Greatest Gigs . . .

[sjb]

Talking about The Jam - Rick Butler turned up on Wheeler Dealer (or some other Mike & Ed show) the other day buying an MPV for his drums . . . well :supz:

Mike the mod possibly knows him then, we saw him once all dressed up at a Paul Weller gig at the Royal Albert Hall, he was outside eating THE biggest bag of chips I'd ever seen :hahaha:

[shimmy]

We're the lads from Macc . . . and we want some Crack !!!!! great band, never saw them live but i have their album and a vid somewhere.

I saw G'n'R on that tour in Manchester - the keyboard player from either FNM or SG collapsed and spent most of the gig on his back (and the band played on!), then G'n'R didn't turn up for fookin' hours. I think Axl still plays the same trick these days.

Also Carly Simon and Oasis...........

[s.mac]

The Mac Lads, not for the faint hearted, saw them in Leeds, pints of piss flying everywhere .....

[Yanto_csl]

The Macc Lads at the Edinburgh Venue 1988 and 1989.

I have a number of their albums but daren't go to a gig. You'd be covered in beer, puke, semen, shit or a combo of these......

In no particular order and can't remember the years, but my favourite gigs have been:

Cult
Depeche Mode (music for masses, violator)
The Pixies (prob my fave in Hanley Town Hall !!)
Madness
Robbie Williams (yes, really)
Coldplay (fook off Shim)

I also HAD to go to Simply Red x2 and Rod Stewart x2 .......let's move on

Would LOVE to have seen / see - Stone Roses (in early 90's, not now), Oasis, U2, Simple Minds, Cure, Foo Fighters, Nivana

[Yanto_csl]

The Mac Lads, not for the faint hearted, saw them in Leeds, pints of piss flying everywhere .....

Beat me to it Stevo....

[need4speed]

Beat me to it Stevo....

And don't forget the fights!

[shimmy]

Beat me to it Stevo....

NEVER done mac lads but in the old days did mainly in Leeds:

The Meteors
GUana Batz
King Kurt
The Gun Club


(king kurt was always bonkers)

[need4speed]

NEVER done mac lads but in the old days did mainly in Leeds:

The Meteors
GUana Batz
King Kurt
The Gun Club


(king kurt was always bonkers)

Seen the Meteors back in the day as well!

[shimmy]

And don't forget the fights!

best bit....especially at King KUrt:banghead:

[Rick H]

King Kurt still play in Blackpool at some Goth/Punk type event - I think at least one of them is a solicitor in the real world.

Edit: Yep - http://williamspowell.co/contact/tm/john-reddington/

They list him as a founding member of a "successful popular music group"!

I still play Wreck a Party :supz:

I have a Macc Lads Live CD somewhere, think that was recorded in Leeds. I don't know where they are now.

Saw The Beat last year at Rammy Festival with Richard Hawley - they were awesome, Rankin' Roger and his lad owned it, great songs and still full of energy.

[steveH]

Saw The Damned few weeks before Christmas and Captain Sensible still has it.
The Jam a few years back were terrific
Most memorable, and brought back as saw documentary about him recently, was John Cooper Clarke :supz: before he went totally of the rails.

[thrashermax]

Best gigs for me, Slipknot - Hammersmith, Anthrax - O2 Academy, Iron Maiden - Twickenham and O2, Metallica - Donington... Therapy? at Hammersmith was great but I got crushed...

Devin Townsend was f**king great as well... The guy's a genius...

I love loud thrash metal... good to see CSL attracts metalheads!

Oh, I forgot Machine F**king Head!

[mattCSLnut]

- Soundgarden, Faith No More & Guns & Roses... all 3 in one monster :supz: gig @ the old Wembley stadium

- Nirvana @ Kilburn National

- Red Hot Chilly Peppers @ Brixton Academy

- James Brown @ MTV Studios in London

- Early (original) Oasis @ The Forum in Kentish Town

[Neil M]

Probably one of the best gigs ever! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpmxdnAyFfc
What a venue and I never got to see that one either! :clown:

[Rick H]

You're a Floydy Neil?