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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 812 different bands.

Butthole Surfers/Paul Green’s School Of Rock - Civic Hall Bar - 22/7/8

ZX Spectrum Orchestra/Kikuri/The Oscillation (2)/Fucked Up/Earth/Parts And Labor/Orthodox/Max Tundra/Transitional/Einstellung (3) - Custard Factory - 13/7/8

Battles (3)/Fuck Buttons (3)/Oxbow/Efterklang (3)/Magnetophone/The Courtesy Group (8)/Alexander Tucker (2)/Cath & Phil Tyler - Custard Factory - 12/7/8

Dalek (2)/PCM (3)/Rolo Tomassi (4)/Cutting Pink With Knives - Custard Factory - 11/7/8

Melt Banana (2)/Mirror! Mirror! (3) - Hare & Hounds - 22/6/8

Holly GoLightly/Delaney Davidson/The Courtesy Group (7)/Ted Edwards - Hare & Hounds - 16/6/8

The Destroyers (8) - Town Hall - 12/6/8

Sex Pistols - Academy - 11/6/8

Ty (2)/Bashy/Eska/Soweto Kinch/Gabbidon (3)/Zena Edwards/Tor/Kosyne & Sonny Jim/Black Voices - Hockley Flyover, Birmingham - 31/5/8

Today Is The Day (3)/Jucifer/Complete Failure - Bar Academy - 21/5/8

Guillemots/Roysworld - Wulfrun - 19/5/8

Carina Round (17)/Ari Shine (2) - Little Civic - 7/5/8

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (3) - Academy - 5/5/8

Carina Round (16)/Ari Shine/Adrienne Pierce - Barfly - 4/5/8

Daughters Of Albion - Town Hall - 27/4/8

Little Sister - ICC - 27/4/8

Seth Lakeman (2)/Tunng (5)/Sharon Kraus - Town Hall - 26/4/8

Bjork/Leila - Civic Hall - 25/4/8

Mickey Greaney/Carina Round (15)/Laura Louise - Woom, 23/4/8

Gogol Bordello (2)/Skindred - Academy - 22/4/8

Efterklang (2)/Our Broken Garden - Hare And Hounds - 27/3/8

Enablers (2)/The Courtesy Group (6)/Mills And Boon (5) - Hare And Hounds - 23/3/8

Gallhammer/The Sontaran Experiment/I Am Colossus - Barfly - 15/3/8

Autechre/Rob Hall & SND - Med Bar - 3/3/8

Fuck Buttons (2)/Alexander Tucker/The Arm (5) - Hare & Hounds - 9/2/8

Babar Luck (2)/Kelly Kemp/Liam ? - Little Civic - 2/2/8

Baroness (2)/Kylesa/Taint (2) - Medicine Bar - 29/1/8

Carina Round (14) - Woom, Birmingham - 12/1/8

The Destroyers (7) - ICC - 11/1/8

Burnst (2)/Iye/Mothertrucker (20)/The Hearing/Io (2)/Acres Of Ocean - The Rainbow - 23/12/7

Chrome Hoof (2)/The Oscillation - Bar Academy - 16/12/7

Carina Round (13)/Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds (2)/Dan Whitehouse (2) - Little Civic - 11/12/7

Carina Round (12)/Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds - Bar Academy - 10/12/7

Beverley Knight (7) - Civic - 29/11/7

Efterklang - Hare & Hounds - 22/11/7

Jesu (4)/Mothertrucker (19) - Medicine Bar - 18/11/7

Booty Luv - Outside Millenium Point - 10/11/7

Gallon Drunk/Nightingales (2)/The Courtesy Group (5) - Hare & Hounds - 8/11/7

Beverley Knight (6)/David Jordan/Cherry Blackstone - Symphony Hall - 29/10/7

Boredoms/Gravepaintings - Barfly - 27/10/7

Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters/Professor Louis/Dexter (2) - Hare & Hounds - 20/10/7

