M and m [Clarkeology]

M and m and "m and m" related stuff, including places, pubbing, gigs and posts about m and m. If you have something to offer concerning m and m that I have not covered here, please chip in. Particularly if you have something to offer regarding local pubbing or other places. Thank you.

KISS plus Rage Against The Machine, Skunk Anansie, Thunder and Three Colours Red and L7. Got freebies from the NME and drank all the money I saved. Kind of lost it about five songs in and ended up in Covent Garden. Finsbury Park London Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 7NT [Saturday 5 July 1997]

Guns n' Roses Izzy Stradlin's last ever show. Support Nine Inch Nails and Skid Row - Sebastian Bach swore too much and got them barred for life. Wembley Stadium Wembley, London [Saturday 31 August 1991]

Blur Reading warmup, got very drunk on vodka red bulls, fell in a bush,and you can see me on the South Bank Show Special that was filmed there. Off to Reading the next day. Goldsmiths College Union Building, Dixon Road, New Cross, London SE14 6NW [Thursday 26 August 1999]

Queen Only Brian May and Roger Taylor, with Paul Rodgers on vocals, no John Deacon.
Brixton Academy Brixton, London SW9 9SL [Tuesday 28 June 2005]

Super Furry Animals Soho Live with Mansun and Fun Lovin' Criminals. I met Noel Gallagher at this show. Mean Fiddler 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2 0EN [Tuesday 12 November 1996]

The Darkness I dragged Neil and Camilla, of The Face and Popbitch along. IT WAS ME THAT MADE THE DARKNESS POPLIAR! Bull and Gate 389 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TJ [Saturday 4 May 2002]

The Tears plus The Subways. First official gig for Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler's new band, though they went and did a couple of sneaky warmups before this in Oxford and somewhere else. Not that great really. Heaven Villiers Street, London [Thursday 16 December 2004]

Reading Festival 1999 Blur headlined, not a very strong lineup I don't think. I was working mostly, and managed to lose my first mobile phone that work lent me. Reading Festival Reading, Berkshire [Friday 27 August 1999]

Monsters of Rock AC/DC, Metallica, Motley Crue, Queensryche, and the Black Crowes. A pretty special line up at the top of the bill, shame it was the shortest Donington bill ever. Got a coach up from Portsmouth. m/ Castle Donington Donington Park Raceway, [Monday 5 August 1991]

Travis With Starsailor and Ryan Adams and I think Remy Zero. A Warchild benefit night, I quite literally have the t-shirt for this one mate. Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Monday 4 February 2002]

Madonna Plus Hue & Cry and The Bhundu Boys, but not the rumoured Wet Wet Wet. My first concert, went with a friend from school and some friends of his dad. Sounds a bit weird now. Got the t-shirt, programme, every bit of junk going... Wembley Stadium Wembley, London [Monday 20 July 1987]

The Tears Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, weren't they in a band together before? One of the NME gigs, support included The Magic Numbers I think but we stayed in the pub and missed them all. Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Wednesday 16 February 2005]

Stephen Malkmus and Graham Coxon and Super Furry Animals and more Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX [Saturday 19 April 2003]

Belle & Sebastian Karaoke as a warm up act? Or was it Franz Ferdinand? We went in late and missed all that, but a friend of a friend did get up and sing Lazy Line Painter Jane with the band. Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Wednesday 3 December 2003]

Paul McCartney Mothers Day present for Mum and Clare's mum, we went with them and Dad and Emma. Jim missed out as he has been to more gigs with us before... Earls Court Earls Court, London [Friday 18 April 2003]

Limp Bizkit plus Cooper Temple Clause and more Finsbury Park London Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 7NT [Saturday 6 September 2003]

Nirvana plus Captain America and Shonen Knife. I got the t-shirt and everything, wish I still had it. Birmingham Hummingbird is now part of the Academy. Birmingham Academy Birmingham [Wednesday 27 November 1991]

Revolting Cocks plus Godflesh and Bomb Everything (AKA) Bomb Disneyland. Got a video of this gig, you can see me stagediving on it. Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Thursday 24 January 1991]

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead NME Brats show, plus Rocket From The Crypt, Peaches, and The Strokes, yes I did see them... Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Saturday 3 February 2001]

