[kj] Best Gig*(Pre 91)

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Fri Jul 15 17:11:21 EDT 2011



My pre-91 Joke gigs:

My first Joke gig was July 31st 1983 at Hammersmith Palais. Had a spare ticket so took my Dad - his first punk gig. Fire Dances had just come out, and the Joke were fucking brutal.

Next one was Jan 1st 1984. Hammersmith Palais again. They played Eighties.

After that I think it was Feb 85 (at, you guessed, Hammy Palais). Night Time tour. Magnficent. The album disappointed me a bit - too soft, basically - but live... it rocked.

Next, Reading Festival, August 1986, just before Brighter Than A Thousand Suns came out. The album would in due course also disappoint me for being too soft, but live... well, it was a fantastic gig. I recorded it on a ghetto blaster, and then - damp from the rain - slept in Reading station, in between a gang of bikers and a gang of casuals, who spent the night offering each other out. Luckily the scrawny young punk was too insignificant for them to bother with, but it wasn't the best night's sleep I've had.

Then I saw them in September and December at the Palais, for the album tour. Someone's recently said that they didn't rate those gigs, but I thought they were great. The Brighter... material had a much harder edge live, and they were doing a blindingly fast version of Requiem at that point...

Then there was a long gap until May (?) 1989, when they played Manchester and then London, showcasing the Extremities material and proving that OTG had been banished to the furthest reaches of a Trailfinders brochure.

Jamie








-----Original Message-----
From: ADRIAN WASON <adrianwason at btinternet.com>
To: gathering at misera.net
Sent: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 6:18
Subject: [kj] Best Gig*(After 91)


Camden Underworld was fantastic, first time I saw Ted Parsons play. I think it
as 03? That one felt special -a real sweatt fest
Subterrania 94-Another Mental one
Astoria 2005-Back to their best playing DBD & SGD & Termite Mound as an encore
Best - Astoria 91-Just look at the gig reviews
*Fill us in on the pre 91 gigs - Astoria 91 was my first
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