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Hertsseasider

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1. First Concert - Elton John, Rod Stewart and Nazereth at Watford
2. Last Concert – Bon Jovi tribute
3. Worst Concert - That bloke from Wham at Wembley
4. Loudest Concert - motorhead at Glasgow
5. Best Concert - Alice Cooper Berlin 2019
6. Seen The Most - Alice Cooper
7. Most Surprising - jhonny Halliday
8. Happy I Got To See - The Rolling Stoned
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Queen
10. Seeing next -PFM in Venice
 
1. Barclay James Harvest - Opera House
2. Def Leppard - Lytham
3. ZZ Top - Munich
4. Status Quo - Opera House
5. Lynyrd Skynrd - Knebworth
6. Manic Street Preachers / Wishbone Ash
7. The Musical Box - Luxembourg
8. The Eagles / Bruce Springsteen
9. Queen / Fleetwood Mac
10. The Australian Pink Floyd Show - Opera House
 
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1 AC/DC - Manchester Free Trade Hall 1978
2 Heatwave - Camden Jazz Cafe
3 Anthony and the Johnsons - Manchester Opera House
4 Same as 1
5 Willy DeVille - Le Carre theatre Amsterdam
6 Caravan/Richard Hawley
7  Shalamar
8 Tom Petty - Hyde Park
9 Mink DeVille
10 Heatwave - Manchester Blues Kitchen
 
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First: The Damned, 1979 Machine Gun Etiquette tour when I was 14 with my schoolmates.
Last: New Order in Leeds earlier this month.
Worst: Arctic Monkeys 2013 Finsbury Park when Alex Turner had gone all lounge lizard/crooner.
Loudest: Leftfield at Kentish Town Forum, or was it the “bassiest” rather than loudest?
Best: probably Chemical Brothers at Empress Ballroom 1999 or 2000 but some great James and New Order gigs around the same time.
Most: Turin Brakes, around 20 times now.
Most surprising: Flaming Lips, loads of kids on stage, lanterns, furry animal costumes, bouncing balls and lots more that I now forget. Weird but in a good way.
Happy I got to see: Prodigy with Keith.
Wish I could have seen: The Clash in their early days pre-London Calling.
Next gig: Turin Brakes in two weeks then the Charlatans in early December.
 
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1. The Who - Blackpool
2. FM - Waterloo
3 Focus - Manchester Free Trade Hall
4. The Who - Manchester Belle Vue
5. Tom Petty - Wembley Arena
6. Jackson Browne
7. INXS - Wembley Arena, but not in a positive way
8. Tom Petty
9. Journey with Steve Perry/ Bob Seeger
!0. To be decided
 
1. The Jam - Leeds University
2. Status Quo - Blackpool Empress Ballroom
3. John Martyn - Mean Fiddler, Harlesden
4. The Ramones - Leeds University
5. Jethro Tull - Radstadion Köln
6. Jethro Tull
7. George Melly & John Chilton - 100 Club London
8. Paul McCartney - Westfalenhalle Dortmund
9. The Beatles
10. No-one...don't do gigs any more.
 
1. First Concert - Guns n Roses, Maine Road
2. Last Concert – Morrissey, Liverpool
3. Worst Concert - David Gray Preston Guild Hall
4. Loudest Concert - Faith No More, Sheffield
5. Best Concert - Depeche Mode, Manchester
6. Seen The Most - Muse 3 times before they went shite
7. Most Surprising - Clutch, Manchester, brilliant.
8. Happy I Got To See - The Rolling Stones
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Led Zeppelin
10. Seeing next - nothing booked
 
1. Wishbone Ash - Lancaster Uni (school minibus with teacher Mr Hoddy)
2. Richard Thompson - Royal Albert Hall
3. The Fall - Ritz, Manchester (glad I saw them, although MES had a monk on)
4. See1
5. Julian Cope - Morecambe
6. Richard Thompson
7. Led Zep
8. David Bowie
9. Tom Waits...still might
10. Nothing booked, but I`d make an effort to see Connan Mockasin.