Maker Shaker tour Strangelove, Powder, Pusherman and Elcka. I hope I can find some better tickets than this! The Wedgewood Rooms 147b Albert Rd, Southsea, Hampshire PO4 0JW 023 9286 3911 [Sunday 5 November 1995]

Damon Albarn Democrazy, bit worthy really, and not that thrilling, but nice to be somehwere trendy for a change... Neighbourhood 12 Acklam Road, Ladbroke Grove, London W10 5QZ [Monday 22 December 2003]

The Black Crowes Another freebie of some description. Noel and Liam Gallagher were there. The Scala 275 - 277 Pentonville Road, London N1 [Monday 9 April 2001]

Ash Went to an aftershow for this at Mass, also in Brixton, there was free absinthe and things, it got a bit messy. Brixton Academy Brixton, London SW9 9SL [Thursday 13 December 2001]

The Avalanches Went with an old workmate, got drunk before the gig and I think I went home as soon as the band came on. Electric Ballroom Camden, London NW1 8QP [Wednesday 8 August 2001]

Suede MTV Five Night Stand, would have been a few other bands on the bill... broadcast on MTV from May 17 to May 23, 1999. Shepherds Bush Empire Shepherds Bush Green, London W12 8TT [Sunday 9 May 1999]

The Dandy Warhols I think my favourites the 60ft Dolls supported, and then promptly split up :-( Electric Ballroom Camden, London NW1 8QP [Monday 1 June 1998]

The Beta Band

Tonight's venue is crammed with indie's brightest and best, all happily expectant

according to the review in the Independent, that's me in particular to which they were referring... Electric Ballroom Camden, London NW1 8QP [Wednesday 30 September 1998]

The Beta Band NME Brats show, lovely write up: [quote]Flash forward a few years to the Beta Band in January 2000, at an NME Brats show. I don't really remember much, other than that I was with a big group of my gigging mates in the upstairs bit, we were all trolleyed o Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Tuesday 25 January 2000]

Baby Bird plus Idlewild, Scott 4, and Unbelievable Truth - unbelievably SHIT more like. Thom Yorke's brother's band. Part of NME Brats week. Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Tuesday 21 July 1998]

Ash MTV Five Night Stand. Could be the 18th or the 28th, my ticket is ripped there... Shepherds Bush Empire Shepherds Bush Green, London W12 8TT [Friday 8 May 1998]

Supergrass MTV Five Night Stand... wish I could find more details of these online, I know the support acts were good too. Shepherds Bush Empire Shepherds Bush Green, London W12 8TT [Thursday 13 May 1999]

Reading Festival Just went for the day, and we picked the worst day by far looks like, RHCP disappointed. I remember They Might Be Giants and Echbelly and Ginger Wildhearts playing with a broken arm. Reading Festival Reading, Berkshire [Sunday 28 August 1994]

Manic Street Preachers with support from Super Furry Animals and Stereophonics, who I don't remember at all... Brixton Academy Brixton, London SW9 9SL [Saturday 14 December 1996]

Camden Crawl II Not just this venue, all around Camden, I saw Collapsed Lung and Moby here though... Electric Ballroom Camden, London NW1 8QP [Thursday 19 September 1996]

Pulp Tickets say "Keep Calm", it was a warmup for Reading. Howard Marks and Chris Morris were there amongst others. The Garage 20 Highbury Corner, Islington London N5 1RD [Tuesday 22 August 2000]

Green Day Some special Radio One thing, got a nice freebie from friends I was about to start working with at Channelfly. Green Day picked some kids out of the audience and made them play a song. Kings College Surrey Street, London WC2 [Friday 15 September 2000]

Drugstore Club Maker night. Thom Yorke performed with Drugstore, and Michael Stipe was in the crowd. Support from The Bigger The God and Groupie and double gin for a pound. ULU Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY [Tuesday 14 March 2000]

Essential Festival 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. Stanmer Park Brighton [Sunday 26 May 1996]

