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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by COBBLE » Tue Feb 27, 2018 1:01 pm

Lots of the above plus

Wings at Sheffield Uni - one of their first gigs
Eno singing Seven Deadly Finns before he became serious
Desmond Decker at the Cabaret Club

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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by Paranoid » Tue Feb 27, 2018 1:20 pm

Jamiroquai
M People
Kula Shaker
Seal
Alexander O'Neal
Madness
Sex Pistols
The Specials/Selector

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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by levraiclaret » Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:19 pm

COBBLE wrote:Lots of the above plus

Wings at Sheffield Uni - one of their first gigs
Eno singing Seven Deadly Finns before he became serious
Desmond Decker at the Cabaret Club
I saw Desmond Decker at the Cabaret Club too, I had forgotten that. :?
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Post by UpTheClaretsFCBK » Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:39 pm

Green Day
New Found Glory
System Of A Down
Rush
Marillion
Slayer
Lamb Of God
In Flames
Kiss
Metallica
Linkin Park
Korn
Biffy Clyro
Pendulum
Weezer
Sum 41
Taking Back Sunday
Caliban
Bring Me The Horizon
CKY
Avenged Sevenfold
Foo Fighters
The Futureheads
The Stranglers
Graham Parker & The Rumour
ABC
Paul Weller
The Beat
Eminem
Diclosure
Disturbed
Motörhead
Lost Prophets
Judas Priest
Jimmy Eat World
Skindred
Tyler The Creator
Eminem
Chase and Status

.. could go on forever.
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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by ClaretCliff » Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:40 pm

Some oldies but goodies I've seen over the years :-

Jerry Lee Lewis
Johnny and the Hurricanes
Gene Vincent

Would love to have seen Little Richard and Buddy Holly in their prime.

Some others I remember - a quite random selection:-

Rod Stewart
John Miles
Hawkwind
Focus
Simply Red
Moody Blues
Elbow
Shakin' Stevens

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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by houseboy » Tue Feb 27, 2018 3:05 pm

Pink Floyd x 3
Genesis
Van der Graf Generator x 4
Caravan x 3
Gong x 3
Hawkwind x 2
Moody Blues
Kiss (never again - walked out)
Tangerine Dream
King Crimson
Mott the Hoople
Santana x 2
The Who
Magnum
Al Stewart
Uriah Heep
Take That (don't laugh)
Supertramp
The Incredible String Band
Plus a whole host of support acts (Joan Armatrading supported Supertramp and I'd never heard of her at that time - what an artist).
There are others that just don't come readily to mind.

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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by Beehole67 » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:11 pm

My top 5 gigs would be
1 Paul Weller KGeorges hall
2 oasis in Blackpool
3 PJ Harvey Burnley Mechanics
4 u2 Cardiff arms park
5 Marion Paris

Top 5 locals would be between
Milltown brothers at Colne Muni
the rubbish Nelson Good Night Club
hate syndicate paradisco Amsterdam
Cosmos at Kierby Hotel
The mirrors at the greyhound brierfield

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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by Belial » Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:41 pm

Lots of similar names coming up on people's band lists. Good to see there's a couple of rockers on here tho ;)

Seen hundreds over time, many I won't even remember. These are the ones off top of my head that I do:

AC/DC
Airbourne
Avenged Sevenfold (x2)
Black Label Society
Biohazard
Buzzcocks
Blondie
The Cult
The Cure
Disturbed
Franz Ferdinand
Glenn Hughes
GNR
Hugh Cornwell (few times)
Iron Maiden
KISS
Korn (multiple)
Janes addiction (multiple)
Oasis
Megadeth
Metallica
Motley Crue (few times)
Nine Inch Nails
Pearl Jam (few times)
Red Hot Chilis (multiple)
Rob Zombie
Sepultura
Slash (few times)
Silverchair
Stone Sour
Slipknot
Suicidal Tendencies
The Stranglers
Velvet Revolver (multiple)


There been a load of times I wished I hadn't thrown away ticket stubs going back to the 90's - this is definitely one of them

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Post by rincon » Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:46 pm

my favorites

rolling stones
status quo
queen
Iggy pop
Jake Stigers (Curtis' brother!)
the stranglers, many times, roll on Manchester on the tour.

