First Proper Gig Attended (Not The Stranglers).

[nickinblack]

The Stranglers was my first gig in 1980.

My first gig that was not The Stranglers was SLF in 1981 at The Birmingham Odeon.Met the band afterwards and had a neck scarf signed by all the band.Jake Burns used to wear one around that time and I was copying him by wearing one too.

Just remembered I saw U2 at Kidderminster Town Hall in 1980 around the time of Boy before they were famous and that was before SLF.

[laurie]

Im not ashamed to admit my 1st gig was Gary Glitter
I then moved on to Slade but never saw them live

[airflamesred]

Skids, Huddersfield Poly around 1980.

[Stuartinblack]

Simple minds barrowland brilliant gig

[headiscrowded]

I am pretty sure it was the Damned in 97 but maybe I went to a festival or two before that. I was of the idea that bands came very infrequently to where I lived, but looking at concertarchive, there were a decent amount of good gigs, just not what was available in the UK!

[Frederik]

The Cramps Bristol 86

[droopsnoot]

My first gig was The Stranglers in Manchester, February 1983. My second gig, so the first time seeing a band play live who weren't the Stranglers, was Reading Rock Festival, in August 1983. I only went on the Friday, because I was only really interested in seeing the Stranglers, but some of the other groups were pretty good. Big Country were enjoyable, I wasn't and I'm still not into reggae so I wasn't that bothered about not seeing much of Steel Pulse before they were bottled off, and some of the earlier bands were good. Pallas I remember being good, and got an album of theirs later, I think Man were pretty good on the day, Hanoi Rocks were rubbish, Pendragon were good, I don't really remember any of the others.

Of course, looking back, I wish I'd done the weekend as I'd have seen Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy and Marillion, but even then, when I was young, I wouldn't have wanted to be camping in a muddy field.

[yesican]

Glasgow Apollo 16th of May 1975, Status Quo..

[ThinkTank]

My first gig was the Stranglers but for the life of me i cant remember what the first was after that.

This is probably wrong as i really cant remember but it was about the time i saw the Clash and Siouxsie and the Banshees so maybe one of those. It might have also even been a band like The Questions

I got so addicted to live music and saw so many groups that the bands and venues all just blur together now. Most times my concert tickets help but i have lost so many of them as well it makes it hard to be 100%.

[Waffle waitress]

Gary Numan, Teletour '80, Glasgow Apollo.

[theraven1979]

Stranglers was my "first proper gig..." after that it might have been Buzzcocks or early Manics. No idea really - For a while I was wrapped up in my own little Stranglers world and no other bands existed.


Jim

[Waffle waitress]

Stranglers was my "first proper gig..." after that it might have been Buzzcocks or early Manics. No idea really - For a while I was wrapped up in my own little Stranglers world and no other bands existed.


Jim

Yeah, l was too for a long time. As lve mentioned before, in retrospect it was to the actual detriment of my gig going.
"Fancy going to see The Clash next month?"
"Nah mate, lm a Stranglers fan, innit"

"Will we go see The Jam at the Apollo?"
"Nah mate, lm a Stranglers fan, innit "
etc etc etc