Comments on: the first 23 gigs I can remember going to http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/01/the-first-23-gigs-i-can-remember-going-to/ John Eden: BM Box 3641, London, WC1N 3XX, England UK Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:50:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: uncarved.org blog » Blog Archive » more improbable band t-shirts http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/01/the-first-23-gigs-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-6191 uncarved.org blog » Blog Archive » more improbable band t-shirts Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:23:52 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1069#comment-6191 [...] written about my thankfully very brief brushes with metal and rawk before, but it’s not really my thing. So I can’t really work up much [...] [...] written about my thankfully very brief brushes with metal and rawk before, but it’s not really my thing. So I can’t really work up much [...]

]]> By: My first gigs « Reinspired http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/01/the-first-23-gigs-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-4911 My first gigs « Reinspired Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:55:58 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1069#comment-4911 [...] first gigs I just stumbled on this hugely entertaining blog series about a Londoner’s earliest gig-going [...] [...] first gigs I just stumbled on this hugely entertaining blog series about a Londoner’s earliest gig-going [...]

]]> By: uncarved.org blog » Blog Archive » the first 23 gigs I can remember going to: FULL LIST http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/01/the-first-23-gigs-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-4736 uncarved.org blog » Blog Archive » the first 23 gigs I can remember going to: FULL LIST Wed, 26 May 2010 08:29:12 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1069#comment-4736 [...] 0. Introduction [...] [...] 0. Introduction [...]

]]> By: uncarved.org blog » Blog Archive » 2005 Ugandan Dancehall Video of the week #1 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/01/the-first-23-gigs-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-4648 uncarved.org blog » Blog Archive » 2005 Ugandan Dancehall Video of the week #1 Fri, 14 May 2010 23:52:34 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1069#comment-4648 [...] Consider this the beginning of a really weird crossfade into the “23 gigs” series. [...] [...] Consider this the beginning of a really weird crossfade into the “23 gigs” series. [...]

]]> By: Christopher http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/01/the-first-23-gigs-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3656 Christopher Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:44:41 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1069#comment-3656 The Adam & The Ants cassette image made me smile big. Right now, not 4' from me sits a Cabaret Voltaire - Drinking Gasoline cassette in its case. I haven't owned a cassette player since 1995. The first album I ever bought with my own money I bought at 9 years old. David Bowie's Scary Monsters. The first real concert I ever attended was actually the Lorelei Music Festival 1989(?) The Sugarcubes, The Pixies, The Cure and a handful of others played that night and I was in the Army stationed in Germany. I was 18. I'd been there for most of the day waiting to see the Cure. The music was fantastic. The porta-toilets? - not so much. By the time the Cure came on stage to wrap up a day of upbeat and interesting music with a fat dirge from their bag of tricks, everyone started piling out. They were performing Disintegration, after all. *smirk* Anyone who wasn't piling out was lying in pools of their own spew having been drunk/high for most of the day. Teased hair, ninja gear and all. :) I didn't even know who Bjork was at the time. The Adam & The Ants cassette image made me smile big. Right now, not 4′ from me sits a Cabaret Voltaire – Drinking Gasoline cassette in its case. I haven’t owned a cassette player since 1995.

The first album I ever bought with my own money I bought at 9 years old. David Bowie’s Scary Monsters. The first real concert I ever attended was actually the Lorelei Music Festival 1989(?) The Sugarcubes, The Pixies, The Cure and a handful of others played that night and I was in the Army stationed in Germany. I was 18. I’d been there for most of the day waiting to see the Cure. The music was fantastic. The porta-toilets? – not so much. By the time the Cure came on stage to wrap up a day of upbeat and interesting music with a fat dirge from their bag of tricks, everyone started piling out.

They were performing Disintegration, after all. *smirk*

Anyone who wasn’t piling out was lying in pools of their own spew having been drunk/high for most of the day. Teased hair, ninja gear and all. :) I didn’t even know who Bjork was at the time.

]]> By: uncarved.org blog » Blog Archive » my second and third gigs http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/01/the-first-23-gigs-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3279 uncarved.org blog » Blog Archive » my second and third gigs Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:19:48 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1069#comment-3279 [...] years after the great secondary school two tone / heavy metal wars, we were a lot more tolerant of musical diversity. I was never that into “rock” and [...] [...] years after the great secondary school two tone / heavy metal wars, we were a lot more tolerant of musical diversity. I was never that into “rock” and [...]

]]> By: droid http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/01/the-first-23-gigs-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3252 droid Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:50:19 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1069#comment-3252 Apart from a few 'Now' compilations when I was really young, the first CD I ever bought (1n 1990 in my early teens), was 'frizzle Fry' by Primus. First vinyl was something cheap by the subhumans or nuclear assault. Pre teen faves included The Beatles, Chris DeBurgh, The frog chorus, Karel Fialka - 'Hey Matthew', T'pau (!) and the usual pop dross that was everywhere at the time. First gig I remember going too was Naplam Death and Death at Mc Gonagles in Dublin in '92, closely followed by Rollins Band/Chili Peppers. I think the only reason I manage any credibility with that selection (if there is any!) is due to being a penniless and anti-social teenage goblin who spent more time in lanes and fields drinking cheap booze than going out to gigs or buying records. Apart from a few ‘Now’ compilations when I was really young, the first CD I ever bought (1n 1990 in my early teens), was ‘frizzle Fry’ by Primus. First vinyl was something cheap by the subhumans or nuclear assault. Pre teen faves included The Beatles, Chris DeBurgh, The frog chorus, Karel Fialka – ‘Hey Matthew’, T’pau (!) and the usual pop dross that was everywhere at the time.

First gig I remember going too was Naplam Death and Death at Mc Gonagles in Dublin in ’92, closely followed by Rollins Band/Chili Peppers.

I think the only reason I manage any credibility with that selection (if there is any!) is due to being a penniless and anti-social teenage goblin who spent more time in lanes and fields drinking cheap booze than going out to gigs or buying records.

]]> By: Greg http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/01/the-first-23-gigs-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3247 Greg Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:40:25 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1069#comment-3247 John wrote -- "greg - well that ( list) is all more credible than mine" Hi John -- that's only because I didn't mention or list the really,really bad "unfashionable" bands I saw! John wrote — “greg – well that ( list) is all more credible than mine”

Hi John — that’s only because I didn’t mention or list the really,really bad “unfashionable” bands I saw!

]]> By: john http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/01/the-first-23-gigs-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3245 john Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:48:14 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1069#comment-3245 devotional - yes I'll have to add in some stuff about rubbish haircuts as well. kek - i miss those big buttons smith - yes yes, I have a few of these to get through :-) greg - well that is all more credible than mine paul - well, yeah, that's my point exactly really. Typical blogger ;-) devotional – yes I’ll have to add in some stuff about rubbish haircuts as well.

kek – i miss those big buttons

smith – yes yes, I have a few of these to get through :-)

greg – well that is all more credible than mine

paul – well, yeah, that’s my point exactly really. Typical blogger ;-)

]]> By: paul.meme / grievous angel http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/01/the-first-23-gigs-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3244 paul.meme / grievous angel Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:28:19 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=1069#comment-3244 The first band I saw was an art school punk acid rock band. They were great. The second band I saw was The Clash. Beat that :) Having an art student elder sister is a great advantage for the budding hipster! The first band I saw was an art school punk acid rock band. They were great.

The second band I saw was The Clash.

Beat that :)

Having an art student elder sister is a great advantage for the budding hipster!

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