pantherairsoft Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 [quote name='beardybass' post='668037' date='Nov 28 2009, 09:50 AM']Pitchshifter with Sona Fariq and th Workhorse Movement, at Northumbria Uni. Not sure when, good few years ago though, It were a good 'un.[/quote] Sona Fariq! Theres an awesome band that hardly anyone ever heard of!!! Pitchshifter too... am stil in touch with Jonny Carter (he does recording/engineering these days), and JS Claydon used to knob my cousin... hardly a claim to fame... but hey ho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieC Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 [quote name='MacDaddy' post='668341' date='Nov 28 2009, 03:06 PM']Monsters of Rock 1988 Helloween Megadeth Guns n Roses David Lee Roth Kiss Iron Maiden still have the tee shirt.[/quote] I was there too! Had to sleep [u]under[/u] the mini I got a lift down in... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 [quote name='MacDaddy' post='668341' date='Nov 28 2009, 03:06 PM']Monsters of Rock 1988 Helloween Megadeth Guns n Roses David Lee Roth Kiss Iron Maiden still have the tee shirt.[/quote] I was there. I didn't see you? Mine was Gillan in Cardiff Top Rank - must have been 1980? Support were Quartz and White Spirit, Janick Gers band years before he joined Iron Maiden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 [quote name='bethnalgreen' post='668017' date='Nov 28 2009, 09:28 AM']October 5th, 1972 - Hawkwind at the Sundown, Mile End, in London.[/quote] Ahh, would love to have seen them around then, first time I got to a Hawkwind gig was '76 or 77 at Southampton Gaumont. Fantastic live show, a real all-round experience. My first ever gig was Deep Purple, '74 (Burn tour, anyway), same venue. I was a little disappointed that Gillan and Glover had split. The support band was 'Elf', who became Rainbow (minus the guitarist, I guess). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenochrome Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I saw various bands when I was growing up at festivals, bike rallies etc. I think the first name band that I was aware of was Slade at a daytime roadshow gig in about '82 but they mimed and I was dissapointed. I had a ticket for a Cult gig in 85 that was cancelled, so I guess the first big gig I went to without adult supervision was Dio with Warlock in support in 87. Both bands were great for different reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 First gig on my own (my mum had taken me to, among others the Pink Fairies, Heavy Metal Kids and Hawkwind) was the Rich Kids at The Nashville in Jan 1978. Got plastered on Double Diamond. School was bad next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray5 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 [quote name='Low End Bee' post='669810' date='Nov 30 2009, 10:10 AM']First gig on my own (my mum had taken me to, among others the Pink Fairies, Heavy Metal Kids and Hawkwind) was the Rich Kids at The Nashville in Jan 1978. Got plastered on Double Diamond. School was bad next day.[/quote] Wow, you had a cool mum, LEB -- my mum only ever took me to see Father Christmas at Selfridges! Yeah, The Nashville! Good venue. Long after my first gig(s), I used to see bands such as Mealticket and Supercharge there around 77/78. Or we'd head down Fulham Palace Road to The Greyhound and catch Kokomo, FBI, S.A.L.T., etc., and further on to The Golden Lion for more of the same. That was a time when bands would do a mix of covers and original material. And the audience accepted both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo63 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 First ever gig was Queen at the Glasgow Apollo - Dec 79 - Crazy Tour followed the next night by Joe Jackson at the Edinburgh Usher Hall. Queen were absolutely amazing, I was up in the gods and the whole balcony bounced up and down - still have a program from that gig somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer61 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 (edited) The Strawbs in Swindon circa '73 with my older brother. First gig with mates, unsupervised - Quo at the Hammersmith Odean - '77 - big adventure and great gig!!!!! Edited November 30, 2009 by farmer61 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markl Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 The Skids at Bournemouth Winter Gardens 5th November 1979. I couldn't believe anything could be that loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I'm not sure it was the very first, but one of my earliest, and easily the most memorable, was the The Alarm at Leeds Uni in 1985. Not so much because of the Alarm (although they were pretty good), but because the Clash were busking outside before the gig as part of their infamous busking tour. Link to a report here (the entry for 7th May): [url="http://homepage.mac.com/blackmarketclash/Bands/Clash/recordings/1985/85-05-11%20Newcastle%20GsHead/85-05-11%20Newcastle%20GsHead.html"]http://homepage.mac.com/blackmarketclash/B...e%20GsHead.html[/url] Happy days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 [quote name='Adrenochrome' post='669774' date='Nov 30 2009, 09:25 AM']I saw various bands when I was growing up at festivals, bike rallies etc. I think the first name band that I was aware of was Slade at a daytime roadshow gig in about '82 but they mimed and I was dissapointed. I had a ticket for a Cult gig in 85 that was cancelled, so I guess the first big gig I went to without adult supervision was Dio with Warlock in support in 87. Both bands were great for different reasons.