This appears to be all over Facebook, but why not do it here. An A to Z of a live act you’ve seen, with one for each letter. Strictly surname or band name only.
Here’s mine. Not having seen XTC or X-ray Specs, I have one letter missing:
Joan Armatrading
Bjork
Civil Wars
Bob Dylan
Eurythmics
Fairport Convention
Rory Gallagher
Horslips
Iron and Wine
Tom Jones
BB King
Daniel Lanois
Laura Marling
Randy Newman
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Gretchen Peters
Q Tips
Josh Rouse
Simple Minds
The Temptations
UB40
Villagers
Papa Wemba
Yes
Zutons
it’s all over Facebook – name a band/artist you’ve seen live for every letter of the alphabet.
So what relevance to The Afterword?
1. It’s a list
2. It’s music related
3. The perfect opportunity for each of us to applaud, criticise, sneer at, and be jealous of, other peoples live experiences.
Here’s mine:
A – AC/DC
B – Blur
C – Carter USM
D – Doctor Feelgood
E – Eddie and The Hot Rods
F – Faith No More
G – Guns n Roses
H – Hawkwind
I – Iron Maiden
J – James
K – Kula Shaker
L – Len Price 3
M – Madness
N – New Model Army
O – Osbourne, Ozzy
P – Public Image Limited
Q – Quireboys
R – Ruts DC
S – Stiff Little Fingers
T – Turner, Frank
U – Uriah Heep
V – Vapors
W – Whitesnake
X – Xentrix
Y – Young, Paul
Z – Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
Good work – a full house!
Seem to be missing 3.
Altered Images
Blur
Chic
Bob Dylan
Echo and the Bunnymen
Fleetwood Mac
Peter Gabriel
PJ Harvey
I
Joe Jackson
Kinks
Love featuring Arthur Lee
Paul McCartney
New Order
Oasis
PIL
Q
Rolling Stones
Springsteen
Jeff Tweedy
U2
Velvet Underground
Wilco
X
Neil Young
Zombies
Looks like others are using Iggy for I, because it’s a stage name?
I – Iggy Pop
Some slightly fast ones being pulled here, regarding stage names.
Elton John is a stage name and should be filed under E, not J. Captain Beefheart is a stage name and should really be filed under C, not B but I suppose he often just gets referred to as “Beefheart” so it scrapes by. Everyone seems to be putting Bob Dylan under D. A stage name, but he’s very often referred to as just “Dylan” so it’s quite acceptable, I think. If anyone ever abbreviates Elton John it’s always as “Elton”, never heard of him being referred to as “John”.
Hmm not sure about that. I can’t visit a record shop or a library right now to check this out but surely Elton would be filed under J, just as George Eliot would be under E and David Bowie under B.
A long, long time ago Reg Dwight changed his name by deed poll to Elton Hercules John, so for a very long time it has not been a stage name, but his official name.
Initially, I went through picking my favourites (and ones that would make me look cool!), but then I got to S and really struggled to choose between Stephen Duffy and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, so I started again and picked the ones I’ve seen the most (some of which I’ve only seen once!) for each letter.
A – ABC
B – Bob Dylan
C – The Charlatans
D – Dodgy (really it’s Drugdealercheerleader, a mate’s band)
E – Elton John
F – The Farm (really it’s Fingerbowl, a mate’s band)
G – Gary Numan
H – Half Man Half Biscuit
I – Iggy Pop
J – Joe Pernice/Pernice Brothers/Chappaquiddick Skyline (he has a lot of guises!)
K – Kraftwerk
L – Lightning Seeds
M – Marc Almond
N – Nick Heyward
O – Oasis
P – The Proclaimers
Q – zilch!
R – R.E.M.
S – Stephen Duffy/The Lilac Time
T – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
U – Up and Running (cult Scouse band)
V – The Verve
W – Witness
X – See Y
Y – See Z
Z – See X
You didn’t read the question properly regarding surnames of artists!
Ah, bugger! Okay then…
A – Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown
B – The Bluetones
C – The Charlatans
D – Stephen Duffy/The Lilac Time
E – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
F – The Farm (really it’s Fingerbowl, a mate’s band)
G – Gene
H – Nick Heyward/Boo Hewerdine
I – Chris Isaak
J – Elton John/The Jayhawks (tie)
K – Kraftwerk
L – Lightning Seeds
M – Jesse Malin
N – Gary Numan
O – Oasis
P – Joe Pernice/Pernice Brothers/Chappaquiddick Skyline (he has a lot of guises!)
Q – zilch!
R – R.E.M.
S – Suede/Supergrass (tie)
T – Teenage Fanclub
U – Up and Running (cult Scouse band)
V – The Verve
W – Witness
X – See Y
Y – See Z
Z – See X
Still didn’t fill the blanks. If anything, this exposes me even more as ‘90s indie kid’
Up and Running! Top band
They seemed to support nearly every band that played in Liverpool at one point. They seemed to be permanently on the fringes of breaking through, but it just never quite happened.
Well I was tempted to put down S Club 7 for S. Actually think that might have been cooler than Simple Minds….
