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3 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said:

For someone who is mad on music, I've not been to that many gigs. It doesn't help that all of my favourite music is from the 60s and 70s. 

Same here, but those bands have their followers now. I'm actually approaching saturation with Doom, there's just so much of it!

I've got tix for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Part Chimp coming up. You'd probably like both of those.

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5 minutes ago, Xann said:

Same here, but those bands have their followers now. I'm actually approaching saturation with Doom, there's just so much of it!

I've got tix for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Part Chimp coming up. You'd probably like both of those.

You're right, there are loads of bands I'd enjoy seeing, but I've just never been much of one for gigs. I'd say as I've got older, the more I've been going to. Gigs at the minute, and probably for a long time to come,  are off limits for me. I'll end up on one. 

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On 22/01/2018 at 07:01, mjmooney said:

I've added a couple of categories.

1. Bar - Tom Russell, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 2015

2. Nightclub - REM. The Warehouse, Leeds, 1984

3. Outdoor - Bob Dylan, Blackbushe Aerodrome, Surrey, 1978

4. Arena - Neil Young, First Direct Arena, Leeds, 2016

5. Stadium - The Who, Charlton Athletic (The Valley), London, 1976

6. Concert Hall - Big Big Train, King's Place, London, 2015

7. University/college - Jeff Beck, Leeds University, 1974 

The Who gig, is that the one where Moonie OD on horse tranquillisers, and they got someone out the crowd to come up and play drums. They are not my favourite band, although, they are up there, but I'd of loved to have watched that original lineup over most. 

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24 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said:

For someone who is mad on music, I've not been to that many gigs. It doesn't help that all of my favourite music is from the 60s and 70s. 

some decent tribute bands out there ..not the same thing of course but we did Cast off Kinks the other week and they were ace ( few original members of the Kinks but not the Davies bros)

off to see a Clash tribute band tomorrow at the 100 club in Oxford Street  , close as I'm going to get to seeing them live after being 2 young the first time around

the Auusie Floyd tribute band I was quite impressed with how good they were but as I'm seeing Roger Waters at Hyde Park in July I guess I'll finally get to find out just how good

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4 minutes ago, tonyh29 said:

some decent tribute bands out there ..not the same thing of course but we did Cast off Kinks the other week and they were ace ( few original members of the Kinks but not the Davies bros)

off to see a Clash tribute band tomorrow at the 100 club in Oxford Street  , close as I'm going to get to seeing them live after being 2 young the first time around

the Auusie Floyd tribute band I was quite impressed with how good they were but as I'm seeing Roger Waters at Hyde Park in July I guess I'll finally get to find out just how good

Seen a few tributes, and they are fun to go to. Some of them make a very good living out of it, and are superb. I always tried to catch Fred Zeppelin when they were local. I've been to a great tribute night at Nottingham rock city once,  with various acts. 

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12 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said:

The Who gig, is that the one where Moonie OD on horse tranquillisers, and they got someone out the crowd to come up and play drums. They are not my favourite band, although, they are up there, but I'd of loved to have watched that original lineup over most. 

No, that happened in the USA. I put Charlton down as my favourite stadium show, but it wasn't my favourite Who concert - that was King's Hall, Manchester, 1973, second gig on the (original) Quadrophenia tour. I watched the whole show from on the stage, leaning on Townshend's amp stack (sneaked a drink from his plastic cup - slightly surprised that it was just water and not vodka). I was about three feet away from Keith Moon, which was quite an experience when he was in full flight. I still have the T shirt. 

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6 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said:

Fred Zeppelin

:D

the cover band names they come up with  are almost as good as the film names that get changed for porn films  ... Night of the Giving Head  , being a particular favourite one  (name , alas not seen the film )

 

I saw a Female (Punk'ish) Duran Duran tribute band once called Joanne Joanne   ( 2 members were called Joanne so maybe not as clever as I like to think it is )

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1 minute ago, mjmooney said:

No, that happened in the USA. I put Charlton down as my favourite stadium show, but it wasn't my favourite Who concert - that was King's Hall, Manchester, 1973, second gig on the (original) Quadrophenia tour. I watched the whole show from on the stage, leaning on Townshend's amp stack (sneaked a drink from his plastic cup - slightly surprised that it was just water and not vodka). I was about three feet away from Keith Moon, which was quite an experience when he was in full flight. I still have the T shirt. 

You lucky man. Moon still had it in 73. 

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Just now, Rugeley Villa said:

You lucky man. Moon still had it in 73. 

He certainly did. You'd have loved my music life in that era. I went to at least one or two gigs every week - admittedly many of them local or less well known bands, as well as the big names, but there were a lot of good bands about. 

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That era really shaped who I am. I HAD to get involved in playing music, even though I didn't have any real talent for it. It's why I still enjoy writing and recording my stuff at home. 

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4 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

He certainly did. You'd have loved my music life in that era. I went to at least one or two gigs every week - admittedly many of them local or less well known bands, as well as the big names, but there were a lot of good bands about. 

I think it was a golden era for live music in so many ways. So so many great bands, and I imagine it got a lot of people wanting to start their own bands like yourself. I feel like I missed out, I really do. 

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