What was the first gig you went to?

[val]

Status Quo Surrey rooms Kennnington Oval early 70's

[barrymarshall]

The Verve and a few others (including indie band Powder - anyone remember them?) at a free festival in Avenham Park, Preston, 1995.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Atila the Gooner - You are the Man!

I went to the "Six of the Best" Genesis/Peter Gabriel reunion in about 81 at Milton Keynes Bowl - Gabriel only agreed to it to raise money to bail out the then very new WOMAD - the gig that is, not my attendance .

It rained all day, from when I got on the train in Brighton, throughout the gig andit was still raining when I got back to Brighton.

The bottoms of my frayed jeans were dyed pink from the Milton Keynes mud and stayed that way throughout their lifetime.

[atila the gooner]

Michael Palaeologus Wrote:

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> Atila the Gooner - You are the Man!

>

> I went to the "Six of the Best" Genesis/Peter

> Gabriel reunion in about 81 at Milton Keynes Bowl

> - Gabriel only agreed to it to raise money to bail

> out the then very new WOMAD - the gig that is, not

> my attendance .

>

> It rained all day, from when I got on the train in

> Brighton, throughout the gig andit was still

> raining when I got back to Brighton.

>

> The bottoms of my frayed jeans were dyed pink from

> the Milton Keynes mud and stayed that way

> throughout their lifetime.

Michael, I saw the Who at Charlton football ground in 1976, and the heavens opened for about 3 hours prior to them coming on, I think the Sensational Alex Harvey Band were on at that moment. When the sun finally came out, you could see the steam rising form 30, 000 odd assembled bodies!! I remember going down with a stinker of cold the next day. Ahh memories.....................;-)

[Jah Lush]

I was at that Who gig at Charlton in '76 Atila and you've described it perfectly the way the steam was coming off of everyone during The Sensational Alex Harvey Band's set. Also there that day was Little Feat, Windowlicker, The Outlaws and someone else that slips my mind but porobably shouldn't. I was at the one in '74 too which was one of my first gigs. The bill included The Who (obviously) Lou Reed, Humble Pie, Bad Company (only their eighth gig) Maggie Bell, Lindisfarne and Montrose. But the first ones I can remember going to were Stackridge at Oliver Goldsmith's College in '73, Hawkwind, the Pink Fairies and few others who slip my mind (due to too many drugs)at Windsor Free Festival around the same time and Nils Lofgren at Croydon Greyhound in '74. Then came the Who.

[atila the gooner]

Jah, Is my poor old memory playing tricks on me or did the boys in blue refuse entry to anyone carry booze that day. I seem to recall that my mates and I were told to either drink what we had before allowing us in (which was enough to stun a bull elephant), or pouring it down the drain. Heroic attempts were made at the former rather than the latter, needless to say we failed miserbaly after necking 4 tins in about 15 minutes and then giving up the ghost !!

[Jah Lush]

I really can't remember Atila, it's such a long time ago but it wouldn't surprise me. I remember going to see the Stones in '76 at Knebworth and a couple of friends of mine made a fortune that day by selling beer to the filthy, unwashed and thirsty (me included).

[mockney piers]

"I remember going to see the Stones in '76 at Knebworth"

Does that mean you had to get off at Stevenage station? Ooh you poor dears!!

[Keef]

I've never been a fan of open air gigs, they're just too big. I like festivals, but prefer the smaller tents, and the whole atmosphere.

First open air gig I saw was Metallica at Milton Keynes "Super Bowl" in June 93 on the "Nowhere else to roam" tour. Supported by Megadeath which was a big thing, as it was the first time lead singer Dave Mustaine had talked with Metallica since getting fired.

I just remember it being a very hot day, and the massive group of us that went all got seperated and found each other again back at London Euston. It was good, but just proved to me that I'd much rather see a band in a sweaty club with a couple of thousand people rather than 80 thousand!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

First open air gig was Lindisfarne at Cambridge Folk Festival. Can't remember the acts, life was a bit hazy then.

