A list of every gig I have ever been to
I do it because I find it nice to look back over. The oldest is at the bottom, and italics mean that I promoted or co-promoted the gig. This is updated regularly.
I have seen a grand total of 943 different bands.
Skunk Anansie/The Chemists – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 25/11/9
Beverley Knight (9)/Mamas Gun/Billie Godfrey – Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 23/11/9
The Specials – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 10/11/9
VV Brown/The Stow – The (new) Academy 2, Birmingham – 9/11/9
Beverley Knight (8) – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 6/11/9
Efterklang (4)/Nancy Elizabeth – The Asylum, Hockley, Birmingham – 29/10/9
Editors (5) – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 25/10/9
The Destroyers (14)/The Toy Hearts (2)/The Old Dance School (3) – The Town Hall, Birmingham – 11/10/9
Zu (2)/Bee Stung Lips (6)/Das Bastard – The Rainbow, Digbeth, Birmingham – 2/10/9
Canal Music – The Flapper, Birmingham – 30/9/9
Massive Attack/Martina Topley-Bird – The (new) Academy, Birmingham – 23/9/9
? – The Prince Of Wales, Moseley, Birmingham – 6/9/9
Jethro Tull/Mama Matrix/Cara Dillon/Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick/Ella Edmonson/The Bad Shepherds/Klatch/Jim Moray/Laura Louise (2)/Hunter Robertson/Wizz Jones/Liz Lawrence/Nancy Kerr & James Fagan/Wyre Wood – Moseley Park, Moseley, Birmingham – 6/9/9
David Thomas Broughton/She Keeps Bees/Tom Peel – The Hare & Hounds (Small Room), Kings Heath, Birmingham – 7/8/9
Carina Round (19)/Jia Jinx/Ben Drummond (2)/Matt Geary (2)/Jake Henry – The Jam House, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham – 28/7/9
Caribou/Head Of David/65 Days Of Static/The Memory Band/Earthless/Jarboe/Arbouretum/Khyam Allami/Esoteric/Theo/ZZZ/Nancy Wallace – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 26/7/9
Corrupted/Zu/Thorr’s Hammer/The Accused/Iron Lung (2)/Nisennenmondai (2)/Tartufi/Diagonol/Rose Kemp – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 25/7/9
Scorn/SunnO))) (2)/PCM (4) – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 24/7/9
Carina Round (18)/Ben Drummond – Bar Academy, Birmingham – 15/7/9
Einstellung (5)/Io (3)/Mothertrucker (23)/Litmus Test – The Flapper, Birmingham – 10/7/9
Mothertrucker (22)/Holy Mountain/Cellardoor – The Rainbow, Digbeth, Birmingham – 30/6/9
360 (2) – The Rainbow Warehouse, Digbeth, Birmingham – 19/6/9
Billy Bragg (4)/Otis Gibbs – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 18/6/9
Soweto Kinch (2)/Bashy (2)/Natty/Gabbidon (4)/Robert Mitchell & Corey Mwamba – Hockley Flyover, Hockley, Birmingham – 13/6/9
The Drones/Snowman/Barge Pole – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 10/6/9
Melt Banana (3)/Lash Frenzy vs Mort The Sonic/Glatze – The Rainbow Warehouse, Digbeth – 15/5/9
Pram (3)/July Skies – New Art Gallery, Walsall – 7/5/9
Bob Dylan – The NIA, Birmingham – 29/4/9
Unearthly Trance/Ramesses (6)/Mothertrucker (21) – Busk, Birmingham – 18/4/9
Baroness (3)/Alabaster Suns – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 10/4/9
Tunng (6) and Tinariwen – The Rainbow Warehouse, Digbeth, Birmingham – 28/3/9
The Destroyers (13)/The Father Teds – Bradford Street, Digbeth, Birmingham – 15/3/9
The Destroyers (12) – The Town Hall, Birmingham – 11/3/9
Judas Priest/Megadeth (2)/Testament – LG Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 14/2/9
Gregor Samsa/Dream Dreams The Dreamer – The Rainbow, Digbeth, Birmingham – 26/1/9
Buzzcocks/The Lurkers – The Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 22/1/9
Municipal Waste (3)/Iron Lung – J.B’s, Dudley – 9/12/8
The Destroyers (11) – The Town Hall, Birmingham – 6/12/8
Leonard Cohen – The LG Arena (formerly the NEC Arena), Marston Green, Birmingham – 22/11/8
The Destroyers (10) – The Prince Of Wales, Moseley, Birmingham – 8/11/8
The Destroyers (9) – South Birmingham College, Digbeth, Birmingham – 8/11/8
Einstellung (4) – New Art Gallery, Walsall – 6/11/8
Motorhead (3)/Saxon/Danko Jones (2) – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 3/11/8
Shellac/Om/Wooden Shjips/Pissed Jeans/Lightning Bolt – Space 2, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 1/11/8
Al Green (3)/Gabrielle – The NIA, Birmingham – 28/10/8
Oxes/Bee Stung Lips (5)/Bilge Pump (2) – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 24/10/8
Roots Manuva (3) – The Academy 2, Birmingham – 17/10/8
Stephen Stills – Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 15/10/8
Stevie Wonder – The NIA, Birmingham – 4/10/8
The Jam Messengers/Black Mekon/The Solomons – a secret location – 27/9/8
Rolo Tomassi (5)/Mirror! Mirror! (4) – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 24/9/8
Islaja, Blevin Blectum & Samara Lubelski/Dream Triangle/Es & Fursaxa/Kemialliset Ystävät & Axolotl – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 23/9/8
Swingin’ Jim’s Dance Band – Centenary Square, Birmingham – 13/9/8
Carvalho – Victoria Square, Birmingham – 13/9/8
The Dholblasters – Victoria Square, Birmingham – 12/9/8
Gomez – The Academy, Birmingham – 3/9/8
Seth Lakeman (3)/The Old Dance School (2)/Scott Matthews (3)/Six Day Riot/Waterson: Carthy/Moon Music Orchestra/Ian Campbell And Sons/The Toy Hearts/Rachel Unthank And The Winterset/Chris TT/Jack McNeil And Charlie Heys/John Tams And Barry Coope/Ass – Moseley Park, Moseley, Birmingham – 31/8/8
REM/Editors (4)/Guillemots (2) – Twickenham Stadium, Twickenham – 30/8/8
Clutch (9) – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 29/8/8
Acid Mothers Temple/Nisennenmondai – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 1/8/8
Butthole Surfers/Paul Green’s School Of Rock – The Civic Hall Bar, Wolverhampton – 22/7/8
ZX Spectrum Orchestra/Kikuri/The Oscillation (2)/Fucked Up/Earth/Parts And Labor/Orthodox/Max Tundra/Transitional/Einstellung (3) – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 13/7/8
Battles (3)/Fuck Buttons (3)/Oxbow/Efterklang (3)/Magnetophone/The Courtesy Group (8)/Alexander Tucker (2)/Cath & Phil Tyler – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 12/7/8
Dalek (2)/PCM (3)/Rolo Tomassi (4)/Cutting Pink With Knives – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 11/7/8