[/quote] Yeah,I saw Dio and Warlock .Hammy odeon tho'. Really good gig. Apart from being a real stunner,I think that Doro is my fave female singer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born 2B Mild Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Something unique happened at my first gig as a fan. I started going to gigs in 1972, mostly at Reading Town Hall. The first event was Jimi Hendrix. Now those Basschatters that have not had to much of the falling down water will realise that James Marshall was as dead as the proverbial Nowegian Blue by then. It was to see a screening of [i]Jimi Plays Berkeley[/i]. But this was at a time of industrial disputes. I think it might have been the miners. Anyway, a power cut was a real possibility, so the promoter decided to screen the movie first, and put the "support" band on last. So the film was shown (yeah!) and then on came Californian band [b]Cat Mother and The All-Night Newsboys[/b]. In the middle of their set, the power went, but they had a drummer and a conga player who kept on going for about twenty minutes! Bit like Woodstock with the crowd banging cans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimbo_Sama Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Slane 2003. Highlights of the day were Morcheeba, P.J. Harvey, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Awesome gig, I'll never forget it. 3 days later I went to see Beck in the Point in Dublin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 (edited) [quote name='bilbo230763' post='669758' date='Nov 30 2009, 08:53 AM']I was there. I didn't see you? Mine was Gillan in Cardiff Top Rank - must have been 1980? Support were Quartz and White Spirit, Janick Gers band years before he joined Iron Maiden.[/quote] All quite coincidental. I too was at that Monsters of Rock that various people have commented on. I was reasonably near the front when the stampede happened, two people died in the mud but most of us were unaware at the time. I never went to another Donnington. Also like Bilbo my first 'proper' gig was Gillan but a little later in 1981 in Bradford when Gers had by now joined the Gillan band. Budgie were one of the support bands. Edited December 1, 2009 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Iron Maiden @ Manchester Apollo 1981 I think, on their first headlining tour, with the original lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry44 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 i went to see adam and the ants at the glasgow apollo in '82, i think. that was my first gig, i went with my uncle and cousins, being 9 at the time. the first one i went to when i went under my own steam was wasp at the edinburgh playhouse about 89 or so, the headless children tour... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmurf Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Motorhead @ Worthing Assembly Hall March 1989, I was deaf for two days after! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussFM Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 (edited) Placebo supported by dEUS, 1997, Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall. Soon followed by Green Day and The Offspring, in venues that aren't big enough for their backstage area these days. Edited December 1, 2009 by RussFM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 The Jam, Glasgow Apollo, April '82. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Bass Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 (edited) [quote name='beardybass' post='668037' date='Nov 28 2009, 09:50 AM']Pitchshifter with Sona Fariq and th Workhorse Movement, at Northumbria Uni. Not sure when, good few years ago though, It were a good 'un.[/quote] It was at Newcastle uni you blockhead Edit: Oh wait was it? Didn't i go with you? i cant remember now Edited December 2, 2009 by metaltime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardybass Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 [quote name='metaltime' post='671768' date='Dec 2 2009, 12:58 AM']It was at Newcastle uni you blockhead Edit: Oh wait was it? Didn't i go with you? i cant remember now[/quote] I think you may be right, pretty sure we went together, one of many! Thinking about it, it was Newcastle, I am a blockhead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 [quote name='beardybass' post='671784' date='Dec 2 2009, 03:20 AM']I think you may be right, pretty sure we went together, one of many! Thinking about it, it was Newcastle, I am a blockhead. [/quote] Ha! Sounds like it was a great night out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 [quote name='noelk27' post='671767' date='Dec 2 2009, 12:49 AM']The Jam, Glasgow Apollo, April '82.[/quote] You lucky sod! That must have been on their farewell tour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elom Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I remember my younger sister getting to go to a gig before I did which always seemed incredibly unfair. I can remember my dad standing in the hall saying "Are you sure you don't want to come? I can easy get another ticket." I remember waivering but then answering No, conscious then at the age of 13 that I did not want to have as my first gig.... Bucks Fizz! 27 years later I still think that was a wise decision. My actual first gig was Julian Cope in '86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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