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Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
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Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
?
Here’s my “starter for ten”:
?
- Destroy All Monsters in 1980
- Soft Cell in 1980
- Captain Beefheart in 1982
?
Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
?
- Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
- Ramones 1980
- Slits 1980
?
Go on then punks, make my day.
?
Adam
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I saw Radiohead supporting Kingmaker in the (now sadly long-gone) Venue
in Edinburgh.
There was also a juggler on a unicycle who kept dropping stuff and falling
off the bike. He was great. I can't remember if he appeared before or
after Radiohead. Follow that Yorke!
Oh, and Idlewild supported the Fall in the (also sadly long-gone) Cas
Rock. At least I think they did, I was a bit drunk.
Toby
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On 20 Aug 2021, at 15:46, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
Here’s my “starter for ten”:
? Destroy All Monsters in 1980
? Soft Cell in 1980
? Captain Beefheart in 1982
Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
? Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
? Ramones 1980
? Slits 1980
Go on then punks, make my day.
Adam
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Also Radiohead supporting Kingmaker, Hull Tower, tho' without unicycliist.
Some years earlier, Queen at Hull Arts Centre
Some years later, Blur, 4th on the bill with Dinosaur Jr, My Bloody Valentine, Jesus & Mary Chain. Quite loud, that one...
Pete Conk
On Friday, 20 August 2021, 15:47:05 BST, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
?
Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
?
Here’s my “starter for ten”:
?
- Destroy All Monsters in 1980
- Soft Cell in 1980
- Captain Beefheart in 1982
?
Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
?
- Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
- Ramones 1980
- Slits 1980
?
Go on then punks, make my day.
?
Adam
?
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Queen opening for Mott The Hoople on Broadway. Still not over it.?
OBG?
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On Aug 20, 2021, at 11:56 AM, Pete Conkerton via groups.io <klacktoveedesteen@...> wrote:
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Also Radiohead supporting Kingmaker, Hull Tower, tho' without unicycliist.
Some years earlier, Queen at Hull Arts Centre
Some years later, Blur, 4th on the bill with Dinosaur Jr, My Bloody Valentine, Jesus & Mary Chain. Quite loud, that one...
Pete Conk
On Friday, 20 August 2021, 15:47:05 BST, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
?
Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
?
Here’s my “starter for ten”:
?
- Destroy All Monsters in 1980
- Soft Cell in 1980
- Captain Beefheart in 1982
?
Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
?
- Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
- Ramones 1980
- Slits 1980
?
Go on then punks, make my day.
?
Adam
?
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The first live act of any sort that I saw was Peter Hammill, supporting Marillion at Cardiff
Top Rank on their 1983 tour. Unfortunately I didn't have enough education to appreciate
PH as a significant artist, which I now regret. Years later a colleague gave me some
Van der Graff tapes to listen to, and I wished I'd paid more attention to Mr Hamill at the
time.
A few years later I saw Talk Talk on one of their last live tours.
I did see The Spice Girls just as they were getting big. My wife's from the south of France
so we were down visiting her family when we decided to go to Cannes for the day, during
the film festival. Walking into town, there was a cheap looking stage set up on the promenade,
with what I first took to be a Spice Girls imitation-type group, until I realised it was the actual
Spice Girls. So I saw them without trying, and without paying.
I'm trying to remember a support act who eventually became "big" but I don't think I saw
any worth mentioning, or if I did, I've forgotten.
Al
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On Friday, 20 August 2021, 16:09:57 BST, Toby Blake <tobyblake@...> wrote: I saw Radiohead supporting Kingmaker in the (now sadly long-gone) Venue in Edinburgh. There was also a juggler on a unicycle who kept dropping stuff and falling off the bike.? He was great.? I can't remember if he appeared before or after Radiohead.? Follow that Yorke! Oh, and Idlewild supported the Fall in the (also sadly long-gone) Cas Rock.? At least I think they did, I was a bit drunk. Toby On 20 Aug 2021, at 15:46, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
?
Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
?
Here’s my “starter for ten”:
?
??? ? Destroy All Monsters in 1980
??? ? Soft Cell in 1980
??? ? Captain Beefheart in 1982
?
Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
?
??? ? Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
??? ? Ramones 1980
??? ? Slits 1980
?
Go on then punks, make my day.