Melt Banana (2)/Mirror! Mirror! (3) – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 22/6/8
Holly GoLightly/Delaney Davidson/The Courtesy Group (7)/Ted Edwards – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 16/6/8
The Destroyers (8) – The Town Hall, Birmingham – 12/6/8
Sex Pistols – The Academy, Birmingham – 11/6/8
Ty (2)/Bashy/Eska/Soweto Kinch/Gabbidon (3)/Zena Edwards/Tor/Kosyne & Sonny Jim/Black Voices – Hockley Flyover, Hockley, Birmingham – 31/5/8
Today Is The Day (3)/Jucifer/Complete Failure – The Bar Academy, Birmingham – 21/5/8
Guillemots/Roysworld – The Wulfrun Hall, Birmingham – 19/5/8
Carina Round (17)/Ari Shine (2) – The Little Civic, Wolverhampton – 7/5/8
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (3) – The Academy, Birmingham – 5/5/8
Carina Round (16)/Ari Shine/Adrienne Pierce – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 4/5/8
Daughters Of Albion – The Town Hall, Birmingham – 27/4/8
Little Sister – The ICC, Birmingham – 27/4/8
Seth Lakeman (2)/Tunng (5)/Sharon Kraus – The Town Hall, Birmingham – 26/4/8
Bjork/Leila – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 25/4/8
Mickey Greaney/Carina Round (15)/Laura Louise – Woom, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham – 23/4/8
Gogol Bordello (2)/Skindred – The Academy, Birmingham – 22/4/8
Efterklang (2)/Our Broken Garden – The Hare And Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 27/3/8
Enablers (2)/The Courtesy Group (6)/Mills And Boon (5) – The Hare And Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 23/3/8
Gallhammer/The Sontaran Experiment/I Am Colossus – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 15/3/8
Autechre/Rob Hall & SND – The Medicine Bar, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 3/3/8
Fuck Buttons (2)/Alexander Tucker/The Arm (5) – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 9/2/8
Babar Luck (2)/Kelly Kemp/Liam ? – The Little Civic, Wolverhampton – 2/2/8
Baroness (2)/Kylesa/Taint (2) – The Medicine Bar, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 29/1/8
Carina Round (14) – Woom, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham – 12/1/8
The Destroyers (7) – The ICC, Birmingham – 11/1/8
Burnst (2)/Iye/Mothertrucker (20)/The Hearing/Io (2)/Acres Of Ocean – The Rainbow, Digbeth, Birmingham – 23/12/7
Chrome Hoof (2)/The Oscillation – The Bar Academy, Birmingham – 16/12/7
Carina Round (13)/Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds (2)/Dan Whitehouse (2) – The Little Civic, Wolverhampton – 11/12/7
Carina Round (12)/Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds – The Bar Academy, Birmingham – 10/12/7
Beverley Knight (7) – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 29/11/7
Efterklang – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 22/11/7
Jesu (4)/Mothertrucker (19) – The Medicine Bar, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 18/11/7
Booty Luv – Outside Millenium Point, Birmingham – 10/11/7
Gallon Drunk/Nightingales (2)/The Courtesy Group (5) – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 8/11/7
Beverley Knight (6)/David Jordan/Cherry Blackstone – Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 29/10/7
Boredoms/Gravepaintings – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 27/10/7
Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters/Professor Louis/Dexter (2) – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 20/10/7
Shana Tova/Tom Bellamy/The Cribbler (2) – The Island Bar, Birmingham – 19/10/7
Billy Ocean/Ebony Steel Band – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 18/10/7
Unsane/Bee Stung Lips (4) – The Medicine Bar, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 17/10/7
Bark! – The Lamp Tavern, Digbeth, Birmingham – 16/10/7
Pram (2)/Modified Toy Orchestra (7)/Shady Bard (2) – The Town Hall, Birmingham – 15/10/7
Contempt/Eastfield (4)/Pungent Smells – The Malt Shovel, Balsall Heath, Birmingham – 14/10/7
Four Kornerz/Terri Walker/Natalie Williams/Ty/Seven – The Town Hall, Birmingham – 12/10/7
Raging Speedhorn (3)/Shaped By Fate/Mothertrucker (18) – The Little Civic, Wolverhampton – 11/10/7
Acacia/New Street Adventure/Masca – The Rainbow, Digbeth, Birmingham – 10/10/7
Elliot Jack/Trial By Origin/Circadia/Rick Wellings – The Bulls Head, Moseley, Birmingham – 9/10/7
Thomas Dolby – Academy 2, Birmingham – 8/10/7
Heavy Trash/Copter (3)/The Micragirls – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 7/10/7
The Destroyers (6)/Andy Hamilton & The Blue Notes/Gabbidon (2) – The Town Hall, Birmingham – 7/10/7
Sweet Seduction (3)/The Lowlifes/King Nothing – The Flapper, Birmingham – 6/10/7
Send More Paramedics (2)/1000 Hertz/Sanzen/Errander – The Woughton Centre, Woughton, Milton Keynes – 29/9/2
?/? (I think they had the word ‘escape’ in the name)/Extravagatron/Mono/Atombuzz – Volks Bar, Brighton – 12/9/7
Adem/Chinook (3)/ ? /John Power/Jim Moray/Eddy Morton/Men-An-Tol/Susan Dillane/Biltone – Moseley Park, Moseley, Birmingham – 2/9/7
Fairport Convention/Tunng (4)/Davy Graham/Starless And Bible Black/The Old Dance School/Simon Fowler/Martha Tilston/Chris Tye/Voice Of The Seven Woods (3)/Andrew Hockey/Dominic Crane/Jane Weaver (2) – Moseley Park, Moseley, Birmingham – 1/9/7
Damo Suzuki with Mills & Boon (4), The Courtesy Group (4) and Modified Toy Orchestra (6) – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 16/8/7
The Big Bang (2)/Mr Derry/The Dexateens – The Rainbow, Digbeth, Birmingham – 15/8/7
Copter (2)/Bee Stung Lips (3)/Swampmeat/The Velvet Texas Cannonball – The Rainbow, Digbeth, Birmingham – 10/8/7
Corleone/Mothertrucker (17)/Inertia Blooms – The Basement, Birmingham – 27/7/7
Rolo Tomassi (3)/Meet Me In Saint Louis/Blakfish – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 18/7/7
Sunn0)))/Mogwai (2)/Chrome Hoof/Qui/Modified Toy Orchestra (5)/Tunng (3)/Voice Of The Seven Woods (2)/Strings Of Consciousness/Crippled Black Phoenix/Shit And Shine – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 14/7/7
Deadsunrising (8)/Bela Emerson (2) – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 13/7/7
Al Green (2)/Candi Staton – The NIA, Birmingham – 4/7/7
Smokey Robinson – Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 29/6/7
Reverie Strings/Bust My Flex/Rich Batsford/Matt Geary – The Bulls Head, Moseley, Birmingham – 19/6/7