Shana Tova/Tom Bellamy/The Cribbler (2) - Island Bar, Birmingham - 19/10/7

Billy Ocean/Ebony Steel Band - Civic - 18/10/7

Unsane/Bee Stung Lips (4) - Medicine Bar - 17/10/7

Bark! - The Lamp Tavern, Birmingham - 16/10/7

Pram (2)/Modified Toy Orchestra (7)/Shady Bard (2) - Town Hall - 15/10/7

Contempt/Eastfield (4)/Pungent Smells - The Malt Shovel, Birmingham - 14/10/7

Four Kornerz/Terri Walker/Natalie Williams/Ty/Seven - Town Hall - 12/10/7

Raging Speedhorn (3)/Shaped By Fate/Mothertrucker (18) - Little Civic - 11/10/7

Acacia/New Street Adventure/Masca - The Rainbow - 10/10/7

Elliot Jack/Trial By Origin/Circadia/Rick Wellings - Bulls Head - 9/10/7

Thomas Dolby - Academy 2 - 8/10/7

Heavy Trash/Copter (3)/The Micragirls - Hare & Hounds - 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 - Flapper - 6/10/7

Send More Paramedics (2)/1000 Hertz/Sanzen/Errander - The Woughton Centre, 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 - 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 - 1/9/7

Damo Suzuki with Mills & Boon (4), The Courtesy Group (4) and Modified Toy Orchestra (6) - The Hare & Hounds - 16/8/7

The Big Bang (2)/Mr Derry/The Dexateens - The Rainbow - 15/8/7

Copter (2)/Bee Stung Lips (3)/Swampmeat/The Velvet Texas Cannonball - The Rainbow - 10/8/7

Corleone/Mothertrucker (17)/Inertia Blooms - The Basement, Birmingham - 27/7/7

Rolo Tomassi (3)/Meet Me In Saint Louis/Blakfish - Barfly - 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 - Custard Factory - 14/7/7

Deadsunrising (8)/Bela Emerson (2) - Custard Factory - 13/7/7

Al Green (2)/Candi Staton - NIA - 4/7/7

Smokey Robinson - Symphony Hall - 29/6/7

Reverie Strings/Bust My Flex/Rich Batsford/Matt Greary - The Bulls Head, Birmingham - 19/6/7

Blood Island Raiders/Imindain (2)/Eternal Torment - The Bristol Pear, Birmingham - 2/6/7

Shimm1/Moorish Delta 7 (3)/Midas/Stars In DC - Custard Factory - 2/6/7

Frank Sidebottom (2) - Civic Hall Bar - 1/6/7

Trouble/Rise To Addiction - Civic Hall Bar - 28/5/7

Travis (2) - Academy - 25/5/7

Battles (2)/Modified Toy Orchestra (4) - Barfly - 24/5/7

The Twang (2)/Dogs/The Harrisons - Wulfrun - 22/5/7

Meatloaf (2)/Marion Raven - NEC - 14/5/7

The Courtesy Group (3)/Mills And Boon (3)/Betty & The Id - Jug Of Ale - 4/5/7

Pram/Poppy & The Jezebels/Paperweight Industry - Medicine Bar - 28/4/7

Spiritualized/The Lines (2) - Wulfrun - 25/4/7

Brian McKnight/Boyz II Men/Megan Rochelle/4Sure - Civic - 8/4/7

Clutch (8)/The Sword/Taint - Barfly - 6/4/7

Thea Gilmore - Little Civic - 31/3/7

The Destroyers (5)/Samba Central/Mooncoin - Epic Skate Park, Birmingham - 24/3/7

Mothertrucker (16)/Io/You, Me, Dominoes - Sunflower Lounge - 18/3/7

Kreator/Celtic Frost - Wulfrun - 15/3/7

Trans Am/The Arm (4) - Medicine Bar - 6/3/7

The Destroyers (4)/Cantaloop (2)/The Lines - The Varsity, Wolverhampton - 24/2/7

Young James Long/Copter/D. Louis Baker (3) - Jug Of Ale - 18/2/7

Flower-Corsano Duo/Voice Of The Seven Woods/Mills And Boon (2) - Jug Of Ale - 17/2/7

Aereogramme (2)/Mothertrucker (15) - Bar Academy - 11/2/7

Regina Spektor - Wulfrun - 6/2/7

Threads/Bela Emerson/Bee Stung Lips (2) - Jug Of Ale - 3/2/7

Nightingales/The Courtesy Group (2)/Einstellung (2) - The Hare & Hounds - 2/2/7

Frank Sidebottom - Jug Of Ale - 23/1/7

The Destroyers (3) - ICC - 12/1/7

The Roots - Academy - 14/12/6

Billy Bragg (3) - Academy - 13/12/6

Basement Jaxx (2)/CSS - NIA - 5/12/6

Christina Aguilera (2)/Akala - NIA - 26/11/6

Beverly Knight (5) - Civic - 23/11/6

Neurosis (3)/Made Out Of Babies - Kentish Town Forum, London - 18/11/6

Motorhead (2)/Clutch (7)/Crucified Barbara - Academy - 9/11/6

Vultures/More Hate Than Fear/Affirmation/Owning Up/Remains To Be Seen - Market Tavern - 8/11/6