?
Adam
?
|
We're all of an age aren't we.? ?Within a few weeks I saw: ? Ivor Cutler supporting Van Morrison Eric Clapton supporting Bob Dylan
The Slits supporting The Clash
stve
On Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 5:25 pm Alastair Reynolds via , <alreynolds2004= [email protected]> wrote: The first live act of any sort that I saw was Peter Hammill, supporting Marillion at Cardiff
Top Rank on their 1983 tour. Unfortunately I didn't have enough education to appreciate
PH as a significant artist, which I now regret. Years later a colleague gave me some
Van der Graff tapes to listen to, and I wished I'd paid more attention to Mr Hamill at the
time.
A few years later I saw Talk Talk on one of their last live tours.
I did see The Spice Girls just as they were getting big. My wife's from the south of France
so we were down visiting her family when we decided to go to Cannes for the day, during
the film festival. Walking into town, there was a cheap looking stage set up on the promenade,
with what I first took to be a Spice Girls imitation-type group, until I realised it was the actual
Spice Girls. So I saw them without trying, and without paying.
I'm trying to remember a support act who eventually became "big" but I don't think I saw
any worth mentioning, or if I did, I've forgotten.
Al
On Friday, 20 August 2021, 16:09:57 BST, Toby Blake <tobyblake@...> wrote:
I saw Radiohead supporting Kingmaker in the (now sadly long-gone) Venue
in Edinburgh.
There was also a juggler on a unicycle who kept dropping stuff and falling
off the bike.? He was great.? I can't remember if he appeared before or
after Radiohead.? Follow that Yorke!
Oh, and Idlewild supported the Fall in the (also sadly long-gone) Cas
Rock.? At least I think they did, I was a bit drunk.
Toby
> On 20 Aug 2021, at 15:46, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
>
> Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
>?
> Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
>?
> Here’s my “starter for ten”:
>?
> ??? ? Destroy All Monsters in 1980
> ??? ? Soft Cell in 1980
> ??? ? Captain Beefheart in 1982
>?
> Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
>?
> ??? ? Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
> ??? ? Ramones 1980
> ??? ? Slits 1980
>?
> Go on then punks, make my day.
>?
> Adam
>?
>
|
Ooh, my daughter would’ve killed for that last one… Been racking my brain but have nothing winning to contribute except possibly Sonic Youth in the Mojave desert as part of the Desolation Center concerts, their first California gig, apparently. Smiles)))) *nina* ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of steve dean Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 11:04 AM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [FallNet] I can hardly believe I saw them AND I can hardly believe I didn't go and see them ? We're all of an age aren't we.? ?Within a few weeks I saw: ? Ivor Cutler supporting Van Morrison Eric Clapton supporting Bob Dylan The Slits supporting The Clash stve On Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 5:25 pm Alastair Reynolds via , <alreynolds2004=[email protected]> wrote: The first live act of any sort that I saw was Peter Hammill, supporting Marillion at Cardiff
Top Rank on their 1983 tour. Unfortunately I didn't have enough education to appreciate
PH as a significant artist, which I now regret. Years later a colleague gave me some
Van der Graff tapes to listen to, and I wished I'd paid more attention to Mr Hamill at the
time.
A few years later I saw Talk Talk on one of their last live tours.
I did see The Spice Girls just as they were getting big. My wife's from the south of France
so we were down visiting her family when we decided to go to Cannes for the day, during
the film festival. Walking into town, there was a cheap looking stage set up on the promenade,
with what I first took to be a Spice Girls imitation-type group, until I realised it was the actual
Spice Girls. So I saw them without trying, and without paying.
I'm trying to remember a support act who eventually became "big" but I don't think I saw
any worth mentioning, or if I did, I've forgotten.
Al
On Friday, 20 August 2021, 16:09:57 BST, Toby Blake <tobyblake@...> wrote:
I saw Radiohead supporting Kingmaker in the (now sadly long-gone) Venue
in Edinburgh.
There was also a juggler on a unicycle who kept dropping stuff and falling
off the bike.? He was great.? I can't remember if he appeared before or
after Radiohead.? Follow that Yorke!
Oh, and Idlewild supported the Fall in the (also sadly long-gone) Cas
Rock.? At least I think they did, I was a bit drunk.