Blood Island Raiders/Imindain (2)/Eternal Torment – The Bristol Pear, Selly Oak, Birmingham – 2/6/7
Shimm1/Moorish Delta 7 (3)/Midas/Stars In DC – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 2/6/7
Frank Sidebottom (2) – The Civic Hall Bar, Wolverhampton – 1/6/7
Trouble/Rise To Addiction – The Civic Hall Bar, Wolverhampton – 28/5/7
Travis (2) – The Academy, Birmingham – 25/5/7
Battles (2)/Modified Toy Orchestra (4) – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 24/5/7
The Twang (2)/Dogs/The Harrisons – The Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 22/5/7
Meatloaf (2)/Marion Raven – The NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham- 14/5/7
The Courtesy Group (3)/Mills And Boon (3)/Betty & The Id – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 4/5/7
Pram/Poppy & The Jezebels/Paperweight Industry – The Medicine Bar, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 28/4/7
Spiritualized/The Lines (2) – The Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 25/4/7
Brian McKnight/Boyz II Men/Megan Rochelle/4Sure – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 8/4/7
Clutch (8)/The Sword/Taint – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 6/4/7
Thea Gilmore – The Little Civic, Wolverhampton – 31/3/7
The Destroyers (5)/Samba Central/Mooncoin – Epic Skate Park, Moseley, Birmingham – 24/3/7
Mothertrucker (16)/Io/You, Me, Dominoes – The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham – 18/3/7
Kreator/Celtic Frost – The Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 15/3/7
Trans Am/The Arm (4) – The Medicine Bar, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 6/3/7
The Destroyers (4)/Cantaloop (2)/The Lines – The Varsity, Wolverhampton – 24/2/7
Young James Long/Copter/D. Louis Baker (3) – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 18/2/7
Flower-Corsano Duo/Voice Of The Seven Woods/Mills And Boon (2) – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 17/2/7
Aereogramme (2)/Mothertrucker (15) – Bar Academy, Birmingham – 11/2/7
Regina Spektor – The Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 6/2/7
Threads/Bela Emerson/Bee Stung Lips (2) – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 3/2/7
Nightingales/The Courtesy Group (2)/Einstellung (2) – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 2/2/7
Frank Sidebottom – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 23/1/7
The Destroyers (3) – The ICC, Birmingham – 12/1/7
The Roots – The Academy, Birmingham – 14/12/6
Billy Bragg (3) – The Academy, Birmingham – 13/12/6
Basement Jaxx (2)/CSS – The NIA, Birmingham – 5/12/6
Christina Aguilera (2)/Akala – The NIA, Birmingham – 26/11/6
Beverly Knight (5) – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 23/11/6
Neurosis (3)/Made Out Of Babies – Kentish Town Forum, London – 18/11/6
Motorhead (2)/Clutch (7)/Crucified Barbara – The Academy, Birmingham – 9/11/6
Vultures/More Hate Than Fear/Affirmation/Owning Up/Remains To Be Seen – The Market Tavern, Digbeth, Birmingham – 8/11/6
Rancid (3)/GBH – The Academy, Birmingham – 7/11/6
Exodus/Biomechanical/Dementia – Civic Hall Bar, Wolverhampton – 6/11/6
Unleashed/Grave/Dismember/Entombed – JB’s, Dudley – 5/11/6
Shady Bard/The Will To Rally/The Francos – The Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 4/11/6
Enablers/Last Of The Real Hardmen – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 3/11/6
Gogol Bordello/Bedouin Soundclash (3)/Danko Jones – The Academy, Birmingham – 2/11/6
Torche/Baroness/Haxan (2) – The Medicine Bar, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 1/11/6
The Courtesy Group/Mills And Boon/The Fakulty – The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham – 30/10/6
The Cribbler/Chinook (2)/Richard Burke (2)/?/? – The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham – 29/10/6
The Photophonic Experiment – The MAC, Edgbaston, Birmingham – 28/10/6
Moorish Delta 7 (2) – Air, Digbeth, Birmingham – 27/10/6
The Matthew Bennett Band/Stanley’s Choice/Angels Exist – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 27/10/6
Church Of Misery (2)/Sourvein (2) – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 26/10/6
Rolo Tomassi (2)/I Was A Cub Scout/Fuck Buttons/Bee Stung Lips – Scruffy Murphy’s, Birmingham – 22/10/6
Public Enemy – The Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 10/10/6
Lacuna Coil – The Academy, Birmingham – 8/10/6
Licquid/Long Day Gone/The Readymades – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 30/9/6
Bossk (2)/Mothertrucker (14)/Slab (2)/The Arm (3) – Chapter Eleven, Birmingham – 20/9/6
The Destroyers (2) – Centenary Square, Birmingham – 10/9/6
Morning View – The Stage, Birmingham – 10/9/6
Fola – Centenary Square, Birmingham – 9/9/6
TNI – CBSO Centre, Birmingham – 9/9/6
Mothertrucker (13)/The Void – Chamberlain Square, Birmingham – 9/9/6
The Incredible String Band/Seth Lakeman/Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle/Tunng (2)/Findlay Brown/Jane Weaver/Scott Mathews (2)/The Destroyers/Ben Calvert (2)/Mi & Lau/Richard Burke/Scott Mathews/Simon Lord & Robert Jesse – Moseley Park, Moseley, Birmingham – 2/9/6
Michael Franti & Spearhead – Academy 2, Birmingham – 31/8/6
Bedouin Soundclash (2)/Beat Union/Zox – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 24/8/6
Youngblood Brass Band/The Rubikons/Dexter – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 23/8/6
The Black Veins/Dispatch/All I Need – The Market Tavern, Digbeth, Birmingham – 22/8/6
Red Stars Parade/Palehorse (4)/Armed Response Unit/Sunshine Republic – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 18/8/6
Spine (3)/Deadsunrising (7)/Nog (3) – The Medicine Bar, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 16/8/6
Upcdowncleftcrightcabc+start/Mt./Mothertrucker (12) – The Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 8/8/6
Mothertrucker (11)/Random Conflict/Slab/Redjack – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 7/8/6
High On Fire (2)/Zombi/Isis/Broadcast/US Maple/Modified Toy Orchestra (3)/Final/Michael Gira/Hanne Hukelburg/Una Corda (7) – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 22/7/6
The Bug/PCM (2)/Mistress (24) – The Medicine Bar, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 21/7/6
