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midnightpunk [Edit] [Delete] 86 replies 15:32 January 3rd, 2010

I am writing up my gig review history and am enjoying doing this and want to spread the word. 1985 - current day (work in progress). Check out http://midnightpunk.wordpress.com Thanks in advance. Any comments / views welcome.

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this looks great

please keep going!

Jamie_Summers | 3 Jan '10, 15:48 | X | ^ This | Reply

manbearpig this'd this
- will do! Long way to go to 2009, I mean 2010 ! Some interesting coverage of the emergence of Mudhoney, Nirvana, Fugazi coming up... stay tuned...
  
  midnightpunk @Jamie_Summers | 3 Jan '10, 15:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
back on it

Right folks, thanks for the hits / comments. Really appreciated, any plugs do help spur me on to get to 2010 (some way away!). I'm back on it writing now (well in a minute or so!). Thanks.

midnightpunk | 3 Jan '10, 16:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
This is good.

ehwhat | 3 Jan '10, 16:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cheers, updating it right now...

midnightpunk | 3 Jan '10, 16:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
£16 for Glastonbury?

Man...

I like this. If you're going to do it right up to the current day, it probably deserves its own blog and a seperate entry per show. Oh, and a common format for all of them.

marckee | 3 Jan '10, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Great idea

I'll look into doing that - it's a cool idea. I'm a bit too into the write-ups at the moment and will tailor / edit it all at some point. Yes I remember buying my £16 Glasto ticket for Glastonbury thinking it was expensive!

midnightpunk | 3 Jan '10, 16:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
This is just great!

Alex-in-Ciderland | 3 Jan '10, 16:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
this is great!

been planning to do this myself. will deffo do it now!

gazbid | 3 Jan '10, 17:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Thanks

Cheers gazbid (and all others). Go for it, i'm writing from memory and using an old note pad that has band, venue, price and a rating. Food now, then i'm back on it :-)

midnightpunk | 3 Jan '10, 17:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Good stuff!

I have a special interest in this, being a local and sharing a friend on facebook with you (Arran, who first posted a link to your blog). So far we only have 3 gigs in common, all unfortunately featuring The Mission. I'm sure that will increase as I; got older, moved to Brum from Redditch, and went to plenty more shows than my younger self. Don't forget to bump when you update!

shimmetry | 3 Jan '10, 17:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
- there was worse than The Mission!
  
  Thanks for the comment. Appreciated. I'm sure the gig paths will cross again in the updates soon. It'll get a tad less hardcore punk soon and a bit more... well Tad! Enjoy...
  
  midnightpunk @shimmetry | 3 Jan '10, 17:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
link

Not sure how it works but i've put my Twitter link in. Never had so many hits in a day. Thanks folks.

midnightpunk | 3 Jan '10, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm jealous.

:(

codswallop | 3 Jan '10, 18:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
I had a list too, from 1994

put it into excel and then had my laptop nicked ;-(

Its a lovely site though, is the picture of the balcony dive one that you took?

JuxtaposedJames | 3 Jan '10, 18:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i had the same with my list from 2000
  
  but loving this read here, keep it up
  
  Yurodivyi @JuxtaposedJames | 4 Jan '10, 09:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
Jeez

Jeez folks, my stats (as in views) have gone through the proverbial roof, i'm speechless! Thanks :-)
JJ I didn't take that pic unfortunatley, it's a great snap though that encapsulates the joy of a great live / lost in the moment - thing! Thanks to all on this site only found it today. I aim to contribute often. Also i'll clean up some of the grammar when possible - getting a but carried away getting it all out. Cheers folks.

midnightpunk | 3 Jan '10, 18:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
bit more for today

Going to add a bit more this evening, stay tuned folks...

midnightpunk | 3 Jan '10, 18:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Last shameless plug...

Okay folks, again thanks for the comments and views. Last update for today up. Catch you soon. I'll try and work out at some point how to edit my profile and get more involved in this site somehow. Cheers, Charlie.

midnightpunk | 3 Jan '10, 20:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
really enjoying this

as a brummie gig goer, hearing about these old venues, and the bands who played waaaay before I was old enough to go to concerts it's really interesting

lustforlife | 4 Jan '10, 10:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
on it again

Thanks lustforlife. Just added a brief update. Cheers Charlie.

midnightpunk | 4 Jan '10, 20:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This is amazing.
  
