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Thought I would start a new thread on this rather than hijack the thread on Favourite Concerts/Gigs.
After graduating from the Sunday night disco at the Gardens, I started to go and see live bands there around 1975 - some school mates would bike to my house and we would then walk to the Gardens as I lived in the Hardys Road area. Bands I saw included:
Alquin - Dutch band - first concert I went to and was hooked thereafter. Nutz - rock band from Liverpool - I saw from the other thread that they supported Queen but I did not go to that concert (unfortunately) Sutherland Brothers - probably with and without Quiver! Sailor Dr Hook and the Medicine Show - one of the singers put his foot through the stage Stranglers - as said on the other thread - a lively concert!
I am sure there were others but my memory is not that good - vague recollections of maybe Focus, Suzi Quatro?
I also remember waiting for a band called Silverhead to show up - was told their van had broke down and they would show up shortly but never did!
Happy memories of going to school with ringing ears the next day.
Who did you go see? It may help refresh my memory.
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Wishbone Ash, Nazareth, Thin Lizzy , The Damned and more that have blurred into other gigs elsewhere.Have to admit i was not at the Sex Pistols gig unlike the 10000 who claim they were.
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Frankie Miller, Pat Travis, Dirty Tricks, Streetwalkers, Roger Chapman x 3, Doctors of Madness, Judas Priest, Nazereth and Mott The Hoople.... maybe more, but can't remember. Wish I'd seen The Senational Alex Harvey Band.
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The Skids twice (and seeing them again in five weeks time)
Dexys Midnight Runners
Son of Stiff Tour - five bands on one bill
Sure there were others just can’t remember who, a bit too young to see many 🤷♂️🤦
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Remember most of those already mentioned but will add:-
Motorhead. Lost 10% of my hearing that night. UFO AC/DC The Undertones Brian Robertsons Wild Horses X Ray Spex Sham 69 Heavy Metal Kids Johnny Thunders Heartbreakers Budgie Groundhogs
Sure more will come to me...
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Surprised nobody has said the sex pistols…that’s Grimsby’s spike island.
The amount of folk who claim to have been there, the winter gardens must’ve been as big as Earl’s Court back then…
I never had the pleasure of seeing many known bands in my day but did play plenty of gigs there for local gig nights and did supper INME…spent many a night at freedom though…sadly the nights are somewhat blurry to remember who dj’d…
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September 23, 2021, 6:28am |
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spent many a night at freedom though…sadly the nights are somewhat blurry to remember who dj’d…
This pretty much sums up my experience of the winter Gardens! I did watch the Nanas there along with about 13 other people once while I was still at school but freedom and the bags was what the winter gardens were about for me.
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Gutted that it wasn't part of the touring circuit when I was a youth growing up. Aside from local bands there seemed to be very few gigs from touring bands at all in the local area during the late 80's/90's and until I moved away I always had to go to Hull or further afield for gigs. I did see The Wildhearts at the Winter Gardens but that's it.
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Saw The Skids there twice plus SLF.
Other bands I saw there were Generation X, The Buzzcocks, The Damned, The Adverts and The Specials, oh and Joe Jackson.
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Wishbone Ash, Nazareth, Thin Lizzy , The Damned and more that have blurred into other gigs elsewhere.Have to admit i was not at the Sex Pistols gig unlike the 10000 who claim they were.
I actually was but have to admit it's a bit like a pub I visited in Valletta, the one oliver Reed died in. The whole population of Malta were in there that night by all accounts. Back to the Sex Pistols gig, I never did find out if it was true or an urban myth that they came out to find their van sprayed with GTFC.
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