Good thread, made me think...
 
great topic

1. Not certain but Slade at the Mecca.
2. Divine Comedy Bridgewater Hall Mcr.
3 Donny and Marie show, Opera House
4 probably same as no1.
5 Simon and Garfunkel Mcr
6. Slade
7 no thoughts on it.
8 S & G
9 Original Beach Boys in their prime with Brian Wilson. Have seen Mike Loves Beac Boys.
10 nothing booked as of yet but there's a S&G tribute at Opera House next year so it will likely be that.
 
1. First Concert - some unknown bands in blackpool's battle of the bands circa 1980 or for established bands the Human League, Lancaster Uni
2. Last Concert – stranglers - madrid
3. Worst Concert - either the human league when i first saw them or in vegas about 8 years ago.
4. Loudest Concert - dont know
5. Best Concert - probably the first time i saw the stranglers, how live music should be
6. Seen The Most - stranglers
7. Most Surprising - Howard Jones at Ronnie Scotts in that there London around 93/4
8. Happy I Got To See - Faithless
9. Wish I Could Have seen - kraftwerk
10. Seeing next - nothing booked
 
1. First Concert - Sassafras at the Mecca.
2. Last Concert – Guitar greats at the Grand theatre.
3. Worst Concert - Ian Siegel at Colne. He got stroppy then got booed, apparently as we’d left by then.
4. Loudest Concert - a guy Called Troy Redfern in the Crown at Colne. My ears never recovered.
5. Best Concert - Fleetwood Mac last tour I think at Sheffield.
6. Seen The Most - Ainsley Lister
7. Most Surprising - Siobhan Wilson. Saw her in a small basement venue in York. Sat about 10 feet away & what a voice.
8. Happy I Got To See - Gary Moore.
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Queen
10. Seeing next - Tommy Emmanuel at the Lowther Pavilion in January.
 
1. First concert - Madness, Hull Uni 1979
2. Last concert - Mostly Autumn, York 2023
3. Worst concert - Steely Dan, Wembley Arena (expected classics, got jazz)
4. Loudest concert - Slade, Hull Uni 1980
5. Best concert - The Jam, Hammersmith Odeon 1982 (caught Rick Buckler's drumstick as a souvenir when he threw it down the front)
6. Seen the most - Pink Floyd ( original, aussie floyd, brit floyd, think floyd, other tributes)
7. Most surprising - Mostly Autumn (mesmerising)
8. Happy got to see - Dire Straits, a couple of times, and later Focus at the beaverwood, my local small venue
9. Wish I could have seen - David Bowie, especially as Ziggy Stardust
10. Mostly Autumn again in December
 
1. First Concert - Ramones, Lancaster
2. Last Concert – Paul Weller, Rome
3. Worst Concert - Rainbow, Stafford
4. Loudest Concert - Slade, Lancaster
5. Best Concert - ZZ Top, Hanley
6. Seen The Most - Stranglers, I think
7. Most Surprising - Fun Lovin Criminals at some festival excellent, I am now a big fan, Some rap gig with Grandmaster Flash and The Sugarhill Gang- everyone else seemed tò understand what was going on, it was a gig but not as I knew it
8. Happy I Got To See - The Damned a few times, the Selecter, Neville Staples, loads of bands
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Magazine, Lynyrd Skynyrd
10. Seeing next - Not sure maybe Peter and the Test tube Babies, Brighton
 
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1. First- Darts (mecca)
2. Last- Heaven 17 (lowther)
3. Worst- Cure (men) or Police (opera house)
4. Loudest- PIL (King George's hall)
5. Best- Depeche Mode ( men)
6. Seen most- Madness, New Order, Stranglers, Ultravox (all 3 times)
7. Most surprised - Pendulum
8. Happy got to see - everyone, I wanted to see them all, especially The Jam
9. Wish I'd seen - Beatles
10. Next up - Depeche Mode
 