  Some great bands, had a bit of a giggle at Gaye Bikers on Acid being fondly remembered by you. Jealous of the Siouxsie gigs though!
  
  Am I right in thinking the Birmingham hippodrome in hurst st was where Smiths played with James? Thats quite a big venue...
  
  suedeheadscot @midnightpunk | 4 Jan '10, 21:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Yes it was the Hippodrome

Hi suedeheadscot, yes it was the Birmingham Hippodrome for The Smiths gig, it was Meat Of Murder era Smiths, i've still got the program somewhere. After they finished the music (the record) of Oscillate Wildly ways played (Smiths instrumental) as people left the venue. I don't think the security expected the scenes that happened, (mad rush to the front, etc) and not many gigs have been hosted there since.

midnightpunk | 5 Jan '10, 19:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
back at work

I'm chipping away at this again now if anyone wants to take a gander... Thanks

midnightpunk | 5 Jan '10, 21:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
Pixies up

Pixies up on my gig blog readers...

midnightpunk | 5 Jan '10, 22:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
more!

More stuff is up readers...

midnightpunk | 8 Jan '10, 19:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
This is going to be totally epic

did you write everything down about all these early gigs or is it just from memory?

I have a box with tickets from all the gigs i have been to since i was about 14. I'm sure some of them didn't have tickets and i've forgotten about them though :(

I made a list once in word of all the bands i'd ever seen, got to about the 7th page and gave up :D good work dude.

pretty_vacant | 8 Jan '10, 19:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- all from an old school book
  
  Thanks for the comment pretty_vacant. It's all from what started as an old school text book (blank). Later I made it into a word processed list consisting of; Band, Venue, Price, Support, Rate. I'm adding the detail (where possible from memory) and trying to link relevant videos, etc... Got to get to 2010 - many twist and changes along the way ahead. Enjoy!
  
  midnightpunk @pretty_vacant | 8 Jan '10, 20:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
this is great

i wish the smiths were my first gig.

champo | 8 Jan '10, 20:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
Great stuff.

Thanks for sharing. A really fun read. Just took an hour to get through it up to the end of the 90s. And it's stopped just as you're getting to where I was getting into music myself (I'm approx 10 years your junior).

Nice to hear of the Brum references, too - I did a stint there from 97-05.

Oddly enough, I've just spent today going through old gig listings on last.fm to see what stuff is up there that I've been to. Managed to get most stuff from the last 5 years. But for anything before that, there's less than half the stuff I've been to. Not sure I'd be able to remember my gig history without any prompting so your notes will have been invaluable, I'm sure.

TheWza | 8 Jan '10, 20:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Brum
  
  Thanks TheWza, nice comment, appreciated. I'm sure there'll be some crossover gigs coming up soon that maybe you attended too.
  
  midnightpunk @TheWza | 8 Jan '10, 20:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Cool.
    
    It'll be interesting to see what crops up.
    
    And for what it's worth - and at the risk of diverting from the music side of things - I agree about the League Cup.
    
    TheWza @midnightpunk | 9 Jan '10, 03:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Smiths

Thanks for the comment champo. To be honest I was more blown away with the noise level than the band. As stated in brief review I don't think many in attendance relised the status they'd go to acheive - although they were still snowballing at the time (how apt!)

midnightpunk | 8 Jan '10, 20:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
supremes 69,8yrs old

queen hyde park,kiki dee support,no elton tho i was fuckin gutted.

brokenrecordprayers | 8 Jan '10, 20:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- wowzers
  
  wowzers! pre-dates me by a while - I thought I was the oldest (40) here!
  
  midnightpunk @brokenrecordprayers | 8 Jan '10, 20:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Me too !
    
    I'm 48 but I think brp just shades me. Maybe we should all form a band or something !
    
    CiderEagle @midnightpunk | 18 Jun '10, 11:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
self-indulgence

A bit of self indulgence. My own band have just made an appearance or two on my gig blog.

midnightpunk | 8 Jan '10, 22:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
FAV GIG

STILL THE FUCKIN SCARS,BLOW IN FUCK OUTTA HUMAN LEA..........

brokenrecordprayers | 9 Jan '10, 03:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
Fugazi

Fugazi make their first appearance...

midnightpunk | 9 Jan '10, 12:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cabbage split shock!

