Greatest Gigs . . .

[Rick H]

Yanto's new avatar has brought back a few memories for Ben, Shim and myself . . . so its possibly time for a trip down memory lane to think about those greatest gigs!

If you're easily bored - look away now.

Donington 1983 - Monsters of Rock !

Dio - first and only time I witnessed rock's greatest voice
Diamond Head
Twisted f**kin' Sister - silenced a few critics with shock, awe and eyeliner
ZZ Top - they were veterans back then an they're still avin it. I remember their Eliminator swinging over the crowd suspended off a helicopter
Meatloaf - again, still going - on that day necking full bottles of spirits in one
Headliners Whitesnake when Coverdale still had a voice, soul and the blues instead of selling out for hairspray and Tawny Carcrash - dualling helicopters diving overhead which would surely not be allowed these days.

Some RIPs:

Tommy Vance
Ronnie James Dio
Mel Galley
Jon Lord
Cozy Powell
Coverdale's soul

[shimmy]

My best

The Death Cult - London 1983
The Cult - Lyceum 1984
Ramones - Leeds Uni 1986
The Meteors - Leeds A&Eves 1986
Radiohead - Glastonbury 1997

Other I wish I'd been at:

The Who - Leeds 1970
Smiths - 1986 Salford University
Morrissey - 2006 London Palladium

[cslgirl]

Brother Beyond 1987 Royal Albert Hall . Im in the video near the front row..he blew me a kiss.....

[Yanto]

Originally Posted by cslgirl

Brother Beyond 1987 Royal Albert Hall . Im in the video near the front row..he blew me a kiss.....

Oh dear, this thread started off so well Lesa

[cslgirl]

Well it was that, or Simply Red!

Never been one for gigs (obviously). In my day, it was raves we went to!!

[steveH]

Saw The Damned few weeks before Christmas and Captain Sensible still has it.
The Jam a few years back were terrific
Most memorable, and brought back as saw documentary about him recently, was John Cooper Clarke before he went totally of the rails.

[73CSL]

Not done many live gigs over the years, but of teh few I did do :

The Cult @ Whitley Bay Ice Rink , 1989

Was right at the front, feet like lumps of ice, head was cooking


Also,

The Prodigy @ Bug Jam , Santa Pod approx '93

[Das Chin]

pink floyd live at chantilly in paris in 1994. There with another 250k plus people.

pink floyd at earls court in 94. Whole of dark side of the moon live.

rolling stones live at old wembley stadium for bridges of babylon tour. Smashed but it was rocking. Saw then at twickenham stadiun for Bigget bang tour. Was two rows from keef when the stage extended!!

oasis oct 94 live at earls court for whats the story, plus the maine road gig.

also oasis live in berlin (was over there at uni doing a year abroad) in dec 93 for definately maybe in a room of about 500 people. Brits at the front!!

U2 at twickenham in 2005 was a bit special. Stadium was a 15 min walk. Got day two for free almost :-)

stone roses in 93 at hacienda. Epic.

done a few raves as well ... Raindance in essex was always good with the prodigy. Berwick manor in rainham in the early 90s was great as was Orange at the rocket in north london.