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What a great personal music history document
to have kept! This is a stunning list!
Enviously yours.
-krispy
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Thanks krispy, dubmill.
The Jolt (and Reggae Regular) were opening
for Generation X at the Roundhouse, Subway
Sect and the Buzzcocks played at Hammersmith
Odeon (and I think Penetration were the first
band on the bill). And the Innocents and the
Slits were opening for the Clash at the
Lyceum. I seem to be going to large
venues (i.e. not pubs or clubs) until 1979 or
so, something to do with being 14 in 1978 I
suppose.
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niznoz, I have just read this and my chin has
gradually fallen and hit the floor.
I was born in 1978 so it seems redundant to
say this, but you have no idea how jealous I
am that you've seen these bands play live!
In particular The Slits opening for the
Clash... There are obviously a few I've
never heard of but will read into thanks to
your linkage. WOW. Boy am I jealous!
(So darn cool you have that notebook to
look back into and I had to laugh re: seeing
the Boomtown Rats the second time.)
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London was (is) a great place to see music --
almost every band in the UK, and many from
elsewhere are making an effort to play there.
So I was really lucky in terms of time and
place. I won't claim that all these bands are great--and some concerts
had some pretty duff pairings. Then again I
got to see the Delta 5, the Specials, the
Mekons and the Gang of Four on one bill,
which was pretty amazing.
The Slits were great with the Clash. It
was the tail end of 1978, and the Slits were
more of punk band still, rather than the
reggaeish band they became (and Ari Up and
not yet grown her towering tree of
dreadlocks).
One of the interesting things about looking
up all these links is learning about the
bands I don't remember, and who didn't go on
to be household (some households, anyway)
names.
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Wow, I'm impressed. I saw quite a few of
those bands too, not as many though. I was
only 12 in 77 though, and getting into gigs
was difficult. Yes, I saw the Boomtown Rats
too. Even though they weren't cool, I enjoyed
the gig, and I still listen to some of their
songs (gasp!).
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I enjoyed the Boomtown Rats both times I saw
them, although i do wonder why I didn't want
to write it down the second time. They
certainly haven't been hip very often, if at
all, then or since. Probably partly to do
with Bob Geldof's career.
But I think the Radio Stars were and are
even less cool, and they were a great deal of
fun to see.
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The one time I saw the Clash they were
supported by the Anti Nowhere League! Ha!
Mind you, Futura 2000 painted a NY-scape
backdrop while the Clash played so that was
some consolation.
Top list, niznoz!
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OMG Niznoz this brings back memories
I didn't keep a list, but now wish I had.
Some key nights I can remember:
Clash, etc (Victoria Park, huge Rock
Against Racism event)
Gang of Four and the Mekons (University of
London)
Vibrators (Place on Cromwell Road, can't
remember the name - lots of energy, but far
to much gobbing)
Talking Heads (Roundhouse, supported by
Dire Straits - the Roundhouse used to have
regular Sunday night concerts with 3 bands -
it got to the point where I was going almost
without looking who was on)
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Great list! I would love to have seen Talking
Heads at the time of Fear of Music. Ian Dury
too - nice...
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Trevira -- I saw Futura 2000
"perform" once also, in a nightclub
in New York called Negril. Of course, at one
time you could see his tag around and about
the city.
Trois Tetes -- fond memories of the
Roundhouse, although I only went to see bands
there a couple of times. I also saw Bob
Hoskins and Helen Mirren in the "Duchess
of Malfi" there -- an excellent and
bloody Jacobean tragedy. With werewolves.
Martinish -- both great live acts. I
definitely saw the talking heads on their
'Remain in Light' tour, but I can't remember
if I saw them them around the time of Fear of
Music.
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Big Al Davies [deleted] says:
Brilliant, I missed this when you posted it,
I know all the names but only saw a couple
live, I saw the Rats too, but after Live Aid,
which really was the worst time to see them,
they were not considered really a Punk band
in the UK after the hits, but they did some
decent stuff in the early days, I have a
Patrik Fitzgerald EP on Small Wonder he was
an acoustic Punk singer at the time, the only
one? I saw Costello a few times, he was
great, the Pogues were the support once, you
saw the nips, were they Shane McGowans first
band the Nipple Erectors?