No Q or Z as have failed to see Zwan, ZZ Top and Zero 7 and don’t like Queen or the Quireboys
Altered Images
Buzzcocks
Clash
Dylan
Echo and the Bunnymen
Fatboy Slim
Girlschool
Kristen Hersh
Inspiral Carpets
Jam
Killing Joke
Long Ryders
Madness
New Order
Orange Juice
Prefab Sprout
REM
Sigur Ros
Teenage Fanclub
Undertones
Vampire Weekend
Waterboys
XTC
Yo La Tengo
A – Animals
B – Beatles
C – Cream
D – Diddley, Bo
E – Everly Brothers
F – Family
G – Griffith, Nancy
H – Harris, Emmylou
I – Ike and Tina Turner
J – Joplin, Janice
K – Kylie Minogue
L – Led Zeppelin
M – Mayall, John
N – Neville Brothers
O – Orbison, Roy
P – Parkes, Van Dyke
Q – Quintessence
R – Rolling Stones
S – Spooky Tooth
T – Ten Years After
U – US Bonds, Gary
V – Vampire Weekend
W – Wainwright, Rufus
X – Xavier Rudd
Y – Yes
Z – Zappa, Frank
Animals, Beatles, Cream, Roy Orbison….
We have a winner.
and Janis Joplin
and Zappa
We’re not worthy ….
https://images.app.goo.gl/xrGse7KtFp2pBUrA6
One of the few benefits of being old…I realise I broke the rules with I and K, so Irish Rovers, King Crimson…
I preferred Kylie to King Crimson to be honest
Me too…
And Bo Diddley , and Ike and Tina Turner, and the Neville Brothers. It’s just irritating is what it is….
Well you did ask…
But he cheats alphabetically …
Yebbut – THE BEATLES!
Where? Could you hear anything?
I am still annoyed my parents didn’t take me to see them when they played Abergavenny (in a cinema), I would only have been about 1, but nevertheless …
First rime? Yes, they were second on the bill to the Big O. Second time, could hear nothing but screaming even though we were in the front row.
Crikey, there’s a few there that I’m jealous of!
Animal Nightlife
Bowie, David
Chao, Manu
Deep Purple
Echo & the Bunnymen
Faithful, Marianne
Glitter, Gary (oops!)
Harper, Ben
I
Japan
Kemp, Gary
Lang, Jonny
Melly, George
Oasis
Petty, Tom
Queen
Rolling Stones
Springsteen, Bruce
T
U
V
Wishbone Ash
X
Y
Z
Hey, Jonny Lang, What was he like live?
Young! Very young. It was in 1999 (at the Pistoia Blues Festival) so, looking up his birthday now, I see that he was 18 then. Phenomenally good on guitar and a really good stage presence, but to be honest, not my kind of music. Patti Smith, Ben Harper and Deep Purple were all on the same bill. I thought Purple were pretty bad. Their first song was a cover of The Boys Are Back In Town. My main memory of the fairly small festival is that when Harper played Burn One Down it seemed that pretty much everyone in the audience lit one up!
missing 3
A – Alabama 3
B – Better Oblivion Community Centre
C – Calexico
D – Doves
E – Edward II
F – Fugazi
G – Godspeed You Black Emperor
H – Hamell On Trial
I – Idlewild
J – Jets To Brazil
K – Killing Joke
L – Levellers
M – Men They Couldn’t Hang
N – New Model Army
O – Oysterband
P – Poisoned Electrick Head
Q – Queens Of The Stone Age
R – Rancid
S – Sepultura
T – Thee Oh Sees
U –
V –
W – Warpaint
X –
Y – Neil Young
Z – Zombie Met Girl
A. Average White Band
B. Big Big Train
C. Camel
D. Dawes
E. ELO
F. Focus
G. Genesis
H. Hawkwind
I. Isotope
J. Elton John
K. King Crimson
L. Led Zeppelin
M. Mott The Hoople
N. Nazareth
O. Conor Oberst
P. Pink Floyd
Q. Quiver
R. Roxy Music
S. Steely Dan
T. Tedeschi Trucks Band
U. Uriah Heep
V. Foy Vance
W. Wishbone Ash
X.
Y. Yes
Z. Zombies
hang on, I’ve seen Foy Vance as well (he was very uncomplimentary about Mark E Smith, who had preceded him onstage). Only 2 missing now.
Uncomplimentary about MES?? Wot??
Adam and The Ants
Buzzcocks
Cabaret Voltaire
Dexys Midnight Runners
Earth, Wind & Fire
Funkadelic
Gang Of Four
Human League
Iggy
Joy Division
KC and the Sunshine Band
Little Feat
Magazine
New Order
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Parliament
Queen
Rolling Stones
Stranglers
Temptations
Undertones
Vibrators
Westlife
X-Ray Spex
Yazoo
Ziggy Marley
Westlife … respec
They were very good, if you like that sort of thing.
I could’ve had
B = Busted
and
M = McFly
Stuff one does for their offspring
I’m with the OP, failing on the X.
