What are you listening to, right now................
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@JC said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial No no no. You misspelled “Suicide 2“ by Proud Scum. Let me refresh your memory:
Even their names were awesome. Jonathan Jamrag. John Atrocity. Bruce Hulk. Alistair Rabbit. Skid Rowe, admittedly not so much.
Wasn’t that song about John Atrocity after he left the band?
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Lots of great memories , had forgotten so many of those names , I remember the singer of Sheelux was a mate of my mates older brother , saw him a few times at their house, distinctive feature , was losing his hair pretty young
I was in Australia permanently by 82 ,after a few trips back and forward , and immersed myself into the Aus music scene ,
there was an awesome live music scene here at the time
This was a bit of an aus punk classic
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@Crucial Yep. They said his leaving was about musical differences but apparently the real story was they had had an argument about how to make a cup of coffee. Imagine for a moment the producer was Mike Chunn. Because it was. At the same time as he was playing Julia on the circuit with Citizen Band he was recording that appalling noise. Top work.
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More memories slowly coming back
I remember they used to have some pretty good gigs occasionly at Auckland Uni on friday nights around that 78 79 period
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You guys are old, I was in nappies and at kindy at that time.
The first "concert" I can remember going to when I was 4 or 5 was Herbs at Napier Municipal Theatre, by going to I mean sitting out in the car park with my Aunty and cousins listening to the music. I think I only remember it because I'd been given an astronomical amount of money to buy lollies (probably $1) and so just pigged out the whole time.
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@Nepia said in What are you listening to, right now................:
You guys are old, I was in nappies and at kindy at that time.
The first "concert" I can remember going to when I was 4 or 5 was Herbs at Napier Municipal Theatre, by going to I mean sitting out in the car park with my Aunty and cousins listening to the music. I think I only remember it because I'd been given an astronomical amount of money to buy lollies (probably $1) and so just pigged out the whole time.
Don't forget that in those days being uunderage wasn't such a big deal. As long as you kept your head down and didn't act like a dick it was pretty much self policing. I was only 14 in '79 but my mates were 15 and had licences and cars. Sneaking into Auckland from Manurewa was the go on a Saturday night. By 16 I was hanging out with bands and being taken to gigs with them. By 17 I was doing sound/lights and roadie-ing on occasions.
@JC is probably old though
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First proper concert I went to , was the doobie brothers at western springs , reckon it was about 75 ,
Me and my mates about 13 years old , were walking around carrying our skateboards , our skateboards went everywhere With us then
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@kiwiinmelb said in What are you listening to, right now................:
First proper concert I went to , was the doobie brothers at western springs , reckon it was about 75 ,
Me and my mates about 13 years old , were walking around carrying our skateboards , our skateboards went everywhere With us then
That would be about the heyday of “Skate-opia” - Plastic boards, wide urethane wheels, the first sealed bearings....
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Rolling Stones - Western Springs 1972/3 Sometime over that summer.
There was a bit of a whinge the next day because they only played a bit under an hour - but it was the Stones maaaaan
How's this for a set list
- Brown Sugar
- Bitch
- Rocks Off
- Gimme Shelter
- Happy
- Tumbling Dice
- Love In Vain (Robert Johnson cover)
- Sweet Virginia
- You Can't Always Get What You Want
- All Down The Line
- Midnight Rambler
- Jumping Jack Flash
- Street Fighting Man
Exile era Stones - the oldies all thought Satan had taken over NZ - it was fantastic. Although it was a small stage, no screens and the sound was … not great. But before the big overblown production concerts - great first concert ever.
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@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Nepia said in What are you listening to, right now................:
You guys are old, I was in nappies and at kindy at that time.
The first "concert" I can remember going to when I was 4 or 5 was Herbs at Napier Municipal Theatre, by going to I mean sitting out in the car park with my Aunty and cousins listening to the music. I think I only remember it because I'd been given an astronomical amount of money to buy lollies (probably $1) and so just pigged out the whole time.
Don't forget that in those days being uunderage wasn't such a big deal. As long as you kept your head down and didn't act like a dick it was pretty much self policing. I was only 14 in '79 but my mates were 15 and had licences and cars. Sneaking into Auckland from Manurewa was the go on a Saturday night. By 16 I was hanging out with bands and being taken to gigs with them. By 17 I was doing sound/lights and roadie-ing on occasions.
@JC is probably old thoughYeah old alright, I turned 18 in 79, in my second year at Uni. My first year I looked like a child (well let's face it, I was) so there was no drinking that year. The moment I got some bumfluff going on my top lip though I was unstoppable at the pubs. The Globe, The Kiwi, Occidental, one up the top of Symonds Street that I can't remember the name of was great because you could stop off at Tik's Tok's for a feed on the way back to the halls. I got caught in a raid with a couple of dozen other underagers in the Kiwi one afternoon so we had to relocate to the other pubs for a while until the bar staff stopped being pissed off at us. The guy in the Globe used to give us a heads-up if there was a raid due.
On of the guys in the hostel was a boot boy, I seem to remember he ended up going to jail for his involvement in a fairly brutal beating of a woman, I think at Zwines. Him and his mates were stopping anybody from intervening. fluffybunny of a young man.
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@JC said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Nepia said in What are you listening to, right now................:
You guys are old, I was in nappies and at kindy at that time.
The first "concert" I can remember going to when I was 4 or 5 was Herbs at Napier Municipal Theatre, by going to I mean sitting out in the car park with my Aunty and cousins listening to the music. I think I only remember it because I'd been given an astronomical amount of money to buy lollies (probably $1) and so just pigged out the whole time.