Did you miss XTC or not like them then (new
wave too), and what about John Otway and Wild
Willy Barrett?? Too 70's silly?
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I liked XTC (I first saw them on Magpie, I
seem to remember), and got their first three
or so albums at the time, but never saw them
live. It was always a case of what bands you
could persaude your mates to go see with you
and XTC weren't popular with my friends.
Ironic, because in later years in the US I've
come across some rabid XTC fans. Never got
to see John Otway.
The Nips were indeed Shane's band. They
opened for Dexy's when I saw them, and were
memorable. They have a couple of singles
available on CD which are well worth giving a
listen to "Gabrielle " and
"Happy Song".
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Big Al Davies [deleted] says:
XTC fans are the maddest, except I am one and
I didn't bother to go to Cardiff to see them
and then Andy Partridge had his stage fright
stuff shortly afterwards.
John Otway was hilarious, I thought the
Nipple Erectors shortened their name, I'll
have a look, I'm sure I have some of theirs
on the Mojo magazine free CD's.
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Shane's band definitely started out as the
Nipple Erectors, and then, in a move the
record company must have approved of, became
the Nips.
The Nips were great, although the Pogues
were certainly the right move for Shane
MacGowan (somewhere, Shane is finally getting
a good night's rest knowing that I approve).
I saw them once too, in the mid 80's in
Hoboken N.J.
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All this talk of nipples reminds me
I downloaded the first Slits album from
emusic a couple of months ago (no idea where
my original vinyl copy is)
It's quite good even after 25 years, but
the without the cover there is definitely
something missing. (can I say this on
flickr?)
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Excellent -- I'm so glad you posted this in
New Wave!
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all right old man, here i am as a Virginian
counterpart in 1981
i'll try to remember to let you know when i
scan in my Birthday Party photos,including:
Nick Cave smiling? yes. true.
cheers !
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Nice photo sfrances: 10/10 for in-situ high
school punkiness.
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(well i always considered myself late into
getting to see punk bands--not til the
Clash's Give 'em Enough Rope tour in Maryland
, with Screamin' Jay Hawkins opening. But
from then onwards , well, I've got boxes full
of flyers to scan I suppose...and I'm always
hearing how folks envy me for all the times I
saw Minor Threat, Bad Brains and such)
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I think I would have photoshopped out the
Toyah reference :-)
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I know what you mean TT, although, in my
defense, this was probably the height of
Toyah's plausability: she'd been in a few
cool films (Jubilee, the Tempest, and
Quadrophenia), and she was on a decent inde
record label (Safari). That said, I don't
think I enjoyed her performance much.
But, no regrets man, no regrets.
sfrances: people I've met who lived around
DC at about the time you are talking about
rave about seeing Bad Brains live.
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Impressive collection. I saw a lot of these
bands in 1979/80 in Liverpool &
Manchester, and used to write the ones I'd
seen on the back of my bedroom door in marker
pen. I also remember going through 1979's
Festive 50 and marking off the songs I'd seen
performed live that year, I think it was
about half.
Excellent times for a 15 year old!
I've been putting old tapes of Peel
sessions and old singles from this era on to
MP3, let me know if you're interested.
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Mark Jay -- don't suppose you kept the door?
It was an excellent couple or three years
for music, or perhaps it was just great to be
16 (or 15).
Yes -- there's stuff I haven't heard in 25
years, and while a lot of it's been reissued,
not all of it has.
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Fantastic, great memories! Saw quite a few of
these...I was so trainspotterish I kept most
of my ticket stubs.
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I was so trainspotterish I kept most of my
ticket stubs.
I'm suprised I didn't. Still have a box of
badges and the like somewhere.
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Could you please submit this to the Listmania group?
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can i just express my intense envy?
i saw no one from '77-'80 (as i was about 7
yrs old)
but if i could travel back in time - i'd
hit '78 just for the music
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very cool.
