The first gig you ever went to

And almost forgot:

Max Werner, the original singer, is now singing again!

Cool! Coen, do you remember the solo album that Max Werner made long long time ago?

He had two small hits in Holland: Rain in May and a cover of Summer in the City.

Yeah!!!

200 posts!!! (the one above this one was!!)

And without using Mario's trick.... posting things 4 times!

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200 posts!!! (the one above this one was!!)

And without using Mario's trick.... posting things 4 times!

Yeah!!!

200 posts!!! (the one above this one was!!)

And without using Mario's trick.... posting things 4 times!

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ok this is embarrassing...boyzone at the NEC in 1998, supported by westlife. oh dear god why???????? to be fair i was only 14.

best gig was placebo at the wolverhampton civic last year.

Originally posted by Beavis hey Sarah...who the hell is boyzone??? am I fortunate in having missed out on this one???

This is Marty speaking: you really don't want to know about Boyzone, except to say they are such an influential band they have spawned no less than three tribute bands in their wake: OIZONE, YOBZONE, and B.O.ZONE. Enough said.

i feel very ashamed. but at least i don't like them anymore. they've split up now anyway.

My wife made me go to a Lisa Stansfield gig. That was pretty awful

Originally posted by Sarah Middle i feel very ashamed. but at least i don't like them anymore. they've split up now anyway.

Nothing to be ashamed of at all :) My ex had a poster of Ronan Keating above her bed. I became an ex after defacing it :evil:

My first was mop headed one hit wonder Yazz! To be fair, I was only 10 years old. Me ma took me, for her sins.....

My first ever gig was The Cure at the Brum NEC sometime in '89 touring for "Disintegration". I wasn't really a fan, but everyone I knew was so, not wanting to be left out, I followed the pack. So there's me in my blue jeans and white "Technique" t-shirt, and the rest of the building was packed to the proverbial rafters with black-clad goths, hair all back-combed to high heaven wearing lipstick and baggy jumpers. Fuck, I got some dirty looks that night! Band come on, usual funereal dirge, the whole place erupts in tears and screams. Like seeing the bloody Beatles! Very intense, very weird....

Next two were Anthrax at Stoke Viccy Hall the same year (, The Loudest Band in The WORLD, oh yes!) and then Transvision Vamp a month or two later at the same venue.

Hey! I was too young to know better!!

M.

Originally posted by Seb Briggs East 17 at the NEC.HonestlyIt was my little sisters birthday prezzie - but I made a point of singing along like an embarassing dad.i'm also ashamed to say I've seenBoyzoneEternalLouiseD:ReamDeucePSB'sPublic DomainOasisall strut their stuff. though more recently attending NO, Pulp, Charlies, The Orb, Leftfield, the Chems + Massive Attack raises my credibility slightly

what do you mean seb? you're ashamed that you've seen the pet shop boys? i thought you said that the nightlife tour was fantastic... or was that supposed to be our little secret? whoops.

        g.

what's wrong with the pet shop boys? shall i just shut up now?

Originally posted by martin fradley My first ever gig was The Cure at the Brum NEC sometime in '89 touring for "Disintegration". I wasn't really a fan, but everyone I knew was so, not wanting to be left out, I followed the pack. So there's me in my blue jeans and white "Technique" t-shirt, and the rest of the building was packed to the proverbial rafters with black-clad goths, hair all back-combed to high heaven wearing lipstick and baggy jumpers. Fuck, I got some dirty looks that night! Band come on, usual funereal dirge, the whole place erupts in tears and screams. Like seeing the bloody Beatles! Very intense, very weird....Next two were Anthrax at Stoke Viccy Hall the same year (, The Loudest Band in The WORLD, oh yes!) and then Transvision Vamp a month or two later at the same venue.Hey! I was too young to know better!!M.

Fuck - I think I was at that gig too... Shelleyan Orphan (whom we missed cuz the train was delayed arriving) were the support I remember. Was it the Friday or Saturday show you were at? If it was Friday, I was there - the weather was fucking baking hot that weekend - well, it was the middle of that long hot summer in July - and I remember sweltering on the train there and back - loads of Manchester Cure-heads going ballistic to their THREE HOUR LONG set (half of which was made up of encores!)

I admit I was a Cure fan along with the Order, but after the duff Wish album my support for Blobby Jo Brand Smith diminished to the point where now I couldn't give a monkeys about them (I reckon they really should have split up after that album - Disintegration - that would have been the best time to stop. They've just outstayed their welcome by at least 10 years too long.)

m yfirst gig was New order/P.I.L/ and the sugarcubes at shoreline ampitheatre in june ,1989

Originally posted by Jeff, just Jeff, no last name > Originally posted by Shug> > > > Originally posted by The esteemed Mr. Butthead> > oh Sarah...> > > > stop it...> > > > we all have secrets in our closets...> > > > I once went to a Rod Stewart concert (and I can't stand him) as well as going to Richard Marx with Wilson Phillips...> > > > the things men will do in exchange for certain types of favors...>

Fuck me Jeff - Rod, I could just about understand - but the other pair of wankers Fuck me - they must have been big favours mate;)

Well Shug...

I liked the favors...and that is all I'm saying on that subject...

another funny story...I was once invited to a Rod Stewart gig that was on the same evening as a New Order gig...guess which one I chose???

Hey Whitey! I bet you went to see the Rod, since he was even older than the Order bunch (together... :D).

You know what? I myself even have 'Foolish Behaviour' on vinyl.... oh my.....!!!

Friday or Saturday? Dunno, I think it was mid-week. Didn't they play about five nights at the NEC on that tour: they were bloody huge. Yes, it was stinking hot that summer, and the NEC acts as a big bloody greenhouse, so much mascara ran that night, ha ha! My first introduction to Goth "dancing" as well: Wave your arms around above your head like two demented snakes, while maintaining look of overpowering angst. Strange days, indeed.

M

My first gig was last month - Stereophonics and Feeder at the Odyssey in Belfast. A few weeks later I was back there again for my second gig; Jamiroquai that time. They're the first decent bands that have come to Northern Ireland since the 80s. What I wouldn't give to see NO here some day! Guess the best I can hope for is a Dublin gig - there's not the audience here in the north as far as I know.

Another thread of quality, with some more blasts from the past.

Judas Priest - Wolverhampton Civic Hall 1978, don´t tell anyone please

never been to a concert, besides Bruce Springsteen, my whole family loves that dude