Toby
> On 20 Aug 2021, at 15:46, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
>
> Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
>?
> Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
>?
> Here’s my “starter for ten”:
>?
> ??? ? Destroy All Monsters in 1980
> ??? ? Soft Cell in 1980
> ??? ? Captain Beefheart in 1982
>?
> Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
>?
> ??? ? Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
> ??? ? Ramones 1980
> ??? ? Slits 1980
>?
> Go on then punks, make my day.
>?
> Adam
>?
>
|
Aren’t we though stve. I also recall seeing Rockpile supporting Van Morrison while at college. Rockpile blew the Man away. Not such a shocker, that.?
And file this one under “oil and water don’t mix”: a new band called Roxy Music, resplendent with a feather-boa’d Brian Eno, supporting the Allman Brothers. “Cultural clash” doesn’t really do it justice.?
OBG Lives & tells?
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On Aug 20, 2021, at 2:03 PM, steve dean <stevencharlesdean@...> wrote:
? We're all of an age aren't we.? ?Within a few weeks I saw: ? Ivor Cutler supporting Van Morrison Eric Clapton supporting Bob Dylan
The Slits supporting The Clash
stve On Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 5:25 pm Alastair Reynolds via , <alreynolds2004= [email protected]> wrote: The first live act of any sort that I saw was Peter Hammill, supporting Marillion at Cardiff
Top Rank on their 1983 tour. Unfortunately I didn't have enough education to appreciate
PH as a significant artist, which I now regret. Years later a colleague gave me some
Van der Graff tapes to listen to, and I wished I'd paid more attention to Mr Hamill at the
time.
A few years later I saw Talk Talk on one of their last live tours.
I did see The Spice Girls just as they were getting big. My wife's from the south of France
so we were down visiting her family when we decided to go to Cannes for the day, during
the film festival. Walking into town, there was a cheap looking stage set up on the promenade,
with what I first took to be a Spice Girls imitation-type group, until I realised it was the actual
Spice Girls. So I saw them without trying, and without paying.
I'm trying to remember a support act who eventually became "big" but I don't think I saw
any worth mentioning, or if I did, I've forgotten.
Al
On Friday, 20 August 2021, 16:09:57 BST, Toby Blake <tobyblake@...> wrote:
I saw Radiohead supporting Kingmaker in the (now sadly long-gone) Venue
in Edinburgh.
There was also a juggler on a unicycle who kept dropping stuff and falling
off the bike.? He was great.? I can't remember if he appeared before or
after Radiohead.? Follow that Yorke!
Oh, and Idlewild supported the Fall in the (also sadly long-gone) Cas
Rock.? At least I think they did, I was a bit drunk.
Toby
> On 20 Aug 2021, at 15:46, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
>
> Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
>?
> Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
>?
> Here’s my “starter for ten”:
>?
> ??? ? Destroy All Monsters in 1980
> ??? ? Soft Cell in 1980
> ??? ? Captain Beefheart in 1982
>?
> Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
>?
> ??? ? Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
> ??? ? Ramones 1980
> ??? ? Slits 1980
>?
> Go on then punks, make my day.
>?
> Adam
>?
>
|
Okay, and now >I< am jealous (Brian Eno!!!)… *nina* ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of olderbrothergert Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 3:14 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [FallNet] I can hardly believe I saw them AND I can hardly believe I didn't go and see them ? Aren’t we though stve. I also recall seeing Rockpile supporting Van Morrison while at college. Rockpile blew the Man away. Not such a shocker, that.? And file this one under “oil and water don’t mix”: a new band called Roxy Music, resplendent with a feather-boa’d Brian Eno, supporting the Allman Brothers. “Cultural clash” doesn’t really do it justice.? ? We're all of an age aren't we.? ?Within a few weeks I saw: ? Ivor Cutler supporting Van Morrison Eric Clapton supporting Bob Dylan The Slits supporting The Clash stve On Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 5:25 pm Alastair Reynolds via , <alreynolds2004=[email protected]> wrote: The first live act of any sort that I saw was Peter Hammill, supporting Marillion at Cardiff
Top Rank on their 1983 tour. Unfortunately I didn't have enough education to appreciate
PH as a significant artist, which I now regret. Years later a colleague gave me some
Van der Graff tapes to listen to, and I wished I'd paid more attention to Mr Hamill at the
time.