Rancid (3)/GBH - Academy - 7/11/6

Exodus/Biomechanical/Dementia - Civic Hall Bar - 6/11/6

Unleashed/Grave/Dismember/Entombed - JB’s - 5/11/6

Shady Bard/The Will To Rally/The Francos - Flapper & Firkin - 4/11/6

Enablers/Last Of The Real Hardmen - Hare & Hounds - 3/11/6

Gogol Bordello/Bedouin Soundclash (3)/Danko Jones - Academy - 2/11/6

Torche/Baroness/Haxan (2) - Medicine Bar - 1/11/6

The Courtesy Group/Mills And Boon/The Fakulty - Sunflower Lounge - 30/10/6

The Cribbler/Chinook (2)/Richard Burke (2)/?/? - The Sunflower Lounge - 29/10/6

The Photophonic Experiment - The MAC - 28/10/6

Moorish Delta 7 (2) - Air, Birmingham - 27/10/6

The Matthew Bennett Band/Stanley’s Choice/Angels Exist - Jug Of Ale - 27/10/6

Church Of Misery (2)/Sourvein (2) - Jug Of Ale - 26/10/6

Rolo Tomassi (2)/I Was A Cub Scout/Fuck Buttons/Bee Stung Lips - Scruffy Murphy’s - 22/10/6

Public Enemy - Wulfrun - 10/10/6

Lacuna Coil - Academy - 8/10/6

Licquid/Long Day Gone/The Readymades - Jug Of Ale - 30/9/6

Bossk (2)/Mothertrucker (14)/Slab (2)/The Arm (3) - Chapter Eleven, Birmingham - 20/9/6

The Destroyers (2) - Centenary Square - 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 - 2/9/6

Michael Franti & Spearhead - Academy 2 - 31/8/6

Bedouin Soundclash (2)/Beat Union/Zox - Barfly - 24/8/6

Youngblood Brass Band/The Rubikons/Dexter - Barfly - 23/8/6

The Black Veins/Dispatch/All I Need - Market Tavern - 22/8/6

Red Stars Parade/Palehorse (4)/Armed Response Unit/Sunshine Republic - Hare & Hounds - 18/8/6

Spine (3)/Deadsunrising (7)/Nog (3) - Medicine Bar - 16/8/6

Upcdowncleftcrightcabc+start/Mt./Mothertrucker (12) - Flapper - 8/8/6

Mothertrucker (11)/Random Conflict/Slab/Redjack - Barfly - 7/8/6

High On Fire (2)/Zombi/Isis/Broadcast/US Maple/Modified Toy Orchestra (3)/Final/Michael Gira/Hanne Hukelburg/Una Corda (7) - Custard Factory - 22/7/6

The Bug/PCM (2)/Mistress (24) - Medicine Bar - 21/7/6

The Arm (2)/Mothertrucker (10)/Sunset Cinema Club (2) - Flapper - 16/7/6

Bossk/Symmetry/Montana (2) - Scruffy’s - 14/7/6

Bring Me The Horizon/Mistress (23)/State Of Serenity - Barfly - 11/7/6

Flogging Molly (3)/Failsafe - Aca 2 - 10/7/6

Mistress (22)/Decimate (14)/Out For Blood - Flapper - 2/7/6

Gladys Knight - Symphony Hall - 30/6/6

The Steve Ajao Quartet - ICC, Birmingham - 9/6/6

PCM - Medicine Bar - 7/6/6

Mistress (21)/Fast Lady/Haddonfield Illinois (2) - Jug Of Ale - 6/6/6

The Swarm - The Planet - 2/6/6

The Fallout Trust (2)/My Girl Sleeps/Camorra - Little Civic - 29/5/6

Impaled Nazarene/Master/Stoneman - J.B.’s - 28/5/6

Mothertrucker (9)/Hands Of Hate/Una Corda (6) - The Planet, Wolverhampton - 12/5/6

