Getting there with my gigography now, the list of all the gigs I was at, from 1987 up to about now.
It's a natural step from my Best gigs of all time post.
Well that's the theory, but there's A LOT missing.
I have added details from the big bag of old gig tickets that I gathered while I was in London, and a box of old concert tickets and things from Mum + Dad's loft.
Also got lots of gaps regarding bands seen at festivals, they'll prob'ly stay missing, it's so hard to remember. There's a lot missing where I've lost tickets or never had them, most of the guestlist actions during my NME + Popex years + that.
Yeah I know very geeky, let's let that go though, I'm having fun remembering this stuff.
Probably I've not started scanning the tickets in yet Of course I have scanned in the tickets now[^But I've lost the bag of tickets before I scanned them all in!]...
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My favourite band of the time, one of my few visits to Kent "before".…
Sat Dec 21 1996
Before I lived in New Cross, didn't really know where it was. We thought we could get a tube there (it was not running) + walked back to Waterloo after...…
Fri Dec 20 1996
Hmm I originally had "I went in late on a whim, missed the support, who might have been Deus" here but if you look, Placebo and Deus played this same venue in 1997, and I even have the ticket for that one. Was it rescheduled maybe? Was I even at something this night? This gigography is full of holes!I know I went to see Placebo on the day of my grandmother's funeral, Dad's mum. I went after, not instead, I'm not a monster. That attended Brixton Academy I thought, maybe that was the one in 1997 then? But why does the 1997 ticket say that?setlist.fm has it they played Brixton in May 1997 + there's a full bootleg of the gig here[^Removed old youtube.com/watch?v=ns8bm_5fEc4 link here.].…
Wed Dec 18 1996
Feet First's tenth birthday party, billed only as "special guest band". We convinced ourselves that this was going to be the secret Seahorses show (John Squire's new band). It was not. Ah well I'd quite often go to Feet First in these days any…
Tue Dec 17 1996
TWO times in one week? A friend at the time liked them...
Mon Dec 16 1996
With support from Super Furry Animals and Stereophonics, who I don't remember at all...…
Sat Dec 14 1996
A trip back from London for the night to see Devant. Plus Posh. Got my video signed this night, wonder if I still have it...…
Wed Nov 20 1996
I bootlegged this gig, the audio's complete with a trip to the toilet part way through... If only anyone still had minidisc[^Actually reading this back in 2022, I just found a minidisc player + a box of discs in the loft. I only got rid of my "big" stereo that had minidisc on it last year or the year before + assumed that was it all gone. But my first recording minidisc personal stereo is up there. No idea if it still works.] we could listen to this again!…
Sat Nov 16 1996
Soho Live, a Radio One thing. Plus 3 Colours Red + Imperial Teen.…
Thu Nov 14 1996
Soho Live, plus Divine Comedy, and "special guests" as headliner it says here... Cannot remember who that was.Hmm this seems to indicate it was Gene[^Removed old theoldnet.com/get?decode=true&noscripts=true&year=1996&url=http://www.nme.com/board/angst/messages/1747.html link here.].Also this one seems to indicate I gave someone a ticket[^Removed old theoldnet.com/get?decode=true&noscripts=true&year=1996&url=http://www.nme.com/board/angst/messages/1858.html link here.] , NGP was me (Nice Guy Pauly).…
Wed Nov 13 1996
Soho Live with Mansun and Fun Lovin' Criminals. I met Noel Gallagher at this show.…
Tue Nov 12 1996
Some Radio One event called Soho Live with John Parrish, Babybird and Geneva.…
Mon Nov 11 1996
At Blow Up, the Wag Club, Wardour Street.This venue is now an O'Neills pub.…
Fri Oct 25 1996
Fri Oct 18 1996
One of my earlier gigs in London + part of "three gigs in one night". Now what on earth were the other two gigs? The second one was Orlando I think, so not sure I even actually went in, I just went there after my first gig because I said I would, saw it was already underway and did not go in. What could the first gig have been and where?Feet First was a regular indie night at Camden Palace. There's a good chance this gig is now listed as being at Koko, the name for Camden Palace since 2004.…
