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Just wondered what everyone's choices are
mine would be
First gig Therapy? at Norwich UEA
Last gig Hawkwind at Norwich Waterfront
Worst gig Metallica at Reading Festival 1997
Best gig A tie between King Diamond at London Astoria and yep, Immortal at Camden Underworld

Gig most looked forward to Arcturus
Camden Underworld January 2005!

First gig - Gary Numan 1980
Last Gig - Levellers - last year
Worst Gig - Belinda Carlisle
Best gig - Sisters Brixton '93/Dave Gahan Wolverhampton '03

Gig most looked forwardededed to - Faithless Brighton in December

Go on James ... sock it to 'em!

First "gig" - The Small Faces - circa 19 f**king 66 or thereabouts in a smelly hall in Hull
Last gig - my friends new band doing his debut at Roxy's in Melville (read: the scummy end of Jo'burg)
Worst gig: without doubt Bon Anchovy in Jo'burg a couple of years ago
Best gig: U2 (aah ... still get goosebumps about that) and am also pissed off that I missed the booze up in a club down the road from me afterwards!
Gig most looked forward to: f**king 'ell ... nowt ever comes to J'burg worth looking forward to

First gig - the Sisters of mercy
Last Gig - apocalyptica (yesterday and tomorow)
Worst Gig - 50cent (pukkelpop festival)
Best gig - The Sisters of Mercy / deinze 2003

and looked forward to
- the next sisters gig
- Oomph (tomorow)
- some local bands I'm gone see the next few weeks..

First gig - AC/DC (1982)

Last gig - Echo & the Bunnymen (2003) - shocking! I haven't been to a gig this year!

Worst gig - Age of Chance (1985-ish)

Best gig - too many. EATB gig above, Flesh for Lulu (1987)

have I plugged this recently? http://community.webshots.com/user/derekr2

First gig - All About Eve / Wonderstuff 1987

Last Gig - Lydia Lunch, earlier this year

Worst Gig - Dawn After Dark, circa 1989(?) "we hope you like our new thrash metal direction..."

Best gig - probably the Sisters at Rock City in 2001

First Gig Two Tone Tour (Specials,Madness,Selecter) 79/80 ish

Last Gig Wildhearts,Therapy? Leadmill Sheffield 04( by a signed band)
Otherwise, Smurphs, Crewe
Worst Gig Guns and Roses,Illusion Tour, Milton Keynes (whenever)

Best Gig The Cult finsbury Park 92 ish

First gig - Mott The Hoople/SAHB, Glasgow Apollo, 1972

Last Gig - The Nice, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2003

Worst Gig - Soundgarden, Glasgow Barrowlands, Superunknown tour

Best gig - Type O Negative, Glasgow Garage, 1996

Most looked forward to gig - first time I saw Yes, Glasgow Apollo, 1975

Gig that went on too long - Robert Palmer, Glasgow Tiffany's, sometime round 82/3

Gig I'm most proud to have been at - Tones On Tail, Nightmoves c.1982

Gig I had the best time at - Skids, Dundee Uni, 1980

@ lucretia you beat me to a first gig by 6 years!

James Blast wrote:First gig - Mott The Hoople/SAHB, Glasgow Apollo, 1972

Last Gig - The Nice, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2003

Worst Gig - Soundgarden, Glasgow Barrowlands, Superunknown tour

Best gig - Type O Negative, Glasgow Garage, 1996

Most looked forward to gig - first time I saw Yes, Glasgow Apollo, 1975

Gig that went on too long - Robert Palmer, Glasgow Tiffany's, sometime round 82/3

Gig I'm most proud to have been at - Tones On Tail, Nightmoves c.1982

Gig I had the best time at - Skids, Dundee Uni, 1980

@ lucretia you beat me to a first gig by 6 years!

This rocks ... facking Type O and Tones on Tail top of your list - Brilliant!
Yep, beat you hands down ... not

I wept at the Type O gig Janice, it was that good, Green Man was the one that got me <gulp>

James Blast wrote:I wept at the Type O gig Janice, it was that good, Green Man was the one that got me <gulp>

I'd have had a freaking orgasmic attack from the minute I got the ticket.

First gig The Clash (london calling 79)
Last gig NFD (colchester)
Worst gig Sponge
Best gigs U2 (Feb 83) Echo & The Bunnymen (April 81 and Sept 82) Bauhaus (June 83)

Gig most looked forward to U2 (in 83) I had the first two tix sold for the show...front and centre...A24 & A25...




i had to check the dates as my memory is shot

Burn wrote:First gig The Clash (london calling 79)
Last gig NFD (colchester)
Worst gig Sponge
Best gig U2 (war 83) or Echo & The Bunnymen (Heaven Up Here 82ish)

Gig most looked forward to U2 i had the first two tix sold for the show...front and centre...

I stood for over six hours in the stadium in the sun, squeezing and worming my way right to the front , with absolutely no room (and i mean NO ROOM) to even turn around and was right in front of Bono the whole way through. It was the best night of my little life.

lucretia wrote: I stood for over six hours in the stadium in the sun, squeezing and worming my way right to the front , with absolutely no room (and i mean NO ROOM) to even turn around and was right in front of Bono the whole way through. It was the best night of my little life.

my girlfriend at the time was asked on stage by bono to dance with hin during Electric Co... tix are signed by edge and bono...very very happy days!