A few years later I saw Talk Talk on one of their last live tours.
I did see The Spice Girls just as they were getting big. My wife's from the south of France
so we were down visiting her family when we decided to go to Cannes for the day, during
the film festival. Walking into town, there was a cheap looking stage set up on the promenade,
with what I first took to be a Spice Girls imitation-type group, until I realised it was the actual
Spice Girls. So I saw them without trying, and without paying.
I'm trying to remember a support act who eventually became "big" but I don't think I saw
any worth mentioning, or if I did, I've forgotten.
Al
On Friday, 20 August 2021, 16:09:57 BST, Toby Blake <tobyblake@...> wrote:
I saw Radiohead supporting Kingmaker in the (now sadly long-gone) Venue
in Edinburgh.
There was also a juggler on a unicycle who kept dropping stuff and falling
off the bike.? He was great.? I can't remember if he appeared before or
after Radiohead.? Follow that Yorke!
Oh, and Idlewild supported the Fall in the (also sadly long-gone) Cas
Rock.? At least I think they did, I was a bit drunk.
Toby
> On 20 Aug 2021, at 15:46, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
>
> Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
>?
> Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
>?
> Here’s my “starter for ten”:
>?
> ??? ? Destroy All Monsters in 1980
> ??? ? Soft Cell in 1980
> ??? ? Captain Beefheart in 1982
>?
> Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
>?
> ??? ? Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
> ??? ? Ramones 1980
> ??? ? Slits 1980
>?
> Go on then punks, make my day.
>?
> Adam
>?
>
|
Agreed! Totes jelly. Still fairly amazed I saw the Stranglers in Texas twice in 1980-81....At Club Foot. Fairly remarkable that I sold some Thai stick to the Anti-Nowhere League and met the UK Subs in 1981 at Club Foot... Club Foot in ATX seems to be my focus here - also saw U2 there in 80 or 81 and didn't care much for them - still don't. Hah! Never got to the see the Fall until here:
Okay, and now >I< am jealous (Brian Eno!!!)… *nina* ? ? Aren’t we though stve. I also recall seeing Rockpile supporting Van Morrison while at college. Rockpile blew the Man away. Not such a shocker, that.? And file this one under “oil and water don’t mix”: a new band called Roxy Music, resplendent with a feather-boa’d Brian Eno, supporting the Allman Brothers. “Cultural clash” doesn’t really do it justice.? ? We're all of an age aren't we.? ?Within a few weeks I saw: ? Ivor Cutler supporting Van Morrison Eric Clapton supporting Bob Dylan The Slits supporting The Clash stve On Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 5:25 pm Alastair Reynolds via , <alreynolds2004=[email protected]> wrote: The first live act of any sort that I saw was Peter Hammill, supporting Marillion at Cardiff
Top Rank on their 1983 tour. Unfortunately I didn't have enough education to appreciate
PH as a significant artist, which I now regret. Years later a colleague gave me some
Van der Graff tapes to listen to, and I wished I'd paid more attention to Mr Hamill at the
time.
A few years later I saw Talk Talk on one of their last live tours.
I did see The Spice Girls just as they were getting big. My wife's from the south of France
so we were down visiting her family when we decided to go to Cannes for the day, during
the film festival. Walking into town, there was a cheap looking stage set up on the promenade,
with what I first took to be a Spice Girls imitation-type group, until I realised it was the actual
Spice Girls. So I saw them without trying, and without paying.
I'm trying to remember a support act who eventually became "big" but I don't think I saw
any worth mentioning, or if I did, I've forgotten.
Al
On Friday, 20 August 2021, 16:09:57 BST, Toby Blake <tobyblake@...> wrote:
I saw Radiohead supporting Kingmaker in the (now sadly long-gone) Venue
in Edinburgh.
There was also a juggler on a unicycle who kept dropping stuff and falling
off the bike.? He was great.? I can't remember if he appeared before or
after Radiohead.? Follow that Yorke!
Oh, and Idlewild supported the Fall in the (also sadly long-gone) Cas
Rock.? At least I think they did, I was a bit drunk.
Toby
> On 20 Aug 2021, at 15:46, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
>
> Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
>?
> Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
>?