Kevin Ayers
Blowzabella
Julian Cope
Del Amitri
Eel Grinders
The Fall
The Gloaming
Steve Hackett
The Imagined Village
Nic Jones
King Crimson
Lau
Juana Molina
Joanna Newsom
Mike Oldfield
Karine Polwart
Quebe Sisters Band (yyyesss, Cambridge Folk Festival 2010, back of the net! Can’t remember anything about them, but I was there)
Radiohead
Sufjan Stevens
Inge Thomson
The Undertones
The Verve
The Waterboys
XTC ( I wish)
Yes
Zef
There are no entries for either Q or X in the Great Folk Discography. Fact.
Africando
Buzzcocks
Clash
Manu Dibango
Ezra Collective
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Ruben Gonzales
Gil Scott Heron
Gregory Isaacs
Grace Jones
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Carmen Lundy
Curtis Mayfield
Youssou N’Dour
Roy Orbison
Penetration
Quantic
Rebirth Brass Band
Sex Pistols
Talking Heads
Undertones
Chucho Valdes
Tom Waits
XTC
Y
Tapper Zukie
Gil Scott Heron! Respect!
Here’s The Hooverville Brothers with a cover of Whitey On The Moon.
@Kaisfatdad
That is hilarious.
I saw GSH twice in London in the early 1980s, at the Commonwealth Institute and Brixton Academy. He was great both times. He played at Ronnie Scott’s a lot but I never went because he didn’t have any new music. A friend who worked there said “He takes too much cocaine”.
Glad you liked it. Michael Marra was one of my favourite artists ever. I couldn’t put him on my live a-z under M, because I never got to see him live. I bought tickets twice to see him but I couldn’t make it one time, and the second time he was too ill to perform.
Absolutely hilarious! And all too true.
I had no idea Michael Marra had dabbled in faux bluegrass.
https://www.musical1.com/michael-marra/blog/354/the-hooverville-brothers-whitey-on-the-moon
Full house, including three that are ‘double points’ (ie first and second word both with the same letter)
Arctic Monkeys
Buzzcocks
The Cardiacs
The Damned
Echo & The Bunnymen
Fiat Lux
Gary Glitter (soz)
Husker Du
It’s Immaterial
The Jam
King Kurt
Lush
The Members
New Order
Roy Orbison
Peter Perrett
Quireboys
The Ramones
Skinny Puppy
Toyah
Undertones
Violent Femmes
Wonderstuff
X Mal Deutschland
Young Disciples
Zerra One
Yes, I was thinking that as I posted Sufjan Stevens.
Zerra One! Ruddy heck, forgot about them – I’ve still got a 12″ single of theirs.
Decent band of their time, supported everyone bar The Wurzels. I wouldn’t go rushing to discogs hoping it’ll be your pension, mind.
Adams, Ryan
Beach Boys,
Cohen, Leonard
Dylan, Bob
Earle, Steve
Foo Fighters
Gabriel, Peter
Harris, Emmylou
Isaac, Chris
Jackson, Joe
King B.B.
Lang K.D.
McCartney Paul
Nelson, Willie
Old Crow Medicine Show
Petty, Tom
Status Quo
Rolling Stones
Santana
Jethro Tull
U2
Valli, Frankie
Walker, Scott
X ( Gulp ! )
Young, Neil
Blunstone, Colin ( Zombies lead singer – tenuos I know )
Scott Walker? When?
It was in the late 1960’s. Scott 2 had just been released and it was the Scott Walker tour when lots of acts were bundled together and went on the road. The artists on this tour were:
Scott Walker
Ronnie Scott
Terry Reid
The Love Affair
The Gunn
The Searchers
The Paper Dolls
A good Line up I think you will agree.
I still have the programme.
Amazing
Here goes…..
A – AC/DC
B – Kate Bush
C – Elvis Costello
D – Bob Dylan
E – Elbow
F – Fleetwood Mac
G – Genesis
H – Jools Holland
I – Imagine Dragons (at the Singapore Grand Prix concert – but it still counts !)
J – Norah Jones
K – BB King
L – Level 42
M – Muse
N – Neville Brothers
O – OMD
P – The Pretenders
Q – Queen
R – R.E.M.
S – Sigur Ros
T – Roger Taylor (Queen drummer solo touring as “The Cross” – I know its a cheat)
U – U2
V
W – Wet Wet Wet
X
Y
Z
Do I get a bonus point for….
孫燕姿
23 Skidoo
The Auteurs
Big Star
The Cramps
The Divine Comedy
The Edge (band with Lu Edmonds/Jon Moss rather than behatted U2 guitarist)
The Fall
The Go-Betweens
Holly and the Italians
Iggy
Joy Division
Ed Kuepper
The Lords of the New Church
The Monochrome Set
New Order
Orange Juice
Prefab Sprout
Queen
REM
The Smiths
They Might be Giants
The Undertones
The Vaselines
Rufus Wainwright
X –
Neil Young
Z –
The Edge (band with Lu Edmonds/Jon Moss rather than behatted U2 guitarist)
Macho Man! That was a cracking single, IIRC. Very Stranglers-y.