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Re: Original Bands/Artists you've seen

Post by TheFamilyCat » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:50 pm

[quote="Beehole67"][/quote]

I was a bit baffled by that quote as I didn't remember writing the bit about Kingmaker but then realised it was your reply to my post.

What confused me was that I think I was at that gig - did Elastica support them?

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Post by Beehole67 » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:54 pm

That's right mate. I was so disappointed with Elastica that night. In reality they'd just had too much hype and needed time to develop. (that's my opinion anyway). I saw The Family Cat support Carter at KGH 92 I think decent gig that.

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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by TheFamilyCat » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:57 pm

I was at that too!

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Post by colne-claret » Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:08 pm

Random bunch for me

Noel Gallagher x 3
Libertines
Arctic Monkeys x 2
Courteeners x 5
Charlatans
Blossoms x 3
Stone Roses
Last Shadow Puppets x 2
Strypes x 2
Coldplay
Revered & the Makers
Miles Kane
Jake Bugg
Royal Blood
Robbie Williams
Dizzee Rascal (honestly was brilliant) :lol:
Faithless
Coral x 2
Buzzcocks
Public Enemy
Graham Coxon
Catfish & the Bottlemen
Stereophonics
Cabbage
Lawson
Leona Lewis
Tony Hadley
Bugzy Malone
Pixie Lott
Nadine Coyle
Lianne La Havas
Alessia Cara
Kaiser Chiefs (one of the worst)

Probably loads more I’ve forgotten.

Got the Killers booked for this year which should be good then it’s all about Arctic Monkeys.

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Post by what_no_pies » Wed Feb 28, 2018 12:42 am

Been waiting for a reason to sort through my gig tickets. Many never made it home but i've just relived some great memories looking through that lot (a good few hundred in there and counting). The noteworthy artists include...

The Rolling Stones
Prince
Guns N Roses
Orbital
Aphex Twin
The Stone Roses
The Who
Daft Punk
Motorhead (Found a hand written letter that Lemmy sent to us in the post which I thought we'd lost)
Herbie Hancock
The White Stripes
The Buzzcocks
Metallica
Iggy Pop (Got on stage which was fun)
PJ Harvey
Jack Johnson
Mark Knopfler
Fatboy Slim
Nine Inch Nails
Amy Winehouse
Radiohead
Deep Purple
Oasis
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Leftfield
Alice Cooper
The Charlatans
De La Soul
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Pulp
Gorillaz
John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Madness
Kasabian
Foo Fighters
The Killers
Underworld
The Strokes
Arctic Monkeys
The Libertines
QOTSA
The Cure
The Chemical Brothers
Muse
Devo
Kings Of Leon
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Coldplay
The Pixies
Happy Mondays
Brian Wilson
Spiritualized
REM
The Whalers
Greenday
Primal Scream
The Coral
The Prodigy
Beautiful South - Possibly the best arena show i've seen
Robbie Williams - Don't judge

But some of the best shows were definitely the less establish acts:

The Music - Best gig ever (counted 11 tickets for them but I saw them many more times)
The Flaming Lips
John Grant - My current favourite artist
The Vines
Superorganism - Best gig of 2017 by a country mile
Sparks - Next best of 2017
The Last Shadow Puppets
Rodrigo y Gabriela
AFI
The XX
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
2 Many DJ's
Jet
The Darkness in the wake of that brilliant first album

Biggest regret was not seeing Arthur Lee with Love when I had the chance. Somebody above mentions them. I can't go more than a few weeks without a listen to Forever Changes.

I've not even tried to recall the festival lineups...

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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by Croydon Claret » Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:53 am

houseboy wrote:Pink Floyd x 3
Genesis
Van der Graf Generator x 4
Caravan x 3
Gong x 3
Hawkwind x 2
Moody Blues
Kiss (never again - walked out)
Tangerine Dream
King Crimson
Mott the Hoople
Santana x 2
The Who
Magnum
Al Stewart
Uriah Heep
Take That (don't laugh)
Supertramp
The Incredible String Band
Plus a whole host of support acts (Joan Armatrading supported Supertramp and I'd never heard of her at that time - what an artist).
There are others that just don't come readily to mind.
What happened with Kiss?