Cabbage 1989 split chronicled on the blog. Don't worry folks we reform in 2009 to play my 40th Birthday - i'll get to that soon :-)

midnightpunk | 9 Jan '10, 16:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Beasley Street

Sorry for the over indulgance - but I cannot stop watching Beasley St (John Cooper Clarke) on my blog - It's Fantastic...

midnightpunk | 9 Jan '10, 20:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm Back!

I'm back on the blog folks. Public Enemy 1990 is up....

midnightpunk | 13 Jan '10, 20:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
back tomorrow

update coming tomorrow, again thanks for the hits / comments.

midnightpunk | 16 Jan '10, 20:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
great blog by the way

skellywager | 16 Jan '10, 20:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cheers

Thanks skellywager

midnightpunk | 16 Jan '10, 20:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
update soon re bayonetta

okay, I missed the planned Sunday update due to (over) playing Bayonetta... Will update this weekend if not before...

midnightpunk | 19 Jan '10, 09:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm so jealous of all your Godflesh gigs (among many others)

thewarn | 20 Jan '10, 10:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Loved that

Interesting to see Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry and Head of David in there. I've got a mate who rates both of those, and he was in the Midlands around that time. Would be amazed if he wasn't at one of those shows.

Teepee_uk | 20 Jan '10, 10:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
the warn Teepee_uk

Cheers you two for the comments, much appreciated. I'm pretty sure they were Godflesh's first gigs and they were truly gobsmacking - as the mini reviews suggest you either Got what they were doing or you didn't. If they hit you - they hit you hard. RLYL too were a cool live band and the track Chance is a big stand out for them... Thanks... Charlie
http://midnightpunk.wordpress.com

midnightpunk | 20 Jan '10, 20:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
smiths

i was there also

wolfamongwolves | 20 Jan '10, 21:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cool

first reply where someone has been to one of the gigs given a mini review. Thanks wolfamongwolves, good to hear, great gig.

midnightpunk | 20 Jan '10, 23:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

That Napalm Death footage is SO good. Saw them live in 95 (i think) but to see them back in the back in the day would have been truly special. JEALOUS

wiggy99 | 21 Jan '10, 01:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
Enjoying this/awaiting updates.

PE still had it when I saw 'em a year or two ago. They didn't wanna leave the stage.

Sorry for the downer, but this it really woulda been more suited to being spread as individual blog posts. Then I coulda subscribed to the RSS, and been updated as new stuff gets added. And that post/page is becoming a bit of a browser killer. :-/ Split it up. Milk it.

TheWza | 21 Jan '10, 11:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
split

I will look at doing that ASAP, but as it stands i'm not sure how to change it. Should I post my next new gig on a new entry and every individual gig thereafter on a new post too. I guess this may work and then I can re-jig the earlier post when i've finished (if I ever finish!)

midnightpunk | 21 Jan '10, 13:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
fucking brilliant blog

You should register on http://www.songkick.com/ and put all your gigs on there.

I managed to remember about 265 gigs but other ones keep sprining to mind, I have no idea of dates for my outstanding ones so can't add them. Wish i'd kept a diary.

erniebiff | 21 Jan '10, 13:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
songkick

Cheers erniebiff, i'll have a look at that site. In the meantime i'm adding new updates as new entries to help peoples browsers, etc. Is this format okay? Let me know before I get too carried away again. Comments very appreciated folks. Thanks. Charlie.

midnightpunk | 21 Jan '10, 21:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
coffee's on!

Right folks, the coffee is on and the update is now...

midnightpunk | 24 Jan '10, 12:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
Sonic Youth / Fugazi

Check the Sonic Youth South Bank show and Fugazi Blueprint videos on the blogs latest updates, I can't stop watching them, ultra cool songs then and now... Back to blog...

midnightpunk | 24 Jan '10, 13:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
Enter Nirvana

Nirvana Goldwyns 23.10.90 up...

midnightpunk | 24 Jan '10, 14:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
through the roof

The hits are going through the roof. Thanks again for the views and cool comments both here and on the blog...

midnightpunk | 24 Jan '10, 19:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
last bump

last bump for now. some incredible gigs up...

midnightpunk | 24 Jan '10, 22:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
Podcast

Podcast influenced by my gig blog up at http://midnightpunk.podomatic.com

midnightpunk | 29 Jan '10, 21:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
2 Qs

Which record shop? PF? Or Sf/Temp/Other?