> Here’s my “starter for ten”:
>?
> ??? ? Destroy All Monsters in 1980
> ??? ? Soft Cell in 1980
> ??? ? Captain Beefheart in 1982
>?
> Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
>?
> ??? ? Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
> ??? ? Ramones 1980
> ??? ? Slits 1980
>?
> Go on then punks, make my day.
>?
> Adam
>?
>
|
AAAAGH! The Fall also played Club Foot in 1981 and I was not hip enough yet to be there. Sad.
Agreed! Totes jelly. Still fairly amazed I saw the Stranglers in Texas twice in 1980-81....At Club Foot. Fairly remarkable that I sold some Thai stick to the Anti-Nowhere League and met the UK Subs in 1981 at Club Foot... Club Foot in ATX seems to be my focus here - also saw U2 there in 80 or 81 and didn't care much for them - still don't. Hah! Never got to the see the Fall until here:
Okay, and now >I< am jealous (Brian Eno!!!)… *nina* ? ? Aren’t we though stve. I also recall seeing Rockpile supporting Van Morrison while at college. Rockpile blew the Man away. Not such a shocker, that.? And file this one under “oil and water don’t mix”: a new band called Roxy Music, resplendent with a feather-boa’d Brian Eno, supporting the Allman Brothers. “Cultural clash” doesn’t really do it justice.? ? We're all of an age aren't we.? ?Within a few weeks I saw: ? Ivor Cutler supporting Van Morrison Eric Clapton supporting Bob Dylan The Slits supporting The Clash stve On Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 5:25 pm Alastair Reynolds via , <alreynolds2004=[email protected]> wrote: The first live act of any sort that I saw was Peter Hammill, supporting Marillion at Cardiff
Top Rank on their 1983 tour. Unfortunately I didn't have enough education to appreciate
PH as a significant artist, which I now regret. Years later a colleague gave me some
Van der Graff tapes to listen to, and I wished I'd paid more attention to Mr Hamill at the
time.
A few years later I saw Talk Talk on one of their last live tours.
I did see The Spice Girls just as they were getting big. My wife's from the south of France
so we were down visiting her family when we decided to go to Cannes for the day, during
the film festival. Walking into town, there was a cheap looking stage set up on the promenade,
with what I first took to be a Spice Girls imitation-type group, until I realised it was the actual
Spice Girls. So I saw them without trying, and without paying.
I'm trying to remember a support act who eventually became "big" but I don't think I saw
any worth mentioning, or if I did, I've forgotten.
Al
On Friday, 20 August 2021, 16:09:57 BST, Toby Blake <tobyblake@...> wrote:
I saw Radiohead supporting Kingmaker in the (now sadly long-gone) Venue
in Edinburgh.
There was also a juggler on a unicycle who kept dropping stuff and falling
off the bike.? He was great.? I can't remember if he appeared before or
after Radiohead.? Follow that Yorke!
Oh, and Idlewild supported the Fall in the (also sadly long-gone) Cas
Rock.? At least I think they did, I was a bit drunk.
Toby
> On 20 Aug 2021, at 15:46, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
>
> Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
>?
> Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
>?
> Here’s my “starter for ten”:
>?
> ??? ? Destroy All Monsters in 1980
> ??? ? Soft Cell in 1980
> ??? ? Captain Beefheart in 1982
>?
> Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
>?
> ??? ? Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
> ??? ? Ramones 1980
> ??? ? Slits 1980
>?
> Go on then punks, make my day.
>?
> Adam
>?
>
|
The Only Ones supporting The Stranglers, Sept. 1977 The Users & Patrik Fitzgerald supporting The Soft Boys, Jan. 1978 Killing Joke supporting Joy Division, Feb. 1980
Missed & could've gone: AC/DC 1978 Richard Hell supporting The Clash, Dec. 1977 (I watched through a grimy window from the car park roof across the road; the gig was sold out). The Dead Boys supporting The Damned, Dec. 1977
Stefan
AAAAGH! The Fall also played Club Foot in 1981 and I was not hip enough yet to be there. Sad.