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inspired, am now hunting high and low for
clash tickets circa 1980
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am now hunting high and low for clash tickets
circa 1980
It's not time travel, but Rude Boy, the Clash movie, was just released on DVD
(in the US, but I assume elsewhere too). I
missed it the first time around and haven't
seen it yet, but I hear it has some great
Clash footage from the late 70s.
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carparksuperstar [deleted] says:
You saw Joy Division....ohmygoodgod. I'm
incredibly envious.
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I love seeing what other people write.
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Oh MY GOD!! I´m so jealous, you´ve seen all
of my favourites bands...Elvis Costello,
Buzzcocks, Richard Hell, Joy Division...I´m
only 24, I can only dream about seen those
bands.
Really LOVELY shot, great and powerful.
Thanks for sharing
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my eye itches.
-be
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whatta all I could say I saw Led Zep at the
rah bumped into this guy john a friend of a
friend in dar loo
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This is a GREAT idea!!! I had a similar idea
to scan all my concert ticket stubs and show
them one at a time with a little story behind
each one...but geez....the work that would
take! OI!
Yours is simple and cool.
Way to go.
Would you add this to my group: flickr.com/groups/writings/
-jim
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I'm a bit upset at the slights against Toyah,
Mr Tetes. I bounced around under her nose
several times and even got a bit (yes a bit)
of her polystyrene cup once! No, I don't know
why either. That's embarrassed me in front of
all those commenting before me. Ah well, all
part of the therapy.
Also reminds me of Cocteau Twins supporting
once - even in my anxious-to-be-with-it days
I though that was a terrible noise.
♪♫ Ieya! ♪♫ K.
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Thanks for sharing CH
As Niz says 'No regrets'
[Sniggers, and hopes no one asks him what
was the first single he had the misfortune to
buy]
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Hi, would you mind adding your picture to
this pool - cheers.
www.flickr.com/groups/factoryrecords/
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@monkeyiron -- I will, if you think it fits.
I saw New Order in May of 1981 in Kentish
Town in London (which helps me date when I
stopped compiling this list, as I'd obviously
stopped doing it by the time I saw them
play).
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i threw a guitar at him [deleted] says:
you saw echo and the bunnymen?!
that's frigin awesome.
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Wow!! Ian Drury...that's a name I haven't
heard in year! That's quite a list! I'm in
awe! (BTW, the link is wrong to Ian Drury and
the Blockheads). This is so cool! I don't
think I had enough wits about me to keep a
list like this when I was this age.
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@I threw a guitar at him: those were pretty
amazing times.
@StarrGazr: Thanks. I fixed the link. Ian
Dury was was most entertaining.
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oh man, that is awesome. i wish there were
live gigs that were this great now! totally
jealous of your music!
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I started out my new year viewing all 378
Flickr photos tagged with <>.
This was #1 of 378 in the search results
(sorted by 'most interesting").
Burma as often as you can in '07!
flickr.com/photos/johnnyburma/336499208/
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Love this - I just posted an image of a cloud formation that reminded me of the
front sleeve of Joy Division's Unknown
Pleasures and did a search for Joy Division
and your amazing capture was the first hit.
Great idea. Now I need to dig out my copy
of "Is Vic There" and play it very
loudly :-)
--
Found in a search. (?)
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being only 21, i am incredibly jealous of
your gig history. there are many bands on
there i would love to have seen. The Human
League i've seen twice (it's become a family
xmas tradition!) and although i've never had
the pleasure of seeing The Buzzcocks play
live, i met Shelly and Devoto at The Urbis
Centre when they did a Q&A session about
1970s punk. i'm lucky to have a
musically-inclined mother to teach me all
about those great great days. Queen, Joy
Division, Talking Heads, The Clash...oh how i
wish i could have seen them playing live.
i've done this with all the bands i've seen
over the last three years (66 in all, not
including support acts) - i really look
forward to looking back in thirty years time
and seeing who has stood the test of time.
and if anything, it's interesting to see how
your taste evolves and the music scene
changes.
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Thanks all.
mykingdomforakiss: Cool. I sort of wish
I'd kept this up for longer, and perhaps
included a bit more detail such as where and
when. As you say, it's as good a way as any
of remembering ones life at any given moment.