I’ve only got Downhill/American Excess, which I bought after seeing them, but there’s definitely a Stranglers-y vibe there too.
In the spirit of a CD Swap, trying to select list entries that might yield an interesting compilation:
A – (Natasha) Atlas
B – Byzantium
C – Captain Beefheart
D – Doctor Feelgood
E – Eddie and The Hot Rods
F – Fairport Convention
G – Gong
H – Hawkwind
I – Indigo Girls
J – Jethro Tull
K – Kursall Flyers
L – Lady Maisery
M – (The) Motors
N – New Model Army
O – (Remmy) Ongala
P – Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra
Q – (The Sutherland Brothers And) Quiver (*ahem*)
R – Radiohead (*awful bloody racket*)
S – Southern Exposure
T – Tangerine Dream
U – Utopia
V – Van Morrison
W – (The) Waterboys
X – X Ray Spex
Y – stumped here
Z – stumped here
A Amadou & Mariam
B Asha Bhosle
C Holger Czukay
D Dr. Strangely Strange
E Element Of Crime
F The Feelies
G Gas
H Hüsker Dü
I Chris Isaak
J Flaco Jimenez
K Kanda Bongo Man
L Little Village
M Baaba Maal
N Nits
O Orchestre National de Barbès
P Phish
Q The Quireboys
R The Residents
S Scritti Politti
T Traffic
U Uriah Heep
V Marcos Valle
W Stevie Wonder
X XTC
Y Dwight Yoakam
Z Frank Zappa
At last … someone else who’s seen The Quireboys
I was beginning to think I dreamt their existence
The Quireboys played a biker festival in a former socialist ballroom in Berlin. They were announced by the drummer of local punk band Die Ärzte, who drove onto the stage on his Harley (the security/health & safety guys all nearly got a heart attack). Who would dream of something like that??
I saw them supporting Johnny Thunders in Manchester in the late 80s. A ramshackle night, overall!
You saw Holger Czukay live, fatima? Respect.
Holger Czukay – that was a one-off concert/art installation in an abandoned museum in Berlin. Herr Czukay mostly played telephones and short-wave radios, but finally picked up a Hofner violin bass when David Sylvian joined the jam on synths. Some of these recordings (“Atmosphere Tunings”) were used on the “Radio Wave Surfer” album.
Well, here we go with my modest little list. I just couldn’t come up with a Z artist, I’m afraid.
A. Laurie Anderson
B. David Bowie
C. Elvis Costello (19 times – the artist I’ve seen most often)
D. Toumani Diabaté
E. Ludovico Einaudi
F. The Fall
G. Philip Glass
H. Ted Hawkins
I. Iron & Wine
J. Keith Jarrett
K. Kraftwerk
L. Jackie Leven
M. John Martyn
N. The Necks
O. Orchestra Baobab
P. Prince
Q. Q-Tips
R. Jonathan Richman
S. Elliott Smith
T. Talking Heads
U. The Unthanks
V. Suzanne Vega
W. Muddy Waters (my all-time no.1 gig)
X. XTC
Y. Yachts (same gig as XTC above)
Z. I had a ticket to see Warren Zevon once, but I couldn’t go because I was ill
Possibly some unforgettable support bands that could fill in the gaps but, obviously, I can’t remember who they are.
Ash
British Sea Power
Eliza Carthy
Duke Special
Elbow
Field Music
John Grant
P J Harvey
Interpol
Jane’s Addiction
The Killers
Lonelady
Aimee Mann
New Order
O
Iggy Pop
Queens of the Stone Age
Beth Rowley
The Secret Machines
Turin Brakes
U2
Laura Veirs
Martha Wainwright
X
Y
Z
Argent
Budgie
Crawler
The Drones
The Enid
Michael Franks
Gillan
Humble Pie
Imagination
Japan
Diana Krall
Landscape
Magazine
Nine Below Zero
A Band Called O
Players Association
Q-Tips
Smokey Robinson
Slaughter and the Dogs
Tower of Power
Uriah Heep
Luther Vandross
The Whispers
XTC
Yes
Frank Zappa
The joy of being on “ents” at Sheffield Poly in the early 80s – live music three nights a week…
Here’s my list. May I draw your attention in particular to “J”:
A Adam & The Ants
B Blakey, Art and the Jazz Messengers
C Calvi, Anna
D Dylan, Bob
E Echo & the Bunnymen
F The Fall
G Geldof, Bob]
H Hook, Peter & the Light
I It’s Immaterial
J John, Elton (in a local pub)
K Kraftwerk
L Low
M Marling, Laura
N New Order
O OMD
P Primal Scream
Q Quantic
R Roxy Music
S Sigur Ros
T Teardrop Explodes
U Unthanks
V Violent Femmes
W Wishbone Ash
X Xmal Deutschland
Y Young, Paul
Z Zero 7
Crikey – which pub and how and why?
Fermain Tavern, St Peter Port, Guernsey, 3 December 1990.
EJ was getting addiction therapy through a guy called Beechy Colclough, who lived here. He came over to see/thank him and played a gig in the pub…
Good stuff, Biggles.