[Jah Lush]

Keef, you're such a headbanger. I agree with you about open air or stadium gigs though. Much rather be in a hot sweaty little club, but a thousand??! 300 - 600 is more like it. I remember seeing U2 at the Marquee club in Wardour Street when they were first starting out and that was fabulous little place to see up and coming bands.

[atila the gooner]

I remember going to see the Ramones at the Victoria Apollo in 1980 with a mate, as he had a spare ticket and nobody would go with him (I wasn't overly keen, but he almost begged me to go), and spending most of the night at the bar, as the lead singer counted off each number in exactly the the same way "1,2, 3 go.....". I hated the gig but loved the gorgeous women that seemed to all gravitate to the bar and away from the stage.

[giggirl]

David Cassidy at Bellvue in Manchester then the following year Daryl Hall and John Oates also at Bellvue in Manchester. David Cassidy wore an all in one jump suit (it was the 70s) and security was next door to non-existent.

[Keef]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Keef, you're such a headbanger.

Not so much now, but as a teenager yes I was. First music I got in to (other than Madonna and Michael Jackson when I was a little kid) was Ozzy, Sabbath, Deep Purple and Rainbow. Randy Ehodes was my first guitar idol (before Slash), and he died before my 4th birthday!

However, I always studied music too, so enjoyed a good melody as well as loud dirty guitar riffs! B)

Marquee club in Wardour Street when they were

> first starting out and that was fabulous little

> place to see up and coming bands.

Actually the first UK venue Guns n' Roses played. I saw a couple of gigs there, haven't they opened a new Marquee somewhere else now?

[LostThePlot]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> "Jay Aston... Jay ASTON... let me tell YOU

> about.... JAY ASTON!!!"

Well a quick google reveals at the number two spot....er...you!!! Do I get a drink? Or do you ant the also rans that were pop profile aka Lucas and Whalliams (Or however he spells Williams...)

[SeanMacGabhann]

lol - you're kidding LTP?

It was guessed earlier anyway - I quit eliked some of the Rock Profiles - The Blur one in particular. And Duran

[peckhamboy]

First one I can remember the name of was Neds Atomic Dustbin at the Hatfield Forum. Do I get a prize for obscurity?

[mockney piers]

The Hatfield Forum?!? Blimey, brings back memories.

[peckhamboy]

The Hatfield Forum?!? Blimey, brings back memories.

Mainly of sitting round the corner drinking dodgy cider from 3 litre bottles from the dodgy offie, then drinking dodgy snakebite and black whilst watching dodgy bands. And generally being quite scared of the girls that went there...

[SimonM]

An old git writes:-

Simon & Garfunkel at Manchester Odeon in 1968...but years before that my mother and grandmother took us to see Adam Faith and Emile Ford & The Checkmates (google them! years ahead of their time!) in Stockton-on-Tees (don't ask..)

Many many years later I used to see Adam Faith in "Tea-Time" near Clapham Common and marvelled how short he was off-stage and sans mohair suit...

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

Did anyone ever go to the Ruthin festival in the 80's?

I used to go with a gang of n'er do wells and get smashed in a field and sleep under a bit of plastic. They used to all go and beat up the local Welsh yoots after drinking gallons of homemade scrumpy sold by the hippies and then pass out under a bush somewhere.

I think there was music too!

[PeckhamRose]

Ummmmm Gary Glitter at Margate Winter Gardens. And my school friends the next day said they'd had sex with the band....

I might also have seen Osmonds or David Essex before that at Earls Court - can't remember, but I think it may have been the bad guy. Yikes.

[cdonline]

Never really been in to gigs, prefer concerts, with my own seat that I can sit down on.

But my first was Wham! I hated it. My second was The La's in Manchester, when I was a student.

[SteveT]

Bob Dylan at Olympia (I think) sometime in the 70's

everybody was rolling joints and then holding up

flaming lighters at the end.

He was dull as a stage act not like the

Stones

[atila the gooner]

I remember seeing the Stranglers at the Roundhouse in 1978, and Hugh Cornwell, the leading singer, offering to take on all comers after somebody lobbed something on to the stage. Tosser!!!