Agreed! Totes jelly. Still fairly amazed I saw the Stranglers in Texas twice in 1980-81....At Club Foot. Fairly remarkable that I sold some Thai stick to the Anti-Nowhere League and met the UK Subs in 1981 at Club Foot... Club Foot in ATX seems to be my focus here - also saw U2 there in 80 or 81 and didn't care much for them - still don't. Hah! Never got to the see the Fall until here:
Okay, and now >I< am jealous (Brian Eno!!!)… *nina* ? ? Aren’t we though stve. I also recall seeing Rockpile supporting Van Morrison while at college. Rockpile blew the Man away. Not such a shocker, that.? And file this one under “oil and water don’t mix”: a new band called Roxy Music, resplendent with a feather-boa’d Brian Eno, supporting the Allman Brothers. “Cultural clash” doesn’t really do it justice.? ? We're all of an age aren't we.? ?Within a few weeks I saw: ? Ivor Cutler supporting Van Morrison Eric Clapton supporting Bob Dylan The Slits supporting The Clash stve On Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 5:25 pm Alastair Reynolds via , <alreynolds2004=[email protected]> wrote: The first live act of any sort that I saw was Peter Hammill, supporting Marillion at Cardiff
Top Rank on their 1983 tour. Unfortunately I didn't have enough education to appreciate
PH as a significant artist, which I now regret. Years later a colleague gave me some
Van der Graff tapes to listen to, and I wished I'd paid more attention to Mr Hamill at the
time.
A few years later I saw Talk Talk on one of their last live tours.
I did see The Spice Girls just as they were getting big. My wife's from the south of France
so we were down visiting her family when we decided to go to Cannes for the day, during
the film festival. Walking into town, there was a cheap looking stage set up on the promenade,
with what I first took to be a Spice Girls imitation-type group, until I realised it was the actual
Spice Girls. So I saw them without trying, and without paying.
I'm trying to remember a support act who eventually became "big" but I don't think I saw
any worth mentioning, or if I did, I've forgotten.
Al
On Friday, 20 August 2021, 16:09:57 BST, Toby Blake <tobyblake@...> wrote:
I saw Radiohead supporting Kingmaker in the (now sadly long-gone) Venue
in Edinburgh.
There was also a juggler on a unicycle who kept dropping stuff and falling
off the bike.? He was great.? I can't remember if he appeared before or
after Radiohead.? Follow that Yorke!
Oh, and Idlewild supported the Fall in the (also sadly long-gone) Cas
Rock.? At least I think they did, I was a bit drunk.
Toby
> On 20 Aug 2021, at 15:46, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
>
> Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
>?
> Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
>?
> Here’s my “starter for ten”:
>?
> ??? ? Destroy All Monsters in 1980
> ??? ? Soft Cell in 1980
> ??? ? Captain Beefheart in 1982
>?
> Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
>?
> ??? ? Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
> ??? ? Ramones 1980
> ??? ? Slits 1980
>?
> Go on then punks, make my day.
>?
> Adam
>?
>
|
Hello,
I think the closest I can come to ANY of the aforementioned (amazing) concert experiences is either
- Amy Winehouse, sober and in GREAT form, in 2007, right as "Back to Black" was starting to gain traction ?or -Arcade Fire, Fiery Furnaces, and the Unicorns on the same bill in 2003, when Arcade Fire was still being marketed as a local Houston band
<3 Sean P.
On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 11:18 AM Stefan Cooke < fallnews@...> wrote: The Only Ones supporting The Stranglers, Sept. 1977 The Users & Patrik Fitzgerald supporting The Soft Boys, Jan. 1978 Killing Joke supporting Joy Division, Feb. 1980
Missed & could've gone: AC/DC 1978 Richard Hell supporting The Clash, Dec. 1977 (I watched through a grimy window from the car park roof across the road; the gig was sold out). The Dead Boys supporting The Damned, Dec. 1977
Stefan
AAAAGH! The Fall also played Club Foot in 1981 and I was not hip enough yet to be there. Sad.