Tarantula AD/Einstellung/Haxan - Medicine Bar - 8/5/6

The Streets (2)/Sway/Professor Green - Academy - 7/5/6

Polysics (3)/The Scare - Barfly - 30/4/6

Ramesses (5)/Sourvein/Goddam Ox - Jug Of Ale - 29/4/6

Project 7 (2)/Bi-Polar Baby/Turn On The News - Jug Of Ale - 26/4/6

Billy Bragg (2) - Wulfrun - 23/4/6

Swellbellys (2)/Assert (5) - Market Tavern - 17/4/6

Grails/Bologna Pony/Seeland - Hare & Hounds - 14/4/6

Grandscope (3)/Naomi/? - Barfly - 13/4/6

Boris (2)/Una Corda (5)/Mothertrucker (8) - Med Bar - 11/4/6

Grandscope (2)/The Attica State/Selotape - Flapper - 1/4/6

Mogwai/The Magnificents - Wulfrun - 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 - 26/3/6

The Twang/Sleepyhead - The Sanctuary & The Sanctuary Dragon Bar - 25/3/6

Damian Marley - Academy - 1/3/6

Kanye West/Keyshia Cole/Lupe Fiasco/Shawn Emanuel (2) - NEC - 28/2/6

Municipal Waste (2)/Mistress (20)/The Plague Symphony/Life Denied (2) - Flapper - 22/2/6

Lazarus Clamp/D. Louis Baker & Friends (2) - Jug - 21/2/6

Horse The Band/The Final Sigh/Rolo Tomassi/Break The Sky - Edwards - 20/2/6

Bilge Pump/Trencher (3)/Calvados Beam Trio (3)/Petrified - Sunflower Lounge - 19/2/6

That Fucking Tank/What Price, Wonderland?/Esquilax (2)/The Arm/The Fall, The Rise (3) - Hare & Hounds - 17/2/6

The Fallout Trust - Barfly - 6/2/6

The Motorettes/The Big Bang/The Black Flash - Jug - 1/2/6

Nick Cave (2) - Symphony Hall - 30/1/6

Sonic Lord/Mothertrucker (7)/Life Denied - Scruffy Murphys - 27/1/6

Bedouin Soundclash/Vernon Maytone - Aca 2 - 22/1/6

Corrosion Of Conformity/Clutch (6)/Stinking Lizaveta - Wulfrun - 17/1/6

Carina Round (11)/Murdoch (3)/Dan Whitehouse - Flapper - 13/1/6

The Klopeks (6)/Random Hand/Mapatazi Bob/Platypud - Market Tavern - 8/1/6

Pelican (2)/Mistress (19)/Una Corda (4) - Medicine Bar - 21/12/5

The Pogues/Dropkick Murphys (4) - NIA - 18/12/5

Una Corda (3)/Mothertrucker (6)/Burnst/The Hubble Constant - Hare & Hounds - 17/12/5

Anaal Nathrakh/Ramesses (4)/Narcosis (2) - Eddies - 16/12/5

Carina Round (10)/Murdoch (2) - Little Civic - 15/12/5

The Fucking Champs/Exploder (2)/Nog (2) - Jug Of Ale - 6/12/5

Roots Manuva (2)/Plan B - Academy 2 - 29/11/5

Project 7/Tired Irie/Mothertrucker (5) - Flapper - 16/11/5

Elbow/Mew - Academy - 15/11/5

Picastro/Dwayne Sodahberk/Chinook & The Charged Particles - Flapper - 13/11/5

Motorhead/In Flames - Academy - 10/11/5

Melt Banana/Brian Duffy & The Modified Toy Orchestra (2)/Noise Noise Allore! - Medicine Bar - 9/11/5

The Proclaimers/Damien Dempsey (3) - Wulfrun - 8/11/5

Polysics (2)/Distophia (2) - The Barfly, Birmingham - 6/11/5

Millencolin/Flogging Molly (2) - Academy - 4/11/5

Subhumans (2)/Antibodies - Eddies - 2/11/5

Echo & The Bunnymen - Academy - 30/10/5

Happy Mondays/Stereo MCs - Academy - 27/10/5

Assert (4)/Broken Minds/Headhunglow - Market Tavern - 22/10/5

Municipal Waste/Send More Paramedics/Mirror! Mirror! (2)/Knives (3) - Flapper - 17/10/5

Mistress (18)/Harpies (2)/Mike In Mono/Ben Calvert - Jug Of Ale - 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) - Jug Of Ale - 7/10/5

Clutch (5) - Academy - 7/10/5

Noxagt/Calvados Beam Trio (2)/Knives (2) - Medicine Bar - 5/10/5

Yat-Kha/Babar Luck - Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham - 21/9/5