1. First Concert - Queen, NEC Birmingham
2. Last Concert – Ryan Adams, Opera House Manchester
3. Worst Concert - Bob Dylan, Manchester
4. Loudest Concert - Napalm Death, Mermaid Pub, Birmingham
5. Best Concert - David Byrne, American Utopia Tour, Manchester Apollo
6. Seen The Most - Aztec Camera/Roddy Frame. Van Morrison (8 times each
7. Most Surprising - Tony Bennett, Manchester Bridgewater hall
8. Happy I Got To See - James Brown
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Sinatra, Sam Cooke or Luther Vandross
10. Seeing next - Glen Hansard
 
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1. First Concert - Small Faces, South pier 1966
2. Last Concert – Rolling Stones, Anfield last year
3. Worst Concert -
4. Loudest Concert - The Jam, Lancy Uni. 1979
5. Best Concert - Bob Marley and The Wailers. Deeside Leisure Centre. July 1980, Stevie Wonder Maddison Sq. Garden.
6. Seen The Most - Stones 3 times, Joy Division 3 times.
7. Most Surprising - Snoop ‘Doggy’ Dogg,
8. Happy I Got To See - Joy Division, Beach Boys Lincoln Festival 1972, David Bowie Ziggy tour Preston Guildhall Jan 1973. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry,
9. Wish I Could Have seen - The Beatles, Toots and the Maytals. Jimi Hendrix.
10. Seeing next - Dunno yet.
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1. First Concert - Section XXV at Imperial
2. Last Concert – Fontaines DC
3. Worst Concert - Slits
4. Loudest Concert - Membranes at the Mcr Ritz
5. Best Concert - Stranglers at Lancaster
6. Seen The Most - New Order
7. Most Surprising - Gary Numan
8. Happy I Got To See - Joy Division
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Bowie
10. Seeing next - I don’t even buy green bananas anymore nevermind plan gigs
 
1.Castle Donington-Bon Jovi,Dio,Metallica,Anthrax,W.A.S.P & Cinderella.
2.Does a 90's rave count yesterday? Or Motley Crue & Def Leppard Lytham
3. Skid Row- Manchester Apollo
4.Prodigy(all venues).
5.Prodigy as above.
6.Prodigy
7.Motley Crue
8.Rolling Stones
9.Nirvana
10.Prodigy
 
1. First Concert - Stranglers Lancaster uni
2. Last Concert – PIL Forum Kentish Town
3. Worst Concert - not had one fortunately
4. Loudest Concert - U2 Lancaster uni
5. Best Concert - Prefab Sprout the Jordan tour Hammersmith Odeon, simply incredible.
6. Seen The Most - A Certain Ratio - 25+ times !
7. Most Surprising - Barry Manilow for my wife's 50th birthday. He was great !
8. Happy I Got To See - The incredible Joy Division and Anderson Paak in Brooklyn NYC.
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Bob Marley and the Wailers
10. Seeing next - Hopefully Tom Misch after his 3 year hiatus.
 
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1. First Concert - Actually “Peter and the Wolf” at the Festival Hall, London in 1967. But on my own… Cockney Rebel, Preston Guildhall, 1975
2. Last Concert – The Only Ones at the Trades Club, August 2023
3. Worst Concert - Guns’n’Roses at Maine Road. We were at the opposite end of the pitch. And I didn’t like them anyway. Or Eric Clapton supporting Dylan at the infamous Blackbushe Airport - I recall he seemed so “out of it” he didn’t play or sing much at all and during Layla he just stood at the back strumming along while a band mate played the lead (and I think his guitar amp might have been turned right down).
4. Loudest Concert - Black Sabbath, Liverpool Empire 1976, 2nd row seats in front of a speaker stack. Or Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Free Trade Hall 1976. Or The Who (a few times)
5. Best Concert - Talking Heads supported by Dire Straits, 1977 or Magazine’s tour for Real Life, 1978, or 801 Live in 1977 (Roxy Music minus Ferry plus Godley/Creme) all in ManU Students Union.
Or the many new wave bands at the first Leeds Science Fiction Festival, Sept 1979 - see below.
6. Seen The Most - Buzzcocks / Warsaw+Joy Division+New Order+Bad Lieutenant / Nils Lofgren / U2 / Turin Brakes.
7. Most Surprising - Stiff Little Fingers, Factory Club, 1979 or The Slits in 1980 - so good musically, surprisingly.
8. Happy I Got To See - David Bowie on the Heroes+Ziggy tour / Pink Floyd on the Animals tour / Patti Smith + Television / Iggy / The Clash at Mcr Apollo on the “Give ’em Enough Rope” tour (2nd album) .
9. Wish I Could Have seen - The Doors
10. Seeing next - The Hallé Orchestra