Heavy Stereo Colin "Gem" Archer who went on to join Oasis. I loved Heavy Stereo, nice bit of glam rock. Plus Embassy and Thermal, I think Thermal were local heroes... The Wedgewood Rooms 147b Albert Rd, Southsea, Hampshire PO4 0JW 023 9286 3911 [Thursday 6 July 1995]

Phoenix Festival I clearly remember David Devant and Holy Barbarians, David Bowie, Sex Pistols and Foo Fighters too I think, must have seen a lot more though... Santa Pod Raceway [Thursday 18 July 1996]

Heineken Festival Kirsty MacColl and Tom Robinson. Honestly, I went to some better gigs than this. Southsea Common [Thursday 19 August 1993]

Toyah Caberet, hosted by Lee Hurst, with TV Smith, Dave Spikey, Pooka, Crisis Twins and almost certainly the Raymond and Mr Timpkins revue. Not sure this date is right, thought they were all on Fridays... The Wedgewood Rooms 147b Albert Rd, Southsea, Hampshire PO4 0JW 023 9286 3911 [Tuesday 22 March 1994]

Terrorvision with Mutha's Day Out and Valve. Sure the last Portsmouth Venue Campaign show that I did was Terrorvision, but these dates still don't line up... Portsmouth Pyramids Marine Parade, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO5 3ST [Monday 1 May 1995]

Ed Tudor-Pole Caberet, with Nan Vernon, Wasp Factory, Kevin Eldon, George Egg, Rahmond and Mr Timpkins Revue, The Really Band and compere Lee Hurst The Wedgewood Rooms 147b Albert Rd, Southsea, Hampshire PO4 0JW 023 9286 3911 [Friday 27 May 1994]

Carnival Inspiral Carpets, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Boo Radleys, Chumbawamba, Elastica, Terrorvision and more Stanmer Park Brighton [Saturday 28 May 1994]

Skin Not her from Skunk Anansie, a rock band of this name Portsmouth Pyramids Marine Parade, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO5 3ST [Thursday 19 May 1994]

Suicidal Tendencies I drove my van into London for this gig, I almost never did this... ST played their encore first, and part of the gig from the top of a step ladder. Brixton Academy Brixton, London SW9 9SL [Friday 23 July 1993]

Caberet Desree, John Otway, Lemontrees, Sean Locke, Uncoordinated Juggler and compere Lee Hurst The Wedgewood Rooms 147b Albert Rd, Southsea, Hampshire PO4 0JW 023 9286 3911 [Friday 25 February 1994]

Bottom Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, the first of the Bottom tours... Portsmouth Guildhall Portsmouth [Tuesday 25 May 1993]

Frank Black Pixies frontman solo show, plus The Wannadies. I met him and got some posters signed. Portsmouth Pyramids Marine Parade, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO5 3ST [Thursday 8 February 1996]

Atom Seed My favourite band of the time playing at the club I used to go to every week anyway, not bad... The Pit is now part of a bingo hall. The Pit Commercial Road, Portsmouth [Saturday 12 January 1991]

Camera Obscura plus support from Jesus and Mary Chain's sister. Think I went to both gigs they did here, 2 days in a row. Water Rats Theatre 328 Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross London WC1X 8BZ [Monday 23 September 2002]

Glastonbury 2003 Suede, REM, Radiohead, and The Darkness opening the main stage on the Friday morning... Glastonbury Worthy Farm, Somerset [Thursday 26 June 2003]

The Lightning Seeds NME Brats show? Plus Octopus, Mundy and Stereophonics again apparently. Must have been a week of gigs around this time.
Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Sunday 19 January 1997]

V99 I remember Mel C and James Brown, but no-one who was any good. Hylands Park Chelmsford [Saturday 21 August 1999]

Kula Shaker Some ill advised comments about swastikas saw the band fall right down before the signed goodies I got this day became worth anything... here's to a revival! Reading Alleycat 5 - 6 Gun Street, Reading, Berkshire RG1 2RJ [Thursday 26 October 1995]

David Devant and his Spirit Wife My favourite band of the time, one of my few visits to Kent "before". Tunbridge Wells Forum Fonthill, The Common, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 8YU 08712 777101 [Saturday 21 December 1996]