Sat Oct 12 1996
Fri Sep 27 1996
Not just this venue, all around Camden, I saw Collapsed Lung and Moby here though...…
Thu Sep 19 1996
Was it Sigur Ros supporting at this one? Just around the time I moved to London, was this really my first gig of that era?…
Thu Sep 12 1996
My first gig with nme.com^Removed old nme.com link here.], I started [work there that weekend. I left part way through the worst ever Stone Roses performance (OK, the only time I saw them). I helped out on some of the webchats, including Moby + Terrorvision + I remember and American band I wasn't familiar with. And there would have been others. We were working in an nme portacabin type thing.Think I met up with some friends and stayed at one of their houses the first night, then got a train back on Saturday night, so came back again on the Sunday.…
Fri Aug 23 1996
Local. My birthday so went along on my own, think I'd met someone from the band previously. Plus Cloudburst.…
Sat Jul 27 1996
I clearly remember David Devant + Holy Barbarians, David Bowie, Sex Pistols and Foo Fighters too I think, must have seen a lot more though...Remember there was a HUGE queue in the heat to get in, we missed a lot of the Thursday but were there to catch David Bowie.…
Thu Jul 18 1996
plus Linoleum. Had to walk back from Southampton after being stopped with no lights on my bike, then head to Phoenix Festival the next day.…
Wed Jul 17 1996
Last Portsmouth Venue Campaign show that I helped at before I moved to London. Someone in the band complained that I was in their dressing room getting stuff signed when they were trying to powder their nose... What does an "access all areas" pass mean if you can't do this?Terrorvision also played here in 1994.…
Fri Jul 12 1996
Clare attended this one, I was not in London yet. Rescheduled from the 4th of July for some reason.I loved the 60ft Dolls + would have seen them around this point, saw them a few times. They featured on the cover of one of my fanzines.…
Wed Jul 10 1996
with Feeder + Stout. I remember Cecil, I do not remember that I saw Feeder here.…
Wed Jun 26 1996
Was this the gig where they were still called Manson, + had probably one extra band member[^Don't think it was, that was the Heavy Stereo one.]?
Mon Jun 17 1996
Super Furry Animals, Kula Shaker, Menswear, Echobelly, Marion, Chumbawamba, Bis and more... missed David Devant, but I did trek there with 16 people in my bus.…
Sun May 26 1996
I left after the support The Frank + Walters to go to a local gig, I was "getting in" with people + trying to be a face on the scene to help with my fanzine...…
Mon May 20 1996
plus 60ft Dolls who brilliantly smashed the place up. Bis were meant to play too. There was another band. Kenickie were also part of this tour, but I don't think it was them.…
Thu May 16 1996
With support from Octopus. I have no ticket for this one but found a signed poster.…
Tue May 14 1996
Mon May 13 1996
Part of the ace monthly cabaret night? Or was that another time I saw her there.…
Sat May 11 1996
Coast, Bawl, Puressence and The Gyres. The best the Melody Maker could muster :-(…
Tue May 07 1996
A Portsmouth Venue Campaign joint, so I must have been working / volunteering at it.…
Thu May 02 1996
Wed May 01 1996
Oops, why was I here, when the Super Furries were down the road? I was working it, but still could have planned that better...…
Tue Apr 30 1996
plus Jolt (Mark Keds of the Senseless Things) and Yellow Car, as reviewed in my fanzine SOLD OUT!…
Thu Apr 18 1996
Tue Apr 16 1996
plus Definition of Sound.Gig reviewed in my fanzine, but not by me, though I was there.…
Sat Mar 30 1996
Thu Mar 21 1996
Plus Sugarcane apparently.Did not think I saw Sultaons Of Ping this many times, much as I loved them.I might have counted this as part of my "twenty gigs in twenty days" challenge I did with tthree weeks of work, but I can't remember exactly when it started or ended.…
Tue Mar 19 1996
