If you could see any music act in 1978 live which would you pick?

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  • DanteDante 371 Posts
    Yeah,

    The Jam & The Clash, no doubt.

  • I've always wanted to see some of the classic Australian bands who played and personified my neighborhood of Kings Cross, Sydney bitd.

    AC/DC
    Radio Birdman
    The Saints
    Renee Geyer
    Cold Chisel
    The Boys Next Door
    Midnight Oil
    Birthday party
    Dragon















    .....also Toto popped into my head.

  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,913 Posts
    DocMcCoy said:


    Of all the acts mentioned above, I won't lord it over anyone by naming how many I've seen multiple times

    How's man gonna do me like that?
    B/w c'mon son, floss!

    [(I was even once in a band that opened for one of them.

    Ditto -

    Well, since you asked...

    The Clash: six times
    Buzzcocks: four times
    Joy Division: three times
    The Fall: three times (Witch Trials/Dragnet/Slates era)
    Pere Ubu: twice (Mayo Thompson era)
    Ian Dury & the Blockheads: twice (once with the o.g. line-up, once with Wilko Johnson)

    One each for the the o.g Ramones line-up, Lizzy (c. Johnny The Fox) and Queen before Bohemian Rhapsody blew up.

    An old band of mine opened for the Fall c. Dragnet. Marc Riley was still with them then. I was introduced to him by a mate at a gig in Manchester a year or so later, and he remembered the name of our band. Mark E. Smith was surprisingly friendly - even back then he had a rep for being a narky bastard - but that might have been because I knew a couple of lads who used to roadie for them.

  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,913 Posts
    J i m s t e r said:

    I am guessing The Fall for Doc

    Bingo (master's Breakout).

  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    DocMcCoy said:


    Of all the acts mentioned above, I won't lord it over anyone by naming how many I've seen multiple times

    How's man gonna do me like that?
    B/w c'mon son, floss!

    [(I was even once in a band that opened for one of them.

    Ditto -

    Well, since you asked...

    The Clash: six times
    Buzzcocks: four times
    Joy Division: three times
    The Fall: three times (Witch Trials/Dragnet/Slates era)
    Pere Ubu: twice (Mayo Thompson era)
    Ian Dury & the Blockheads: twice (once with the o.g. line-up, once with Wilko Johnson)

    One each for the the o.g Ramones line-up, Lizzy (c. Johnny The Fox) and Queen before Bohemian Rhapsody blew up.

    An old band of mine opened for the Fall c. Dragnet. Marc Riley was still with them then. I was introduced to him by a mate at a gig in Manchester a year or so later, and he remembered the name of our band. Mark E. Smith was surprisingly friendly - even back then he had a rep for being a narky bastard - but that might have been because I knew a couple of lads who used to roadie for them.

    Ok these easily beat my 16xDamned & motorhead recollections

    Props

  • The Cold Crush Brothers.

  • The Cold Crush Brothers.

  • El PrezEl Prez NE Ohio 1,141 Posts
    P Funk and EWF


  • parallaxparallax no-style-having mf'er 1,266 Posts
    As an 80s child, Led Zepplin, The Clash, and EWF would be shows I'd be geeked to see.

  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Trouble with Zep by 78....
    Page started wearing skinny dark tie and suit jacket w/ shorter hair in response to punk/new wave

    I mean, you want Zep in full silken Zoso flared jumpsuit mode with unruly hair down to the nips, and Plant on the Coverdale blonde rock god steeze, no?

    Anything else is :weak sauce:

  • LokoOneLokoOne 1,823 Posts
    pimlicosquirrel said:
    I've always wanted to see some of the classic Australian bands who played and personified my neighborhood of Kings Cross, Sydney bitd.

    AC/DC
    Radio Birdman
    The Saints
    Renee Geyer
    Cold Chisel
    The Boys Next Door
    Midnight Oil
    Birthday party
    Dragon

    .....also Toto popped into my head.

    Nice choice there Molly Meldrum :NO:

  • kalakala 3,359 Posts
    van halen in a club
    iron maiden in the club
    scorpions with uli
    coke la rock
    kool herc/bam in the jects
    KIZZ in full regalia

  • Queen - 'Jazz' Tour November 1978 ~ Hollywood Fl Sportatorium

  • buttonbutton 1,475 Posts
    Arena: Michael Jackson
    Local: the shivvers ; Cobie Joe Payne
    Overseas: Fela
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