The Arm (2)/Mothertrucker (10)/Sunset Cinema Club (2) – The Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 16/7/6
Bossk/Symmetry/Montana (2) – Scruffy Murphy’s, Birmingham – 14/7/6
Bring Me The Horizon/Mistress (23)/State Of Serenity – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 11/7/6
Flogging Molly (3)/Failsafe – Academy 2, Birmingham – 10/7/6
Mistress (22)/Decimate (14)/Out For Blood – The Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 2/7/6
Gladys Knight – Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 30/6/6
The Steve Ajao Quartet – The ICC, Birmingham – 9/6/6
PCM – The Medicine Bar, The Custard Factory, Birmingham – 7/6/6
Mistress (21)/Fast Lady/Haddonfield Illinois (2) – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 6/6/6
The Swarm – The Planet, Wolverhampton – 2/6/6
The Fallout Trust (2)/My Girl Sleeps/Camorra – The Little Civic, Wolverhampton – 29/5/6
Impaled Nazarene/Master/Stoneman – J.B.’s, Dudley – 28/5/6
Mothertrucker (9)/Hands Of Hate/Una Corda (6) – The Planet, Wolverhampton – 12/5/6
Tarantula AD/Einstellung/Haxan – The Medicine Bar, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 8/5/6
The Streets (2)/Sway/Professor Green – The Academy, Birmingham – 7/5/6
Polysics (3)/The Scare – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 30/4/6
Ramesses (5)/Sourvein/Goddam Ox – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 29/4/6
Project 7 (2)/Bi-Polar Baby/Turn On The News – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 26/4/6
Billy Bragg (2) – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 23/4/6
Swellbellys (2)/Assert (5) – The Market Tavern, Digbeth, Birmingham – 17/4/6
Grails/Bologna Pony/Seeland – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 14/4/6
Grandscope (3)/Naomi/? – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 13/4/6
Boris (2)/Una Corda (5)/Mothertrucker (8) – The Medicine Bar @ The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 11/4/6
Grandscope (2)/The Attica State/Selotape – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 1/4/6
Mogwai/The Magnificents – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 31/3/6
Rankin’ Roger/Neville Staple (2)/Moorish Delta 7/Pato Banton (2)/Yaz Alexander/GT & RD/S-Squad/The Heard – The Dragon Bar & The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 26/3/6
The Twang/Sleepyhead – The Sanctuary & The Sanctuary Dragon Bar, Digbeth, Birmingham – 25/3/6
Damian Marley – The Academy, Birmingham – 1/3/6
Kanye West/Keyshia Cole/Lupe Fiasco/Shawn Emanuel (2) – The NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 28/2/6
Municipal Waste (2)/Mistress (20)/The Plague Symphony/Life Denied (2) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 22/2/6
Lazarus Clamp/D. Louis Baker & Friends (2) – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 21/2/6
Horse The Band/The Final Sigh/Rolo Tomassi/Break The Sky – Edwards No.8, Birmingham – 20/2/6
Bilge Pump/Trencher (3)/Calvados Beam Trio (3)/Petrified – The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham – 19/2/6
That Fucking Tank/What Price, Wonderland?/Esquilax (2)/The Arm/The Fall, The Rise (3) – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 17/2/6
The Fallout Trust – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 6/2/6
The Motorettes/The Big Bang/The Black Flash – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 1/2/6
Nick Cave (2) – Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 30/1/6
Sonic Lord/Mothertrucker (7)/Life Denied – Scruffy Murphys, Birmingham – 27/1/6
Bedouin Soundclash/Vernon Maytone – Academy 2, Birmingham – 22/1/6
Corrosion Of Conformity/Clutch (6)/Stinking Lizaveta – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 17/1/6
Carina Round (11)/Murdoch (3)/Dan Whitehouse – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 13/1/6
The Klopeks (6)/Random Hand/Mapatazi Bob/Platypud – The Market Tavern, Digbeth, Birmingham – 8/1/6
Pelican (2)/Mistress (19)/Una Corda (4) – The Medicine Bar @ The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 21/12/5
The Pogues/Dropkick Murphys (4) – The NIA, Birmingham – 18/12/5
Una Corda (3)/Mothertrucker (6)/Burnst/The Hubble Constant – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 17/12/5
Anaal Nathrakh/Ramesses (4)/Narcosis (2) – Edwards No.8, Birmingham – 16/12/5
Carina Round (10)/Murdoch (2) – The Little Civic, Wolverhampton – 15/12/5
The Fucking Champs/Exploder (2)/Nog (2) – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 6/12/5
Roots Manuva (2)/Plan B – Academy 2, Birmingham – 29/11/5
Project 7/Tired Irie/Mothertrucker (5) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 16/11/5
Elbow/Mew – The Academy, Birmingham – 15/11/5
Picastro/Dwayne Sodahberk/Chinook & The Charged Particles – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 13/11/5
Motorhead/In Flames – The Academy, Birmingham – 10/11/5
Melt Banana/Brian Duffy & The Modified Toy Orchestra (2)/Noise Noise Allore! – The Medicine Bar @ The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 9/11/5
The Proclaimers/Damien Dempsey (3) – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 8/11/5
Polysics (2)/Distophia (2) – The Barfly, Digbeth, Birmingham – 6/11/5
Millencolin/Flogging Molly (2) – The Academy, Birmingham – 4/11/5
Subhumans (2)/Antibodies – Edwards No. 9, Birmingham – 2/11/5
Echo & The Bunnymen – The Academy, Birmingham – 30/10/5
Happy Mondays/Stereo MCs – The Academy, Birmingham – 27/10/5
Assert (4)/Broken Minds/Headhunglow – The Market Tavern, Digbeth, Birmingham – 22/10/5
Municipal Waste/Send More Paramedics/Mirror! Mirror! (2)/Knives (3) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 17/10/5
Mistress (18)/Harpies (2)/Mike In Mono/Ben Calvert – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 13/10/5
If I Started Killing/Heroes Fall/The Bitter Lemonz – The Gallows, Birmingham – 10/10/5
Church Of Misery/Moho/Una Corda (2) – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 7/10/5
Clutch (5) – The Academy, Birmingham – 7/10/5
Noxagt/Calvados Beam Trio (2)/Knives (2) – The Medicine Bar @ The Custard Factory, Digbeth Birmingham – 5/10/5
Yat-Kha/Babar Luck – Midland Arts Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham – 21/9/5
Exploder/Sweet Seduction (formerly The Wild Roses) (2)/Nog/Jilted Generation – Scruffy Murphy’s, Birmingham – 18/9/5
