[Falling Down]

I was at that gig but didn't know all you lot back then.

[Bubba]

I went to that gig but fucked my ankle trying to play in the mosh pit (I had no idea what was going on really) so spent most of it  propped up against a wall. Mudhoney blew my tiny mind. No idea how I got there and back though but sounds like you played a blinder on the driving front

Anyone heard from Martin recently?

[andy popp]

I went to that gig but fucked my ankle trying to play in the mosh pit (I had no idea what was going on really) so spent most of it  propped up against a wall. Mudhoney blew my tiny mind. No idea how I got there and back though but sounds like you played a blinder on the driving front

Anyone heard from Martin recently?

I met a bunch of people (including Big Al again) in Manchester for Mudhoney/Sonic Youth on the Daydream Nation tour. Must be more people from here?

[GraemeA]

Anyone heard from Martin recently?

I hear from him every now and again - he tracked me down when I was at the BMC, it was only a week or so after Meeta died. I didn't enjoy telling him Meeta was dead but I was pretty much over joyed to hear that he was still alive. Win some, lose some I guess.

Last heard from him about a year ago. He's living in France, vaguely near the Ariege, climbing a bit, got a daughter and seemed a lot more together than might have been expected. Still sounded like he was a bit away with the fairies and but still sounded like he knew how to get by.

[GraemeA]

I was at that gig but didn't know all you lot back then.

Were you the guy at the back in the cool leather jacket, stubble and the quiff?

Ps how do I get the book to you?

[fatboySlimfast]

I went to that gig but fucked my ankle trying to play in the mosh pit (I had no idea what was going on really) so spent most of it  propped up against a wall. Mudhoney blew my tiny mind. No idea how I got there and back though but sounds like you played a blinder on the driving front

Anyone heard from Martin recently?

I met a bunch of people (including Big Al again) in Manchester for Mudhoney/Sonic Youth on the Daydream Nation tour. Must be more people from here?

This thread just confirms how many holes are in my memory, i remember the nirvana gig but not the drive back.
The sonic youth gig is still up there with one of the best ive ever been to

[Pantontino]

I went to that gig but fucked my ankle trying to play in the mosh pit (I had no idea what was going on really) so spent most of it  propped up against a wall. Mudhoney blew my tiny mind. No idea how I got there and back though but sounds like you played a blinder on the driving front

Anyone heard from Martin recently?

I met a bunch of people (including Big Al again) in Manchester for Mudhoney/Sonic Youth on the Daydream Nation tour. Must be more people from here?

I did the whole Mudhoney-Sonic Youth Daydream Nation tour. Hitched round the country and managed to blag onto the guest list. I think I was also at that Tad, Mudhoney gig at Manc poly. Mudhoney were crazy and I distinctly remember being in awe of Kim Gordon.

It was only a year or two later that I met a lot of the Sheffield crew - I started working at Bendcrete and met people like Big Al, Lucien etc

[SamT]

In a weird cross over of topics.. who remembers DT driving us over to Cream in liverpool, waiting in the car outside for us, then driving us back.  Classic DT.

 I remember very little else of the night, other than I was vaguely disappointed with Cream.  Really cant remember much about it though.

[Johnny Brown]

And lest anyone forget... (start around the 10:45 mark):

[SamT]

Beat me to it 

I was going to link that my self.

[Pantontino]

 

[luckyjez]

Just remembered another interesting night about 20-25 years ago. Me and about 15 others went to Manchester Poly to see Tad, Nirvana and Mudhoney in the Schuch van. I was driving so played by the rules and had a pint over the whole evening - which was a fucking great gig, long before grunge became big. Others were not so restrained in their intake, Hippy Martin had a lot of shrooms with him.

Anyway driving back through Glossop we get pulled, back light out. So coppers come to the window and ask 1) have you had a drink and 2) how many in the back. Yes and about 15 so off I go to the police car to get breathalysed (I passed as only 1 pint) and get told off for having so many in the back of the van as it wasn't a passenger vehicle.

Meanwhile FBSF is in the passenger seat next to Martin. Martin is busy panicking as already explained and everyone in the back is busy working out how to stash their 'gear'. Copper asks FBSF if there is anyone in the back and gets the answer no. Copper took FBSF's word for it.

Also the van must have stank of whatever the bad boys in the back were smoking  Copper must have had a cold or something.

Unbelievably the coppers don't confer, I get a producer and we are on our way. The trip back across the Snake was very sedate. Obviously the Schuch van had no MOT but I got let off!

Who was in that van?

Me, FBSF, Hippy Martin, Big Al, Ade plus about 10 others, but who were they?

I was one of the ones in the back - good times. I can't remember if it was that Mudhoney gig or another one, but I ended up at the Northern General with Dave 'The Bear' Wilkinson after one of his earrings had been ripped out in a stage diving 'incident'.

[ianv]

Were you the guy at the back in the cool leather jacket, stubble and the quiff?

You had Shakin Stevens in your van??

[tomtom]

Were you the guy at the back in the cool leather jacket, stubble and the quiff?

You had Shakin Stevens in your van??

Did your van have a green door?

[GraemeA]

 was one of the ones in the back - good times. I can't remember if it was that Mudhoney gig or another one, but I ended up at the Northern General with Dave 'The Bear' Wilkinson after one of his earrings had been ripped out in a stage diving 'incident'.

So it looks like so far we have Me, FBSF, Hippy Martin, Big Al, Ade, Bubba, LuckyJez, The Bear (yes it was that gig where he had his ear-ring ripped out). I reckon we are still missing about 4 - Patta wouldn't have been there I suspect as he was still in Leeds, although he did go to the Nirvana gig at Leeds Poly a year or so later.

[GraemeA]

Were you the guy at the back in the cool leather jacket, stubble and the quiff?

You had Shakin Stevens in your van??

Did your van have a green door?

I seem to remember the Schush logo had green in it 

[GraemeA]

Were you the guy at the back in the cool leather jacket, stubble and the quiff?

You had Shakin Stevens in your van??

You not seen FD's Facebook photo 

[ianv]

Were you the guy at the back in the cool leather jacket, stubble and the quiff?

You had Shakin Stevens in your van??

Did your van have a green door?

It sounds like it definitely had some brown seats once the cops left 

[SamT]

Check it out!



First ever gig as a wee 17 year old. That was an eye opener for sure!

Still in my shoebox of keepsakes.

[GraemeA]

Just checked my keepsake box, I've got that Mudhoney ticket as well. But also found one for Manchester Poly 24th October 1989 with Tad & Nirvana but no Mudhoney perhaps our collective memory is faulty

Also got one for 27th October 1990 for Leeds Poly Nirvana gig.