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First Stranglers gig was Lincoln Drill Hall September something or other 1978. The main thing I recall was having to put up with The Skids (Ahoy bloody Ahoy) and the letchy bigger boys from school :roll: What is it about being stuck in the centre of a throng which gives ugly, greasy lowlifes the ide...

Toiler On The Sea wrote:Always like this one

You just can't beat that Farfisa sound

Five Minutes wrote:I've got that Plane Crash EP, I believe it was quite rare at one time.

My mate Dave produced it

24th March Ruby Lounge Manchester. To say I'm a bit giddy is an understatement

British Sea Power @ Galtres Festival Jim I sat eating roast beef in a huge Yorkshire pudding whilst watching them - missed the first couple of tracks as I'd been watching Puressence further up the field. I'm a bit rubbish at remembering what gigs I've attended, so I'll have to do some hunting and c...

After a few phonecalls to track down anyone with an O2 contract - I am now (in theory) the proud cyberholder of tickets! Commence kipper-giddiness :smt005 :smt007 I'll be travelling from lincoln if anyone wants a lift Ditto but I'll be blagging a bed at some friends, so no return journey that night ...

I heard about this the other day - I'll be as giddy as a kipper ONCE I've secured a ticket ...

Off to see them on Saturday at The Apollo, Manchester so will report back. Interesting to see that the tour hasn't sold out apart from Manchester and London (not even the Coventry date). Guessing they are going to have to bite the bullet and decide whether they are going to write new material. Am g...

Saw them at Manc Academy in Feb 2009 - the only time I've seen more grown men cry at a gig was when The Chameleons played the same venue in 2000

shazzer wrote::-) funny that thought "farty man" always stood by me?

You're not one half of 'snoggy couple' are you??

Frogs - jumpy little fekkers Ants - crawly little fekkers Birds - flappy fekkers Spontaneous Human Combustion - it scares the bejezuz outta me Oh and three things I hate and ALWAYS have to contend with at gigs are - 'farty man', 'incredibly tall man' and 'snoggy couple' They seem to make a bee line ...

In no particular order and just today Script of the Bridge - The Chameleons Black & White - The Stranglers - but I'd have had a right dilema because usually I'd plump for The Gospel According... Killing Joke - Killing Joke First and Last and Always - Sisters of Mercy Doolittle - The Pixies Skell...