Better than many, in fact.
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blimey, you saw some good bands!
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Boy Bedlam Review, and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
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Your picture was selected to appear on
"What's The Story" - an online
interactive gallery. If you do not wish your
picture to appear please e-mail us.
crash-whatsthestory.blogspot.com/index.html
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great!
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This Heat.
awesome.
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Your photo will fit in at QUIRKY HISTORY www.flickr.com/groups/411857@N22
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hi there,
May I use a photo from your collection in
my art project? If you are happy for me to,
get in touch on:
pixeljourneys.com/digitalarts/?p=242
I will give full credit to your work.
Thanks so much!
Julie
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hi there,
Thanks for your message. Thanks for
letting me use your fab photo. i'll let you
know how i get on.
thanks!
julie
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Ha! Just spotted my daughter's post on here
(mykingdomforakiss). Here's my gig going
history - and yes, the late 70's/early 80's
were the best.........
Slade, Status Quo, Don Mclean, Chuck Berry,
The Faces (3), Rod Stewart (3), Ronnie Lane
(2), Leo Sayer, The Who, Alex Harvey, Eddie
and the Hot Rods, Peter Frampton, Groundhogs,
10CC (2), Blue Jays, David Essex, Bryan
Ferry, Small Faces (2), Eric Clapton, John
Martyn, Lew Lewis Band, Elvis Costello, Ian
Dury, Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric, Graham
Parker and the Rumour (2), The Rezillos, The
Buzzcocks (4), Steel Pulse, Sham 69, Magazine
(5), The Zones (2), The Stranglers, The
Skids, Tom Robinson Band, Stiff Little
Fingers, Subway Sect, Penetration (2),
Malchicks, Spizz Oil, Siouxie and the
Banshees, Iggy Pop (2), Simple Minds,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, The
Police, Joy Division (2), The Specials,
Madness, The Selector, Talking Heads, A
Certain Ratio (2), Joe Jackson Band, The
Beat, The Ramones, Psychedelic Furs, Secret
Affair, Bauhaus, The Human League(3), The
Fall (3), The Undertones, Cabaret Voltaire,
Athletico Spizz 80, Gary Numan(2), The
Passions, Spandau Ballet, Robert Palmer,
Lighthouse Family, Jamiroquai, The Corrs,
Oasis, Robbie Williams, Franz Ferdinand (15),
The Kills, Kaiser Chiefs (4), The Beat trap,
Texas, Idlewild etc at the Tsunami benefit,
Nine Black Alps (3), Duels(2) Maximo Park
(5), Blood Arm(3), Field Music(3), Tom Vek,
Arctic Monkeys (3), Kubichek! (2), The
Rakes(4), Hard-Fi, Ladytron, Arcade Fire,
Editors(5), Vennablast, !Forward Russia!,
Cinematics, The Research, Black Wire(2),
Yeti, Zombina and the Skeletones, Protocol,
White Rose Movement(4), Dartz, Ever Since the
Lake Caught Fire, Help! She Can't Swim, The
Cribs(2), Clor,
Sparks,Morrissey(2),1990s(4)Fiery Furnaces,
Sons &; Daughters, Shitdisco, Mystery
Jets, We Are Scientists(2),The Futureheads,
The Immediate, The Young Knives (3),Tapes n
Tapes, Panic!At the Disco, Get Cape. Wear
Cape. Fly, Belle &; Sebastian, The Long
Blondes, Hot Chip, Jarvis Cocker
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Just awesome!
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Hand Writing, and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called pairs, and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called XPN's 885 Most Memorable Musical Moments, and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
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The Yachts! I remember their single on Stiff
'Suffice to Say' because I taped it and
wandered around East Finchley with it on a
radiocassette player.
We have both seen Ian Dury, Queen, Mickey
Jupp and Patrik Fitzgerald...
Looking at my list I saw Bees Make Honey at
the Torrington thirty years ago (25/8/77) -
happy days!
