My eighth New Model Army gig and another mega-set with the band playing 29 tracks! I'm not sure if they had a support band but if there was one I don't know who they were and certainly didn't see them. I suspect due to the length of their set though that the show was pretty … Continue reading GIG 364: New Model Army – Astoria, 21st April 1998
Astoria
GIG 342: Paradise Lost / The Dawn – Astoria, 13th July 1997
Fresh from a weekend in Oxford I managed to get back to London in time for Sunday evenings planned entertainment - Paradise Lost at The Astoria. I'd seen Paradise Lost back in 1994 (GIG 180) when I hadn't known them (I was at that one for the support band - Die Krupps) and wasn't really … Continue reading GIG 342: Paradise Lost / The Dawn – Astoria, 13th July 1997
GIG 334: Sneaker Pimps / Simon Warner – Astoria, 12th June 1997
I was really looking forward to seeing Sneaker Pimps again. They were great when I saw them earlier in the year (GIG 316), also at The Astoria. That time they'd been supporting Space, this time they were headlining the same venue. I met up with one of the EMI reps I knew from when I … Continue reading GIG 334: Sneaker Pimps / Simon Warner – Astoria, 12th June 1997
GIG 328: Faith No More – Astoria, 14th May 1997
I really can't recall if Faith No More actually had a support band or not (I know they had special guests on the ticket). I know I didn't see one, and the fact that Faith No More played an epic twenty-one song set makes me think they may have just gone without a support and … Continue reading GIG 328: Faith No More – Astoria, 14th May 1997
GIG 316: Space / Sneaker Pimps / Silver Sun/ The Pecadiloes – Astoria, 20th January 1997
My first gig of 1997. It was a Monday evening and I'd spent most of the weekend moving everything I owned back to my parents house for a few months whilst I was between leases. I was moving out of the place where I was a lodger as my friends who owned the house were … Continue reading GIG 316: Space / Sneaker Pimps / Silver Sun/ The Pecadiloes – Astoria, 20th January 1997
GIG 314: Type O Negative / Moonspell – Astoria, 21st December 1996
This had been a gig I'd been waiting for for over two years. I'd seen Type O Negative back in September 1994 at The Underworld (GIG 184) at what I think was their first ever UK gig. They'd blown me away live and I loved their albums. Having to wait two years to see them … Continue reading GIG 314: Type O Negative / Moonspell – Astoria, 21st December 1996
GIG 309: Rosetta Stone / MESH / The Horatii / Leechwoman / Inertia – Astoria, 10th November 1996
I'd initailly brought a ticket for this all-dayer because The Nefilim were headlining. I was a massive fan of Fields of the Nephilim and had seen Carl (lead singers) more thrash-industrial tinged 'The Nefilim' once already in May (GIG 288) and had really enjoyed them. So I was looking forward to catching them again. Unfortunetly … Continue reading GIG 309: Rosetta Stone / MESH / The Horatii / Leechwoman / Inertia – Astoria, 10th November 1996
GIG 299 : The Mission / Vivid – Astoria, 5th July 1996
The last time I'd seen The Mission it was my 200th gig. Had I managed to squeeze another gig in over the past year and a bit then they'd have also been my 300th gig. As it was they'd have to settle for GIG 299. It was a Friday night and loads of people had … Continue reading GIG 299 : The Mission / Vivid – Astoria, 5th July 1996
GIG 290: Front Line Assembly / Godflesh – Astoria, 9th June 1996
Having waited for years to see Front Line Assembly tour the UK I got to see them a second time in under a year (the first time was GIG 243) asthey were back in the UK, and back at the Astoria. This time round Godflesh were supporting. Godflesh were ok, but didn't ignite the stage … Continue reading GIG 290: Front Line Assembly / Godflesh – Astoria, 9th June 1996
GIG 288: The Nefilim – Astoria, 24th May 1996
This was a gig I'd been waiting for since The Fields of The Nephilim split in 1992. Carl McCoy, the singer of Fields of the Nephilim went on to form The Nefilim in 1993 but, apart from a handful of dates in Germany in 1993, had never really toured - and had never played Britain … Continue reading GIG 288: The Nefilim – Astoria, 24th May 1996
Voices From The Pulpit 