Fun Lovin’ Criminals (2)/Cantaloop – The Academy, Birmingham – 15/9/5
Snowblood/Knives/Montana – The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham – 14/9/5
John Legend (2)/Estelle – The Academy, Birmingham – 11/9/5
Lazarus Blackstar/Rannoch/Imindain – The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham – 10/9/5
Steel Pulse/The Beat/Dawn Penn/Gabbidon/The Neville Staples Band/Tuffluv/The Reggae Rockz Young Allstars – Centenary Square, Birmingham – 9/9/5
27 (2)/Mothertrucker (4)/Haddonsfield Illinois – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 5/9/5
Formation Flight (2)/D. Louis Baker & Friends – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 18/8/5
Black Uhuru/Ninjaman/The Mighty Diamonds – The Academy, Birmingham – 15/8/5
November Coming Fire (2)/The Seventh Cross (3)/Trencher(2) – Alex & Ellen’s House, Bourneville, Birmingham – 13/8/5
The Honeymoon Machine (3)/Acacia – The Little Civic, Wolverhampton – 12/8/5
Fickle Public/Grandscope/Left Alone – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 10/8/5
Every Time I Die (2)/Twelve Tribes – Academy 2, Birmingham – 5/8/5
Vat Of Fat/Mothertrucker (3) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 31/7/5
Seducedwomandead/Sunset Cinema Club/I’m Being Good/Mirror! Mirror!/The Drama – The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham – 31/7/5
Editors (3)/!Forward Russia! – Academy 2, Birmingham – 28/7/5
Beecher (3)/Mistress (17) – Bar Academy, Birmingham – 26/7/5
Napalm Death – Academy 2, Birmingham – 18/7/5
Brian Duffy & The Modified Toy Orchestra/Dalek/Formation Flight/Battles/Black Galaxy vs Kreepa/Jesu (3)/Aerogramme/ Tunng/Sol_Dat/Khonnor – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 9/7/5
The Klopeks (5)/Jolly Not So/Rhythmic Coughing/Laughing In The Face Of – Scruffy Murphy’s, Birmingham – 7/7/5
Adequate 7 (2)/3dbs Down/Templeton Pek – Bar Academy, Birmingham – 5/7/5
Snoop Dogg/Roll Deep Entourage – The NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 4/7/5
Al Green – Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 30/6/5
The Kirkz/The Klopeks (4)/Nuclear Babies – The Market Tavern, Digbeth, Birmingham – 26/6/5
Basement Jaxx/The Go! Team – The Academy, Birmingham – 22/6/5
High On Fire/Gonga – Academy 2, Birmingham – 21/6/5
The Explosion/Turn Cold/Lost In Victory – Academy 2, Birmingham – 8/6/5
Destiny’s Child (2) – The NIA, Birmingham – 5/6/5
Tori Amos – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 2/6/5
Clutch (4)/Five Horse Johnson – The Queens Hall, Nuneaton – 20/5/5
John Legend – The Academy, Birmingham – 19/5/5
Distophia/Science Of The Stars – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 4/5/5
Flogging Molly – Academy 2, Birmingham – 29/4/5
Jesu (2)/Kill The Thrill – The Medicine Bar @ The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 20/4/5
Mothertrucker (2)/Legion Of Doom/Keiko’s Last Smile – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 17/4/5
Melanie C – Academy 2, Birmingham – 16/4/5
I Am Kloot/Cranebuilders – Academy 2, Birmingham – 11/4/5
Beverly Knight (4) – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 7/4/5
Angie Stone (2) – The Academy, Birmingham – 6/4/5
Damien Dempsey (2)/Siobhan Parr/Sam Huxley – Bar Academy, Birmingham – 5/4/5
Red Sparowes/Ramesses (3)/Una Corda – The Medicine Bar @ The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 31/3/5
The Seventh Cross (2)/Broken Promise – Colmore’s Bar,
Birmingham – 29/3/5
Pungent Stench/Desecration (3)/Screaming Daemon – Edwards No. 8, Birmingham – 25/3/5
The Dwarves/Winnebago Deal – Academy 2, Birmingham – 22/3/5
Nas/Kano (2) – The Academy, Birmingham – 15/3/5
Mercury Rev – The Academy, Birmingham – 11/3/5
Straylight Run/The Spill Canvas/The Junior Varsity – Academy 2, Birmingham – 6/3/5
Dropkick Murphys (3) – The Academy, Birmingham – 4/3/5
The Streets/The Mitchell Brothers/Kano – The NIA, Birmingham – 3/3/5
Mistress (16)/Narcosis/Hostile (2) – Edwards No. 8, Birmingham – 27/2/5
Roots Manuva/M.I.A – The Academy, Birmingham – 26/2/5
Discharge/Certified/Fatal Impact/Hardcore – Edwards No. 8, Birmingham – 25/2/5
Nightwish/Tristania – The Academy, Birmingham – 15/2/5
The Pharcyde – Academy 2, Birmingham – 8/2/5
Benediction/Decimate (13) – Edwards No. 8, Birmingham – 30/1/5
Rattlesnake Remedy/The Wild Roses/Fiori – The Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 29/1/5
Editors (formerly known as Snowfield) (2)/Needless Alley – The Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 28/1/5
Raucous/Mothertrucker/Bullgator – The Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 23/1/5
The Klopeks (3)/All Or Nothing (2) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 22/12/4
Michael Vasco/Neutron Tears – The Barfly, Camden, London – 19/12/4
Neurosis (2) – The Forum, Kentish Town, London – 18/12/4
Dillinger Escape Plan (2)/Poison The Well/Ephel Duath/Pink Spider – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 30/11/4
5ive (2)/Ramesses (2)/Mistress (15) – The Jug Of Ale, Moseley, Birmingham – 27/11/4
5ive/Ramesses/The New Blacks/Drink With The Dead – Little Civic, Wolverhampton, 26/11/4
Jill Scott – The Academy, Birmingham – 24/11/4
Horace Andy/Munchbreak Collective – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 21/11/4
Amy Winehouse (2)/Tyler James (2) – Academy, Birmingham – 12/11/4
Deadsunrising (6)/The Fall, The Rise (formerly Sist) (2)/Mynameislegion (2) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham, 10/11/4
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds/Silver Ray – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 7/11/4
Chimaera/Dignity Dies First/DeadxReckoning/Feeding/The Seventh Cross – The Royal George, Digbeth, Birmingham – 30/10/4
Unit Ama/Tigers! (2)/Shooting Victor Francis – The Royal George, Digbeth, Birmingham – 26/10/4
Bleeding Hearts/Red Flag 77/The Devil Rides Out/Intention (8) – The Royal George, Digbeth, Birmingham – 23/10/4
Nadezh-Da/Pericles – Aston University Students’ Guild, Birmingham – 19/10/4
Slipknot (2)/Slayer/Hatebreed/Mastodon – NIA, Birmingham – 5/10/4
Army Of Flying Robots/Tigers/Death Of A Champion (3) – The Royal George, Digbeth, Birmingham
Exile – Scruffy Murphy’s, Birmingham – 3/9/4
Some Girls/Das Oath/Calvados Beam Trio – The Theatre Space @ The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 28/8/4