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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by houseboy » Wed Feb 28, 2018 12:34 pm

Croydon Claret wrote:What happened with Kiss?
Back in the 70's Kiss were new but a bit of a phenomena, it was their first tour here but they were already famous (or infamous). A mate and I went to the Free Trade Hall to book some tickets for another gig and they were on that night and tickets were available so we got some. I knew we had problems when they came on and they drummer kicked the bass drum and it sounded like a small nuclear weapon. Simply put they were loud (I like loud but this was loud on another level) but it was the music as well, it was fairly ordinary rock played at stupid levels of noise and the whole thing was a bit over the top. The 'show' was impressive at first but then we came to realise that that was all it was about. In short it was poor music disguised by noise levels and lights and it became boring. I think we lasted an hour. To give you some idea of the decibel levels: I've seen The Who and loved every minute of it with hardly any light show just them, and they were loud, but this lot were just too loud and we were actually deaf for a while when we came out.
I have since enjoyed some of their music but that gig was poor.
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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by midlander63 » Wed Feb 28, 2018 1:01 pm

Seen loads and loads but bands/artists that stand out:

Neil Young (solo and with Crazy Horse)
Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
Elvis Costello (solo and with The Attractions)
The Waterboys
The Pixies
The Primitives
Was (Not Was)
The Icicle Works
The Sundays
Goldfrapp
James
Suzanne Vega
The Smiths
The Wonder Stuff
Squeeze
The Selector
Madness
UB40
The Stranglers
The Jam
The Damned
The Wedding Present
REM

Bands I'd have loved to have seen but haven't:

The Who
Nirvana
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Queen

And a mention for the worst band I've seen:

Fields of the Nephilim

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Post by Beehole67 » Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:53 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:I was at that too!
I've pictures from both those gigs I'll try and find them tonight:)

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Post by Beehole67 » Wed Feb 28, 2018 5:45 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:I was at that too!
Jim Bob of Carter on the left Loz from kingmaker on the right. I got on really well with the Guy's at the Mill so was allowed at the side of the stage for shows. A brilliant venue in it's day I just wish I'd done Oasis there.
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Post by TheFamilyCat » Wed Feb 28, 2018 5:53 pm

Beehole67 wrote:Jim Bob of Carter on the left Loz from kingmaker on the right. I got on really well with the Guy's at the Mill so was allowed at the side of the stage for shows. A brilliant venue in it's day I just wish I'd done Oasis there.
I wish I was 16 again. Life was much easier. And a season ticket was cheaper.

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Post by Beehole67 » Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:08 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:I wish I was 16 again. Life was much easier. And a season ticket was cheaper.
Yeah you're right on both counts, I loved the Mill and remember how the sweat used to drip off that low roof. Think one of the last gigs I did there was Therapy? The barrier at the front collapsed under the weight of a surge, it was a really exciting time on the music scene.

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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by Braindead » Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:14 pm

Stone roses Spike Island
Pink Floyd
The Wonderstuff Pheonix Festival
Big Country
Inspiral Carpets
Greenday
UB40
Cypress Hill
James
House of Love
Roger Waters
David Gilmour
Oasis
The La's
Cast
Ocean Colour Scene
Happy Mondays

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Post by TheFamilyCat » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:27 pm

Beehole67 wrote:Yeah you're right on both counts, I loved the Mill and remember how the sweat used to drip off that low roof. Think one of the last gigs I did there was Therapy? The barrier at the front collapsed under the weight of a surge, it was a really exciting time on the music scene.
I think I only went to The Mill once. Preston never really seemed to be a regular tour stop-off although I did see a few bands at the Guild Hall. Didn't the Mill re-open with a new name (Club 53 or something similar?)

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Post by midlander63 » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:46 pm

Braindead wrote:Stone roses Spike Island
Pink Floyd
The Wonderstuff Pheonix Festival
Big Country
Inspiral Carpets
Greenday
UB40
Cypress Hill
James
House of Love
Roger Waters
David Gilmour
Oasis
The La's
Cast
Ocean Colour Scene
Happy Mondays
Where did you see the La's?

I've seen them too but they were such a short-lived outfit I've assumed they couldn't have played too many gigs.

