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posted on 29/12/15

Can't believe that about Lemmy. That is absolutely gutting!

Will be listening to some Motorhead today.

comment by NNH (U10730)

posted on 29/12/15

My 1st gig was Jimi Hendrix on 5/12/67



FFS, my granddad was riding my gran that year to bring my dad into the world





posted on 29/12/15

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posted on 29/12/15

Leo Sayer 1981 - true rock god

comment by atheist (U2783)

posted on 29/12/15

comment by NNH, the bionic man. (U10730)
posted 19 minutes ago
My 1st gig was Jimi Hendrix on 5/12/67



FFS, my granddad was riding my gran that year to bring my dad into the world






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Eff off.

posted on 29/12/15

1967?

That was a good year

comment by NNH (U10730)

posted on 29/12/15

posted on 29/12/15

confused timmy

TYRES

Now that is a goodyear

posted on 29/12/15

and back on topic

The Jam in 78
The Rezillos 78 or 79
Sham 69
Devo
The Damned
Gary Numan Tubeway Army
It was agreat venue

posted on 29/12/15

Great venue....saw many there and a good few stand out...Elton John ( I know but he was okish back then , Sham 69 - I wasnt a punk....stood out like a sore thumb in the queue and Status Quo...not a fan but what a gig for going mental .
Wee footnote....Auld Green who owned the place originally and who it is obviously named after was Jimmy McGrory's faither in law or my old dad talks p!sh

comment by atheist (U2783)

posted on 29/12/15

Zeppelin in '72 my most memorable, 3+ hours of blues, folk and rock.

posted on 29/12/15

I had quite a mixed list from the Apollo...roughly in chronological order.....Argent, Bad Company, Yes (several times), Hawkwind, Gallagher and Lyle, Chuck Berry, Queen, The Jacksons, Barclay James Harvest, SAHB, ....struggling to remember the rest.
Also saw good bands at the City Halls....including Chick Corea and Return to Forever, Greenslade

posted on 29/12/15

not heard of many in Magnums list

All before my time I would guess

posted on 29/12/15

Ath

We played Ace of Spades at our wedding disco in Carrickfergus, and folk still talk about it.

I was a rocker I'll n the 80's, and hippy too as I liked hendrix, zep floyd etc along with the likes of motorhead and sabbath.

Love you like a reptile, We are the roadcrew, and Ace of Spades will be rock classics, lol


Lenn did will rididing, drugin and boozin til seventy, and smokin too.Legend big man.

RIP Lenny

posted on 29/12/15

Duke

Lucky boy seeing those bands....Damned, I just can't be happy today, Devo...We are not men, we are Devo, Jam in the tube station or dreaming of Monday.Awesome tunes

posted on 29/12/15

Great OP Ath - take 5 mate.

My Green's Playhouse/Apollo list was a follows - all between 73 and 78 (when I left Glasgow for the first time) - David Bowie, Faces (twice), Rod Stewart, Billy Connolly, Wings, 10cc (both line-ups), Elton John. Also saw Supertramp (supported by Chris de Burgh) at the City Hall

posted on 30/12/15

I missed Green's but at the Apollo I saw folk like the Stones, Faces, Jam, Undertones, Ian Dury, Rory Gallagher, Van Morrison....

comment by atheist (U2783)

posted on 30/12/15

comment by Blue Heaven (U8293)
posted 22 minutes ago
I missed Green's but at the Apollo I saw folk like the Stones, Faces, Jam, Undertones, Ian Dury, Rory Gallagher, Van Morrison....
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One regret I have is missing out on seeing Rory and the SAHB.

posted on 30/12/15

Rory was a terrific live performer. I saw him a few times.

Only time I saw SAHB was at Parkhead! (Supporting The Who.) SAHB weren't really to my taste, to be honest.

My best mate was (and is) a prog/rock fan so bands I saw with him at the Apollo included Deep Purple, Wishbone Ash, Uriah Heep. The shame!

comment by atheist (U2783)

posted on 30/12/15

Was at that Who gig as well, BH, via a windae cleaner's ladder just as the Who came on.

posted on 30/12/15

comment by atheist (U2783)
posted 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
Was at that Who gig as well, BH, via a windae cleaner's ladder just as the Who came on.
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Ath...that requires some explaining

posted on 30/12/15

Evening Ath and any Zep fans.

If you missed it, BBC Radio 2 at 6pm featured Led Zeppelin, chatting about the classic songs, times at Hedley Grange formulating Stairway To Heaven, death of drummer boy John B in 1980, when I remember a guy at High School crying and having to go home.

Great tracks such as When the Levvy Breaks too, so give it a listen and chill.

posted on 30/12/15

Add
SLF at least twice at the Apollo who were always great live
And the buzzcocks who were shocking

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