Pelican/Jesu/Deadsunrising (5) – The Medicine Bar @ The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 4/8/4
Polysics/Punish The Atom – Bar Academy, Birmingham – 25/7/4
Deadsunrising (4)/Harpies/D-rail – The Royal George, Digbeth, Birmingham – 2/7/4
Usher/Smujee – NEC Arena, Birmingham – 1/7/4
Dilated Peoples/Motley – Academy 2, Birmingham – 26/6/4
Beverly Knight (3) – HMV, Birmingham – 23/6/4
Sean Paul/Big Brovaz – NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 19/6/4
Mary J Blige/Chaka Khan – NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 16/6/4
Jamelia (2)/Alex Cartana/J’Nay – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 9/6/4
Carina Round (9)/Damien Dempsey – Civic Hall Bar, Wolverhampton – 26/5/4
Mayhem/Cadaver/Defiled/Mistress (14) – Academy 2, Birmingham – 7/5/4
Britney Spears/JC Chasez – NIA, Birmingham – 5/5/4
Darkest Hour/Mistress (13)/Decimate (12) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 17/3/4
Trencher/Schorf/Esquilax/Death Of A Champion (2) – The Royal George, Digbeth, Birmingham – 9/3/4
Stampin’ Ground (4) – Academy 2, Birmingham – 8/3/4
Dropkick Murphy’s (2)/Frenzal Rhomb – Academy 2, Birmingham – 7/3/4
Seven Feet Four/Goodbye, Motorskills!/My Name Is Legion – Scruffy Murphy’s, Birmingham – 25/2/4
Aconite Thrill (3)/Numinor (7)/Ella/Bull vs Bear (2)/Death Of A Champion – Scruffy Murphy’s, Birmingham – 22/2/4
Chimaira/Stampin’ Ground (3)/Every Time I Die – Academy 2, Birmingham – 7/2/4
Sick Of It All/Most Precious Blood/Bleeding Through – Academy 2, Birmingham – 4/2/4
Amy Winehouse/Tyler James/John The White Rapper – Academy 2, Birmingham – 26/1/4
Carina Round (8)/The Honeymoon Machine (2)/Chaplain’s Alley – The Little Civic, Wolverhampton – 25/1/4
Carina Round (7)/The Honeymoon Machine – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 21/1/4
Magic Bullet Theory/360 – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 17/1/4
Desecration (2)/Mulch/Diamanthian – The Royal George, Digbeth, Birmingham – 3/1/4
Numinor (6)/The Klopeks (2)/Sika Redem/Fidget/The Whack/Midriff – Edwards No. 8, Birmingham – 3/1/4
Zao/Martyr AD/Eden Maine (2)/Numinor (5)/H’ex – Edwards No. 8, Birmingham – 10/12/3
Dillinger Escape Plan/Cult Of Luna/Beecher (2) – Academy 2, Birmingham – 9/12/3
Decimate (11)/Gutworm/Numinor (4) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 8/12/3
Alabama 3/The Larry Love Showband – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 2/12/3
Godsize (9)/RSJ/Numinor (3) – The Royal George, Digbeth, Birmingham – 27/11/3
Beyonce/Abs/Shawn Emanuel – NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 13/11/3
Christina Aguilera/Black Eyed Peas – NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 7/11/3
Mariah Carey/Matt Goss – NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 28/10/3
Decimate (10)/My War (2)/Aconite Thrill (2)/Godsize (8)/Intention (7)/Numinor (2)/H8 Target (3)/Bull vs Bear – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 26/10/3
Carina Round (6)/Murdoch/Snowfield – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 17/10/3
50 Cent/Fabulous – NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 1/10/3
Mis-Teeq/Jamelia – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 30/9/3
Carina Round (5)/Oneyesblue/Xsister – The Little Civic, Wolverhampton – 24/9/3
Mistress (12)/Pale Horse (3)/Crawl back In (2) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 15/9/3
Rancid (2)/Stretch Armstrong/The Fight – Academy, Birmingham – 11/9/3
The Klopeks/All Or Nothing – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 10/9/3
Johnny Truant/27/Mistress (11) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 3/9/3
Decimate (9)/Burning Skies/Difference Of Opinion – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 1/9/3
Himsa (2)/November Coming Fire/Sist/Control – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 5/8/3
Michaels Winds – Hotel Jaccarino, St. Agatha, Sorrento – 23/7/3
Charger (2)/Labrat (2)/Mistress (10)/Pale Horse (2)/Occupational Hazard/The Murder Of Rosa Luxembourg/Aconite Thrill/Jahsoma/Sinners vs Swimmers/Crawl Back In – Edwards No. 8, Birmingham – 29/6/3
Deadsunrising (3)/Beecher/Emotive Exposed (2)/Numinor – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 25/6/3
Jimmy Cliff/Josephine Omimaya – Academy, Birmingham – 18/6/3
Intention (6)/H8 Target (2) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 15/6/3
H8 Target/The Big/Nervous Tension/Dogshit Sandwich – Crosswells Inn, Langley – 24/5/3
Pale Horse/Godsize (7) – Rock Cafe 2000, Stourbridge – 14/5/3
Today Is The Day (2)/Closer Than Kin/Godsize (6) – Rock Cafe 2000, Stourbridge – 7/5/3
Freebase (5)/Godsize (5)/My War – Rock Cafe 2000, Stourbridge – 23/4/3
Og’s Bunkadoo Band – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 18/4/3
Boris/Mistress (9)/Like A Kind Of Matador/Micr.d.t – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 9/4/3
Decimate (8)/Godsize (4) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 31/3/3
Lee Scratch Perry/Jah Grizzly Dylan – The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham – 22/3/3
Defenestration (2)/Godsize (3)/Seraphidian (2) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 19/3/3
Opeth/Madder Mortem – Academy 2, Birmingham – 17/3/3
Freebase (4)/Decimate (7)/The Dangerfields/Seraphidian – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 23/2/3
Mistress (8)/Decimate (6)/Eden Maine/Deadsunrising (2)/Conquest Of Steel/Godsize (2)/HOSTILE – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 2/2/3
Joe 90/The Leif Ericson/The Killerest Expression/Intention (5) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 27/1/3
Tarantism/The Mobsters/Last Under The Sun – The Old Railway, Digbeth, Birmingham – 22/1/3
Beverly Knight (2)/Rhianna – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 12/12/2
Alicia Keys – NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 6/11/2
Himsa/Deadsunrising/Deadnaught – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 1/10/2
Decimate (5)/Frog/Rotunda (2) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 30/9/2
Mistress (7)/Intention (4)/Iron Hearse – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 29/9/2
Ja Rule/Ashanti/Romeo – NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 28/9/2