Exploder/Sweet Seduction (formerly The Wild Roses) (2)/Nog/Jilted Generation - Scruffy Murphy’s - 18/9/5

Fun Lovin’ Criminals (2)/Cantaloop - Academy - 15/9/5

Snowblood/Knives/Montana - Sunflower Lounge - 14/9/5

John Legend (2)/Estelle - Academy - 11/9/5

Lazarus Blackstar/Rannoch/Imindain - Hare & Hounds, 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 - Jug Of Ale - 5/9/5

Formation Flight (2)/D. Louis Baker & Friends - Flapper - 18/8/5

Black Uhuru/Ninjaman/The Mighty Diamonds - Academy - 15/8/5

November Coming Fire (2)/The Seventh Cross (3)/Trencher(2) - Alex & Ellen’s House, Birmingham - 13/8/5

The Honeymoon Machine (3)/Acacia - Little Civic - 12/8/5

Fickle Public/Grandscope/Left Alone - Jug Of Ale - 10/8/5

Every Time I Die (2)/Twelve Tribes - Aca 2 - 5/8/5

Vat Of Fat/Mothertrucker (3) - Flapper - 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! - Aca 2 - 28/7/5

Beecher (3)/Mistress (17) - Bar Academy - 26/7/5

Napalm Death - Aca 2 - 18/7/5

Brian Duffy & The Modified Toy Orchestra/Dalek/Formation Flight/Battles/Black Galaxy vs Kreepa/Jesu (3)/Aerogramme/ Tunng/Sol_Dat/Khonnor - Custard Factory - 9/7/5

The Klopeks (5)/Jolly Not So/Rhythmic Coughing/Laughing In The Face Of - Scruffy Murphy’s - 7/7/5

Adequate 7 (2)/3dbs Down/Templeton Pek - Bar Academy - 5/7/5

Snoop Dogg/Roll Deep Entourage - NEC - 4/7/5

Al Green - Symphony Hall, Birmingham - 30/6/5

The Kirkz/The Klopeks (4)/Nuclear Babies - The Market Tavern, Birmingham - 26/6/5

Basement Jaxx/The Go! Team - Academy - 22/6/5

High On Fire/Gonga - Academy 2 - 21/6/5

The Explosion/Turn Cold/Lost In Victory - Academy 2 - 8/6/5

Destiny’s Child (2) - NIA - 5/6/5

Tori Amos - Civic - 2/6/5

Clutch (4)/Five Horse Johnson - Queens Hall, Nuneaton - 20/5/5

John Legend - Academy - 19/5/5

Distophia/Science Of The Stars - Jug Of Ale - 4/5/5

Flogging Molly - Academy 2 - 29/4/5

Jesu (2)/Kill The Thrill - Medicine Bar - 20/4/5

Mothertrucker (2)/Legion Of Doom/Keiko’s Last Smile - Flapper - 17/4/5

Melanie C - Academy 2 - 16/4/5

I Am Kloot/Cranebuilders - Academy 2 - 11/4/5

Beverly Knight (4) - Civic - 7/4/5

Angie Stone (2) - Academy - 6/4/5

Damien Dempsey (2)/Siobhan Parr/Sam Huxley - Bar Academy - 5/4/5

Red Sparowes/Ramesses (3)/Una Corda - Medicine Bar - 31/3/5

The Seventh Cross (2)/Broken Promise - Colmore’s Bar,
Birmingham - 29/3/5

Pungent Stench/Desecration (3)/Screaming Daemon - Eddies - 25/3/5

The Dwarves/Winnebago Deal - Academy 2 - 22/3/5

Nas/Kano (2) - Academy - 15/2/5

Mercury Rev - Academy - 11/3/5

Straylight Run/The Spill Canvas/The Junior Varsity - Academy 2 - 6/3/5

Dropkick Murphys (3) - Academy - 4/3/5

The Streets/The Mitchell Brothers/Kano - NIA - 3/3/5

Mistress (16)/Narcosis/Hostile (2) - Eddies - 27/2/5

Roots Manuva/M.I.A - Academy - 26/2/5

Discharge/Certified/Fatal Impact/Hardcore - Eddies - 25/2/5

Nightwish/Tristania - Academy - 15/2/5

The Pharcyde - Academy 2 - 8/2/5

Benediction/Decimate (13) - Eddies - 30/1/5

Rattlesnake Remedy/The Wild Roses/Fiori - Flapper - 29/1/5

Editors (formerly known as Snowfield) (2)/Needless Alley - Flapper - 28/1/5

Raucous/Mothertrucker/Bullgator - The Flapper - 23/1/5

The Klopeks (3)/All Or Nothing (2) - The Flapper - 22/12/4

Michael Vasco/Neutron Tears - The Barfly, London - 19/12/4

Neurosis (2) & Jarboe - The Forum, London - 18/12/4

Dillinger Escape Plan (2)/Poison The Well/Ephel Duath/
Pink Spider - Wulfrun - 30/11/4

