Bloody hell! gigs were cheap back in '82

axisus

Trawling around in my loft I found a couple of gig posters from my college days - Norwich school of art 82-85. I was amazed at how cheap gigs were back then, no wonder we saw so many bands. Good times, oh yes.

Strat_a_tat_tat

I don't remember Haze.

boogieman

I've got a ticket stub for Black Sabbath playing the Albert Hall in the early 70s. A whopping 80p.

iseverynamegone

Marillion for £2.50. Sweet.

They played early on at Nostell Priory near my mums but she wouldn't let me go I was 12. It was repeated later that year for Rush at NEC. Still haven't forgiven her.

axisus

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

I don't remember Haze.

Haze - superb 3 man prog band. They never hit mainstream, preferring to release stuff on their own record label. Paul McMahon on guitar and vocals, brother Chris on Bass, keyboards and bass pedals. They still keep various bands going up in their home town of Sheffield. I probably saw them live about 5 times.

axisus

Randy California, in case anyone doesn't know, was a great guitarist and the main man for superb long running rock band Spirit. As a big Spirit fan back in the 80s, it was a massive thrill to actually catch him live.

strumjoughlamps

I have some old gig stubs going back to early 90s.. Soundgarden w/ TAD supporting Brixton Academy £10. James at GMEX £8, Tori Amos with the superb Willy Porter supporting £12

hotpot

Woodstock's payment sheet back in the day.

EricTheWeary

axisus said:

Randy California, in case anyone doesn't know, was a great guitarist and the main man for superb long running rock band Spirit...

...and the writer of Stairway to Heaven...

Sibelius

axisus said:

Trawling around in my loft I found a couple of gig posters from my college days - Norwich school of art 82-85. I was amazed at how cheap gigs were back then, no wonder we saw so many bands. Good times, oh yes.

Yeah, but how much was it to go and see good bands?  

mart

axisus said:

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

I don't remember Haze.

Haze - superb 3 man prog band. They never hit mainstream, preferring to release stuff on their own record label. Paul McMahon on guitar and vocals, brother Chris on Bass, keyboards and bass pedals. They still keep various bands going up in their home town of Sheffield. I probably saw them live about 5 times.

At the stoat and bottle .... great stuff, although it went downhill when they turned into World Turtle, and did one of the brothers then quit? It was getting a bit Spinal Tap by then. But boy, that takes me back.

littlegreenman

hotpot said:

Woodstock's payment sheet back in the day.

Santana got $750? Bargain of the century!

axisus

mart said:

axisus said:

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

I don't remember Haze.

Haze - superb 3 man prog band. They never hit mainstream, preferring to release stuff on their own record label. Paul McMahon on guitar and vocals, brother Chris on Bass, keyboards and bass pedals. They still keep various bands going up in their home town of Sheffield. I probably saw them live about 5 times.

At the stoat and bottle .... great stuff, although it went downhill when they turned into World Turtle, and did one of the brothers then quit? It was getting a bit Spinal Tap by then. But boy, that takes me back.

Good knowledge! Actually I think the World turtle album is pretty good. Brothers are still together, I've been on their mailing list since the 80s!