class thread . Growing up in NI during the troubles , it was a bit hard to get to see decent bands (few wanted to come here , such was the media hype) instead we got a mixture of the odd consumate profesional or the truly desperate.
high points were bands like Thin Lizzy , Aerosmith, MSG, Dio
low points ..........queensreigh? supporting Dio at Antrim forum , getting covered in gob and then bottled off the stage for a witty political quip and for thinking he was in Dublin .........they were boddy awfull as well.
ACCEPT ..............PROBABLY THE WORST BAND I HAVE EVER SEEN (and i have seen some shite)
Def lep ..........more like tone deaf leotard.........bunch of poncy satin ****ers
Venom ..............pah ........dont make me laugh there was more venom in a wet sponge.......crap and really loud .........nearly as loud a Hawkwind who always seem crap indoors but when i have seen them at various open air gigs they have been pretty good .
comedy bands .........the MACC LADS .........beer , sex , chips and gravy , fab
Dumpys rusty nuts ..........stalwarts of the brit biking scene for the past 25 yrs at least !
The Golden Hoarde , southern Irish HEADCASES totaly mental and banned from nearly every indoor gig they ever played .......they had a lead guitarist who was a complete nutter , he appeared on stage in a chrome german helmet and skin tight silver strides and nothing else..........they had a line in totally pornographic lyrics and some questionable stage antics with the stripper or female members of the audience .
remembering back to those days makes my last concert experience , great though it was , seem a little staid in comparrison ..........but i think thats got more to do with age perhaps !
bb............searching though the metal pile