5ive (2)/Ramesses (2)/Mistress (15) - The Jug Of Ale,
Birmingham - 27/11/4

5ive/Ramesses/The New Blacks/Drink With The Dead - Little Civic, 26/11/4

Jill Scott - The Academy - 24/11/4

Horace Andy/Munchbreak Collective - Custard Factory - 21/11/4

Amy Winehouse (2)/Tyler James (2) - Academy - 12/11/4

Deadsunrising (6)/The Fall, The Rise (formerly Sist) (2)/Mynameislegion (2) - Flapper, 10/11/4

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds/Silver Ray - Civic - 7/11/4

Chimaera/Dignity Dies First/DeadxReckoning/Feeding/The Seventh Cross - The Royal George - 30/10/4

Unit Ama/Tigers! (2)/Shooting Victor Francis - The Royal George - 26/10/4

Bleeding Hearts/Red Flag 77/The Devil Rides Out/Intention (8) - The Royal George - 23/10/4

Nadezh-Da/Pericles - Aston University Students’ Guild, Birmingham - 19/10/4

Slipknot (2)/Slayer/Hatebreed/Mastodon - NIA - 5/10/4

Army Of Flying Robots/Tigers/Death Of A Champion (3) - Royal George

Exile - Scruffy Murphy’s, 3/9/4

Some Girls/Das Oath/Calvados Beam Trio - The Theatre Space @ The Custard Factory, Birmingham - 28/8/4

Pelican/Jesu/Deadsunrising (5) - The Medicine Bar @ The Custard Factory, Birmingham - 4/8/4

Polysics/Punish The Atom - Bar Academy, Birmingham - 25/7/4

Deadsunrising (4)/Harpies/D-rail - Royal George - 2/7/4

Usher/Smujee - NEC - 1/7/4

Dilated Peoples/Motley - Academy 2 - 26/6/4

Beverly Knight (3) - HMV, Birmingham - 23/6/4

Sean Paul/Big Brovaz - NEC - 19/6/4

Mary J Blige/Chaka Khan - NEC - 16/6/4

Jamelia (2)/Alex Cartana/J’Nay - Wulfrun - 9/6/4

Carina Round (9)/Damien Dempsey - Civic Hall Bar, Wolverhampton - 26/5/4

Mayhem/Cadaver/Defiled/Mistress (14) - Academy 2 - 7/5/4

Britney Spears/JC Chasez - NIA - 5/5/4

Darkest Hour/Mistress (13)/Decimate (12) - Flapper - 17/3/4

Trencher/Schorf/Esquilax/Death Of A Champion (2) - Royal George - 9/3/4

Stampin’ Ground (4) - Academy 2 - 8/3/4

Dropkick Murphy’s (2)/Frenzal Rhomb - Academy 2 - 7/3/4

Seven Feet Four/Goodbye, Motorskills!/My Name Is Legion - Scruffy Murphy’s - 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 - 7/2/4

Sick Of It All/Most Precious Blood/Bleeding Through - Academy 2 - 4/2/4

Amy Winehouse/Tyler James/John The White Rapper - Academy 2 - 26/1/4

Carina Round (8)/The Honeymoon Machine (2)/Chaplain’s Alley - Little Civic - 25/1/4

Carina Round (7)/The Honeymoon Machine - Flapper - 21/1/4

Magic Bullet Theory/360 - Flapper - 17/1/4

Desecration (2)/Mulch/Diamanthian - Royal George - 3/1/4

Numinor (6)/The Klopeks (2)/Sika Redem/Fidget/The Whack/Midriff - Eddies - 3/1/4

Zao/Martyr AD/Eden Maine (2)/Numinor (5)/H’ex - Eddies No. 8 - 10/12/3

Dillinger Escape Plan/Cult Of Luna/Beecher (2) - Academy 2 - 9/12/3

Decimate (11)/Gutworm/Numinor (4) - Flapper - 8/12/3

Alabama 3/The Larry Love Showband - Wulfrun - 2/12/3

Godsize (9)/RSJ/Numinor (3) - The Royal George, Birmingham - 27/11/3

Beyonce/Abs/Shawn Emanuel - NEC - 13/11/3

Christina Aguilera/Black Eyed Peas - NEC - 7/11/3

Mariah Carey/Matt Goss - NEC - 28/10/3

Decimate (10)/My War (2)/Aconite Thrill (2)/Godsize (8)/Intention (7)/Numinor (2)/H8 Target (3)/Bull vs Bear - Flapper - 26/10/3

