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Great gigs I've missed...

Sisters, Glasgow Barrowland, September 2nd, 2000

(I got the flu for the first and only time in my life the day before)

And this Sisters tour just passed...

For even more unpleasant reasons.


I'm cursed.

paint it black wrote:

Hom_Corleone wrote:Frank Sidebottom - Reading Festival 91. What a stonker.

Ah, the man with the worst tattoo in the world

was actually 1989 had to leave NMA halfway through their set. so many people tried to get in the tent that they had to close the outer barriers, the official tape of the gig states 4000 in a 2000 capacity tent.

still remember all the people moshing to the damned before he came on dressed as father christmas

Was it really that long ago? Fcuk - I'm old.
I remember he did a great version of Spanish HArlem and at the end of the set he killed Little Frank by ripping his head off and threw his head into the crowd.

The chants of 'Oh Frankie Frankie' rang out for a fair while after he finished.

Type O Negative, Glasgow Garage c.96
Nine Inch Nails, Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom '94
The Clash, Irvine Magnum Centre c. 82
The Pink Floyd, Maine Road Football Ground '88
Hawkwind, Glasgow Apollo '74

at the risk of breaking the "usual" rule as set out at the start of the thread
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motorhead -1987 rockcity :the first of eleven and still the best.
thin lizzy -1983 leicester (my 1st proper gig)
monsters of rock,1983 (first fezzie)
NMA -brixton academy,'94?
nirvana -reading '91? (not when they headlined -i had a full-on fight all the way through that one )
the godfathers -leics uni. for 50p
the cramps 1986 loughborough uni

at this point my memory starts to go hazy...must be those rock'n'roll "hormones"

eastmidswhizzkid wrote: nirvana -reading '91? (not when they headlined -i had a full-on fight all :

Was that when Kurt threw himself into the drum kit and broke his arm?

Fields of the Nephilim - Bham Hummingbird, Sep 1988 (always damn good live)
The Swans - London, 1997 (last ever UK gig)

Iggy And The Stooges - last Tuesday - Hammersmith Apollo
Special show playing Fun House in the correct running order in it's entirety plus many encores.
Seen Iggy solo loads. He ranges from great to s**t.
Seen the orig Stooges twice before since the reunion two years ago, both gigs were superb. This gig blew everything else I've ever seen out of the water.

lazarus corporation wrote:The Swans - London, 1997 (last ever UK gig)

*extremely f**king jealous*

boudicca wrote:

lazarus corporation wrote:The Swans - London, 1997 (last ever UK gig)

*extremely f**king jealous*

naa-na-na-naaaa-na

lazarus corporation wrote:

boudicca wrote:

lazarus corporation wrote:The Swans - London, 1997 (last ever UK gig)

*extremely f**king jealous*

naa-na-na-naaaa-na

sniffle....

its just Swans BTW, like Skids, eh Ness?

James Blast wrote:its just Swans BTW, like Skids, eh Ness?

A fukking Hoy

CellThree wrote:Favourite gig was watching my mates band play the Marquee in 1996 supporting Die Laughing and 13 Candles, unfortunately they split up soon after that.

Which band were your mates in? I know the old drummer from 13 Candles

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
As for the oldies: Tiamat with the 'deeper kind of slumber' tour

I was there too.

christophe wrote:I almost forgot
Clawfinger @ Lier in 2003 (I believe it was) they had one of the most amazing support band I have ever seen, and I know I'll never see them again. a small band with the name ...The Avatar

Oh... THEM

They were not bad, The Avatar... music-wise

IZ.

boudicca wrote:

lazarus corporation wrote:The Swans - London, 1997 (last ever UK gig)

*extremely f**king jealous*

I saw Swans on that final tour too...in Brussels. With the mighty Pan Sonic as opening act. Heavy stuff

canon docre wrote:

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
As for the oldies: Tiamat with the 'deeper kind of slumber' tour

I was there too.

big surprise

3 tenors
Domingo, Careras and Pavarotti
and listening to Luciano perform "Nessun dorma" ... no words could ever describe

1. Turbonegro, Hamburg, 23.04.2005 and all the others Turbonegro gigs
2. The Cure, Katowice, Poland 1997 (?)
3. New Model Army - 20th anniversary gig, rock city nottingham 2000
4. New Model Army, Poznan, Poland 1999
5. U2, Chorzow, Poland, 1994
6. NIN, Brixton, july 2005
7. Type o Negative, few times
8. Cradle Of Filth, metalmania festival, Poland
9. Rammstein, KAtowice, Poland
10. Marillion, Poznan, Poland

Forgot about this one
King Diamond - London Meanfiddler/Astoria 2000 ish

some more
Curve, Glasgow QMU, Cuckoo tour
Tones On Tail, Glasgow Nightmoves c.84
Skids, Dundee University '80
Echo and the Bunnymen, small hall underneath Dundee Caird Hall '81
Anthrax, Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom '89

more from me......
Sisters anniversery gig at Leeds Uni
PWEI - Bham Academy this yeat
Metallica at Reading festival
Cult in the Park
SFA at Cov Colleseum this year
The Orb at Warwick Uni
Ozric Tentacles at Nott Poly

ok, here is the GREATEST gig ever: Ministry, headlining With Full Force in 99.
Last day, last band. Al got carried onstage by two run down groupies. He couldn't walk by himself and barely stand on his feet. We feared the worst.
But when they started, oh boy, a massive Panzer was rolling over all of the remaining and left the battlefield devasted. I swear, none of the witnesses will ever forget their mighty blast.

That gig and White Zombie in Ventura, L.A. in 93. Hell-o-groove.

Small selection from the list of many great gigs I've seen over the years:

Sisters - Reading Festival '91 - still my favourite. they'll never top that.
Nirvana - Reading Festival '91 and '92
Cramps / Failth No More - Reading '90
Bauhaus - Brixton '98
Fields Of The Nephilim - Birmingham Hummingbird 2/6/89 - Psychonaut tour
Miss!on / All About Eve - Manchester Uni 25/11/99
Killing Joke - Shepherd's Bush Empire 24+25/2/05 - 25th aniversary gigs.
Metallica / Megadeth - Milton Keynes Bowl '93
Motorhead - Leeds T and C '98
Pantera / Sepultura / Therapy? / Wildhearts - Donington '94
NIN - Brixton 14/7/05
Cure - Berlin Tempodrom Nov 2002 - the 'trilogy' gigs.
Black Sabbath / Fear Factory - Birmingham NEC, Dec '97.

and few unusual ones:

Napalm Death - York, Fibbers '99 - went along just for "something to do" but it turned out to be a very intense (and loud!) gig.
Sultans Of Ping FC supported by Radiohead (when no bugger had heard of 'em) - Stoke Wheatsheaf '92
Mostly Autumn - in a pub in York circa 1998 - the next Pink Floyd!

Scardwel wrote:Miss!on / All About Eve - Manchester Uni 25/11/99

sure that's not '89 or was it a reformation thingey?