I was sort of hoping that Elton would launch into a special Guernsey rendition of “(Channel) Island Girl”, but it was not to be…
I can only muster 25 out of 26.
Dave Alvin
Blue Rodeo
Rosanne Cash
Bob Dylan
Everything But The Girl
Free
Rory Gallagher
Roy Harper
It’s Immaterial
The Jayhawks
Chris Knight
Ronnie Lane
Natalie Merchant
Randy Newman
Over The Rhine
John Prine
Quiver
R.E.M.
Santana
Traffic
The Undertones
Lucinda Williams
X – bah!
Neil Young
Warren Zevon
Aphex Twin
David Bowie
The Cure
Bob Dylan
Echo & The Bunnymen
Flaming Lips
Guillemots
Ian Hunter
Grace Jones
Fela Kuti
Nils Lofgren
Madness
New Order
The Orb
Chuck Prophet
Queen
Lou Reed
David Sylvian
Thin Lizzy
Ultramarine
Tom Verlaine
The Who
Brand ‘X’ (slight cheat!)
Paul Young
Ziggy Marley(yes I know – stuck on ‘Z’)
I could add Brand X to my list too, in that case.
I’d completely forgotten I has seen them.
Never saw Queen, the Quireboys (!) or XTC, so blanks there.
Angelwitch
James Brown
Cud
The Damned
Echo and the Bunnymen
Frank Chickens
Genesis
Hawkwind
Iron Maiden
The Jam
Kraftwerk
L7
Minty
Ted Nugent
The Only Ones
The Pirates
Q –
Jonathan Richman
The Scorpions
Television
UFO
Violent Femmes
Bobby Womack
X –
Neil Young
Zapp
Bugger! Fell at the final fence. Only one Q. Duke Duke & the Dukes were my favourite local band when I was at University. They were exactly the kind of band I’d liked to have been in. They went up to London and were famous for about a week
XOX Band were essentially a Santana Tribute band that I came across whilst on holiday in Austria in 1990. Pretty impressive as it happens
East Side torpedoes were a sort of Asbury Dukes type band based in Newcastle in the early 80s. Big brass section, and a wonderful live act
Ahab
Be Good Tanyas
Cherryholmes
Duke Duke & the Dukes
East Side Torpedoes
Fruupp
Girlyman
Horslips
Indigo Girls
Joan as Policewoman
Kokomo
Los Lobos
Moulettes
Nucleus
Olabelle
Punch Brothers
Quiver
Railroad Earth
Swap
Taste
Uncle Earl
Vika & Linda
We Banjo 3
XOX Band
Yo La Tengo
Singer songwriters for me. 7 gaps though.
Amy Allison
Billy Bragg
Guy Clark
Barbara Dickson
Fred Eaglesmith
Steve Forbert
Mary Gauthier
John Hiatt
I
Joe Jackson
BB King
Ray Lamontagne
Brian McNeill
Rab Noakes
O’Hooley and Tiddow
Rod Picott
Q
Amy Rigby
Jill Sobule
Teddy Thompson
U
V
Loudon Wainwright III
X
Y
Z
Having read over this again, I think all of these gigs were in Glasgow apart from Iggy & The Stooges (Hammersmith Odeon) and X-S Discharge (Paisley Bungalow)
A – Aerosmith
B – Bachelor Pad
C – The Cramps
D – Miles Davis
E – The Ex
F – The Fleshtones
G – The Gun Club
H – Hanoi Rocks
I – Iggy & The Stooges
J – Wilko Johnson
K – The Kaisers
L – Jerry Lee Lewis
M – Moon Duo
N – New York Dolls
O – The Only Ones
P – Pere Ubu
Q – Paul Quinn
R – The Ramones
S – The Scientists
T – McCoy Tyner
U – The Undertones
V- Van Halen
W – Link Wray
X – X-S Discharge
Y – Yo La Tengo
Z – The Zips
You’ve seen Miles Davis? Why haven’t you told us?
I think I may have seen Miles Davis at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970. Memories of that festival are very, very hazy. Lots of hashish and acid.
What about Jerry Lee Lewis? Do tell.
I saw him twice, one was early 90s at the SECC, and the second one was the Farewell Tour – he was GREAT both times, even though he was nursing his wrath to keep it warm.
I reviewed them both for The (Glasgow) Herald – the most recent show was £125, so I had swithered about going until the Arts Editor asked “are you free to do Jerry Lee this week?”
https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/13715220.music-review-jerry-lee-lewis-clyde-auditorium-glasgow/
oh, how was he when you saw him ?
*ducks*
Ausgang
Babes in Toyland
Clash
Damned
Eddie Tenpole (playing with Tenpole Tudor) who cadged a fag off me outside the bogs.
Fuzztones
Goldfrapp
H
I
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (playing with Gun Club)
Killing Joke
Lords of the New Church
Membranes
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Oasis!! (in Zaragoza, Spain)
Pixies (1988, Kentish T&C Club!!)
Q
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Sex Gang Children
Three Johns
U
V
Wonderstuff
Xmal Deutschland
Young Gods
Z
I bet you don’t Google your S band.
Are you from Leeds?