With the Smoking Popes. I saw them in Manchester around this time too, maybe at the Night and Day? I went up to stay with Richy at university[^Yep fixed that one up now, found it via the closeness to a Pulp gig.].Think this is part of my "twenty gigs in twenty days" challenge I did with tthree weeks of work, but I can't remember exactly when it started or ended.…
Sun Mar 17 1996
plus Cibo Matto excellent Japanese girl band, got some signed singles from them at this gig. Boss Hog is Jon Spencer (Blues Explosion, not the snooker player) and his wife's band.…
Thu Mar 14 1996
Not my normal sort of event, but went along with Kez. She did a cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on the piano I think (Tori Amos, not Kez).…
Wed Mar 13 1996
Tue Mar 12 1996
Bit dancy for me. Must have been a freebie for me. Plus Ruby.…
Sat Mar 09 1996
Sun Mar 03 1996
Another two gigs in one day, I also saw The Wurzels at the poly...…
Thu Feb 29 1996
Slightly rubbish goth. They had their fans but I don't remember the music. I remember not really liking them, but most of all I remember one of their goth fans having a silver topped cane and banging it on the floor with applause.…
Mon Feb 26 1996
Sun Feb 25 1996
With the Smoking Popes.Guessing the date of this one, but it's an educated guess. Hear me out...I know I saw them in Manchester at this time, sure it is. The Night and Day. I went up to stay with Richy at university, and I know we also tried to get into Pulp at the Manchester Arena. We had no tickets, but thought we'd have a look. That was on the 23rd February 1996, so this gig must have been the day before or day after that.So, I'm less confident in the date than I am with most of my wonky gig logging, but this must be close.Setlist.fm say they were at London Astoria on the 21st Feb, and the Splash Club on the 23rd, then Glasgow on the 25th, and Birmingham on the 26th. Makes more sense for this to be the 24th than between two London dates. I think I was in Guildford on the 25th and Southampton on the 26th, so can't be after that..Did I know the singer of Tripping Daisy is also the main guy from Polyphonic Spree? I've seen them too!This is part of my "twenty gigs in twenty days" challe…
Sat Feb 24 1996
I liked one Godfathers song, and was in London as part of a couple of weeks off work driving round in my vw camper. Also I had in my head that the support band "Changing Man" was going to be Paul Weller doing a secret gig. It was not.I did a full circuit of the circle line as an opportunity for a sit down amid a day of comic shopping.I did 21 gigs in 21 days around this period, so where are the others? Most of them were rubbish I'm sure but I remember seeing Tripping Daisy at least twice, in Southampton and Manchester, plus MN8, The Wurzels and I think Underworld at this time.…
Wed Feb 14 1996
Pixies frontman solo show, plus The Wannadies. I met him and got some posters signed.…
Thu Feb 08 1996
Mon Feb 05 1996
Sun Feb 04 1996
So who was it actually played the Pyramids this night? I know I was at the Mike Flowers Pops one, I remember holding the door open to a radio reporter so they could report from the gig using the payphone in the lobby, as their satellite phone wasn't worki…
Fri Feb 02 1996
Another free show I think at the University. There were a little run of these and I went to a few, driving up with some friends from Portsmouth.…
Sun Jan 28 1996
Can't remember what, but I know I was at something at the Wedge this night, while Placebo were at the Joiners. Maybe it was a cabaret^Since worked out it was not cabaret], I sort of get the feeling it was [Bush?.…
Wed Jan 24 1996
The Bluetones, Cardigans, Heavy Stereo and Fluffy.I would later come to lots of these shows, but this year I still did not live in London and only came to the touring show with some friends.Amazing that I have not been here for five years sincethis, can this be right?…
Mon Jan 22 1996
Wed Jan 17 1996
I went to a little run of these gigs at the university, I think they might even have been free, though someone had to sign us in.They played Portsmouth just before this^Removed old lightfromadeadstar.org/Gigography/Index.htm#1996 link here.] and [Top Of The Pops a few days after.…
Sun Jan 14 1996