First Gig - The Fall, The Mish and U2 Elland Road 1/7/87
Last Gig - Smurph's / Rhombus @ Crewe B4 that Raw Melody Men (NMA) at Wolves the night before.
Worst Gig - Railway Children @ Liverpool Poly 91ish... Utter s**t
Best Gig - Half Man Half Biscuit, Planet X, Liverpool 90.

Burn wrote:

lucretia wrote: I stood for over six hours in the stadium in the sun, squeezing and worming my way right to the front , with absolutely no room (and i mean NO ROOM) to even turn around and was right in front of Bono the whole way through. It was the best night of my little life.

my girlfriend at the time was asked on stage by bono to dance with hin during Electric Co... tix are signed by edge and bono...very very happy days!

Bitch ...
I'm green now.

First gig: Rollercoaster at Whitley Bay ice-rink, in about 1992. Featured Dinosaur Jnr, My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain and a very out-of-place Blur. Blur sucked, the others were pretty cool.

Last gig: Nightwish, London Astoria, July 2004.

Worst gig: Lou Reed, Shepherd's Bush Empire. Give us a smile you miserable old git! Honorable mention to Dido as well. Decent performance, just very very bland.

Best gig: Nick Cave, Brixton Academy, No More Shall We Part tour.

Most over-hyped: Brian Wilson and Pet Sounds at the RFH. His recovery from his collapse is impressive, but it doesn't make him god almighty, ffs!

And how could anyone not enjoy a Belinda Carlisle show?

lucretia wrote:

Burn wrote:

lucretia wrote: I stood for over six hours in the stadium in the sun, squeezing and worming my way right to the front , with absolutely no room (and i mean NO ROOM) to even turn around and was right in front of Bono the whole way through. It was the best night of my little life.

my girlfriend at the time was asked on stage by bono to dance with hin during Electric Co... tix are signed by edge and bono...very very happy days!

Bitch ...
I'm green now.

@ derekR.. madrugada were ace at Leeds..

First... Wham! (and proud) 1985
Last... I think the libertines were playing Leeds when I left.
Best.... seen too many to mention. this year.. darkness in germany. Or British Sea Power.
Worst - whoever that band was that some guy from hawkwind fronted in about 1987 and he was smoking his pipe on stage... zzzzz Gripper might remember
Anticipated.... looking forward to wonderstuff. darkness in paris 1st time, it was such a surprise to be going at all...

Mr S

First - Bauhaus 198 something...
Last - libertines at leeds see above
Best - tbc
Worst - His own band's first gig in 1983. Red City Electric.
Most shocking - Anti Nowhere League.... eyeopener! most people were gluesniffing. he was a young lad at the time.

both

Loudest - Curve in 1990 ish. ears STILL ringing...

andymackem wrote:And how could anyone not enjoy a Belinda Carlisle show?

The sound was cr&p and the show was a barely over an hour long. The apathy was tangible. It were rooobbish!

emilystrange wrote:Loudest - Curve in 1990 ish. ears STILL ringing...

Jealous now...

I'll let you know on all of the above...
on the grounds of alcoholic excess all I can reveal at the moment is that my first gig was Toyah (unless you really wanted to know that I saw Bert Grange's Big Band live at Walton Gardens in 1973- you mean that was the one date on the tour you couldn't make?), at which point you'll realise that I've said too much....but, of course, as that familiar face on breakfast tv this morning might have said if someone had told him to, "I'll be back."

First Gig - Slade Wolvo Civic Hall 1973
Best Gig - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dudley JB's 1988
Worst Gig - Nirvana and Mudhoney birmingham Barrel organ (grunge crap)
Loudest Gig - Motorhead Birmingham Golden Eagle Demolition Party 1980
Secret Gig - Led Zeppelin Dudley JB's 1990
Dancefest Craxy Assed Gig - PWEI Wolvo Civic Hall 1989
Last Gig - TSOM Smoke and Mirrors Wolvo Civic Hall

next gig - Nick Cave - Wolvo Civic Hall.....

andymackem wrote:Last gig: Nightwish, London Astoria, July 2004.

I nearly got to go to that!

First gig - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Bradford 8.10.85
Last gig - Bonsai Kittens/David Wrench/Yumi Yumi - Leeds Royal Park 23.4.04
Worst gig - Erm, I can't really think of one. I'll have to say Dust Devils (I've no clue who they are) but they were supporting Ghostdance at Leeds Poly in 1987. The sound was just terrible, you couldn't hear the vocals at all and the rest sounded like cack. A few of us shouted abuse between each song for which I am ashamed. In hindsight I'd have gone to the sounddesk and told them it sounded shite and to do something about it. Thankfully the sound was ok for Ghostdance.
Best gig - Erm the best one is usually whatever I've been to most recently, erm, how about Lunachicks - Leeds Duchess of York 1992.
Loudest - Siouxsie 1985 again. I was right up agaisnt the speakers and my ears rung for about 3 days afterwards.
Gig I'm not embarrassed to mention - Bananarama - Sheffield 1989.
Band I've seen the most times - The Mission - 24 times (2nd place - Gentle Ihor's Devotion - 23 times)

Brideoffrankenstein wrote:

andymackem wrote:Last gig: Nightwish, London Astoria, July 2004.

I nearly got to go to that!

They were fantastic. But unfortunately my continued lust for Tara is making relationships with real women more difficult than they should be