David Devant and his Spirit Wife A great gig, just round the corner from where I was living. Cheap booze and accompanying art exhibition. Goldsmiths College Union Building, Dixon Road, New Cross, London SE14 6NW [Friday 2 February 2001]

Rosita + Mica Bomb + Reverend Pike. Rosita were two of Kenickie and Mica Bomb were connected to the singer of the Sultans of Ping I'm sure... Bull and Gate 389 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TJ [Tuesday 9 May 2000]

Mansun Was this the gig where they were still called Manson, and had at least one extra band member? The Joiners 141 St Mary Street, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 1NS [Monday 17 June 1996]

Grand Theft Auto nothing to do with the game, or the ex 3 Colours Red band of this name, popexers, at an event called "Peep Show" The Vibe Bar 91 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL [Wednesday 7 March 2001]

Cooper Temple Clause First time I saw them and I loved them... Water Rats Theatre 328 Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross London WC1X 8BZ [Wednesday 29 November 2000]

The Pogues Or was it just Shane McGowan? And was it Brixton or the Astoria?. Support from I Am Kloot anyway I wrote about it on popex. Ah, I was not there anyway. Brixton Academy Brixton, London SW9 9SL [Monday 11 December 2000]

Megadeth First time I saw them. Just caught up with a friend who was there too (and who I'd not seen for over ten years, he says

Alice In Chains opened, followed by The Almighty at the Poole Arts Center gig '91 (if I remember correctly)

Poole Arts Centre Kingland Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1UG [Sunday 24 March 1991]

Pop Will Eat Itself PWEI, plus my favourite band of the time Atom Seed.
Brixton Academy Brixton, London SW9 9SL [Sunday 20 January 1991]

UK Indie gig MJ Hibbett, The Bigger The God, Szeki Kurva (AKA The Fighting Cocks and more, a bit of a DIY effort from the uk-indie mailing list. At Oxford Point, now gone. Cape Of Good Hope 1 Iffley Road, Oxford OX4 1EA [Sunday 24 May 1998]

The Bluetones Think I was at this anyway, lunchtime gig for Japanese TV, did a few of these... Mean Fiddler 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2 0EN [Saturday 29 April 2000]

Orbital Well I say Orbital, actually a TV recording "The Base" I'm just trying to make it sound good. Also Alisha's Attic and more. We left before Toploader played. Riverside Studios Crisp Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9RL [Wednesday 17 January 2001]

Elizabeth and Raleigh - Late But Live The new comedy by Stewart Lee, directed by Owen Lewis
With Simon Munnery as Queen Elizabeth I and Miles Jupp as Sir Walter Raleigh. Gulbenkian Theatre University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury CT2 7NB 01227 769075 [Tuesday 21 October 2008]

The Cure / NME Big Gig Interesting slating of last year's event here, but we will still go... SOLD OUT now, of course get tickets here... O2 Arena Peninsula Square, Greenwich, London SE10 0DX [Thursday 26 February 2009]

Travis NME Brats, plus Ultrasound, The Hybrids and Unbelievable Truth. There's a good chance I was at this, I had staff passes for the whole week. There was a Pavement and [artist]Super Furry An Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Friday 23 January 1998]

Rachel Stamp? Or some band connected with them. They were dressed as KISS I think, did they do KISS covers too? Was this the band that Chris Dale from Atom Seed was also in? Two gigs in one night, very drunk by the time I got to this one... Koko 1a Camden High Street, Camden, London NW1 7JE [Tuesday 7 November 2000]

NME Awards Presented by Mark and Lard. Ooh, it's on youtube. [Monday 27 January 1997]

Glastonbury Can only remember Blur and Robbie Williams really. First one I went to with Clare (though she was also there in 1995 and 1997) Glastonbury Worthy Farm, Somerset [Thursday 25 June 1998]

David Devant Guessing this one must actually be the album launch do with the free cocktails and so on:
Dingwalls Camden Lock, London NW1 8AL [Monday 16 June 1997]

Brat Bus tour Geneva, Tiger, Symposium, and Three Colours Red:
Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Sunday 27 July 1997]

D.I.V.O.A.S.I.S. (part XVII) Mmm, bit contrived; Noel Gallagher and Meg Matthews split this time [Wednesday 6 September 2000]

