Gigs - The Bear and Badger

cockbeard

Ouch, I suppose it's really aimed at the teenies who never really got the chance

I'd pay that to watch Botch, but that's just because they're probably the last of the bands I loved that I've never been able to watch. But yeah, that's a festival price as far as I'm concerned

g.man

I like Green Day, but they're very much the punk equivalent of Metallica when it comes to money. I remember covering T in the Park the year they headlined. In fact, I'm sure they headlined a number of the big UK festivals that summer. They flatly refused to be filmed for the telly at any of these appearances because they had their own live video coming out at Christmas and they didn't want TV coverage to impact potential sales.

corporate punk

g.man

Boolitt

Saw rancid play nice n sleazys in glasgow way back when. Great night that. Dont think a huge outdoor gig would have quite the same potency. Great band but should revert back to operation ivy and tour wee gigs i reckon

Blocks100

Time has come to...push the button. Block Rocking Beats with my Bro's in Blackpool tonight. Excite.

beano

That ticket price (gd & rancid) is cheeky af

Gremill

Boolitt wrote:

Saw rancid play nice n sleazys in glasgow way back when. Great night that. Dont think a huge outdoor gig would have quite the same potency. Great band but should revert back to operation ivy and tour wee gigs i reckon

Sleazy's is exactly the type of venue punk bands should play in.

cockbeard

Toilet tour, name your venues, correct mine

Bournemouth - Anvil
Nottingham - The Old Angel or The Social
Derby - Victoria Inn or The Venue
Southampton - Joiners
Bristol - Fleece and Firkin
Norwich - Owl Sanctuary
Exeter - Cavern
Winchester - Railway
Manchester - Star and Garter
Hoxton - Macbeth
Camden - Our Black Heart

poprock

cockbeard wrote:

Toilet tour, name your venues, correct mine

Real toilet venues
Hull – Adelphi
Nottingham – The Old Angel
Derby – Victoria Inn or The Garrick
Manchester – Star & Garter
Leeds – Cockpit or Duchess of York
York – Fibbers
Edinburgh – Cas Rock
Glasgow – 13th Note or Nice & Sleazy’s
Newport – TJ’s

Bigger places that still get called toilet venues
Leicester – Princess Charlotte
Birmingham – Foundry
Newcastle – Joiners
Harlow – The Square
Stoke – Stage 4
Sheffield – The Leadmill
Glasgow – King Tut’s

Some of these have shut down over the years, I know.

Blocks100

Liverpool -Zanzibar
Manchester - Kraak
Leeds - The Shed
Brighton - The Joker
Cardiff - The Gate
Sheffield - The Leadmill

cockbeard

Leeds, shit I forgot the Brudenell

Don't recall the Garrick, definitely had fun at the Leadmill before

Kazuo

poprock wrote:

That Green Day & Rancid gig is coming in at £56.25 per ticket. They can fuck the fuck off.

My older bro was behind the scenes for the booking of this, and he was telling me that the list of potential names that were being casually mentioned for this slot before settling on GD made his head spin.

poprock

I saw Green Day in ’91 for under two quid.

In 2002 I saw Green Day supported (across two support stages) by Iggy Pop, Idlewild, Levellers, Hundred Reasons, Wildhearts, A, Face to Face, Rival Schools, and a few other shite bands. £25 all-in.

Now, I like Rancid a lot but last time I saw them at the Barrowlands it was only £14-ish. The time before it was under a tenner.

I accept that gigs are expensive nowadays. I accept that a one-off outdoor gig means building a whole festival infrastructure. But if you’re gonna do that, make it a full lineup and worth the investment – not just two bands.

Kazuo

There'll be more in the way of local support acts announced closer to the time, but I totally agree with you.

poprock

cockbeard wrote:

Don't recall the Garrick, definitely had fun at the Leadmill before

Had a look on Google Maps – I think it’s called The Mile now? Used to be a cracking gig venue, long before the Vic became one. Practice room upstairs, pub downstairs. All the Derby bands used to play there (pre-Lightyear by a few years).

