RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1448039210' post='2912622'] That's funny, TOPT were the very first " proper" band I seen. They were supporting Saxon in 1980, wheels of steel tour. I thought they were great, but then again, I would have enjoyed anyone playing guitars back then. I must admit, Jess Cox doesn't possess the best voice. They did improve later when John Deverill joined. He had a great rock voice! [/quote] I think that's where I saw them, at the Lyceum .. Or was it the electric ballroom ? That Saxon gig at the Lyceum was weird; they took an eternity to come on stage , and the 'eagle' fell on the drummers head ., Nearly forgot to mention , I think it was John Sykes First gig with the tygers

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1448308934' post='2914386'] yep I can't stand big venues either, overpriced crap atmosphere, I'd rather go and see a good tribute in a small venue than the real thing in an aircraft hanger [/quote] Mmm, tend to agree. The only ' big ' bands I'd go and see are Rush, Metallica and rammstein. Rush may not tour anymore, Metallica are too lazy to record. That leaves rammstein , which will probably be next year . As for a rammstein tribute , can't see the appeal,of a band in a small venue with a couple of sparklers and a Catherine wheel . Then again , it could work .

Laibach at the Astoria mid 90's . They mimed . Left after 3 'songs'. Truly awful

.. I may buy the tickets from a tout outside the venue / tube station . What's wrong with that ?

Black sabbath , hammy o , heaven & hell tour. ( dio time ). Boring or what? Iommis guitar solo,was making my teeth ache and fall out . Tygers of pang tang . Electric ballroom . All of us in the crowd were angel witch fans back on the day, but Jess cox was grating

Been going to gigs since '79, so I've seen some real cr@p. I' ll list them , as I remember them;) Back in the early '80s a band supporting hawk wind Crown of thorns . Not at all musical. Iron maiden at Wembley in the late '80s when they were blown off stage by anthrax . Only a few of us in the bar , but we enjoyed a few more drinks than expected. Warrior soul..some pretty boy with long blonde hair trying to be all political. Mordred at the marquee . The frontman was a c@ck! They should've been huge, but live they were cr@p. All attitude, but nothing to back it up . Motörhead at Wembley arena . The place was too big for them . No atmosphere. Kiss at Wembley arena on the crazy tights tour. Half empty venue because of post strike . No stage show..just Paul Stanley playing with his hair . Therapy at town and country . Cop shoot cop were way better . Dave lee Roth at hammy o . The tour where he had session musicians . Dirty mouth tour? John may all at hammy o . Looked like jimmy savilke . Boring , and arrogant . Megadeath peace sells tour . Mustaine strung out on drugs. Flotsam blew them clean off stage. Janes addiction at the Astoria ..camp ottvocalist carried through crowd eating grapes . I left after 10 mins. Queensryche .. Mind crime tour ..bland . Saw them 2 /3 years ago in Bournemouth .. Great. The almighty, Kentish Town . They were filming a video , but it got messed up and never released . Awful . Jack Bruce .. Empire Shepherd's Bush . He didn't want to be there . Schenker messed things up by pulling out of gig, half empty venue. Bruce finished with Eleanor rigby. Awful f@@king awful! That's it for now

Get well soon plenty of ice cream for you

Years ago, I was walking down Fleet Street on a Friday afternoon , taking the company petty cash from my job to coutts & co. I had long hair down mu back, and was wearing my ace of spades tour t shirt . This was the period when fast Eddie quit. Anyway, as soon as Phil saw me, he scarpered into a bookshop in Chancery Lane . Miserable bastard I thought . Lemmy chatted to me for about half an hour tho'. Not the kind of thing you expect meeting your heroes at 2.30 on a Friday afternoon I don't do hero worship anymore Rip Phil

Status or steinberger, if you would consider headless basses that is .

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1447059887' post='2904387'] You're not a bass player, you're a musician. Play as many musical instruments as you can. [/quote] +1 . I'm worse than cr&p on a guitar . I was thinking about getting a cheap one and trying again. I just don't like the feel of one In my hands For some bizarre reason, yesterday I was looking at glockenspiel / xylophone on you tube . It would probably sound too noisy for the flat , and not good for metal .

I have a question to ask : is the seller still on eBay ? Not thrown off since this transaction? The reason I ask , is because I have a similar experience of a dodgy seller . A few years ago I bought a few rare CDs from someone on eBay . Great transaction . There was a list of other CDs to buy if I wanted to , which was sent in a letter enclosed with my purchases. Anyway, just before I agreed to buy additional CDs , I had a message from eBay saying that the seller has been booted off of eBay , for some dodgy doings. I went ahead ( my own fault). I lost £6 . Could've been a lot worse . I don't think I used PayPal . If I did , I doubt if they would hello me , as I was warned by eBay , plus I agreed purchase off eBay . My feeling is that , the seller of the bass on this topic has done a runner , and will be chucked off eBay . The op used PayPal which should mean he gets money back. Fingers crossed

I received a nice reply from one of the female dj's , telling me I should expect a reply on Monday , from one of their web masters. The station is owned by bell media , who own a couple of ' Bears' apparently. Maybe they're cost cutting . I'll have to look for something similar I guess. I will post reply, when I get it. I had a look at the premium version of tune in radio , and what you get for £5.99 a month. I didn't go for the free trial as I think it looks rubbish.

Stagg

Korm at the Brixton academy. ( 2nd time I saw ythem ). After a good start, not as good as last time .

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1446887328' post='2903130'] I remember when WASP brought their own buckets of blood to the Lyceum.....😨😆 [/quote] I was at that gig

On the bear rocks website , nothing there either on their radio player

Thanks rumple . The tune in app is fine . The bear one is not , as its not supported in this country . Annoying .

No interest here. Off topic perhaps ?

'This station is not available in your country' wtf?!? I've sent email to their webmaster ,wanting to know why not .

I go to tune in radio as usual , and 'the bear ', edmontons best rock' has disappeared . I know that I can go direct to their web page and listen there , but tune in is/ was handy for switching to other stations . There are other stations called 'the bear' , on the tune in app , but not that one . Weird . I wonder if it's because tune in have put it in their premium selection . The bear is owned by bell,media , and I've just downloaded the app . Inconvenient .