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Got to have some classics of course, but I like to hear new material live, and unfortunately there are loads that just re-order old set lists and throw in a new single or 2.
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First concert - Run DMC/Public Enemy/Derek B - Newport Centre 1988
Last concert- Pixies - Motorpoint Cardiff last September
Best concert - AC/DC - Hammersmith Apollo 2003 - amazing to see them at such a relatively small venue.
Loudest concert - My Bloody Valentine - Rollercoaster Tour, Cardiff Ice Rink 1992.
Worst concert - The Strokes - Cardiff Arena, 2003. Late, shit sound, short set, hard to tell whether the crowd or the band gave less of a fuck.
Seen the most - Probably Dinosaur Jr.
Most fun concert - The Dead Milkmen - Marquee Club, 1991
Most Surprising concert - Isis (the band rather than the whackjobs) - Somewhere in Bedminster I think around 2006. Got dragged along as my mate was involved in putting it on and they’d sold bugger all tickets. Absolutely electrifying performance in an empty hall - not that the band would have noticed as none of them faced the 15 or so of us watching.
Next concert - Nothing booked yet.
Wish I had seen - Early 70s Stones, Dead Kennedy’s, Elvis.
Craziest concert - Nirvana - Bristol Bierkeller, 1991. Awesome mosh pit and plenty of stage diving fun. Most bizarre thing is when looking up the date I found a bootleg of the gig on YouTube that I’m listening to now and about 24 mins into it can clearly hear my girlfriend of the time explaining to someone else that she lost me in the crowd. That’s just totally done my head in!Last Concert - Honest John and Ray Beavis at The Point Bar in Exmouth last Sunday. Amazing to see such world class playing close up in a small restaurant.
Best concert - Possibly Free at Hanley Town Hall or maybe Extreme at Hammersmith Odeon
Loudest concert - Casiopea at the Hammersmith Odean. The kick drum was so loud it was like being painfully thumped in the chest.
Worst concert - Possibly Weather Report at the Hammersmith Odean. Jaco was astonishing but the music was doing my head in live. We walked out.
Seen the most - Possibly SFX with Alan Murphy. I use to follow them around the London pub circuit armed with a cassette recorder.
Most fun concert - Probably Supercharge with Albie Donnelly supporting Queen at Hyde Park. Hilarious live.
Most Surprising concert - SFX with Alan Murphy the first time at The Cricketers. I was both amazed and utterly devastated. Seeing that I completely lost confidence in my playing and realised I was nowhere as a guitarist. It took a long time to recover.
Next concert - Probably Honest John and Ray Beavis next month
Wish I had seen - Jimi Hendrix
Craziest concert - Probably The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (with Zal Cleminson dressed as a clown).
Also, if you play in a band you catch bands you play withhell, I've probably seen mastodon 7 times and I don't even listen to them.
Ive seen Orange Goblin over 100 times due to working with them. Grand Magus, Witchcraft, Cathedral, Electric Wizard all bands I've seen 30 plus times
Loudest concert - Gillan, Oxford Apollo. Janice Gers scraping his black Strat against the pa stack in an artist moment.... thoroughly unpleasant
Worst concert - Dr Phibes and the House of was equations, Sheffield Leadmill. Utter garbage
Seen the most- The Mission
Most fun concert - Hot house flowers, Sheffield Leadmill. Totally positive vibes on a Sunday night buy an unknown band and how to win the crowd
Most Surprising concert - Rolling Stones, Maine Road. Surprisingly good for 60 year olds.... what, you mean they are still going?
Next concert- Phil X
Wish I had seen - SRV, Vai, Pearl Jam, and the Foos at Phoenix
Craziest concert - Faith No More, mosh pit, Phoenix festival
Last: Shed Seven
Best: Rage Against The Machine - downstairs at Rock City
Loudest: Van Halen
Worst: Def Leppard
Most fun: Chickenfoot
Most surprising: Black Crowes in Kansas, supporting Aerosmith before making it big
Most seen: Aerosmith
Next: No concerts booked
Wish I had seen: SRV
Craziest: Madonna, Buenos Aires
Also, metal fans tend to be more obsessive about their music than fans of other genres. My son has seen Power Trip five times and he’s not twenty yet.
Last - Extreme at the O2 in Bristol.
Best - Either Steve Vai at the Astoria in 98ish, being down by the front for RATM at Download a few years ago, or Jeff Healey in 94 or so in Bristol (not a blues fan but he was great).
Loudest - I've experienced nothing painful.
Worst - same as the first.
Seen the most - Steve Vai probably.
Most fun - RATM or Dan Reed Network.
Most surprising - Slayer. Saw them last year in Birmingham. Never liked them despite buying albums in an attempt to 'get' them. It was amazing and I should have done it many years ago...just pure, undiluted metal from start to finish, and no fucking about.
Next - nothing planned apart from gigs with my band.
Wish I'd seen - More Slayer.
Craziest - Slipknot at Leeds when they were breaking, crowd was fairly bonkers from what I could see but I was a fair distance away.
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First concert - U2 @ Tiffany's Glasgow 1983
Last concert - Shellac @ SWG3 Glasgow Dec 19
Best concert - Impossible question... Maybe one of Sonic Youth round about 86, Bad Seeds round about 2004, Fugazi in early 2000's, Sigur Ros in 2009, Efterklang, A Silver Mt Zion, Low... I'm not good at making decisions like that... Bob Mould? The Smiths were quite good.... I don't know...
Loudest concert - Maybe Swans, although Sonic Youth (in smaller venues), Dinosaur Jr, Mogwai and Mono get honourable mentions
Worst concert - Hmmm... Manic Street Preachers in King Tuts - lured by the hype - shite wannabe punk. To be fair there's probably been a lot worse. Pixies on their re-union tour a few years ago were a big disappointment.
Seen the most - Sonic Youth probably, although Low must be getting close
Most fun concert - remember supporting Jad Fair at the Cathouse in Glasgow, we ripped the utter pish out of him because he was cheeky about the amp he borrowed from me.
Most Surprising concert - Maybe the first time I saw Efterklang - utterly superb - I did't know how much I liked them until I saw them live, but loads of other wee bands - remember seeing Mogwai in a pub in Glasgow when they were wee guys and instantly realising they were something special
Next concert - Angel Olsen at Barrowlands, Feb, then A Winged Victory For The Sullen in March. Not going to Explosions In The Sky because it's two days before Angel and concerts are too expensive now...
Wish I had seen - The New Year, Bedhead, Codeine, The Afghan Whigs, Do Make Say Think... Loads....
Craziest concert - Vague memories of watching Blur while lying on top of a Transit at Reading 93. Echo & The Bunnymen in Portree 1983 - Skye didn't know what had hit it... Mogwai, Perth Theatre in 2011 - I guy stage dived from the balcony...
Wish I'd kept a gig diary....