Greatest Gigs . . .

[AlexGTT]

Oh what have you started here Ian! Dredging up a bit of the past here, the good ol' days.

Poison with Enuff z'nuff London and again Newport - roughly 1989
Enuff z'nuff - Bristol Beirkeller 1989
Love/Hate - saw them all over the place but can only really remember London (Marquee Club but possibly Borderline or both!) 1988 and 1990 and in Bristol Bierkeller
Metallica, Megadeath, The Almighty, Diamond Head - Milton Keynes might have been 1993??
The Wildhearts - all over the place between 1989 and 1993 ish - too many to name but mostly London Marquee.
Manic Street Preachers with The Wildhearts - London Astoria (I think?) 1992?
Wolfsbane!!! (I know, I know but they were great live, honestly) Marquee 1993
The Almighty - loads of places, mostly London (usually with The Wildhearts) between 1993-1994
Alice in Chains - Brixton 1993

Lots more but that's what I can remember quickly from an era I was mostly

[need4speed]

The Macc Lads at the Edinburgh Venue 1988 and 1989.
Monsters of Rock 1991 AC/DC and Metallica headlining.
Guns n Roses 1992 Gateshead Arena supported by Faith No More and Soundgarden.

[shimmy]

You are all greasy metalheads or RAF grey coat wearing PROG ROCK nerds

I'm off.

[Rick H]

Originally Posted by need4speed

The Macc Lads at the Edinburgh Venue 1988 and 1989.
Monsters of Rock 1991 AC/DC and Metallica headlining.
Guns n Roses 1992 Gateshead Arena supported by Faith No More and Soundgarden.

We're the lads from Macc . . . and we want some Crack !!!!! great band, never saw them live but i have their album and a vid somewhere.

I saw G'n'R on that tour in Manchester - the keyboard player from either FNM or SG collapsed and spent most of the gig on his back (and the band played on!), then G'n'R didn't turn up for fookin' hours. I think Axl still plays the same trick these days.

[Rick H]

Originally Posted by shimmy

You are all greasy metalheads or RAF grey coat wearing PROG ROCK nerds

I'm off.

Didn't Radiohead cover prog gods Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here"????

[sjb]

Originally Posted by Rick H

Talking about The Jam - Rick Butler turned up on Wheeler Dealer (or some other Mike & Ed show) the other day buying an MPV for his drums . . . well

Mike the mod possibly knows him then, we saw him once all dressed up at a Paul Weller gig at the Royal Albert Hall, he was outside eating THE biggest bag of chips I'd ever seen

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by Rick H

We're the lads from Macc . . . and we want some Crack !!!!! great band, never saw them live but i have their album and a vid somewhere.

I saw G'n'R on that tour in Manchester - the keyboard player from either FNM or SG collapsed and spent most of the gig on his back (and the band played on!), then G'n'R didn't turn up for fookin' hours. I think Axl still plays the same trick these days.

Also Carly Simon and Oasis...........

[s.mac]

The Mac Lads, not for the faint hearted, saw them in Leeds, pints of piss flying everywhere .....

[Yanto]

Originally Posted by need4speed

The Macc Lads at the Edinburgh Venue 1988 and 1989.

I have a number of their albums but daren't go to a gig. You'd be covered in beer, puke, semen, shit or a combo of these......

In no particular order and can't remember the years, but my favourite gigs have been:

Cult
Depeche Mode (music for masses, violator)
The Pixies (prob my fave in Hanley Town Hall !!)
Madness
Robbie Williams (yes, really)
Coldplay (fook off Shim)

I also HAD to go to Simply Red x2 and Rod Stewart x2 .......let's move on

Would LOVE to have seen / see - Stone Roses (in early 90's, not now), Oasis, U2, Simple Minds, Cure, Foo Fighters, Nivana

[Yanto]

Originally Posted by s.mac

The Mac Lads, not for the faint hearted, saw them in Leeds, pints of piss flying everywhere .....

Beat me to it Stevo....