Agreed! Totes jelly. Still fairly amazed I saw the Stranglers in Texas twice in 1980-81....At Club Foot. Fairly remarkable that I sold some Thai stick to the Anti-Nowhere League and met the UK Subs in 1981 at Club Foot... Club Foot in ATX seems to be my focus here - also saw U2 there in 80 or 81 and didn't care much for them - still don't. Hah! Never got to the see the Fall until here:
Okay, and now >I< am jealous (Brian Eno!!!)… *nina* ? ? Aren’t we though stve. I also recall seeing Rockpile supporting Van Morrison while at college. Rockpile blew the Man away. Not such a shocker, that.? And file this one under “oil and water don’t mix”: a new band called Roxy Music, resplendent with a feather-boa’d Brian Eno, supporting the Allman Brothers. “Cultural clash” doesn’t really do it justice.? ? We're all of an age aren't we.? ?Within a few weeks I saw: ? Ivor Cutler supporting Van Morrison Eric Clapton supporting Bob Dylan The Slits supporting The Clash stve On Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 5:25 pm Alastair Reynolds via , <alreynolds2004=[email protected]> wrote: The first live act of any sort that I saw was Peter Hammill, supporting Marillion at Cardiff
Top Rank on their 1983 tour. Unfortunately I didn't have enough education to appreciate
PH as a significant artist, which I now regret. Years later a colleague gave me some
Van der Graff tapes to listen to, and I wished I'd paid more attention to Mr Hamill at the
time.
A few years later I saw Talk Talk on one of their last live tours.
I did see The Spice Girls just as they were getting big. My wife's from the south of France
so we were down visiting her family when we decided to go to Cannes for the day, during
the film festival. Walking into town, there was a cheap looking stage set up on the promenade,
with what I first took to be a Spice Girls imitation-type group, until I realised it was the actual
Spice Girls. So I saw them without trying, and without paying.
I'm trying to remember a support act who eventually became "big" but I don't think I saw
any worth mentioning, or if I did, I've forgotten.
Al
On Friday, 20 August 2021, 16:09:57 BST, Toby Blake <tobyblake@...> wrote:
I saw Radiohead supporting Kingmaker in the (now sadly long-gone) Venue
in Edinburgh.
There was also a juggler on a unicycle who kept dropping stuff and falling
off the bike.? He was great.? I can't remember if he appeared before or
after Radiohead.? Follow that Yorke!
Oh, and Idlewild supported the Fall in the (also sadly long-gone) Cas
Rock.? At least I think they did, I was a bit drunk.
Toby
> On 20 Aug 2021, at 15:46, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
>
> Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
>?
> Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
>?
> Here’s my “starter for ten”:
>?
> ??? ? Destroy All Monsters in 1980
> ??? ? Soft Cell in 1980
> ??? ? Captain Beefheart in 1982
>?
> Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
>?
> ??? ? Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
> ??? ? Ramones 1980
> ??? ? Slits 1980
>?
> Go on then punks, make my day.
>?
> Adam
>?
>
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The Only Ones supporting The Stranglers, Sept. 1977
The Users & Patrik Fitzgerald supporting The Soft Boys, Jan. 1978
Killing Joke supporting Joy Division, Feb. 1980
Missed & could've gone:
AC/DC 1978
Richard Hell supporting The Clash, Dec. 1977 (I watched through a grimy window from the car park roof across the road; the gig was sold out).
The Dead Boys supporting The Damned, Dec. 1977
Stefan
AAAAGH! The Fall also played Club Foot in 1981 and I was not hip enough yet to be there. Sad.
Agreed! Totes jelly.
Still fairly amazed I saw the Stranglers in Texas twice in 1980-81....At Club Foot.
Fairly remarkable that I sold some Thai stick to the Anti-Nowhere League and met the UK Subs in 1981 at Club Foot...
Club Foot in ATX seems to be my focus here - also saw U2 there in 80 or 81 and didn't care much for them - still don't.
Hah!
Never got to the see the Fall until here:
Okay, and now >I< am jealous (Brian Eno!!!)…
*nina*
?
?
Aren’t we though stve. I also recall seeing Rockpile supporting Van Morrison while at college. Rockpile blew the Man away. Not such a shocker, that.?
And file this one under “oil and water don’t mix”: a new band called Roxy Music, resplendent with a feather-boa’d Brian Eno, supporting the Allman Brothers. “Cultural clash” doesn’t really do it justice.?
?
We're all of an age aren't we.? ?Within a few weeks I saw:
?
