60s + 70s Groups Touring Who have you seen ,what were they like

[in a mo]

60s +70s Touring Groups,who have you seen,what were they like and who was your favourite. I was very fortunate to play on the same bill as The Tremeloes ,who were superb, also Mike Pinder The Searchers.

[MarkRae]

Mike Pinder? The keyboard player with The Moody Blues who pioneered the use of Mellotron in rock music?

Are you sure you don't mean Mike Pender, former vocalist with The Searchers...?

[factor-fiction]

MHi Mark- I must admit, I always thought the guy from The Searchers was called Mike Pinder but I've just checked and you are right.
ina mo- I'd love to see some of these groups, and although the personnel have changed since the 60s I'm sure they still put on a great show. In particular I'd love to see Steve Ellis and the Love Affair. I think Lou Christie is still on the scene and I've heard good reports.
Can you tell us which band you were in?

[Prudie]

In 70s at Uni I saw Hawkwind and Dr Feelgood (who I enjoyed more than anyone else I've ever seen live since).

[society]

I've seen most of them and appreciated their talents. The 70's music is my favourite.

Forgot to mention I saw them only on TV. :-)

[factor-fiction]

I saw lots at university in the 1970s- The Jam, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Squeeze , Slade, The Motors, Buzzcocks, Blondie etc and loved them all. I also saw REM before they were big. Later I saw Queen and I think they were the best live band. Oasis (okay 90s) were excellent too so I saw them a few times.
I saw Blondie and Stranglers again a couple of years ago and loved them too.
But looking back i think I've enjoyed every concert I've been to.

[boxtops]

The Move, Dire Straits, Humblebums (Billy Connolly and Gerry Rafferty).

[factor-fiction]

Dire Straits played at our university in 1977/1978 and hardly anyone turned up as we'd never heard of them. I wish I'd spent £2 on a ticket now.

[Prudie]

I saw Billy Idol playing in a pub in Margate before he was well known and didn't take much notice. I always wanted to see the Stranglers and never did, had a major thing for Jean-Jacques!

[boxtops]

We saw them at the NEC factor, we had a mate worked on the door.......

[The Builder]

in a Mo .......... I'd just finished doing a soundcheck for a gig recently. I texted this to a friend of mine who plays in Suzi Quatro's band. They were touring with the Trems, so he mentioned it to them............
"Oh, we did a soundcheck in 1967 ................ and left it at that .............. "

Rock n' roll

[DTCwordfan]

Lots of groups and I was entertainments sec at Uni

Top groups Cream, Yes, Genesis (3x) inc booking them post PG and the start of PC, Who, ELP, Peter Gabriel, Camel, Steely Dan (with BB King coming in), Led Zep, Supertramp, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan in Montreal, Uriah Heep, Carlos Santana,

Worst Groups by a long way - Deep Purple (at the end), Man, Bob Dylan at Earls Court (same tour - too big a venue and he was 'lost')


Biggest groups I have not seen (disappointment)- Dire Straits and Pink Floyd - had tickets for both but work overseas took me away

[boxtops]

ooh, I forgot about Yes! - still see various band members whenever they are touring.

[SeaJayPea]

If you like blues music, The Yardbirds are still out there playing a magnificent set. Ray Davies a couple of years ago at Shepherds Bush was brilliant, Saw Colin Bluntstone and Rod Argent at the 100 Club and they were good as well.

Happy Days

[mrs_overall]

I won some tickets to see the Hollies. They were brilliant but the audience made me howl with laughter.
The audience was a sea of grey hair & beige clothing and in the interval, instead of a dash for the bar, many of them got tupperware sarnie boxes out.
No one got up to dance, and a man in front of us began a gentle jig in his seat until his wife elbowed him to stop.
For some strange reason, halfway through a song, Jimmy Saville walked across the stage without stopping.

[Andyvon]

I saw Slade at my local Civic Centre a few years ago. I like Slade - but I have never heard more four-letter words than on that night! Noddy Holder seemed to use them for every other word and it ruined the concert for me as I got quite sick of it.

In November 1978 I saw AC/DC at Hammersmith Odeon. The lead singer was Bon Scott who died shortly afterwards and the group were never the same with the replacement. That was the loudest concert of 1978 - 140 decibels! Concorde was 110 on take-off! I came out of the theatre with my ears running and I was quite deaf for three days afterwards! I think the law was changed after that night and there hasn't been a louder concert in Europe since.

I also saw my teenage hero at Hammersmith - Chuck Berry. For the whole concert he just stood alone at the front of the stage with his guitar and a mike. Pure talent. Another talent I saw was Mike Oldfield at Wembley. He spent the whole concert sitting on a wooden chair at the front of the stage in front of a mike. What amazed me were all the different instruments he played one after the other - about 12 of them.

The best performer I ever saw was Gary Glitter who I saw three times. It's sad the way he went but his showmanship was unequalled as was the sheer fun of the concerts. Everyone had a damn good time.

[MarkRae]

> That was the loudest concert of 1978.

I saw Motorhead at the Newcastle City Hall in the early 80s and couldn't hear properly for several days...

[Andyvon]

The best part Mark was that it was so loud - we couldn't even hear the words or music! Didn't stop us head-banging though! I had long hair then! All gone now.

[TTG]

Saw AC/DC at Wembley last year. The whole place was rocking. Still one of the biggest touring bands in the world. their Black Ice tour was one of the top grossing ever of any band.

http://en.wikipedia.o...rossing_concert_tours