I'd just started a new part-time job at an off license in Finchley, only a few hours a day to bring in a little bit of money, and had headed to a friends house (Emily) in Kentish Town after work and hung out watching amovie until just before midnight. Being a Tuesday I headed down … Continue reading GIG 250: Mega City Four – Camden Palace, 21st November 1995
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GIG 249: Longpigs / Lick – Camden Palace, 14th November 1995
The Longpigs were one of the many bands that rode the Britpop wave in the mid-90's. They released a couple fo singles in 1995 but it wasn't until the follolwing year, when Britpop was at full steam, that they managed to get majort chart success with four Top 40 singles, with two of those reaching … Continue reading GIG 249: Longpigs / Lick – Camden Palace, 14th November 1995
GIG 247: EMF – Camden Palace, 7th November 1995
I find it amusing that I saw EMF twice. Not because of actually seeing them, I quite liked a few of their albums since 'Unbelievable' charted and seemingly took over the world, but because of the times I actually saw them. I'd first seen them supporting rock band Terrorvision (GIG 210) which seemed like an … Continue reading GIG 247: EMF – Camden Palace, 7th November 1995
GIG 245: Sheep On Drugs – Camden Palace, 31st October 1995
The last day of October. Camden Palace. My third gig in as many days. My second Sheep On Drugs gig in three days. Halloween. All the ingredients you need for anotehr cracking night out at Feet First. This was my twelth gig of October (13 if you include the instore HMV set by The Chemical … Continue reading GIG 245: Sheep On Drugs – Camden Palace, 31st October 1995
GIG 242: Intastella – Camden Palace, 24th October 1995
Fresh from an evening of the rap-metal of Clawfinger in Highbury I travelled northward to Mornington Cresent to head into Camden Palace for Feet First. It was always great to see my Feet First family, and quite a lot of them were in attendance this evening. The live band at midnight was often an interruption … Continue reading GIG 242: Intastella – Camden Palace, 24th October 1995
GIG 239: Apes, Pigs & Spacemen / Disciplin A Kitschme – Camden Palace, 17th October 1995
Tuesday night rolled around and Camden Palace beckoned. I was already in Camden as I'd sepnt the afternoon with a friend of mine, Jess, looking at pubs for sale (and an old church) as we were looking at starting up a themed pub where you could go and play games. It'd have 'themed' food & … Continue reading GIG 239: Apes, Pigs & Spacemen / Disciplin A Kitschme – Camden Palace, 17th October 1995
GIG 237: Hagfish – Camden Palace, 10th October 1995
Hagfish were an American Punk/Alternative Rock band from Texas, and were this evenings band at Feet First in the Camden Palace. I knew nothing of the band, and to be honest would probably have preferred them more if I'd seen them in the last ten years than in 1995. They played a pretty good set, … Continue reading GIG 237: Hagfish – Camden Palace, 10th October 1995
GIG 234: Cancer – Camden Palace, 3rd October 1995
I spoke about the diversity of bands that the Feet First club hosted. The last time I'd been here, a week before, I'd seen the ambient dance band Loop Guru. A week later and I was seeing Cancer - a thrash metal/death metal band that had formed in 1988. They couldn't really be more different … Continue reading GIG 234: Cancer – Camden Palace, 3rd October 1995
GIG 233: Loop Guru – Camden Palace, 26th September 1995
One of the great things about Feet First at Camden Palace was the diversity of the bands they hosted. Whilst many were more metal, or guitar based indie, they also brought in bands from other musical genres that were getting talked about in the music press. This meant that I got to see bands I'd … Continue reading GIG 233: Loop Guru – Camden Palace, 26th September 1995
GIG 231: Rub Ultra / Sponge – Camden Palace, 12th September 1995
Not currently having a job certainly gave me a lot more time to get to mid-week clubs more regularly than when I was employed. Not that employment had stopped me too much in all fairness, but the summer and autumn of 1995 certainly saw almost weekly trips to Camden Palace's Feet First night on Tuesdays. … Continue reading GIG 231: Rub Ultra / Sponge – Camden Palace, 12th September 1995
Voices From The Pulpit 