Heartland

Ooh crickey! Bis?

In your defence, I will mention travelling from Leeds to Sheffield to see Nosferatu (in 91?) and kipping on some kindly goths' floor.

First gig:
Fields Of The Nephilim, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Sept '88. I was blown away and my ears were ringing for days!

Second gig:
Balaam and the Angel (supported by Dawn After Dark), Reading Majestic, Oct '88. Another loud one!

My first gig?!

...THE SISTERS OF MERCY live at the Pukkelpop festival in Hasselt , Belgium in august 1992. I was 14 and just discovered 'Enter the Sisters'... that day, my world changed

...they even played Sister Ray!

I can't remember my first gig

WHAM! 1983....
Mr S's was bauhaus
how different we are..

markfiend wrote:Ooh crickey! Bis?

It gets worse. When I was 15, another friend of mine, with even worse taste, BEGGED me to come and see...

MACHINE HEAD

...with her.

It was her birthday. I couldn't say no.

boudicca wrote:

markfiend wrote:Ooh crickey! Bis?

It gets worse. When I was 15, another friend of mine, with even worse taste, BEGGED me to come and see...

MACHINE HEAD

...with her.

It was her birthday. I couldn't say no.

mrs fiend's sister, in similar circumstances, was dragged to see Del Amitri

markfiend wrote: mrs fiend's sister, in similar circumstances, was dragged to see Del Amitri

Holy moly!

Am I right in thinking that one of All About Eve went into Del Amitri, though?

And another, one Tim Bricheno, joined SOME OTHER BAND, I can't quite remember their name...

That'd still be T.Rex...then a hiatus of LOTS of years and then it was either the original Ultravox or The Cure @ A.J's in Lincoln.

impressive, Ness

James Blast wrote:impressive, Ness

T.Rex wasn't planned - I was 7 or 8 and my sister wasn't allowed to go on her own with her boyfriend without a chaperone......

still counts

The Fall, The Mish and U2 Elland Road 1/7/87 (oh the pretenders played a few songs until the bottles of p*ss got to much for them)

2nd gig, Half Man Half Biscuit 1990 - Planet X, Liverpool.

The Pretenders were a quality band too, that's disturbing

The m*****n. I kid you not. 1988. or 89. (I think.)

1st gig....The Ramones supported by the Boys at Newcastle City Hall , Jan 1980

2nd gig....The Undertones again Newcastle City Hall

Doesn't get much better than that as a start to gigging!

The Wonderstuff at Glasgow Barrowlands back in '89.
The Bass Thing was stll in the band.
My mates, who dragged me along, were the one's really into the band.

First band of my own volition was the Neph at the Network in Edinburgh
July 21, 1990 or there about. -I remember because my first niece was
born a couple of days after I got home.

Then it was the Sisters at Wembley in November.

James Blast wrote:still counts

OOOOh I love being impressive - it's not a word that gets used, to describe me, a lot.

In your defence, I will mention travelling from Leeds to Sheffield to see Nosferatu (in 91?) and kipping on some kindly goths' floor.

Remember myself and Mrs Snowey watching Nosferatu at Planet X in Liverpool about the same time. There was about 10 people there including Karl from Rosetta who spent the whole of the gig taking the p*ss out of them. Great days

another Planet person! yaaay!!

(slightly overexcited emily)

canon docre wrote:I started in 85. And I started well. Alien Sex Fiend, the mighty Cramps and TSOM all that year.

Spooky... Cramps 84 Alien Sex Fiend 85 TSOM 85 all at Keisers in Leicester.

Big Si

Next - Fields of the Nephilim @ Middlesbrough Town Hall, 2 days after my birthday July 1990

If that was the one when they had a huge build up - loads of dry ice and the rest of the band sneaking on, then as soon as McColl appeared the sound disappeared and he stormed off in a huff - we were there too!! Thoroughly enjoyed it once the little prima donna had calmed down and did the gig. Friend of mine managed to push me and himself right through the throng of followers standing at the front and we had an excellent view (well, admittedly mostly dry ice - but what more could a goth wish for?).

But - first gig - to get back to the subject - was Depeche Mode at Whitley Bay Ice Rink - I think that was '88 or '89. Shocking to be in your (very)early 20's and be a gig virgin!

Erudite wrote:The Wonderstuff at Glasgow Barrowlands back in '89.
The Bass Thing was stll in the band.
My mates, who dragged me along, were the one's really into the band.

First band of my own volition was the Neph at the Network in Edinburgh
July 21, 1990 or there about. -I remember because my first niece was
born a couple of days after I got home.

Then it was the Sisters at Wembley in November.

i too was at the Stuffies in 89 (not my choice...twas me Ex who wanted to go)...and i was at a Nephs gig in Edinburgh too...(again my Ex had something to do with that...)

didn't get to see T' Sisters @ Wembley tho... work got in the way of that one

Bad Manners at Leeds Plytechnic circa 82/83?

Black Alice wrote:Big Si

Next - Fields of the Nephilim @ Middlesbrough Town Hall, 2 days after my birthday July 1990

If that was the one when they had a huge build up - loads of dry ice and the rest of the band sneaking on, then as soon as McColl appeared the sound disappeared and he stormed off in a huff - we were there too!! Thoroughly enjoyed it once the little prima donna had calmed down and did the gig. Friend of mine managed to push me and himself right through the throng of followers standing at the front and we had an excellent view (well, admittedly mostly dry ice - but what more could a goth wish for?).

That was the one! All the dry ice had caused the fire alarm system to blow a fuse, and Carl (and the band) walked off laughing his head off! (I kid you not! I was close enough to the front to see!). It was a damn good gig, just wish I could get a boot of it!