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Greatest Gigs in Shetland....ever!


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I've just minded the "Piper-Alpha" Benefit Gig. That was a big 'do' very varied acts too. Anybody else mind it?

 

Too peerie to go, but I remember H20 played at it.

 

I was 'under age' but in a band.

 

The other 'major" artist were "Man" or something?

 

The rest were all local

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Anyone of freres Jackman and the International Elevator's gigs - Tingwall springs to mind; Toxic Ephex in the old cunningsburgh hall - Chaos! - just like Punk rock should be. The Barley Works in the Folk festival club circa 1993 and Shooglenifty the first year they were at folk fest.

Re: Shetland Rock Festival - I mind Love&Money and The Bolshoi were headliners - pish poor the pair o' them!

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I mind Freres Jackman playing the North Star one hop night, it was a wild night, with a few drunken Mr Blobbies. Anyone else there?

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Lets not forget The Primitives in a big tent somewhere outside Lerwick , when a certain young lady that Knight sneaked round the bag of the tent for a piss and promptly proceeded to relieve herself all over the generator, cutting the power and making the pages of the Melody Maker the very next issue.

 

Er, re Julian Cope at Brae Hall, for reasons that I choose to forget, I was dressed up (badly) as Mr Blobby that night and had the pleasure of dancing with Mr Cope in all my spotted pink glory on stage for a minute or two. My finest hour? Probably!

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Delgadoes in the North Star were great as well.

 

Twas a cracker. Pulling the tables into the middle of the dancefloor almost made like a caberet style show.

 

I even got a copy of their Fruitmarket bootleg signed by the band.

 

I seem to remember enjoying The Amphetameanies when they played at Brae Hall for the first time (with Alex Johnston/Ferguson/normal surname before he became Alex Kapranos).

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The Subhumans in da Mossbank hall, many,many years ago, probably about '86 or '87. Best punk musicians that ever played, first gig i geed tae, first time i saw punks pogo-ing, first time i smelt wacky backy and da first time i saw aa the lovely punk lasses in dir mini-skirts, min it wis a grand night all round. (i was braally young at da time)

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