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2005
19th Sep: HIM (Anathema)

2006
26th Jan: HIM (Anathema)
- It was all way too intense for me at the front, I think (typical of a HIM gig), so I got out and stood at the side and met Vincent Cavanagh from Anathema when he was on his way from the backstage area to the bar, so that was nice.
The thing about HIM is that the utter hysteria of the audience ruins it a bit for me. Both of these gigs could've been so much better if more of the audience were being courteous and decent human beings to their fellow audience members instead of clamouring for Ville Valo's sweat in a cup. Having said that, that intense atmosphere also is amazing to be in the middle of.
Anathema have a lovely cover version of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb.

6th May: Mendeed (The Red October, Big Hand, A Day Called Desire)
- I'm not even sure I was at this, but I know I went to a gig at the Underworld and the date seems right and the bands seem familiar, so this is a guess. …

I stole the idea from The_Derm :-) in case he's wondering!

I've been meaning to do this for ages but have only just got round to finishing it off in any spare time I get.

So, here's a list of bands I've seen from April 1986 (Twisted Sister) to 9 November 2009 (Motorhead and Sweet Savage).

458 and counting...

I'm pretty sure there are loads more I've forgotten but I'll update it as and when I remember.

Anything with an asterisk are bands I've seen more than once. I think Nick Cave (solo and with his Bad Seeds) is at the top with ten combined gigs.

Not that anyone cares...it's just me being anal ;-)


50 Foot Wave
65 days of static
AC Acoustics
A Camp
Afrirampo
Albert Hammond, Jr.
Alloy Mental
Almighty Do Me A Favor
Ambient Forces
Andrew Weatherall
Anhrefn *
Antti Siirala
A Plastic Rose
Arabella Harrison
Arcade Fire
Archie Bronson Outfit
Architecture in Helsinki
Ariel Pink
Ash *
Asobi Seksu
Athlete
Audioweb
Babes In Toyland
Babyshambles
Back To The Planet
…

first posted here

(Probably I'll keep updating this journal post, very occasionally, but not the original).

Our lives are so....
It has been kind of interesting to sit and try and remember bands I've seen, the main period being the 80s (with the 90s full of poverty and loss of interest, the 2000s being abroad and away from most of it, and some loss of focus), but for what it's worth (and I'm not really sure how meaningful this listing is) here's my list of what bands really matter to me (in their various ways) from what I can remember of what I've seen. The whole list is a lot more, and I'm sure there's plenty I can't remember, but I'm sure that doesn't really matter.

UK Subs
Crass
Poison Girls
Zounds
Discharge
The Vibrators
Bad Brains
Public Image Ltd.
Minutemen
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Redskins
Killing Joke
Bauhaus
Damned
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Southern Death Cult
Sex Gang Children
Fall
Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers
Negazione
BGK
The Mob
Amebix
D.O.A.
…