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so incredibly impressive. though my jealousy
knows no limits, i did just organize an art
show you would have dug called "let's
bolt" where we asked artists to make a
flyer, poster, t-shirt, what have you about
the concert of their dreams that they wish
they had gone to but never did. It was about
our formative years, growing up, listening to
music and being too young sometimes to see
it.....
Thanks for this amazing list!
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Thanks again for all the comments.
joivke: I think I just read (in the liner
notes for the souljazz release D-I-Y, which
is most excellent) that Patrick Fitzgerald
gave up performing (for a while?) after
playing at Hammersmith Odeon (which is where
I saw him I think) and finding the experience
lacking.
Julie's sunny day: I was definitely lucky
to be at the right place at the right time --
and to have the freedom to get out and see
bands. Not sure it would be that easy for a
14 - 18 year to do that these days (for a
start a lot of clubs and other venues seem to
have age restrictions). I'm intrigued by the
description of your exhibit.
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Trois Têtes (TT) says:
OMG Niznoz this brings back memories
I didn't keep a list, but now wish I had.
Some key nights I can remember:
Clash, etc (Victoria Park, huge Rock
Against Racism event)
Just rented "Rude Boy" which, if
nothing else, has some amazing footage of the
Clash (some from the tour I saw in 1978).
Sounds like the Victoria Park RAR event could
be the one featured in the film.
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re. Patrik Fitzgerald - I seem to recall the
Hawkwind fans booing him at the Hammy Odeon.
I knew who he was from Peel but I don't think
some of the crowd did. Ha ha, just as
Hawkwind went all new wave with the Hawklords
albums.
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Thanks niz - I need to rent 'Rude Boy'
Hawkwind? Did someone mention Hawkwind? Oh
dear this reminds me of a very memorable (for
the wrong reasons) night at Brunel University
in 1975. Fortunately by 1977 I was denying
all knowledge of them.
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you went to see the clash and the specials?
that is really cool
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Lol. why'd i have to be born in 89' missed
all the good stuff.
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You got to see Queen *seeeething with
jealousy*** That is one band I painfully
regret not seeing before Freddy passed.
Those were the days --- I remember going to 3
concerts in one weekend -- The Scorpions, Def
Leppard and Aerosmith.
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I did the exact same thing! Also wrote down
how much a loaf of bread, a mars bar and
various other things cost at the time. Will
take a scan 'cos it will bring back memories.
Also took photos of all the bands too which I
will try to get up on here. Tanks for that, a
great read.
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The Elvis Costello Mickey Jupp and Whirlwind
was the freebie thing at
The Roundhouse. I queued all day except for
a brief respite when they
locked the doors. So I went for a beer and
a ceegar.
I was being sick in the gutter afterwards
and somebody said that
a couple of The Sex Pistols were throwing
glasses at cars going past.
I was 17 years old and took the day off
work. EC had been on TV the
night before. He had been asked to be on
to talk about The Sex Pistols
splitting up. He said that he wasn't a punk
Andrew Gardner the news reader
said what about your dress. EC replied I
don't wear dresses.
That was almost as good as the The Bill
Grundy incident.
We were the children of the Revolution.
and we still are............
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It was definitely at the Roundhouse, and in
early '78 which would be right for the Sex
Pistols splitting. I don't remember anyone
being sick in the gutter (you'll be glad to
know), but I do remember it as one of the
better concerts I've been to. How could it
not be.
Romanywg: Scan!
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Posted mine, details later. Let me know if it
brings back any memories?
Damned Concerts for a quid!
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JEALOUS!!
--
Found in a search. (?)
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Please add your photo to our group,
Impressions & Expressions and feel free
to join us unless you’ve already done so.
This week's theme is "SIMPLICITY"
. Please remember to tag your photos
Impressions & Expressions =)
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wow interesting you thought to put that on
here
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i really wish i kept a similar log.
really interesting to view large and scan
some familiar names!
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I wish I'd continued to keep it--and bothered
to write down dates, etc. But perhaps
that's asking too much of my teenage self.
(edit: actually that seems a little unfair
of me. My teenage self was writing things down: it was only as I got
older that standards dropped).
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