December 14th 1991 – De Montfort Hall Always good to catch up with a band who you saw in a smaller town venue and then they move up the the big city gig! It was 1984 when I last saw New Model Army and I'm really quite surprised it was a 7 year gap between... Continue Reading →
December 10th 1991 – Leicester Poly My first full blown The Damned gig. No more Naz Nomad and the Nightmares, this WAS The Damned this time. Dave Vanian and Rat Scabies remained, Captain Sensible was back and Paul Gray on Bass......Whenever you wonder if a band can carry on with a change of line up,... Continue Reading →
November 23rd 1991 – Leicester University I've no recollection of the support act. This concert was a follow on from being introduced to Steve Earle a few years earlier. Nils Lofgren had always had a great reputation as a guitarist and singer, but I don't think I ever knew he toured on his own, I... Continue Reading →
November 5th 1991 – De Montfort Hall Supported by: Senseless Things I won't name many people during these blog posts, but this gig could only have been inspired by my very good friend, Dean. Now music was getting interesting again. I guess one of the many reason I was seeing the same bands year on... Continue Reading →
October 23rd 1991 - Birmingham NEC This gig was a bit of a birthday treat to me. If a trip to the NEC could ever be considered a "treat". Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark had now gone through a bit of a change, with FIVE of the main protagonists leaving the band. They had spent... Continue Reading →
October 3rd 1991 – Leicester Poly My second time seeing the Furs, although the first time back in 1989 was in their secret guise of "Book of Days". The Furs were now well established as a pop rock band and lead singer, Tim Butler, has a very distinctive gravelly voice, which had generally made them... Continue Reading →
August 24th 1991 - Milton Keynes Bowl Supported by: OMD, Stranglers I think you still had to get your tickets from box offices in 1991? So I would have got this from De Montfort Hall box office in town centre. On paper this was a great line up for me, OMD a great favourite band... Continue Reading →
June 22nd 1991 – Walsall Football Club Supported by: This is on the list of concerts where, for whatever reason, I appear to have lost all memorabelia for it.....so this is an example of the ticket for the day, but not my original one, I know not where that has gone 😦 I will see... Continue Reading →
May 30th 1991 - Leicester De Montfort Hall Supported by: Buffalo Tom This was an interesting gig, not one I would have normally have chosen to attend at the time. I hadn't really got into "indie" music yet, so this would be the beginning for me. The whole gig happened quite by chance really. I... Continue Reading →
March 21st 1991 - Leicester Poly The Raw Tour. If it was a funny time at the last Alarm gig, it was even stranger for this one. Sometimes music is a funny old game and when you are growing up with a band and changing yourself and seeing them grow up and change too, you... Continue Reading →
February 23rd 1991 – Leicester Poly Well, this was a controversial one. If anyone if worried about certain words in the dictionary, I will warn you now, that a choice word is used in relation to a cover version of a Patti Smith song. Birdland pretty much swept in and then swept out of the... Continue Reading →
February 14th 1991 – Leicester University Supported by Walk on Fire (may have seen, but no recollection) We saw No Sweat support Thunder in 1990, so we were happy to go and support the guys as they attempted to breakthrough. They were produced by Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, which you would have thought would... Continue Reading →
The Fan Club Years 