First Gigs..

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Thu, 2003-08-07 00:37

Ralph-(unverified)

First Gigs..

Dear All

We may have done this one before but it's good to bring it back.

What was the first gig you went to and what do you remember about it?

Mine was when I was fourteen and I went to see the haggard Marvin Gaye play at the Albert Hall. He was riddled with cocaine at the time ((I read that much later) but still made me tingle when he sang 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' (it was the only song of his I knew of his at the time).

The strongest memory though was that I was working as the 'Saturday Boy' at a shoe shop at the time (Lilley and Skinner in Basildon) and I was taken by the manager (Paul) as a reward for selling the most suede cleaning spray over the previous month. On the long journey home on the (then) single compartmented train back to Essex he tried to have his wicked way with me. I wont go into details but his weasel nose never looked the same again.

Stranger than that is that we both continued to work in the same shoe shop for a further three years and we still keep in touch from time to time.

Marvin Gaye went on to die at the hands of his Father and is still one of my all time musical heroes; I have everything that he has ever recorded.

Now, what about you?

Ralph

Sun, 2003-08-10 21:39

Em....excuse me Raif. But inquired for you today at Bloomsbury. They said WHO when I asked for you by name. Am confused now.........you do ACTUALLY WORK THERE, DON'T YOU!

Thu, 2003-08-07 00:49

martin_t

depeche mode at bath pavillion 1979 i wore one of the shirts with the flaps....

Thu, 2003-08-07 01:25

Ralph

Depeche come from Basildon and i once served Dave Gahan a pair of purple pixie boots in the aforementioned shoe shop. It getting mad and we are only three posts in. Ralph

Thu, 2003-08-07 09:11

Peter

My first ever gig was the Brilliant Corners at Manchester Boardwalk in 1987 - I went along with 2 girls - Nicola Stockton and Mary McGurk - Nicola Stockton was my first big love and I never got anywhere Good gig tho

Thu, 2003-08-07 10:39

stuart

Atarah's Band at Ormskirk Civic Hall. I remember she kept referring to her flute as a 'flupe'.

Thu, 2003-08-07 11:05

Mia

A little known band called Spankboy in a little known place called Frome (rock city) pronounced Frume. Worrying. socks

Thu, 2003-08-07 11:09

stuart

Sorry, but why is that worrying? And why have you written socks there?

Thu, 2003-08-07 11:45

marchioness

think mine might have been Madonna at Wembley Stadium when i was about 14. those Like a Virgin days...yes i too was one... my tall friend wanted us to stand. couldn't see a thing but managed to get a few glimpses of the screen. bet it was a good gig.

Thu, 2003-08-07 12:46

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Mark Brown

Anti Nazi League Carnival, Brockwell Park, 1993 (I think) Eddie Parkinson, an SWP teacher at our school, got us all seats on the coach down from Newcastle. Saw Credit to the Nation, Galliano, Manic Street Preachers and the Levellers. It was great. I came back to Newcastle filled with revolutionary fervour and the beginnings of a love of Ska. At this point I decided that I would love to be the ideological hub of a band like Richey Edwards was for the Manics. Am still waiting.

Thu, 2003-08-07 13:34

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Sadie

I don'y know all about these modern crooners, but i think the first "gig" (if thats the right word) i attended was possibly the Consett and Wingate Brass Band on Saint Annes Pier. I was only a little girl and i remember tasting candy floss for the first time. It was all sticky and stuck all over my face.

Thu, 2003-08-07 14:01

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martin_t

mia i know frome...it's not an unknown place in my universe socks

Thu, 2003-08-07 14:38

#13

stephen_d

Ralph I've got a play i've just written can i send it youre theatre. will you give me a bit of feedback?

Thu, 2003-08-07 14:40

#14

mississippi

Oh dear!

Thu, 2003-08-07 14:54

#15

Stephen Gardiner

Herman's Hermits/Tom Jones double bill

Thu, 2003-08-07 15:11

#16

Ralph

Stephen D Of course you can send me your play. I get sent a lot. I read them all and so far in the year that I have been here have only selected one for production. Look at the website for all the contact details. And Missi. Why are you so bitter towards me. Are you jealous or something. I worry for you a little. Get a girlfriend or something? Ralph

Thu, 2003-08-07 16:26

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Tony Cook

Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Fourmost, Cilla Black, Freddie and the Dreamers and a fair number of others (but not the Beatles) on a Brian Epstein tour at Manchester Odeon. All the girls screamed so you couldn't hear a thing.

Fri, 2003-08-08 19:59

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microchrist

First gig? The Damned in Brockwell Park. It was Captain's last gig before leaving the band... Other not so great bands on the bill were Spear of destiny and Strawberry Switchblade.

Thu, 2003-08-07 17:09

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david floyd

Ralph, I'm thinking of doing a one man show which involves me dressing up as a carrot and performing a series of hilarious monologues about fruit and vegetables. Would the Bloomsbury be interested?

Thu, 2003-08-07 17:22

#20

mississippi

It's probably something to do with your personality Ralph, but don't take it too much to heart, I feel the same way about the 'other' two, though jealousy is one deadly sin I'm not guilty of me old sausage. I'm going on a rehabilitation course now so you may become slightly less prominent in my sky. A girlfriend is the LAST thing I need in light of my record, perhaps it's the 'something' I'm short of.

Thu, 2003-08-07 18:09

#21

Ralph

I'm glad that you are ok George because I truly worry about you sometimes. Girlfriends are good believe me. Now, where do you stand on the Tony Martin issue? ralph

Thu, 2003-08-07 18:25

#22

stephen_d

will do.

Thu, 2003-08-07 19:02

#23

Fay Seashus

Ralph Now, where do you stand on the Tony Martin issue? Uncalled for.

Sat, 2003-08-09 01:11

#24

Grec

Hey, they weren't bad. Not much more than two memorable singles between em tho.

Fri, 2003-08-08 02:20

#25

Grec

Mine was Hawkwind, Liverpool Empire, with my dad - who made the effort not to shave, and wear a leather bomber jacket to "fit in". Aw. First without folks was probably The Primitives at L'pool Royal Court. Lost a trainer during moshing; spent whole gig worrying about it, and parental reaction, only to find it in a post-gig line-up of trainers organised by the bouncers on the stage.

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