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.
At least 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".…
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...…
Hmm I originally had "I went in late on a whim, missed the support, who might have been Deus" here so 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 gran's funeral, Dad's mum. I went after, not instead, I'm not a monster. That was at 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 and there's a full bootleg of the gig here[^Removed old youtube.com/watch?v=ns8bm_5fEc4 link here.].…
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…
Twice in one week? A friend at the time liked them...
with support from Super Furry Animals + Stereophonics, who I don't remember at all...…
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...…
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 and 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 and assumed that was it all gone. So my first recording minidisc personal stereo is up there. No idea if it still works.]we could listen to this again!…
Soho Live, plus 3 Colours Red + Imperial Teen.…
Soho Live, plus Divine Comedy, + "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).…
Soho Live with Mansun + Fun Lovin' Criminals. I met Noel Gallagher at this show.…
Some Radio One event called Soho Live with John Parrish, Baby Bird + Geneva.…
At Blow Up, the Wag Club, Wardour Street.This venue is now an O'Neills pub.…
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, but 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 + 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.…
Not just this venue, all around Camden, I saw Collapsed Lung + Moby here though...…
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?…
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).…
Clare was at this one, I was not. The Lightning Seeds, The Charlatans, Sleeper, Shed 7 and Paul Weller. An early version of what became V Festival I think.Seen more of a lineup now, I think this was all the bands I saw this year!Pulp, Paul Weller, Supergrass, The Charlatans, Cast, Lightning Seeds, Gary Numan, Shed Seven, Stereolab, Incognito, Jonathan Richman, The Mike Flowers Pops, LongpigsElastica, Sleeper, Heavy Stereo, Menswear, Fluffy, The Cardigans, Super Furry Animals, The Wannadies, Denim, Kula Shaker, Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, Space, Tiger, Pusherman…
I clearly remember David Devant and Holy Barbarians, David Bowie, Sex Pistols + Foo Fighters too I think, must have seen a lot more though...…
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.…
Last Portsmouth Venue Campaign show that I helped at before I came 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.…
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.…
with Feeder and Stout. I remember Cecil, I do not remember that I saw Feeder here.…
Was this the gig where they were still called Manson, and had at least one extra band member?
Super Furry Animals, Kula Shaker, Menswear, Echobelly, Marion, Chumbawamba, Bis + more... missed David Devant, but I did trek there with 16 people in my bus.…
I left after the support The Frank + Walters to go to a local gig, I was "getting in" with people and trying to be a face on the scene to help with my fanzine...…
plus 60ft Dolls who brilliantly smashed the place up. Bis were meant to play too.…
With support from Octopus. I have no ticket for this one so found a signed poster.…
Part of the ace monthly cabaret night? Or was that another time I saw her there.…
Coast, Bawl, Puressence and The Gyres. The best the Melody Maker could muster :-(…
A Portsmouth Venue Campaign joint, so I must have been working / volunteering at it.…
Oops, why was I here, when the Super Furries were down the road? I was working it, but still could have planned that better...…
plus Jolt (Mark Keds of the Senseless Things) + Yellow Car, as reviewed in my fanzine SOLD OUT!…
plus Definition of Sound.Gig reviewed in my fanzine, so not by me.…
Plus Sugarcane apparently.I might have counted this as part of my "twenty gigs in twenty days" challenge I did with tthree weeks of work, so I can't remember exactly when it started or ended.…
With the Smoking Popes. I saw them in Manchester around this time too, maybe at the Night + Day? I went up to stay with Richy at universityThink 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.…
+ 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) + his wife's band.…
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).…
Another two gigs in one day, I also saw The Wurzels at the poly...…
I liked one Godfathers song, and was in London as part of a couple of weeks off work driving round in my vw camper.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.…
Pixies frontman solo show, plus The Wannadies. I met him and got some posters signed.…
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…
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.…
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?.…
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.…
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.…