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Too many I am afraid. I have overindulged.
Anyone who went to Wembley for Live Aid in 1985 would scoop the pot, I think.
 
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1. First Concert - Uriah Heep Preston Guild Hall
2. Last Concert – Heaven 17, OMD, Soft Cell
3. Worst Concert - John Cooper Clarke and Hugh Cornwell
4. Loudest Concert - UB40
5. Best Concert - Tom Waits Hammersmith Odeon 1987 (So many others)
6. Seen The Most - John Martyn
7. Most Surprising - Heather Nova, Darlingside, Ghostpoet, Go Go Penguin all in a good way
8. Happy I Got To See - Iggy Pop
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Bowie
10. Seeing next - The Unthanks
 
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Love how on these threads everyone's first concert etc...is something 'credible' and 'cool' and not Smash Hits Party Bus Tour 86.

My first concert was aged 13 and was a private invite event of 25 influential musicians listening to John Cale playing the songs of Rory Gallagher on a metronome. Seminal. Leonard Cohen bought me a Panda Pop.
 
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Lytham_fy8 said:
Love how on these threads everyone's first concert etc...is something 'credible' and 'cool' and not Smash Hits Party Bus Tour 86.

My first concert was aged 13 and was a private invite event of 25 influential musicians listening to John Cale playing the songs of Rory Gallagher on a metronome. Seminal.
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Nice to know you think Darts were either credible or cool😎
Well, daddy cool I suppose 😉
 
1. First Concert - Genesis, ABC, Blackpool, 1977
2. Last Concert – Hayseed Dixie, Chester,2023
3. Worst Concert - U2, ASU Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona, 1997
4. Loudest Concert - AC/DC
5. Best Concert - toss up between Rush, Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona or Petra, Capstone Cathedral, Scottsdale, Arizona, both in 1997
6. Seen The Most - Hayseed Dixie
7. Most Surprising - Guns'n'Roses but not a pleasant surprise
8. Happy I Got To See - Meat Loaf
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Johnny Cash
10. Seeing next - nothing planned, maybe if Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw or the Newsboys were to tour the UK, otherwise probably Hayseed Dixie again
 
1. First Concert - Queen - Knebworth
2. Last Concert – Noel Gallgaher HFB @ Lytham
3. Worst Concert - Rolling Stones @ Maine Road 1989
4. Loudest Concert - Oasis @ GMEX 97
5. Best Concert - Pogues @ Apollo 89
6. Seen The Most - Status Quo (5)
7. Most Surprising - UP Wilson @ Upstairs at Raikes Pub 1990 (ish)
8. Happy I Got To See - Prince @ Maine Road 1990 / BB King @ Apollo 1989
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Darts @ Smash Hits Mega Bus Party Tour 1979
10. Seeing next - nothing booked
 
First -Jam , Coventry 1977
Last - Roxy Music , Manchester last year
Worst - I wasn't going to single out one then I read Archibald Knox's mention of Dylan / Clapton and Blackbushe
Loudest - too many, that's why I am going deaf and got tinnitus but the Who at the NEC was VERY loud.
 
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Best - the first Two Tone tour Specials, Madness, Selected
Most - Elvis Costello
Surprising - Sophie Ellis Bextor
Happy -The Clash
Wish -Prince
Next - not a concert but Rick Wakeman at Lowther
 
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First -Jam , Coventry 1977
Last - Roxy Music , Manchester last year
Worst - I wasn't going to single out one then I read Archibald Knox's mention of Dylan / Clapton and Blackbushe
Loudest - too many, that's why I am going deaf and got tinnitus but the Who at the NEC was VERY loud.
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Me too, join the tinnitus club.
 