I saw in them at Sheffield City Hall supporting All About Eve - think it was about 1989. Got the ticket stub somewhere so I can check. Chris Sharrock from The Icicle Works was on drums.

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Post by TheFamilyCat » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:55 pm

midlander63 wrote:Where did you see the La's?

I've seen them too but they were such a short-lived outfit I've assumed they couldn't have played too many gigs.

I saw in them at Sheffield City Hall supporting All About Eve - think it was about 1989. Got the ticket stub somewhere so I can check. Chris Sharrock from The Icicle Works was on drums.
The La's reformed around 2005 for a tour and festivals. Pretty sure there was something odd about the drummer then - think he may have sacked a drummer just before the tour so ended up with his gardener drumming for them.

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Post by todclaret » Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:19 pm

Just returned from a short break in NYC to see three shows from Screaming Females to launch their new album "All At Once".
One of the best live acts I've ever seen and really, really nice people.
There's plenty of their material on youtube, links to a few favourites below

They're in the UK in May and play Soup Kitchen in Manchester 21/05/2018

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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by Braindead » Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:37 pm

midlander63 wrote:Where did you see the La's?

I've seen them too but they were such a short-lived outfit I've assumed they couldn't have played too many gigs.

I saw in them at Sheffield City Hall supporting All About Eve - think it was about 1989. Got the ticket stub somewhere so I can check. Chris Sharrock from The Icicle Works was on drums.
I cheated including them on the list to be fair, they were the support act when i watched Inspiral Carpets way back in the early 90s

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Post by Garnerssoap » Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:11 am

Charlatans Liverpool poly.
Mock turtles in support
Not many there but great night. Puked all over the philharmonic bogs

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Post by todclaret » Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:18 am

Garnerssoap wrote:Charlatans Liverpool poly.
Mock turtles in support
Not many there but great night. Puked all over the philharmonic bogs
The Mock Turtles were a fantastic live act

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Post by Croydon Claret » Thu Mar 01, 2018 6:34 am

Forgot to add Bon Jovi, supported by Van Halen, to my list

For a manufactured band Bon Jovi aren't bad, but obviously a long way to go catch up to One Direction :D

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Re: Original Bands/Artists you've seen

Post by Billyblah » Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:42 pm

LeadBelly wrote:Going way back to 60s to early 70s
Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green version), Jethro Tull, Slade, Moody Blues, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Al Stewart, Michael Chapman, BB King, Animals, Billy Fury, Cliff Richard (ahem), Marty Wilde, Searchers, Hollies, Roy Harper, Bert Jansch, Ralph McTell, Small Faces, Hawkwind etc etc

Not too many mid 70s to mid 90s

Loads in the last 15-20 years, most well known off the top of my head:
Stones, Emmylou Harris, Sparklehorse, British Sea Power, Super Furies, Richard Thompson (a few times), Page/Plant, Martin Simpson, Martin Carthy, Bellowhead, Billy Bragg, etc etc

Got to 17 gigs & a day-festival in 2017, already done 2 gigs this year & have tickets for 7 more over the next couple of months. I'm 68 now and my first gig (end of the pier summer show) was when I was c 12 years old.

Live music - next best thing after SX, food/drink & sport.
A few mentions of Richard Thompson on these posts. I'm too young to have seen the early Fairport Convention line ups 67-68 but having discovered their early recorded work, the line up including Thompson, Sandy Denny and Ian Matthews would surely have been some gig.

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Re: Original Bands/Artistes you've seen

Post by Bop » Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:09 pm

The Clash
Not Sensibles
The Damned
The Ruts
Motörhead
The Stiffs
Buzzcocks
Simple Minds
Joy Division
Stiff Little Fingers
Magazine
Adam and the Ants
The Fall
Killing Joke
A Flock of Seagulls
Sham 69
Angelic Upstarts
The Exploited
Dead Kennedy’s
The Tourists
Skids
Cockney Rejects
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Generation X
Theatre of Hate
Undertones
Tom Robinson Band
Public Image Ltd
Psychedelic Furs
Bauhaus
UK Subs
Soft Cell
Paul Weller
The Who
Rolling Stones
Michael Jackson
Elton John
Rod Stewart
Ocean Colour Scene
Jools Holland and band

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