Pog/Chester/Steve Francis (2)/Rachael ?/We Am Janet/Pico – The Old
Railway, Digbeth, Birmingham – 4/9/2
Decimate (4)/Mistress (6)/Exit Wound – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 31/7/2
Angie Stone – The Academy, Birmingham – 16/7/2
Destiny’s Child/Solange/Boniface/Heist – NIA, Birmingham – 17/6/2
Beverly Knight/Shaun Escoffry – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 27/5/2
Electric Wizard (2)/Warhorse/Mistress (5) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 21/5/2
Billy Bragg & The Blokes – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 21/3/2
Assert (3)/Swellbellys/Intention (3)/Set Against (2) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 18/3/2
Godsize/Emotive Exposed – The Old Railway, Digbeth, Birmingham -13/3/2
?/?/The Orphans – The Air Balloon, Portsmouth – 9/3/2
Hundred Reasons/Capdown (4)/Douglas/Adequate 7 – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 1/3/2
Ben Christophers (2)/Carina Round (4)/Jacob Golden (2) – Academy 2, Birmingham – 17/2/2
Ben Christophers/Carina Round (3)/Jacob Golden – The Little Civic, Wolverhampton – 14/2/2
Raging Speedhorn (2)/Clutch (3)/Candiria/Landmine Spring – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 30/1/2
Andrew WK/Lost Prophets (2)/Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/The Coral – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 29/1/2
Rollins Band/Queen Adrena – J.B’s, Dudley – 18/1/2
The Tonics – St Annes Club, Digbeth, Birmingham – 22/12/1
Sally (2)/Baxxter (2) – Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham – 31/10/1
Terrorvision (3) – J.B’s, Dudley – 2/10/1
Leeds Festival [bands I saw in no order - Eminem & D12/Travis/
Manic Street Preachers/Marilyn Manson/Lowgold/Mark B + Blade/Xzibit/System Of A Down (2)/Fuzz Lightyears/Fear Factory/Hed(PE) (2)/
Boy Hits Car/?/Greenday/Mo Solid Gold/PJ Harvey/Eels/Run DMC/Lo-Fidelity Allstars/Fun Lovin’ Criminals/Good Riddance/Supergrass/Feeder (2)/Rancid/Dropkick Murphys/Capdown (3)/Shelter/Kids Near Water) - Temple Newsam Park, Leeds - 24-26/8/1
Sally/Baxxter/Family Wipes - Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham
Carina Round (2)/Tinkerbell/Jack Rubinacci (2) - Ronnie Scotts, Birmingham
Mistress (4)/HHH/Stand - Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham - 17/7/1
Clutch (2)/Throat/Mistress (3)/Solway Fifth - The Foundry, Birmingham - 29/6/1
Defenestration/Karmic Jera/First Offence (2) - The Foundry, Birmingham - 21/6/1
The Wildhearts/Anti-Product (2)/Devin Townsend - J.B’s, Dudley - 17/6/1
Patto Banton/Lamia/Malvina - Josiah Mason College, Stockland Green, Birmingham - 13/6/1
Capdown (2)/Farce (2)/Free Food - The Foundry, Birmingham - 1/6/1
Carina Round/Eastman - Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham - 30/5/1
Ozzfest [bands I saw in no order were Black Sabbath (2)/Tool/Papa Roach/Soulfly/Slipknot/Hed(PE)/Raging Speedhorn/Amen/Mudvayne/Black Label Society/Apartment 26/Union Undergound] – National Bowl, Milton Keynes – 26/5/1
All About Eve/Jack Rubinacci – Ronnie Scotts, Birmingham
Anal Beard/Eastfield (3)/Steve Francis/Sick Puppy – The Old Railway, Digbeth, Birmingham – 24/4/1
One Minute Silence (2)/Earthtone 9 (3) – The Foundry, Birmingham – 23/4/1
One Minute Silence/Earthtone 9 (2)/Linea 77 – J.B’s, Dudley – 20/4/1
Morbid Angel/Charger – J.B’s, Dudley – 15/4/1
Decimate (3)/Spine (2)/Pencilcase – The Foundry upstairs bar, Birmingham – 9/4/1
Terrorvision (2)/Zico – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 2/4/1
Feeder/My Vitriol – The Academy, Birmingham – 1/4/1
Extreme Noise Terror/Medulla Nocte (4)/Desecration/Labrat/Mistress (2)
- The Foundry, Birmingham – 11/3/1
Knuckledust (3)/Unite/Decimate (2) – The Foundry upstairs bar, Birmingham – 17/2/1
Pitchshifter (2)/Earthtone 9/Lost Prophets – The Academy, Birmingham – 6/2/1
Assert (2)/Freebase (3)/Rotunda – The Foundry upstairs bar, Birmingham – 3/2/1
One Less Than None – J.B’s, Dudley – 1/2/1
Terrorvision/Co.Dot – J.B’s, Dudley – 14/1/1
First Offence – J.B’s, Dudley – 4/1/1
Eastfield (2)/Swaktang/Lashed Up – The Old Railway, Digbeth, Birmingham – 19/12/00
Ikon – J.B’s, Dudley – 30/11/00
Capdown/Farce/Pignut – The Foundry upstairs bar, Birmingham – 25/11/00
Stampin’ Ground (2)/Drowning/Cursed Earth – The Foundry upstairs bar, Birmingham – 23/11/00
Spine/Kafka/Decimate – The Foundry, Birmingham – 20/11/00
Medulla Nocte (3)/Mistress/? – The Foundry, Birmingham – 19/11/00
Pure Gold Babies – J.B’s, Dudley – 16/11/00
Freebase (2) – J.B’s, Dudley – 9/11/00
Therapy? (2)/Dog Toffee – The Sanctuary, Digbeth, Birmingham
Morso – J.B’s, Dudley – 2/11/00
Glueball – J.B’s, Dudley – 26/10/00
Jellybomb – J.B’s, Dudley – 19/10/00
Spitbox – J.B’s, Dudley – 12/10/00
Electric Wizard – The Foundry, Birmingham – 27/9/00
Pitchshifter/The Workhorse Movement/Sona Fariq – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampron – 26/9/00
Freebase/Opiate – The Foundry, Birmingham
Black Candy – J.B’s, Dudley – 3/8/00
Stampin’ Ground/Knuckledust (2)/Intention (2)/? – The Foundry, Birmingham – 9/7/00
Leatherface/Anti-Product – J.B’s (small room), Dudley – 2/7/00
Cannibal Corpse/Vomitory/Mystic Circle – J.B’s, Dudley
Kindred – J.B’s, Dudley – 24/3/00
Therapy?/The Yo-Yos/Clutch – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 11/2/00
Black Sabbath/System Of A Down/Godsmack/Drain STH – NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 22/12/99
Neurosis/Voivod/Today Is The Day – J.B’s, Dudley – 5/10/99
Subhumans/Police Bastard/POA/Eastfield – The Foundry, Birmingham – 9/8/98
Agnostic Front/Goober Patrol/King Prawn/Astream/Knuckledust/Medulla Nocte (2)/Assert/Set Against/Intention – The Foundry, Birmingham – 26/7/98
Strapping Young Lad/Medulla Nocte – The Foundry, Birmingham
Tura Satana (2)/Will Haven/Psycore – J.B’s, Dudley – 22/4/98
Clawfinger/Cold/Bullyrag (2) – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 14/3/98
Tura Satana/Bullyrag/Human Waste Project – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 5/11/97
Megadeth/Kill II This – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 30/9/97
Meatloaf – NEC Arena, Marston Green, Birmingham – 27/11/94
Capdown/Farce/Pignut – Foundry upstairs bar – 25/11/00
Hi
I dont suppose you know where i could buy any of Farce’s Cd’s?