Ivor Cutler supporting Van Morrison
Eric Clapton supporting Bob Dylan
The Slits supporting The Clash
stve
On Fri, 20 Aug 2021, 5:25 pm Alastair Reynolds via , <alreynolds2004=[email protected]> wrote:
The first live act of any sort that I saw was Peter Hammill, supporting Marillion at Cardiff
Top Rank on their 1983 tour. Unfortunately I didn't have enough education to appreciate
PH as a significant artist, which I now regret. Years later a colleague gave me some
Van der Graff tapes to listen to, and I wished I'd paid more attention to Mr Hamill at the
time.
A few years later I saw Talk Talk on one of their last live tours.
I did see The Spice Girls just as they were getting big. My wife's from the south of France
so we were down visiting her family when we decided to go to Cannes for the day, during
the film festival. Walking into town, there was a cheap looking stage set up on the promenade,
with what I first took to be a Spice Girls imitation-type group, until I realised it was the actual
Spice Girls. So I saw them without trying, and without paying.
I'm trying to remember a support act who eventually became "big" but I don't think I saw
any worth mentioning, or if I did, I've forgotten.
Al
On Friday, 20 August 2021, 16:09:57 BST, Toby Blake <tobyblake@...> wrote:
I saw Radiohead supporting Kingmaker in the (now sadly long-gone) Venue
in Edinburgh.
There was also a juggler on a unicycle who kept dropping stuff and falling
off the bike.? He was great.? I can't remember if he appeared before or
after Radiohead.? Follow that Yorke!
Oh, and Idlewild supported the Fall in the (also sadly long-gone) Cas
Rock.? At least I think they did, I was a bit drunk.
Toby
> On 20 Aug 2021, at 15:46, Adam Marshall <adam.marshall@...> wrote:
>
> Here’s two good ones for a Friday afternoon.
>?
> Which 3 bands did you see when you were young or before they were famous that you can hardly believe you saw. I suppose you could include the fall.
>?
> Here’s my “starter for ten”:
>?
> ??? ? Destroy All Monsters in 1980
> ??? ? Soft Cell in 1980
> ??? ? Captain Beefheart in 1982
>?
> Which 3 bands can you believe you didn’t go and see when they played in your area. The Fall can of course be included.
>?
> ??? ? Kraftwerk 1981 (I forgot!)
> ??? ? Ramones 1980
> ??? ? Slits 1980
>?
> Go on then punks, make my day.
>?
> Adam
>?
>
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I saw the following at Birmingham Town Hall around the same time in the early 70’s: ? Frank Zappa Can Can The Amazing Alex Harvey Band Genesis (sorry...) Focus Can ? We all loved Can then. ? ? Sent from for Windows ?
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I hear the Amazing Alex Harvey Band were rather sensational.
CC
I saw the following at Birmingham Town Hall around the same time in the early 70’s: ? Frank Zappa Can Can The Amazing Alex Harvey Band Genesis (sorry...) Focus Can ? We all loved Can then. ? ? Sent from for Windows ?
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Are we certain the leader singer for the Amazing Alex Harvey Band wasn't actually Michael Palin hiding 'neath a wig?
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Cole,
Can we retroactively change their name to the Amazingly Awkward Alex Harvey Band?
Perry
PS it's tea time here on the West Coast!
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Whatever, I love that following his departure they continued to tour as "The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (Without Alex)".
Bit like " His Granny on Bongoes (Without The Fall)".
I hear the Amazing Alex Harvey Band were rather sensational.
CC
I saw the following at Birmingham Town Hall around the same time in the early 70’s: ? Frank Zappa Can Can The Amazing Alex Harvey Band Genesis (sorry...) Focus Can ? We all loved Can then. ? ? Sent from for Windows ?
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SAHB, Bloody good live band. I saw the 76 tour that spawned the Live album.? Never quite did it on record,? sadly
stvr
On Tue, 31 Aug 2021, 11:02 pm Chris Hopkins, < doc.hop@...> wrote: Whatever, I love that following his departure they continued to tour as "The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (Without Alex)".
Bit like " His Granny on Bongoes (Without The Fall)".
I hear the Amazing Alex Harvey Band were rather sensational.
CC
I saw the following at Birmingham Town Hall around the same time in the early 70’s: ? Frank Zappa Can Can The Amazing Alex Harvey Band Genesis (sorry...) Focus Can ? We all loved Can then. ? ? Sent from for Windows ?
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