstage passes for that one, even did a stage invasion
The Who.
Stockton-on-Tees ABC, 1968.
🙂
Orbital at the Wolverhampton Civic 1998 IIRC
ABC Deeside Leisure Centre 1982. Although if the truth be know I saw the Glitter Band Dixy Land, Colwyn Bay Pier 1975 😳
Alice Cooper, Welcome to my Nightmare tour, Wembley Arena, '86 I think.
There was blood! and guillotines! and straight-jackets! and guitars with flame throwers built in!
Def Leppard - Southampton Mayflower, 85 or 86. Actually Tesla who were the support act and very good
Frist gig was actually Thunder (I dont even like Thunder, my dad took me!)
First actually gig on my own accord: Nirvana
Slade in 82 in Liverpool or it might have been Quo in queensferry.
That was the start of a long period of jumping on the train to Liverpool on a friday to watch a band, followed by either walking all the way home or a begging phone call to my dad to come get me - ahh the joys of being 15.......
Doctor Feelgood
Cheltenham Town Hall 1972?
The Skids at Barberellas Birmingham followed soon after by The Dickies, Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello and Sham 69.
Sham 69 was at the Mayfair suite in Brum which burnt down a few weeks later.
Saw The Ruts, Stiff Little Fingers and Undertones all in the same week. Great times 🙂
Ah crap, mine was The Quo as well! Birmingham NEC, probably 93 ish. Then my second was Mike and the Mechanics at Nottingham. My mum took me to both (gets worse doesn't it)
Peters&Lee @ great yarmouth 75
Dire Straits 1977 London club 🙂