Carina Round (6)/Murdoch/Snowfield - Flapper - 17/10/3

50 Cent/Fabulous - NEC - 1/10/3

Mis-Teeq/Jamelia - Civic - 30/9/3

Carina Round (5)/Oneyesblue/Xsister - Little Civic - 24/9/3

Mistress (12)/Pale Horse (3)/Crawl back In (2) - Flapper - 15/9/3

Rancid (2)/Stretch Armstrong/The Fight - Academy - 11/9/3

The Klopeks/All Or Nothing - Flapper - 10/9/3

Johnny Truant/27/Mistress (11) - Flapper - 3/9/3

Decimate (9)/Burning Skies/Difference Of Opinion - Flapper - 1/9/3

Himsa (2)/November Coming Fire/Sist/Control - Flapper - 5/8/3

Michaels Winds - Hotel Jaccarino, 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 - 25/6/3

Jimmy Cliff/Josephine Omimaya - Academy, 18/6/3

Intention (6)/H8 Target (2) - Flapper - 15/6/3

H8 Target/The Big/Nervous Tension/Dogshit Sandwich - Crosswells, Langley - 24/5/3

Pale Horse/Godsize (7) - Rock Cafe - 14/5/3

Today Is The Day (2)/Closer Than Kin/Godsize (6) - Rock Cafe 2000 - 7/5/3

Freebase (5)/Godsize (5)/My War - Rock Cafe 2000, Stourbridge - 23/4/3

Og’s Bunkadoo Band - Flapper - 18/4/3

Boris/Mistress (9)/Like A Kind Of Matador/Micr.d.t - Flapper - 9/4/3

Decimate (8)/Godsize (4) - Flapper - 31/3/3

Lee Scratch Perry/Jah Grizzly Dylan - Custard Factory, Birmingham - 22/3/3

Defenestration (2)/Godsize (3)/Seraphidian (2) - Flapper - 19/3/3

Opeth/Madder Mortem - Academy 2 - 17/3/3

Freebase (4)/Decimate (7)/The Dangerfields/Seraphidian - Flapper - 23/2/3

Mistress (8)/Decimate (6)/Eden Maine/Deadsunrising (2)/Conquest Of Steel/Godsize (2)/HOSTILE - Flapper - 2/2/3

Joe 90/The Leif Ericson/The Killerest Expression/Intention (5) - Flapper - 27/1/3

Tarantism/The Mobsters/Last Under The Sun - Old Railway - 22/1/3

Beverly Knight (2)/Rhianna - Civic Hall - 12/12/2

Alicia Keys - NEC - 6/11/2

Himsa/Deadsunrising/Deadnaught - Flapper - 1/10/2

Decimate (5)/Frog/Rotunda (2) - Flapper - 30/9/2

Mistress (7)/Intention (4)/Iron Hearse - Flapper - 29/9/2

Ja Rule/Ashanti/Romeo - NEC - 28/9/2

Pog/Chester/Steve Francis (2)/Rachael ?/We Am Janet/Pico - Old
Railway - 4/9/2

Decimate (4)/Mistress (6)/Exit Wound - Flapper - 31/7/2

Angie Stone - Academy - 16/7/2

Destiny’s Child/Solange/Boniface/Heist - NIA, Birmingham - 17/6/2

Beverly Knight/Shaun Escoffry - Wulfrun - 27/5/2

Electric Wizard (2)/Warhorse/Mistress (5) - Flapper - 21/5/2

Billy Bragg & The Blokes - Wulfrun - 21/3/2

Assert (3)/Swellbellys/Intention (3)/Set Against (2) - Flapper - 18/3/2

Godsize/Emotive Exposed - Old Railway -13/3/2

?/?/The Orphans - Air Balloon, Portsmouth - 9/3/2

Hundred Reasons/Capdown (4)/Douglas/Adequate 7 - Wulfrun - 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 - Little Civic, Wolverhampton - 14/2/2

