was it only 2 years ago today?
I was a/am a metalhead at heart.
There, i said it!
Growing up in Glasgow, it was never cool to be one.
i did have some of the funnest times of my life going to metal gigs and meeting some pretty cool people.
since the late 80's Glasgow has been a dance music town.not trance/hippy/ fire juggle nonsense, but dark moody hard techno.
part of the beauty of the city is the fact that back then i would go see megadeth on a saturday night,i'd listen to l.f.o and orbital on the way home.nowadays you see all the bands from glasgow in the sub club or the arches smiling like it's 1888 again.
if you have ever been, you'll also know it can be a pretty dangerous place to be on a weekend.
part of the adventure of shows was walking east down argyle street to the barowland. or walking west to the old cathouse.
throw in the fact that i started going to shows with my brother when i was 13, and all the shows back then were over 18, and you've got some pretty exciting times yo!
many gigs stand out from those formative years of going to shows...
faith no more's 4 nights at barrowland on the angel dust tour.
anthrax with john bush
seeing metallica at barrowland
kyuss at the cathouse
blah blah blah.
today one gig stands out more than any other.
it was October 1992 and i had just turned 14.i went with my brother to see megadeth.
i liked them a bit,but was excited just to go to any gig at that point.
i thought the gig would be brilliant.
i didn't expect to see the most violent performances i think i ever saw by any band then or now.
PANTERA kicked my face off.
i remember the singer came on with a folding chair? and smashed it up before he got the his first vocal line.
he looked like a skinhead boxer with some crazy tattoos
the gig is a blur now, but i clearly remember being so fucked after their show i had to watch megadeth from the side....
that and the fact an opening band could be miles better than the headliner.
it's a show that turned into a " i was there moment" between rival metalheads in Glasgow.
did that guitarist have a pink beard?
fucking hostile live 94
needless to say i've had a soft spot for them ever since...
they played the same venues they had just done with megadeth 4 months later on there own.
here is some footage of the 2'nd time i saw them.
live at barrowland 93
Today is the 2'nd anniversary of Dimebag Darrells murder.
I'd like to think of all the fun and laughter i had at his gigs or watching the stupid home movies he did, rhather than the stupidity of his death.
His riffs still make me think about the crowd at that gig in 92, and how i thought i might die that night.
thanks............
by the way, it was a pink beard!
I was a/am a metalhead at heart.
There, i said it!
Growing up in Glasgow, it was never cool to be one.
i did have some of the funnest times of my life going to metal gigs and meeting some pretty cool people.
since the late 80's Glasgow has been a dance music town.not trance/hippy/ fire juggle nonsense, but dark moody hard techno.
part of the beauty of the city is the fact that back then i would go see megadeth on a saturday night,i'd listen to l.f.o and orbital on the way home.nowadays you see all the bands from glasgow in the sub club or the arches smiling like it's 1888 again.
if you have ever been, you'll also know it can be a pretty dangerous place to be on a weekend.
part of the adventure of shows was walking east down argyle street to the barowland. or walking west to the old cathouse.
throw in the fact that i started going to shows with my brother when i was 13, and all the shows back then were over 18, and you've got some pretty exciting times yo!
many gigs stand out from those formative years of going to shows...
faith no more's 4 nights at barrowland on the angel dust tour.
anthrax with john bush
seeing metallica at barrowland
kyuss at the cathouse
blah blah blah.
today one gig stands out more than any other.
it was October 1992 and i had just turned 14.i went with my brother to see megadeth.
i liked them a bit,but was excited just to go to any gig at that point.
i thought the gig would be brilliant.
i didn't expect to see the most violent performances i think i ever saw by any band then or now.
PANTERA kicked my face off.
i remember the singer came on with a folding chair? and smashed it up before he got the his first vocal line.
he looked like a skinhead boxer with some crazy tattoos
the gig is a blur now, but i clearly remember being so fucked after their show i had to watch megadeth from the side....
that and the fact an opening band could be miles better than the headliner.
it's a show that turned into a " i was there moment" between rival metalheads in Glasgow.
did that guitarist have a pink beard?
fucking hostile live 94
needless to say i've had a soft spot for them ever since...
they played the same venues they had just done with megadeth 4 months later on there own.
here is some footage of the 2'nd time i saw them.
live at barrowland 93
Today is the 2'nd anniversary of Dimebag Darrells murder.
I'd like to think of all the fun and laughter i had at his gigs or watching the stupid home movies he did, rhather than the stupidity of his death.
His riffs still make me think about the crowd at that gig in 92, and how i thought i might die that night.
thanks............
by the way, it was a pink beard!
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