1. First Concert - Pet Shop Boys, Blackpool around 88/89
2. Last Concert – James, Opera House May 23
3. Worst Concert - Ordinary Boys, Blackpool around 2005
4. Loudest Concert - Prodigy at any of the places I've seen them
5. Best Concert - Foo Fighters, Wembley 2007 with Led Zep
6. Seen The Most - Probably James or Muse
7. Most Surprising - Morrisey, I saw someone with a cheese burger
8. Happy I Got To See - Stone Roses or the Police. Both reforming gigs
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Nirvana
10. Seeing next - Foo Fighters
 
1. First Concert - Roy Wood and Wizard - ABC Blackpool
2. Last Concert – Dreadzone - Kendal
3. Worst Concert - Public Image Ltd (he was too off his face) - Manchester…edit to add this was 79-80 ish promoting Metal Box album.
4. Loudest Concert - Smoove and Turrell - Waterloo in Blackpool
5. Best Concert - DEVO in the Welsh Mountains at Green Man Festival
6. Seen The Most - Bad Manners
7. Most Surprising - Self Esteem at Green Man
8. Happy I Got To See - Toots and The Maytals at Boomtown
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Stevie Wonder
10. Seeing next - Peatbog Faeries - Kendal
 
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Another Turin Brakes fan. A greatly underrated band.
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They are, they have a great catalogue of songs and always put on a fantastic show with a lot of crowd interaction. My wife and I first saw them in 2002 on the acoustic tour and have now seen them around 20 times.

They looked like they were going to make it big when Ether Song came out in 2003, after being nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001 with The Optimist, but didn’t quite make it although the upside for us is that we can get to see them in relatively small venues and they favour those that are quirky and interesting.

We stayed at the same B&B as them in Canterbury in 2009 when they did gigs on two consecutive nights and we bumped into them a few times and got talking to them at breakfast and they are really nice genuine down to earth guys. We walked into the venue at the same time on the one evening and they were all carrying cans of beer in carrier bags which wasn’t very rock n roll 😆
 
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1. First Concert - Uriah Heep Preston Guild Hall
2. Last Concert – Heaven 17, OMD, Soft Cell
3. Worst Concert - John Cooper Clarke and Hugh Cornwell
4. Loudest Concert - UB40
5. Best Concert - Tom Waits Hammersmith Odeon 1987
6. Seen The Most - John Martyn
7. Most Surprising - Heather Nova
8. Happy I Got To See - Iggy Pop
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Bowie
10. Seeing next - The Unthanks
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The Uthanks are refreshingly different and very English. Made the hairs on my neck stand up seeing them a few years ago.
 
Lytham_fy8 said:
Love how on these threads everyone's first concert etc...is something 'credible' and 'cool' and not Smash Hits Party Bus Tour 86.

My first concert was aged 13 and was a private invite event of 25 influential musicians listening to John Cale playing the songs of Rory Gallagher on a metronome. Seminal. Leonard Cohen bought me a Panda Pop.
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We’ll actually my first taste of live music (definitely not a concert) was The Ron Don Combo in about 1974/5 in the Peacock Room at the Welcome Inn along with my underage drinking Mossite mates. I really don’t know why I remember the bands name, probably because it was a first & from memory they didn’t play the stuff I was into at the time.
 
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The Uthanks are refreshingly different and very English. Made the hairs on my neck stand up seeing them a few years ago.
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The first time I saw them was a Christmas concert in a small venue in 2009, full band and that is exactly what happened to me and it still does every time I have seen them and I've seen them 9 or 10 times, the one I'm going to see is late December and Christmas songs so it will be absolutely magical. I would urge anyone who just loves music to go and see them.

It was a really hard list to do as I used to work in the music business back in the 70.s/80's so I have seen so many artists over the years and I could have added lots to most of the categories.
 
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The first time I saw them was a Christmas concert in a small venue in 2009, full band and that is exactly what happened to me and it still does every time I have seen them and I've seen them 9 or 10 times, the one I'm going to see is late December and Christmas songs so it will be absolutely magical. I would urge anyone who just loves music to go and see them.

