Confession Time - First Live Gig & First Record Bought

Skindred's silver lame suited ragga-punk-dance-metal cocktail was engaging and refreshing. We headed straight for the front. Their Welsh Jamaican frontman is a born compere and has a voice superior to most metal vocalists. Riffs aplenty and a mix of influences blend light and shade in their "roots rock riot". They'd have been welcome to another hour if I'd been running the bill :)

We use the term rock AND ROLL for a reason (it needs dynamics, space and fun too) and others would do well to take note.

Pete

Saw Sandi Thom at a small venue in Swindon last Friday. No longer on an established label her new independantly produced stuff has a much more bluesey feel to it that really suits her voice which is strong and powerful and means she's great live. I think even my mate who came with me who's strictly punk & new wave enjoyed it, recommended.

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Chichester Cathedral the weekend before last. Mendleson and Elgar mostly and we managed to get seats about 15 feet away from these guys: very good dynamics.:)

Hi Guys

Last night I went for my first visit to the Sage at Gateshead
Level 42 were playing.

What a great gig. They played mostly their older stuff, which I prefer.
The tour is billed as the 30th anniversary tour.

They still have the tanent and drive and love for their music.
The sound was fantastic. Great deep bass without being overblown, from a small rig, great overall sound, which can happen with Mark King's playing style, especially when you put that with a drummer that can play like hell. The sound from the kit just what I love. Deep kick drum and nice crisp snare. Tight as hell, loved the whole thing.

The original line up were back together, more or less.
A new sax player I think, but what a talent, made it look easy. Which is hard to pull off. Boy did he pull it off, big style

I must compliment the Sage. It's was nice to see a lot of thought had been put into the place, with regard to the sound and acoustics.
well done all.

Andy - SDDW

Well you'll not see me on here next Thursday evening i've been summoned to John Barrowman concert Sheffield City Hall..The things i do for the other half is beggars belief!

All I can say is you a better Man than me
I be seeing Porcupine Tree at the Royal Albert Hall as freebee so could not refuse

The good part - got to see Ultravox in april in Copenhagen on their "Return to eden" tour. Saw Midge 3 years ago but this was much better; a two hour tour de force down memory lane. They still got it.
A bit of sound issues in the beginning, but that was soon corrected.

Otherwise it has been downhill since; didn't get tickets to neither U2 or ACDC i Horsens... nor The Wall in Copenhagen or Herning.... argh:violin::steam:

A couple to tell you about,

I went to see Korn on saturday at Wolverhampton Civic, great performance, great sound, terrible beer!

I saw Bowling For Soup supported by 'A' last night. I mostly went for 'A' to be honest, who were fantastic as ever, my only gripe being that they didn't play for that long, but then again they were a support band...
Bowling for soup were very entertaining, but it begs the question: how can the singer of a band that has been going for 16 years still look and sound like a 12 year old...? There were a lot of very young people at the concert, and it made me feel old.

@Chris - The Grand Wazoo - are you going? (I'm not, but just wondered if you are, or at least are aware.)

Frank Zappa at the Roundhouse

EDIT: - Spot the mistake in the concert description!

Alex,
Thanks for caring!
I did know about it.
No, I'm not going - grrrr!
There are some things happening there that I'd kill to be at, but it can't happen unfortunately. For example, a chance to see Jeff Simmons and Ian Underwood on the same stage. I've a long standing commitment that can't be missed at any cost - not even that one. And it's all happening around my birthday.