Please let me know. i have been searching the web but cant find anything!
Thanks
Kerry
Kerry@poundcottage.com
Email sent.
Not a particularly helpful one, admittedly, but there we are.
Impressive. Six years of gigging in the same city/region, three gigs in common. Good choices, by the way.
Ooooh which three which three which three?
It’s exciting.
Swaktang Rock!!!! – message to Kerry Loveland – the swakers used to play with the farce’s – drop the f and forget about them…..
Cheerio – swaktang will reform in 2008….we will grace you list yet again…
you came to one of my gigs! YAY!
what did you think to THE MATTHEW BENNETT BAND? are you local?
if you can remember us I’d love for you to get in touch via the myspace etc. be great to have a correspondance.
we’re being heavily promoted atm hopefully because we’re going to be successful!
many thanks for attending, whether you stayed, remember us, or not :)
peace!
LESLEy-MARiE x
http://www.myspace.com/thematthewbennettband
I can’t really be doing with MySpace these days so I’ll stick this here on the off-chance you come back: Here’s what I wrote at the time. I was fairly indifferent to you but there are quite a few people in the comments thread underneath who were keen.
I THOUGHT it was you at Celtic Frost last night! Just couldn’t quite be sure, I think it was the beard that threw me, probably because the last time I saw you was about seven years ago??
Anyway if you did clock me, I wasn’t ignoring you (well I was actually, I was ignoring everyone, mainly due to the metal-induced deafness in my one remaining good ear. God they were heavy.)
Hope you enjoyed the night. I thought it was fantastic, even worth the 200-mile round trip and the drive home to wales at 2am.
Get in touch, I genuinely would like to hear from you again and there aren’t many of our peers I can say that about…
Keep well
Sal x
If you’re the Sal that I assume you are then it’s lovely to hear from you again (didn’t see you t’other night, though).
I will email in a little bit.
Well…
I’ve looked at that fabulous list of yours -
and it’s fascinating to note that….
going right back to gig one… Meatloaf…. on the comeback trail, excitingly enough.. an auspicious start… through Megadeath… OK, were building a profile here…
that with the possible exception of Nick Cave and Public Enemy… and I’m guessing they must have been going through a bit of a bad patch if you rolled up… you have attended 666 of the worst gigs ever to pull into town…
I won’t bother to list ‘em all, but brother is your radar seriously off beam…
You actually hav’nt seen The Stones, You’ve missed Dylan, Patti Smith , Primal Scream, The Strokes… jesus, Elvis could be resurrected, put on free at St Andrews and they could offer you a front row seat.. and youd be in some god forsaken public house reminiscing about Beverley Knight
There is a popular saying that addresses those who should get out more… It’s really rather intriguing to meet someone who should go out less.
Ah come on now. You’ve got to give me Al Green as well, surely?
This is a better line of attack for you, though. At least this is logically coherent.
I think The Strokes are god awfully rotten, incidentally, although I would love to see the rest of your little Q-esque list there.
given her liking for what can only be described as the standard complement of ‘legendary’ artists (Q magazine aproved, as Russ says), it’s amazing that this Rosy doesn’t similarly acclaim not only Al Green but also Lee Scratch Perry, Jimmy Cliff, Chaka Khan and Gladys Knight. Aren’t they all similarly regarded figures?
I can’t say I adore every artist on this list, but it’s about as balanced a list in taste as you can reasonably imagine.
Cheers Chris (where have you been, anyway?).
Now that you mention those, I think you’re right and furthermore I think there’s an obvious pattern amongst them. Was her pre-emptive mention of Public Enemy enough of a token, one wonders?
Wow, The Strokes are better than ‘Megadeath’? I’ll be.
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Tura Satana? Well good. Not that I’m a particular fan of Tairrie B., but that whole scene reminds me of good times in metal. In fact, she and Burt Bell went out for a while, so there’s a bit of trivia for you.
Wasn’t one member of Tura Satana a Hispanic sort of chap? They’re not the band to win over our Rosy, clearly.
In all fairness, I probably couldn’t listen to Tura Satana now. And Ms B. really, really was annoying.
I am slowly uploading more gig photos to my website, so this will come in handy! Woooot.
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Wow!!That’s a cool gig list there.
I was as GALLHAMMER show too at Barfly,GALLHAMMER were cool,but I AM COLOSSUS – a Birmingham based band apparently,were deffo band of the night,what did you think,I thought they were insane…….
One to check out again!!!
I can’t say I was particularly fussed with ‘em, myself.
Whoah! I’m pretty certain I could not remember every band I ever saw but I wish I could.
I still have my AC/DC ticket from 1982!
Love the fact you’ve seen Cannibal Corpse and Britney. Imagine them together!
Yup, a (very important) list like this is something you need to start pretty early on to have a chance of doing properly. Fortunately I have always been sad like that.
Can’t wait to see some of your Supersonic piccies!