Favourite gig ? Budgie at the Marquee

I think it was the Deliver us from Evil tour, I?d been to see them plenty of times before and also after, but this one was just brilliant. Played well, good crowd and a just the right amount of pre gig beers.

Worst gig was Whitesnake at Hammersmith Odeon as it was called then. They played there two nights and I had tickets for the second night with my brother, but got a call for a spare ticket on the first so I went then as well. It was two hours of self-indulgent noise including a very long drum solo. When I went on the second night I was dreading another two hours of even more self-indulgent noise but Matt liked them and I didn?t want to spoil his evening by telling him it was rubbish. And the second night was worse than the first.

The loudest gig I went to was Diamond Head on their Canterbury tour. We were near the front and it was almost too painful to listen to until a man from the council who was there on an inspection decided the volume was so loud it needed to be turned right down. Of course the sound went back up again and was turned down again. This happened a couple more times before an acceptable level was agreed.

All this was back in the mid 1980?s for those old and deaf enough to remember these bands.

Posted By: KentonCanary on October 21st 2011 at 20:59:30

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The Best and worst Gig thread below (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 21, 19:45:54
- Best = Led Zep @O2, Worst = MGMT, Missed Joy Division (n/m) (General Chat) - col canary, Oct 21, 21:27:31
  - Funnily enough when I saw MGMT they were shit too (General Chat) - double hipness, Oct 22, 08:36:40
- Favourite gig ? Budgie at the Marquee (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Oct 21, 20:59:30
  - The opening bars of Breadfan have been my ringtone for a long while. (General Chat) - Hugh Manatee, Oct 21, 21:10:01
    - I still have Burke Shelly's plectrum in my wallet (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Oct 21, 21:13:31
      - Whoops, Burke Shelley (n/m) (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Oct 21, 21:14:23
  - Loudest - Mot?rhead bomber tour (General Chat) - Waddockhunt, Oct 21, 21:04:55
    - The support on the No Sleep Tour were a band called Tank (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Oct 21, 21:10:58
    - I saw them a quite a few times (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Oct 21, 21:09:18
- The Stones (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Oct 21, 20:04:59
  - Hey I was at that! (General Chat) - Waddockhunt, Oct 21, 20:54:51
- hmmm Best gig in a venue...Libertines at Kentish Town Forum in their prime (General Chat) - Brandonio, Oct 21, 20:01:48
- RADIOHEAD Victoria Park London...200? (General Chat) - Steeno Steeno, Oct 21, 19:58:35
- Oasis @ maine rd. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Oct 21, 19:53:36
  - Saw them at Knebworth and it was a bit of a tedious plod-along to be honest (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 21, 19:57:18
    - I was there (General Chat) - yellowman, Oct 21, 20:01:17
      - I went to knebworth (General Chat) - shoddy, Oct 21, 20:10:27
        
        I was at Knebworth. (General Chat) - Hugh Manatee, Oct 21, 20:24:05
        
        i was at Knebworth, the Prodigy smashed it for me (n/m) (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Oct 21, 21:14:09
- Best, the Jam worst Kajagoogoo - don't ask it was a favour! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 21, 19:50:18
  - ^^^^^ we have a WINNER (General Chat) - Karnivore, Oct 21, 19:54:04
    - shut it!- what does it feel like to be the mornings first poster on the board (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 21, 20:11:21
      - LOL touche Jimbo (General Chat) - Karnivore, Oct 21, 20:13:29
        
        Jimbo? Er, Jumbo. Unless your name is Jimbo, in which case I meant to do it (n/m) (General Chat) - Karnivore, Oct 21, 20:14:25
        
        lol you got that wrong as well (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Oct 21, 20:16:32
        
        Johnbo? er (General Chat) - Karnivore, Oct 21, 20:17:48
        
        of course I am (n/m) (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Oct 21, 20:25:39
        
        I used to go out with a girl called Emma. (General Chat) - Karnivore, Oct 21, 20:28:54
        
        Was her surname Levan? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Oct 21, 20:41:16
        
        ROFL - took a while for that penny to drop Tudders. (General Chat) - Karnivore, Oct 21, 20:44:40
        
        I wouldn`t have thought so (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Oct 21, 20:31:08
        
        Oh (n/m) (General Chat) - Karnivore, Oct 21, 20:35:06
        
        yes (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 21, 20:30:58
        
        nope - 2nd fail of the day! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 21, 20:16:13
        
        Consistency, Jambo, is everything my friend (n/m) (General Chat) - Karnivore, Oct 21, 20:18:13
        
        3 strikes and youre out, FFS !! i even had my wrathwroth name badge on when we first met (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 21, 20:23:31
        
        as days go, I've done alright - fucked it from the beginning (General Chat) - Karnivore, Oct 21, 20:28:25
        
        it could have been you, it could have been you, oh Karni, it could have been you! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 21, 20:30:22
        
        LOL - last time at the PoD (General Chat) - Karnivore, Oct 21, 20:34:50
  - yeah right (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Oct 21, 19:53:59
  - I hope it was the best blow job you've ever had! (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Oct 21, 19:51:32
    - ever given. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Oct 21, 20:16:59
      - you said it was! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 21, 20:24:55
    - ;o) (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 21, 19:53:48

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