McGee and Primals reunited... Alan McGee is managing Primal Scream... [Monday 4 September 2000]

Space Daddy Update Devant are on XFM tonight, and playing a gig tomorrow (Tuesday)... [Monday 31 July 2000]

New Bands Lowfinger and Mo' Solid Gold bought their way onto PopEx this week... [Tuesday 25 July 2000]

Who earned you what Back Street Boys were this weeks top payer with a divi of an amazing £1.50 per share, due to fantastic placings in the UK and US charts... Moby offered the better value for money though. [Friday 17 March 2000]

Gene Album Launch Bash Martin and co are DJing at the Monarch this Friday, you can get in free... [Wednesday 24 October 2001]

New feature... I'm too good to you, new features, and some reviews coming... [Tuesday 18 February 2003]

Take my shoes off, and throw them in the lake Buy your Boss tickets here! Also The Futureheads are ace. [Thursday 14 November 2002]

NME Award Tour Andrew WK, LostProphets, The Coral and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club tour together in Jan and Feb... [Tuesday 13 November 2001]

Friday Afternoon Education If you prefer a musical form of the story check out urcell's "Dido and Aeneas".. a fine piece of music that will never make top divis... [Friday 27 July 2001]

Morrissey and Marr back in charts! Sort of... [Sunday 20 May 2001]

Stars of Tracklist and Field JEEPSTER RECORDS have announced more details of teh upcoming Belle and Sebastian album, the snappily titled "Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant"... [Wednesday 8 March 2000]

Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception Emmy-Kate and Marie DJ at Bob's... [Friday 4 May 2001]

Poptones Take Dingwalls Captain Soul, Vanderman and the High Llamas play Dingwalls... [Thursday 22 March 2001]

Billy Corgan to give birth "I'm having a baby, and he's going to be called 'Our Kid'" says frightening bald man... [Wednesday 24 May 2000]

Sunday Sunday Smoke some fags and play some pool... [Saturday 10 March 2001]

Another valued punter doing a gig The Mighty Handful this time, in Richmond... [Saturday 16 December 2000]

Sisqo Inferno Here are all the divis that bands paid out this week... global sales dictated most of this week's returns, and Sisqo proved to be still hugely undervalued, returning nearly 25% of his value... [Friday 5 May 2000]

Gigs for the weekend... What I am up to, and what I am not. [Friday 17 November 2000]

Ethan Hawke My Arse... It was him, and possibly Elton John too... [Thursday 16 November 2000]

Hold your glans child, and squawk like a pheasant I've got the new Belle and Sebastian album, and you haven't... [Tuesday 2 May 2000]

Brixton Agony No, really, I am Brad Pitt, and so's my wife, please let us in... [Thursday 9 November 2000]

Jacques @ Spitz Anthony Reynolds (of Jack) Neil-Diamonded his way through a variety of old and new material at Spitz last night... [Wednesday 26 April 2000]

No autographs, just send biscuits BIG UPS to Sammy and Shag Frenzy in MP3X magazine... [Tuesday 17 October 2000]

When I am sad and weary, and all my lunch is gone Bluetones are doing an afternoon gig at the LA2, 29th April... [Monday 17 April 2000]

Where did all the ladies go? I'm sure the band looked different last time... [Monday 9 October 2000]

Tom and dougie from mcfly [Friday 27 May 2005]

Jay, Padge, Moose and Matt [Saturday 28 May 2005]

Eastender's Phil Mitchell and Minty [Tuesday 1 February 2005]

Mandy and Ben from Hollyoaks Deansgate, Manchester [Tuesday 1 June 2004]

Matt Bellamy and Dom Howard of Muse Science Museum, London [Tuesday 9 September 2003]

Fizz out of Coronation Street Marks and Spencer Manchester City Centre [Tuesday 21 October 2003]

Emmy Kate Montrose and Marie Du Santiago Hammersmith [Tuesday 21 October 2003]

Roddy Woomble and someone from Seafood Dublin Castle, Camden [Wednesday 16 January 2002]

Mel B and Atomic Kitten but not REM Backstage in Trafalgar Square with various press [Monday 30 April 2001]