Comments on: the eleventh gig I can remember going to http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/11/the-eleventh-gig-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: Paul http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/11/the-eleventh-gig-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3921 Paul Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:03:41 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=2827#comment-3921 That was a really good head of David show. Id forgotten about the jack Nicholson thing! Much amusement about that in the front row. I think I've got a tape of it somewhere. But then, I really loved big black. The Clarendon was a good show. I'd seen them a couple of times before but the Clarendon wa apocalyptic. I got there in the afternoon to watch the sound checks - the cool bands used to allow that at the time. Me and a dozen or so hyper hip freaks in a bubble of ecstasy cos we were watching the best bands around twice in one day. They were so funky. So tight. A real locked down groove. And some very obvious compassion at the root of the rage. Heartbeat, Jordan minnessota, tiny king of the Jews - fantastic. I remember some poor guy being pulled out of the mosh pit with blood pouring out of one eye. Happy times! And a sprint to the tube to get last train to upminster. Probably reading a fanzine. I think I reviewed that show for one of them. 1987 was a great year for music. Don't forget that house and dance music had been in full swing for years by then, it was just that e was really hard to get hold of. It was all speed and lots of acid, massed of hash. Really 1988 wouldn't have happened wihout the audience that went to big black, tackhead, sonic youth shows. It was a continuation more than a continuum. That was a really good head of David show. Id forgotten about the jack Nicholson thing! Much amusement about that in the front row. I think I’ve got a tape of it somewhere.

But then, I really loved big black.

The Clarendon was a good show. I’d seen them a couple of times before but the Clarendon wa apocalyptic. I got there in the afternoon to watch the sound checks – the cool bands used to allow that at the time. Me and a dozen or so hyper hip freaks in a bubble of ecstasy cos we were watching the best bands around twice in one day.

They were so funky. So tight. A real locked down groove. And some very obvious compassion at the root of the rage. Heartbeat, Jordan minnessota, tiny king of the Jews – fantastic.

I remember some poor guy being pulled out of the mosh pit with blood pouring out of one eye. Happy times! And a sprint to the tube to get last train to upminster. Probably reading a fanzine. I think I reviewed that show for one of them.

1987 was a great year for music. Don’t forget that house and dance music had been in full swing for years by then, it was just that e was really hard to get hold of. It was all speed and lots of acid, massed of hash. Really 1988 wouldn’t have happened wihout the audience that went to big black, tackhead, sonic youth shows. It was a continuation more than a continuum.

]]> By: MindCrash http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/11/the-eleventh-gig-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3888 MindCrash Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:00:21 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=2827#comment-3888 Nice work! I remember seeing them on the same tour, at the ICA, I arrived early, as was my want, to witness a pile of hubcaps portrayed as art :) I was deaf for two days after, only Black Flag had ever succeeded in doing that to me in all my years of gigging - it was so LOUD! Big Black were awesome, but I loved HoD; "Shadowhills" was a massive influence on me... Nice work! I remember seeing them on the same tour, at the ICA, I arrived early, as was my want, to witness a pile of hubcaps portrayed as art :) I was deaf for two days after, only Black Flag had ever succeeded in doing that to me in all my years of gigging – it was so LOUD! Big Black were awesome, but I loved HoD; “Shadowhills” was a massive influence on me…

]]> By: STN http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/11/the-eleventh-gig-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3884 STN Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:15:35 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=2827#comment-3884 Oh hang on, I just remembered that Luke Haines exists. Oh hang on, I just remembered that Luke Haines exists.

]]> By: dubversion http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/11/the-eleventh-gig-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3883 dubversion Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:42:17 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=2827#comment-3883 ah, Albini is an entertaining arse. His piety is amusing - i love watching him holding forth to young bands about being free of corporate taint when his income comes from the studio, not Shellac. Of course you can be purer than thou when you don't need to make a living. As po-faced provocateurs go, he's great value :) ah, Albini is an entertaining arse. His piety is amusing – i love watching him holding forth to young bands about being free of corporate taint when his income comes from the studio, not Shellac. Of course you can be purer than thou when you don’t need to make a living. As po-faced provocateurs go, he’s great value :)

]]> By: STN http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/11/the-eleventh-gig-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3880 STN Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:11:19 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=2827#comment-3880 I love Big Black, you lucky olde toade. However, I cannot think of a single person whose opinion I am more indifferent to than Steve Albini, other than possibly my ex-girlfriend's uncle. I love Big Black, you lucky olde toade. However, I cannot think of a single person whose opinion I am more indifferent to than Steve Albini, other than possibly my ex-girlfriend’s uncle.

]]> By: History is Made at Night http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/11/the-eleventh-gig-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3876 History is Made at Night Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:56:12 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=2827#comment-3876 Once saw Conflict at the Clarendon Ballroom Once saw Conflict at the Clarendon Ballroom

]]> By: john http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/11/the-eleventh-gig-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3873 john Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:08:56 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=2827#comment-3873 Yeah I think a lot of people forgot about the innovations of the mid to late 80s cos of the "year zero" of acid house on the one hand and then maybe Nirvana on the other. Exciting times for sure... Yeah I think a lot of people forgot about the innovations of the mid to late 80s cos of the “year zero” of acid house on the one hand and then maybe Nirvana on the other. Exciting times for sure…

]]> By: dubversion http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/11/the-eleventh-gig-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3872 dubversion Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:27:57 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=2827#comment-3872 i managed to see most of that crowd - Swans, Killdozer, Buttholes, Ween, Head of David, Loop, all that.. but Big Black eluded me somehow. Never saw Husker Du either, even though I was at Glastonbury when they played their last UK show. :( i managed to see most of that crowd – Swans, Killdozer, Buttholes, Ween, Head of David, Loop, all that.. but Big Black eluded me somehow. Never saw Husker Du either, even though I was at Glastonbury when they played their last UK show. :(

]]> By: loki http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/11/the-eleventh-gig-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3871 loki Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:18:05 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=2827#comment-3871 yeah, you bastard (squared, trebled, whatever) - very envious, one of the only bands I've seriously loved at the time that I never got to see... I can only imagine what a great night that must have been... reminds me that i read somewhere recently that 1987 was a nadir for music and it got me choking because all i can remember is some seriously great stuff: Big Black, Neubauten, The JAMMs, Sonic Youth, Buttholes, Swans, Spacemen 3, Loop, Head of David, Front 242, Sampling... still, enough with these gigs - it's showing off of the best kind... yeah, you bastard (squared, trebled, whatever) – very envious, one of the only bands I’ve seriously loved at the time that I never got to see… I can only imagine what a great night that must have been… reminds me that i read somewhere recently that 1987 was a nadir for music and it got me choking because all i can remember is some seriously great stuff: Big Black, Neubauten, The JAMMs, Sonic Youth, Buttholes, Swans, Spacemen 3, Loop, Head of David, Front 242, Sampling…

still, enough with these gigs – it’s showing off of the best kind…

]]> By: dubversion http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/11/the-eleventh-gig-i-can-remember-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3870 dubversion Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:10:18 +0000 http://www.uncarved.org/blog/?p=2827#comment-3870 you bastard :( I never saw Big Black you bastard :(

I never saw Big Black

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