A – Alice Cooper
B – Bowie
C – Clash
D – Dylan
E – Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
F – Fairport Convention
G – Gong
H – Hawkwind
I – Iggy Pop
J – The Jam
K – Katherine Tickell
L – Led Zeppelin
M – Metallica
N – National Health
O – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the dark
P – Prince
Q – Queen
R – Todd Rundgren
S – Siouxie and the Banshees
T – The Tubes
U – UFO
V – Van Halen
W – The Who
X – XTC
Y – Yes
z – Frank Zappa
Ooo, we do love showing off, don’t we?!
A: Albion Band
B: Bowie, David
C: Clapton, Eric
D: Dandy Warhols
E: Edward II
F: Faithless
G: Garbage
H: Handsome Family
I: Idlewild
J: Jackson, Joe
K: Killing Joke
L: Little Johnny England
M: Madness
N: the National
O: Orbital
P: Peatbog Faeries
Q: ………..
R: R.E.M.
S: the Stranglers
T. the Tansads
U: UB40
V: ……
W: Willard Grant Conspiracy
X:……….
Y: the Yes
Z: Zappa, Dweezil
No Q, V, X……
Apples In Stereo
Bad Manners
Cardiacs
De La Soul
Eagles Of Death Metal
Fishbone
Gallon Drunk
Happy Mondays
Idles
Jim Jiminee
Kula Shaker
Laibach
Madness
New Fast Automatic Daffodils
Of Montreal
Pulp
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Residents
The Specials
They Might Be Giants
Ultramarine
V
Ween
X-Static (XTC tribute band)
Y
Z
Nearly a full set, I could say I saw the Voidoids, Yello and The Zanti Misfits (great name) but that would be a lie.
My friends the Burnett brothers were in the Zanti Misfits!
Alabama 3
Breeders
Elvis Costello
Decemberists
Elbow
Felice Brothers
Grinderman
Handsome Family
I Am Kloot
James
King Creosote
Lambchop
Mogwai
National
Oh Susanna
Pretenders
R.E.M.
Squeeze
Teenage Fanclub
UB40
Vision
Wilco
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I never saw Queen (Hurray!), XTC (Boo!) or the Zutons (Meh)….
A surprising dearth of Ks and Ts, but got a full house.
A. Arctic Monkeys
B. David Bowie
C. Elvis Costello
D. Bob Dylan
E. Echobelly
F. Fleetwood Mac
G. Gorillaz
H. Happy Mondays
I. Iron and Wine
J. The Jam
K. The Killers
L. Leftfield
M. Mercury Rev
N. New Order
O. Orbital
P. Penguin Café
Q. Queen
R. Radiohead
S. Bruce Springsteen
T. Tricky
U. U2
V. Velvet Underground
W. Paul Weller
X. The Xx
Y. Neil Young
Z. Zero 7
If we were to do the inverse of this – Bands You HAVEN’T Seen Live – I’m guessing the B, X, Z entries would be pretty much the same.
Go on, have a guess
So many of you lucky old sods saw XTC live. Seething.
Unashamedly gone for rarity value where possible.
A – Antibalas (Jazz Café)
B – Blossom Toes (Watford Top Rank double bill with Family)
C – The Crusaders (Dunstable Civic, I think)
D – DONOVAN (London Festival Hall, I think) Had to be done ..
E – Emerson, Lake and Palmer (Watford Civic Hall, now called The Colosseum)
F – Frank Chickens (Glastonbury early ’80s and then Union Chapel a few years ago)
G – Binker Golding conducting Tomorrow’s Warriors Soon Come Big Band (twice in the last few months)
H – Heads, Hands and Feet (Hyde Park free concert, I think)
I – It’s a Beautiful Day (A bit of a cheat, maybe. David & Linda LaFlamme and Barry “The Fish” Melton plus a British pick-up band. Sutton Football Club)
J – The James Gang (Large seated venue somewhere. They weren’t very good)
K – King Crimson (Hyde Park ’69)
L – Albert Lee and Hogan’s Heroes (Rayners Hotel, Harrow £7 entry. The night after he’d been a guest performer at The Concert For George where scalpers were selling tickets for hundreds of pounds)
M – Matching Mole (Their first ever public gig at Hydraspace, Watford)
N – Bill Nelson (Jazz Café and again at The Stables)
O – Osibisa (Watford Tech. College)
P – Patto (Hydraspace, Watford)
Q – Quintessence (Watford Tech. College)
R – Rolling Stones (Hyde Park ’69)
S – Sun Ra Arkestra (Union Chapel)
T – Taste (Isle of Wight Festival ’70)
U – Unit 4+2 (My first ever live gig, Watford Trade Union Hall 1965 or ’66)
V – Vinegar Joe (Watford Tech. College)
W – Weather Report (Glastonbury early ’80s)
X – (No way to do this without cheating) Xenia Pestova-Bennett (Union Chapel – twice)
Y – Yes (Largish seated venue. Boring)
Z – Zawinul Syndicate (Ronnie Scott’s. Shook hands with Joe and congratulated him on his amazing band)
Numbers – Third Ear Band (Hyde Park ’69 and a few other places before)
*applauds*
So no ones seen Ultravox live except me then.