Don't forget that in those days being uunderage wasn't such a big deal. As long as you kept your head down and didn't act like a dick it was pretty much self policing. I was only 14 in '79 but my mates were 15 and had licences and cars. Sneaking into Auckland from Manurewa was the go on a Saturday night. By 16 I was hanging out with bands and being taken to gigs with them. By 17 I was doing sound/lights and roadie-ing on occasions.
@JC is probably old thoughYeah old alright, I turned 18 in 79, in my second year at Uni. My first year I looked like a child (well let's face it, I was) so there was no drinking that year. The moment I got some bumfluff going on my top lip though I was unstoppable at the pubs. The Globe, The Kiwi, Occidental, one up the top of Symonds Street that I can't remember the name of was great because you could stop off at Tik's Tok's for a feed on the way back to the halls. I got caught in a raid with a couple of dozen other underagers in the Kiwi one afternoon so we had to relocate to the other pubs for a while until the bar staff stopped being pissed off at us. The guy in the Globe used to give us a heads-up if there was a raid due.
On of the guys in the hostel was a boot boy, I seem to remember he ended up going to jail for his involvement in a fairly brutal beating of a woman, I think at Zwines. Him and his mates were stopping anybody from intervening. fluffybunny of a young man.
What is a "Boot Boy"? Just a prick that kicks the hell out of someone?
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My first full proper concert was Rod Stewart at Western Springs ...
The year before I had turned down going to Dire Straits with my parents to stay at a mates place and play Sega Mega Drive. Unbelievable. I still hold that against my parents for not forcing me to go with them to that. And then forcing me to go to Rod Stewart!
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mine was the Gunners in 1993
followed quickly by Metallica, and then Faith No More, all in a couple of months
And then my love affair with the Big Day Out at the start of 1994
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@Hooroo said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@JC said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Nepia said in What are you listening to, right now................:
You guys are old, I was in nappies and at kindy at that time.
The first "concert" I can remember going to when I was 4 or 5 was Herbs at Napier Municipal Theatre, by going to I mean sitting out in the car park with my Aunty and cousins listening to the music. I think I only remember it because I'd been given an astronomical amount of money to buy lollies (probably $1) and so just pigged out the whole time.
Don't forget that in those days being uunderage wasn't such a big deal. As long as you kept your head down and didn't act like a dick it was pretty much self policing. I was only 14 in '79 but my mates were 15 and had licences and cars. Sneaking into Auckland from Manurewa was the go on a Saturday night. By 16 I was hanging out with bands and being taken to gigs with them. By 17 I was doing sound/lights and roadie-ing on occasions.
@JC is probably old thoughYeah old alright, I turned 18 in 79, in my second year at Uni. My first year I looked like a child (well let's face it, I was) so there was no drinking that year. The moment I got some bumfluff going on my top lip though I was unstoppable at the pubs. The Globe, The Kiwi, Occidental, one up the top of Symonds Street that I can't remember the name of was great because you could stop off at Tik's Tok's for a feed on the way back to the halls. I got caught in a raid with a couple of dozen other underagers in the Kiwi one afternoon so we had to relocate to the other pubs for a while until the bar staff stopped being pissed off at us. The guy in the Globe used to give us a heads-up if there was a raid due.
On of the guys in the hostel was a boot boy, I seem to remember he ended up going to jail for his involvement in a fairly brutal beating of a woman, I think at Zwines. Him and his mates were stopping anybody from intervening. fluffybunny of a young man.
What is a "Boot Boy"? Just a prick that kicks the hell out of someone?
Back in the day, skinheads with Doc Martens 1460s, Sta-Prest pants, braces and a bad attitude. Thugs, mostly racist. They would fight in packs and didn’t need a reason. And yes they kicked the hell out of people.
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@JC said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Hooroo said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@JC said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Nepia said in What are you listening to, right now................:
You guys are old, I was in nappies and at kindy at that time.
The first "concert" I can remember going to when I was 4 or 5 was Herbs at Napier Municipal Theatre, by going to I mean sitting out in the car park with my Aunty and cousins listening to the music. I think I only remember it because I'd been given an astronomical amount of money to buy lollies (probably $1) and so just pigged out the whole time.
Don't forget that in those days being uunderage wasn't such a big deal. As long as you kept your head down and didn't act like a dick it was pretty much self policing. I was only 14 in '79 but my mates were 15 and had licences and cars. Sneaking into Auckland from Manurewa was the go on a Saturday night. By 16 I was hanging out with bands and being taken to gigs with them. By 17 I was doing sound/lights and roadie-ing on occasions.
@JC is probably old thoughYeah old alright, I turned 18 in 79, in my second year at Uni. My first year I looked like a child (well let's face it, I was) so there was no drinking that year. The moment I got some bumfluff going on my top lip though I was unstoppable at the pubs. The Globe, The Kiwi, Occidental, one up the top of Symonds Street that I can't remember the name of was great because you could stop off at Tik's Tok's for a feed on the way back to the halls. I got caught in a raid with a couple of dozen other underagers in the Kiwi one afternoon so we had to relocate to the other pubs for a while until the bar staff stopped being pissed off at us. The guy in the Globe used to give us a heads-up if there was a raid due.
On of the guys in the hostel was a boot boy, I seem to remember he ended up going to jail for his involvement in a fairly brutal beating of a woman, I think at Zwines. Him and his mates were stopping anybody from intervening. fluffybunny of a young man.
What is a "Boot Boy"? Just a prick that kicks the hell out of someone?
Back in the day, skinheads with Doc Martens 1460s, Sta-Prest pants, braces and a bad attitude. Thugs, mostly racist. They would fight in packs and didn’t need a reason. And yes they kicked the hell out of people.
Your description is perfect! Pricks!