Raging Speedhorn (2)/Clutch (3)/Candiria/Landmine Spring - Wulfrun - 30/1/2

Andrew WK/Lost Prophets (2)/Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/The Coral - Wulfrun - 29/1/2

Rollins Band/Queen Adrena - J.B’s - 18/1/2

The Tonics - St Annes Club, Birmingham - 22/12/1

Sally (2)/Baxxter (2) - Flapper - 31/10/1

Terrorvision (3) - J.B’s - 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

Carina Round (2)/Tinkerbell/Jack Rubinacci (2) - Ronnie Scotts
Mistress (4)/HHH/Stand - Flapper, Birmingham - 17/7/1

Clutch (2)/Throat/Mistress (3)/Solway Fifth - Foundry - 29/6/1

Defenestration/Karmic Jera/First Offence (2) - Foundry - 21/6/1

The Wildhearts/Anti-Product (2)/Devin Townsend - J.B’s - 17/6/1

Patto Banton/Lamia/Malvina - Josiah Mason College, Birmingham - 13/6/1

Capdown (2)/Farce (2)/Free Food - Foundry - 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

All About Eve/Jack Rubinacci - Ronnie Scotts, Birmingham

Anal Beard/Eastfield (3)/Steve Francis/Sick Puppy - Old Railway - 24/4/1

One Minute Silence (2)/Earthtone 9 (3) - Foundry - 23/4/1

One Minute Silence/Earthtone 9 (2)/Linea 77 - J.B’s - 20/4/1

Morbid Angel/Charger - J.B’s - 15/4/1

Decimate (3)/Spine (2)/Pencilcase - Foundry upstairs bar - 9/4/1

Terrorvision (2)/Zico - Wulfrun - 2/4/1

Feeder/My Vitriol - Academy - 1/4/1

Extreme Noise Terror/Medulla Nocte (4)/Desecration/Labrat/Mistress (2)
- Foundry - 11/3/1

Knuckledust (3)/Unite/Decimate (2) - Foundry upstairs bar - 17/2/1

Pitchshifter (2)/Earthtone 9/Lost Prophets - Academy, Birmingham - 6/2/1

Assert (2)/Freebase (3)/Rotunda - Foundry upstairs bar - 3/2/1

One Less Than None - J.B’s - 1/2/1

Terrorvision/Co.Dot - J.B’s - 14/1/1

First Offence - J.B’s - 4/1/1

Eastfield (2)/Swaktang/Lashed Up - The Old Railway, Birmingham - 19/12/00

Ikon - J.B’s - 30/11/00

Capdown/Farce/Pignut - Foundry upstairs bar - 25/11/00

Stampin’ Ground (2)/Drowning/Cursed Earth - Foundry upstairs bar
- 23/11/00

Spine/Kafka/Decimate - Foundry - 20/11/00

Medulla Nocte (3)/Mistress/? - Foundry - 19/11/00

Pure Gold Babies - J.B’s - 16/11/00

Freebase (2) - J.B’s - 9/11/00

Therapy? (2)/Dog Toffee - Sanctuary, Birmingham

Morso - J.B’s - 2/11/00

Glueball - J.B’s - 26/10/00

Jellybomb - J.B’s - 19/10/00

Spitbox - J.B’s - 12/10/00

Electric Wizard - Foundry - 27/9/00

Pitchshifter/The Workhorse Movement/Sona Fariq - Wulfrun - 26/9/00

Freebase/Opiate - Foundry

Black Candy - J.B’s - 3/8/00

Stampin’ Ground/Knuckledust (2)/Intention (2)/? - Foundry - 9/7/00

Leatherface/Anti-Product - J.B’s (small room) - 2/7/00

Cannibal Corpse/Vomitory/Mystic Circle - J.B’s

Kindred - J.B’s - 24/3/00

Therapy?/The Yo-Yos/Clutch - Wulfrun - 11/2/00

Black Sabbath/System Of A Down/Godsmack/Drain STH - NEC - 22/12/99

Neurosis/Voivod/Today Is The Day - J.B’s - 5/10/99

Subhumans/Police Bastard/POA/Eastfield - Foundry - 9/8/98

Agnostic Front/Goober Patrol/King Prawn/Astream/Knuckledust/Medulla Nocte (2)/Assert/Set Against/Intention - 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, 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, Birmingham - 27/11/94