Did Goldwyn’s become The Foundry before getting 'regenerated'?)

TheWza | 30 Jan '10, 02:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
Yes, Goldwyns did become The Foundary I think. It was kind of around the back from Edwards No.8 but bigger and kind of more physically underground.
Record Shop (an indie) : Full Time 1994 - 2001.

midnightpunk | 5 Feb '10, 09:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I only went to the Foundry/Goldwyn's a couple of times. Never seemed to have many gigs on that I could coax my uni mates to. Saw Electrasy there, IIRC. I remember it as quite a good venue so seeing Nirvana/L7 there in 90 would've been a proper treat.
  
  As it is now: http://www.birminghamroundabout.co.uk/2009/goldwyns-nightclub-suffolk-place/
  
  The fire means that Eddies has also bitten the dust.
  
  An indie store, 1994-2001? I'm gonna guess PF cos that closed about that time.
  
  TheWza @midnightpunk | 5 Feb '10, 10:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
hard-ons are a great live band.

dude, this is a flashback to a time, when music still meant something. sniff... I'm getting nostalgic.:-)

madsquirrel | 5 Feb '10, 10:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cheers madsquirrel

Thanks, they sure were good times. I'll get up to the present day soon hopefully on the blog...

midnightpunk | 9 Feb '10, 21:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
Beastie Boys 1992 up

Just added a bit folks, up to Beastie Boys 1992 gig at The Hummingbird, Birmingham.... I'll get to 2010 (Johnny Foreigner) if it kills me!

http://midnightpunk.wordpress.com

midnightpunk | 19 Feb '10, 18:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
new theme

new theme, will resume blog shortly folks...

midnightpunk | 9 Mar '10, 21:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
Please stop.

"I went to a gig, got in free, it was good".

Brilliant.

buynikeshoes_09 | 9 Mar '10, 21:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Free?
  
  most of them were not free!
  
  midnightpunk @buynikeshoes_09 | 9 Mar '10, 21:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Says Mr '3-x-my-top-50-of-2009-threads'.
  
  Your album one was alright.
  
  This blog is good (slightly over-frequent JAGs aside)
  
  TheWza @buynikeshoes_09 | 10 Apr '10, 19:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
updates in anyones interested..

back on this at last if anyones interested...

midnightpunk | 5 Apr '10, 17:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
yadder yadder

and again...

midnightpunk | 7 Apr '10, 17:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
RATM update

Updates in anyone wants a gander...

midnightpunk | 9 Apr '10, 22:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
fairly hefty update and podcast on the blog today

enjoy or ignore :-)

midnightpunk | 12 Apr '10, 21:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
updating at the mo...

feel free to have a gander, any comments welcome...

midnightpunk | 25 Apr '10, 20:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
Stone Roses

sadly from '95... http://midnightpunk.wordpress.com

midnightpunk | 4 May '10, 21:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
just a bump

bump

midnightpunk | 20 May '10, 13:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
badoing

bing

midnightpunk | 27 May '10, 13:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
a few more up

I've posted a few more today and will crack on with it over this week as i've got some time all of a sudden...

midnightpunk | 1 Jun '10, 21:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
new posts

big jump in hits and comments, cheers DIS crew...

midnightpunk | 3 Jun '10, 00:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
new stuff

Just to add there's some new stuff up. Thanks.

midnightpunk | 15 Jun '10, 22:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
world cup bump

quick World Cup bump, there's some footie stuff on ther too if you search around...check out Arie Haan...

midnightpunk | 18 Jun '10, 11:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
updates and new categories

just some new stuff up - have a gander if you like http://midnightpunk.wordpress.com

midnightpunk | 30 Jul '10, 20:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
new posts and my new band

Some new posts up & my new band Blood Of Mary - from out first rehearsal - last night...

midnightpunk | 18 Aug '10, 12:41 | X | ^ This | Reply

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