Allman Bros
BB King
Cippolina, John
Doobie Brothers
Experience, Jimi hendrix
Free
Grateful Dead
Hawkwind
Idle Race
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (Mick Taylor)
King, Albert
Lee, Arthur
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Nice
Osibisa
Pink Floyd (with Syd)
Quiver and Sutherland Brothers
Rolling Stones (with Brian)
Steve Hillage
Ten Years After
U
Van Morrison
Wilko Johnson
X
Yes
Zoot Money
Is Van Morrison a band?
No but I have seen Midge Ure – same letter and much the same thing.
I saw about half an hour of Ultravox in 1986. The only gig I’ve left so early as they were terrible.
Some great lists here creating serious envy. Have I missed it or has no one listed Bob Marley and the Wailers? Of course some bastard(s) here will have seen them…
Bob Marley at the Lyceum is probably the most lied-about gig after the Sex Pistols at the Screen on the Green.
And Jedward at the Hollywood Bowl.
having Trouble embedding a video today. It was supposed to be a poor pun on Tom and Jerry at the Hollywood Bowl
Never went to the Lyceum, but I did see the Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall
(I was 6)
That’s quite a journey from Reading at that age.
I called someone out about Marley at the Lyceum a few years ago. They would have been 14 at the time. Not impossible but I just didn’t believe him.
Suggs was there – and I do believe him.
Not so sure of every NME, MM, and Sounds journo of the time
I think @kaisfatdad saw Bob in a pub in Fulham (Greyhound?)
(it may have been someone else, but I’m sure it was someone on here)
Quite correct. It was at a pub in Hammersmith. I think. My first ever reggae concert.
I remember sitting there talking about A level English with my pal. 90% of the audience were West Indians. Well it felt that way.
Mrs duco01 saw Bob Marley live three times – as she’s always keen to remind me.
Mind you, none of those occasions was as early as the gig that kaisfatdad saw (i.e. The Greyhound, Fulham Palace Road, London, 20 May 1973).
Surely I can’t have been the only Afterworder making a fool of myself in the pond in front of the Palace Bowl skanking aling with Bob at the Garden Party?
That beats every other entry on this list. On googling I discover it was only 3 weeks after their OGWT appearance. Even with that exposure, only a handful of rock fans were hip enough to go and see them. Respect.
The second most famous person to attend that Wailers gig at the Greyhound in May 73 (after Kaisfatdad, of course) was David Rodigan.
In this brief clip he remembers the gig – and accidentally bumping into Bob Marley on the Fulham Palace Road afterwards …
I’ve seen Bob three times, once on my 18th birthday, Belle Vue, Manchester.
I debated which letter he comes under, B, M or W, and ended up plumping for someone else.
A Alabama 3
B Björk
C Cat Power
D David Bowie
E Eels
F Flaming Lips
G Goldfrapp
H Hawkwind
I Iggy & The Stooges
J James Brown
K King Crimson
L Led Zeppelin
M Michael Jackson
N Neville Brothers
O Oasis (they were sheeiiite)
P Pink Floyd
Q Quintessence
R Radiohead
S Stevie Wonder
T Thievery Corporation
U Underworld
V Van Morrison
W Wilco
X No sodding X!!
Y Yes
Z Frank Zappa, or ZZ Top if Frank doesn’t count.
Alcatraz
Be Bop Deluxe
C Eric Clapton
D Bob Dylan
Everything but the Girl
F Jeffrey Foucault
G Rory Gallagher
H Emmylou Harris
I Jason Isbel
Joe Jackson
King Crimson
Little Feat
M Van Morrison
Nutz
Osibisa
P Robert Palmer
Q Tips
R David Lee Roth
S Lisa Stanfield
T Richard Thompson
UFO
V Suzanne Vega
W Snowy White
X Ray Spex
Y Tricia Yearwood
ZZ Top
Easy.
Cities I’ve seen Bruce Springsteen live in :
Asbury Park/Albany
Buffalo/Basel/Bologna/Birmingham
C
D
East Rutherford (NJ)
Frankfurt
G
Hamilton (Ontario)/Hartford (CT)
I
J
K
London/Ludwigshafen
Montreal/Manchester
New York
Oakland
Paris/Philadelphia
Q
R
Stafford/Saratoga
Toronto
U
V
Wembley
X
Y
Zurich
He kissed my girlfriend’s hand at one of the shows he did at Bramall Lane in 1988 on the Tunnel of Love tour. We were both working with the St John Ambulance and it was later in the set and we were starting to get a quite frequent queue of bodies hauled over the fence for us revive and send back into the crowd (just faints, we weren’t resurrecting corpses), so we were stood on the ramp leading up to the stage, so that we could spot the stewards hauling them out.
Bruce did one of his runs down the front of the stage, high-fiving the folk right at the front and he finished up right by us and picked her hand up and gave it a kiss. She didn’t wash it for weeks. Good view of the band from there too!
Nice! That show in Sheffield was used for the Spare Parts video. I managed a high five at a Toronto show in 2012.