It was a really hard list to do as I used to work in the music business back in the 70.s/80's so I have seen so many artists over the years and I could have added lots to most of the categories.
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You can’t beat the small venue’s for me. There’s loads of really good band’s & singers who should be on the mainstream stage’s but haven’t had the break’s.
 
This is Ska said:
1. First Concert - Roy Wood and Wizard - ABC Blackpool
2. Last Concert – Dreadzone - Kendal
3. Worst Concert - Public Image Ltd (he was too off his face) - Manchester…edit to add this was 79-80 ish promoting Metal Box album.
4. Loudest Concert - Smoove and Turrell - Waterloo in Blackpool
5. Best Concert - DEVO in the Welsh Mountains at Green Man Festival
6. Seen The Most - Bad Manners
7. Most Surprising - Self Esteem at Green Man
8. Happy I Got To See - Toots and The Maytals at Boomtown
9. Wish I Could Have seen - Stevie Wonder
10. Seeing next - Peatbog Faeries - Kendal
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I found Bad Manners when I was working at Magnet Records and got them signed, saw them a lot in the early days I have some great stories about them too.
 
1. First Concert - Angelic Upstarts
2. Last Concert – B-52s
3. Worst Concert - UK Subs
4. Loudest Concert - no idea
5. Best Concert - The Stranglers
6. Seen The Most - The Stranglers
7. Most Surprising - Poly Styrene / X Ray Spex
8. Happy I Got To See - The Undertones
9. Wish I Could Have seen - The Jam
10. Seeing next - no idea
 
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The trumpeter ( Gus ) is my next door neighbour and a great mate !
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Say hello to him for me, I can't remember the names of any of them now!! Magnet records was a very safe, MOR label, the most rock and roll artists they had when I was there were Chris Rea, Darts (spookily) and Matchbox, other than that it was very poptastical. If he was in the original line up ask him if he remembers the Christmas party at the Magnet building in York Street, they hadn't been signed long, they certainly livened it up!! Darts were good fun too, Den Heggarty, the lunatic bass singer was crackers on and off stage.

I had a great few years there but I wish I had got into a more "me" record company, and I wish I had stayed there and not left to do something different because I was writing weekly for Black Echoes at the time too.
 
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1. First Concert - Angelic Upstarts
2. Last Concert – B-52s
3. Worst Concert - UK Subs
4. Loudest Concert - no idea
5. Best Concert - The Stranglers
6. Seen The Most - The Stranglers
7. Most Surprising - Poly Styrene / X Ray Spex
8. Happy I Got To See - The Undertones
9. Wish I Could Have seen - The Jam
10. Seeing next - no idea
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That's a great list Robbie, but bloody hell when was the B-52's? You've had a long hiatus after a great start!
 
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1. First Concert - Angelic Upstarts
2. Last Concert – B-52s
3. Worst Concert - UK Subs
4. Loudest Concert - no idea
5. Best Concert - The Stranglers
6. Seen The Most - The Stranglers
7. Most Surprising - Poly Styrene / X Ray Spex
8. Happy I Got To See - The Undertones
9. Wish I Could Have seen - The Jam
10. Seeing next - no idea
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Saw the UK Subs in a pub in Paddington, 1976. They were doing some white R&B in with the punk stuff back then.
 
Captain Sensible said:
They looked like they were going to make it big when Ether Song came out in 2003, after being nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001 with The Optimist, but didn’t quite make it although the upside for us is that we can get to see them in relatively small venues and they favour those that are quirky and interesting.
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Those first albums are sublime. I got into them when a skint colleague was selling off his CDs in about 2004 after transferring them to his iPod and I wanted to try some “modern” music. Those two were amongst the 20 or so I got. Random happy accident. “Serendipity” I believe it’s called.

You are right about the small venues, we’ve seen them at the Trades Club, Bury Met, Sale, Preston Students Union, Glos Guild Hall, Picturedrome, Manchester Cathedral.
 
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