tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post8170698342936017988..comments2024-03-27T11:18:59.924+00:00Comments on Sun Dried Sparrows: The first gig you ever went to...?Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-89264295486389877052013-06-21T19:54:54.379+01:002013-06-21T19:54:54.379+01:00Thanks for dropping by and commenting, Anon.
They ...Thanks for dropping by and commenting, Anon.<br />They were great days down at Triad!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-11394219373215136272013-06-21T15:10:33.079+01:002013-06-21T15:10:33.079+01:00Oh God... I was at loads of those early punk gigs ...Oh God... I was at loads of those early punk gigs and a regular at the old mans rock club. Bishops Stortford in the late 70's and early 80's. What a crowd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-69725430919156276602012-05-16T21:38:57.734+01:002012-05-16T21:38:57.734+01:00Ah - so interesting! We shared some of the same ex...Ah - so interesting! We shared some of the same experiences - buying records in Stortford (called Startime when I started going there, they had a little singles box on the counter - some great stuff in that, I bought the Neon Hearts single and my mate Slaughter & The Dogs and we were so chuffed to find them in our little backwater town!), Mods May Day at Triad (Chords, Purple Hearts et al - sunny day I seem to remember? and lots of parkas - music was good), many many Epileptics gigs ...and yes they were lovely chaps! Keen to maintain some small degree of anonymity on here, well for now anyway, I shall say no more about that!<br />But very sorry to hear about the punk singles swap....Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-19638372395690724002012-05-16T18:54:47.435+01:002012-05-16T18:54:47.435+01:00Absolutely - it was much more "Sound of the S...Absolutely - it was much more "Sound of the Suburbs" than "Anarchy in the UK" in Harlow / Stortford, wasn't it ? I recall Woolworths in Harlow having a reduced/ex chart singles section, where, in February 1977 I bought eight copies of "Anarchy" on EMI for 19p each. The manager of the sole record shop in Stortford had a "pretty persuasion" for photographing young, just-teenage chaps....so we used to get first picks of the display stuff there. Ahem...I got everything from there, from the Ramones to Willie Alexander and the Boom band - it was on clear vinyl after all. 12 months after the Siouxsie gig was one of, if not the very, first Mod all Dayers at Triad with Secret Affair et al. Stortford got invaded again. By scooters. That was a terrific gig. As was The Epileptics at The Station Hotel. The Stortbeat 2 CD thing issued in 2004 is just wonderful, packaging particularly. I do believe that, through my Dad, I got the only fully autographed copy of 1970's EP. The band, of course, refused to autograph anything, snarling "we ain't no-one's heroes, we don't sign nuffin". But they were lovely chaps - and autographed it. In 1983, my wife swapped ALL my punk singles for the Marvin Gaye album with "Sexual Healing" on it. Divorce came later....tinderstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332475412120745421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-14444364687641598052012-05-16T17:58:58.047+01:002012-05-16T17:58:58.047+01:00Hi! And wow - you were there too! Yep you're r...Hi! And wow - you were there too! Yep you're right about the support bands too as far as I remember ('slighly scary people from Harlow' to me then). Tight red Levis, white kickers and those over-sized badges sums it up so well, but it was certainly different enough when you were in the provinces, wasn't it? Great anecdote about Siouxsie, I never got that close! I'm intrigued, naturally, by your link to Flux/the Eps... we must've moved in the same circles...Do you remember the other bands around the same time as the Epileptics - like Urban Decay, U-Samples, Erratics...? And that whole Stortbeat thing? etc etc etc...!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-59786516998993072932012-05-16T16:11:33.662+01:002012-05-16T16:11:33.662+01:00Hi C - for spurious reasons I was searching for th...Hi C - for spurious reasons I was searching for the exact date of this Banshees gig when I stumbled across your blog...and spent the next four hours reading it...fantastic stuff! It wasn't my first gig, but I was there - and 34 years on one of my pathetic claims to Warholism is that Siouxsie spilled my pint all over me when she went to the bar before the gig. I vividly recall all these scary people arriving en masse from Liverpool Street at Bishop's Stortford station. We thought we were pretty cool in our tight red Levis and white kickers and two and a half inch punk badges. This lot, however, were positively the start of the post-punk movement as you so aptly describe their clothing. I'd never seen anything like it. From memory, Pete the Meat and the Boys and The Sods supported. And Shane, the Triad DJ, was slightly perplexed at his playlist ! Incidentally, I too have a spurios link to the Flux of Pink Indians, by way of the Epileptics.....now off to devour more. "1970s have been made in Hong Kong"!!tinderstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332475412120745421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-6594854378534030552011-07-01T14:28:52.443+01:002011-07-01T14:28:52.443+01:00Thanks so much, Wilthomer, very much appreciated! ...Thanks so much, Wilthomer, very much appreciated! I'm having great fun with this, strangely enough instead of making me feel old by looking back it's all really rather rejuvenating. Hope you enjoy the addendum just added too - it seems unbelievable now...Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-52866174926881114062011-07-01T13:22:19.507+01:002011-07-01T13:22:19.507+01:00"Don't tell my mum I've drunk a pint ..."Don't tell my mum I've drunk a pint of cider" that made me convulse into a heap of laughter. As always your post is witty and spot on, thanks for sharing such a cool experience. Keep up the great work as a once great man sang in his younger/better days:<br />"true is the dream mixed with nostalgia"Wilthomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310808241428717740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-55472970889071532542011-06-30T16:04:46.630+01:002011-06-30T16:04:46.630+01:00Aw, thank you, A, you are really far too kind...bu...Aw, thank you, A, you are really far too kind...but it's much appreciated. Of course the nice thing about writing this is being able to selectively edit out all the embarrassing moments in your life if you want to, just leaving the better bits like these! If only one could do that for real...<br />I liked that bit on the Slade gig - and how he described feeling like a child amongst adults was very resonant. I can imagine your excitement being much the same. Also cred!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-37334922334479358732011-06-30T11:48:08.628+01:002011-06-30T11:48:08.628+01:00PS. And your description of the audiences then is ...PS. And your description of the audiences then is spot on!A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13142931714121592395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-60429566575601481162011-06-30T11:28:23.438+01:002011-06-30T11:28:23.438+01:00I really shouldn’t look on here during the day - f...I really shouldn’t look on here during the day - far too distracting: Another great post that will set me off down memory lane. You even made me feel nostalgic for Bishops Stortford! Great blog this - you have quite inspired me.<br /><br />Wonderful photo - what a cute punkette - and what attitude! Having Siouxsie as your first gig and The Clash as your first album - well you can’t get more ‘cred’ (as we used to say) than that.<br /><br />My first proper gig was Slade at the old Empire Pool at Wembley. I was excited for weeks before hand and I was not disappointed! (I’ve just done a quick google and found this link:<br />http://sladestory.blogspot.com/1973/03/wembley-march-25th-1973-my-first-and.html - No more work for me today!)A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13142931714121592395noreply@blogger.com