I could add Keynes Bowl, Milton to that list.
If I were there, and I wasn’t …
You mean you haven’t seen Bruce in Xenia, Ohio, dai?
I am disappoint.
A- Aztec Camera
B- David Bowie
C- Edwyn Collins
D- The Dandy Warhols
E- EMF
F- Franz Ferdinand
G – Green on Red
H- Richard Hawley
I – Icicle Works
J – The Jayhawks
K -The Kaisers
L – The Libertines
M – The Monochrome Set
N -Gary Numan
O – Orange Juice
P – Primal Scream
Q-
R- The Rolling Stones
S – Suede
T – Teenage Fanclub
U – The Undertones
V – The Violent Femmes
W -Stevie Wonder
X –
Y – Neil Young
Z – The Zutons
I’ve seen The Zutons too! Actually have 3 Z acts (at least), Zappa, Zutons, Zombies. Was going to see ZZ Top next month but …. (you know the rest)
Live a-z
Adam and the Ants
David Byrne
Cure
Dinosaur Jr.
Eels
John Fogerty
Guillemots
The Hives
I
Jay Z
Kid Creole and The Coconuts
L
Misty In Roots
N
Oasis
Pet Shop Boys
Q
Radiohead
The Slits
Talking Heads
Magnus Uggla
The Verve
Martha Wainwright
X
Neil Young
Z
As far as memory recalls, the best gig I have seen by a band/artist with that letter
Air
birthday Party
Leonard Cohen
Damned
Echo and the Bunnymen
Fallen Women (better live than the Fall in my opinion)
Gun Club
Husker Du
Iggy Pop (or Jason Isbell if sticking to my self imposed rules)
Jam
Killing Joke
Milkshakes
new order
Orange Juice
Penetration
Q – I’ll cheat with Robert Quine with Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Rolling Stones
Stooges (or Patti Smith – close call)
Talking Heads
Undertones
Voidoids
XTC
neil Young
Z
I’ve seen NWOBHM stalwarts A II Z …do I get a prize?
(I haven’t actually seen them of course though I might have if they played West Runton Pavillion.)
I saw them supporting ver Maiden at Brunel University in 1980. Very poor IIRC.
I bet!
AC/DC
James Blake
Neko Case
Dungen
El Perro Del Mar
Nils Frahm
Diamanda Galas
Lauryn Hill
Is Tropical
Elton John
Seun Kuti
Phil Lynott
Van Morrison
Daniel Norgren
Beth Orton
Prince
QOTSA
Robyn
Patti Smith
Television
Urban Cone
Vit Päls
Wilco
–
Neil Young
Monica Zetterlund
(Randomly chose between multiple acts for some letters – by NO means was the Diamanda Galas gig my favourite one for the letter G! but it’s a funny one to throw in there…)
You survived a Diamanda Galas show relatively unscathed. Lots of respect!
With a little spare time at the moment, thought I’d muse on some on-Island only gigs over the years (apologies – with some licence, to fit);
[‘J’ = Jersey]
A – Adam & The Ants (1981); Armatrading, Joan (2012 [J]}
B – Big Country (1983); Blancmange (1982);Biffy Clyro (2008)
C – Costello, Elvis (1980 and twice more)
D – Depeche Mode (1982); Davies, Ray (2012 [J])
E – Editors (2008), The Enemy (2008)
F – Fry, Martin (2005); Futureheads (2008)
G – Guillemots (2008); Gaslight Anthem (2011)
H – Hayseed Dixie (2011); Hadley, Tony (2005 – no Spandau songs allowed)
I
J – The Jam (1982); John, Elton (1990); Johnson, Wilko (2010 & 2013)
K – Katherine Jenkins (?)
L – The Lurkers (1979)
M – Morrison, Van (2012 [J])
N – Nouvelle Vague (2012, [J[)
O – Ocean Colour Scene (2011)
P – Primal Scream (2011); Perry, Lee “Scratch” (2012 [J] – “hello Dublin”)
Q – Quantic (2011); Quaye, Finley (2012 [J])
R – Rockpile (1980); Rodriguez (2012 [J]); Reverend & The Makers (2008)
S – Slade (197-); Status Quo (1979); Showaddywaddy (197-)
T – Thin Lizzy (1981)
U – Utah Saints (2008)
V – Van Morrison (2012 [J])
W
X
Y – Young, Paul (mid-80s); Young Knives (2008)
Z – The Zutons (2008 [J] by mistake)
I tried, and – despite manipulation – I failed.
Sorry, but we are only an island of 25 square miles…
Marc Almond
Blancmange
Cocteau Twins
Depeche Mode
E
Fiat Lux
Good Charlotte
Half Man Half Biscuit
Icehouse
Michael Jackson
Max Jaffa
Kraftwerk
The Lightning Seeds
Monochrome Set
Gary Numan
OMD
Pet Shop Boys
Q
REM
Sooty
Ruby Turner
U
Vicious Pink Phenomena
The Wiggles
X
Y
Zed
Can’t believe I have never seen an “E” but I’ll keep thinking…