The Garrick used to be on the industry list for ‘secret’ and ‘warm-up’ gigs, so a lot of mid-tier indie bands played there despite it being tiny. They used to sell T-shirts that said ‘haven’t I seen you somewhere before?’ on the front and had a list of bands who’d recently played on the back. I definitely saw Placebo, 3 Colours Red, Space, Bluetones, Catatonia, The Almighty, Therapy, A, Hum, and a shitload of others as well as local acts like Cable, Scribble, The Beekeepers, Gorilla, etc.

cockbeard

Ah, the Thirsty Scholar by the time I got there, or the overlap was really short. They killed the music going on there, but strangely still mentioned the practice rooms every now and again

Ahh, you've mentioned some bands there, gonna have to dig out a playlist or two

Moot_Geeza

Pearl Jam UK were absolutely brilliant, and whether they were or not is irrelevant because it was a great night. £12.50 in the end! Cousin's mate got escorted out for jumping on stage, Eddie Vedder got him in a headlock, then dedicated Deep to him while the bouncer carried him out, then the crowd chanted "bring him back!" until he was allowed back in. I managed to grab the setlist at the end in the stage rush, great night. There will be a video tomorrow, the headlock stage dive was captured expertly by his cousin.

One song post-2000 - that's how you do Pearl Jam.

Blocks100

Chemical Brothers.

I liked the giant robots with their laser beam eyes.

ShabbyMcCrabby

So apparently the thing to do at a Peaches show is to take your top off and ask strangers to let them on your shoulders. nay complaints from this one.
Was a slight change from the near crushing of King Gizzard's set. Pretty awesome all round.

beano

So gutted I missed Peaches

Diluted Dante

Fuck me, never seen the Ritz so empty. Hope it picks up.

Skerret

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

So apparently the thing to do at a Peaches show is to take your top off and ask strangers to let them on your shoulders. nay complaints from this one.
Was a slight change from the near crushing of King Gizzard's set. Pretty awesome all round.

So hang on someone took their top off and you sat on their shoulders? You're a big man, he must have been pretty powerfully built.

Moot_Geeza

Here's Mr. Bumcrack's Pearl Jam tumble rush. Didn't realise he thought he was gonna stage dive off into a pocket of no-one until I watched it again.

His cousin poured beer into his bum crack in the pub after, so he smashed a load of glasses and stormed off into the night.

ShabbyMcCrabby

Skerret wrote:

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

So apparently the thing to do at a Peaches show is to take your top off and ask strangers to let them on your shoulders. nay complaints from this one.
Was a slight change from the near crushing of King Gizzard's set. Pretty awesome all round.

So hang on someone took their top off and you sat on their shoulders? You're a big man, he must have been pretty powerfully built.

The girls were stronger than they looked.

Blocks100

Diluted Dante wrote:

Fuck me, never seen the Ritz so empty. Hope it picks up.

I don't think I've seen a band in there since Jonathan Fire*Eater. So yeh...overdue a visit.

In Mancland tomorrow though for Cate Le Bon. She's playing back-to-back nights in the Deaf Institute. Two years ago, I saw her in Liverpool @LEAF. There's loads of venues that could support an act of her size here, but the number of bands that bypass our fair port city to go play Manchester instead is becoming a bit silly.

Diluted Dante

It definately picked up by the time Ash came on, it was absolutely rammed. Cracking gig. Knocked it out of the park.

poprock

Idlewild acoustic gig last night at Sleazy’s. That was properly good. Lots of love in the room.

mangman

Saw The Dillinger Escape Plan on Friday. It's their farewell tour, so that'll be the last time they play Manchester. They were good, but someone in the pit had a seizure or something, and the band stopped the show early and didn't come back on. A shame.

The support band were ho99o9 (pronounced horror I found out) and they were amazing. Bad Brains crossed with Death Grips, to give an uninspired comparison.

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Oh man, saw Dillinger Escape Plan supporting Seafood way back in my mid-teens. Time fucking flies.

mangman

Childintime wrote:

Oh man, saw Dillinger Escape Plan supporting Seafood way back in my mid-teens. Time fucking flies.

Yeah they've been at it for around 20 years and have decided to quit. I thought some of the older stuff sounded a bit tired on Friday.

beano

Got Mare gigging at the gallery on the 31st.

Been on it with everyone, making the venue look different from last season in time for it. Still got fuck loads to do and only a week to box it all off.

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