Tuesday rolled around again, so it was off to The Southampton Arms in Mornington Crescent for a few pre-club drinks before heading across the road to the Feet First club at Camden Palace. Tonights midnight band were The Rentals, an alt-rock band from the US. They weren't a band I'd heard of, but they were … Continue reading GIG 274: The Rentals – Camden Palace, 9th April 1996
Koko
GIG 273: Sten – Camden Palace, 2nd April 1996
Fresh from seeing Puressence at The 100 Club I stopped off at Camden Palace for some after gig action. Tuesday nights were fantastic nights at The Feet First club run by Jonathon & Eko, and having managed to get a guest pass for the club some time ago it was a regular haunt of mine. … Continue reading GIG 273: Sten – Camden Palace, 2nd April 1996
GIG 271: Pitchshifter – Camden Palace, 26th March 1996
PITCHSHIFTER! OMG, Pitchshifter were among one of the best bands I saw at Camden Palace's Feet First club. They were an Industrial/metal band from Nottingham and had been on my radar for a couple of years due to their Industrial (1991) and Desensitized (1993) albums. I'm not sure if their third album, Infotainment? was released … Continue reading GIG 271: Pitchshifter – Camden Palace, 26th March 1996
GIG 267: Powder – Camden Palace, 27th February 1996
Tuesday night rolled round again so after drinks at The Southampton Arms, the pub opposite Camden Palace, Melissa and I headed in the grand old music hall for a nights clubbing and live music. Tonights band was Powder, a short-lived BritPop band that released three singles but didn't really get any traction. They split up … Continue reading GIG 267: Powder – Camden Palace, 27th February 1996
GIG 259: Minty – Camden Palace, 2nd January 1996
Welcome to 1996. It certainly didn't take me long to break the new year in with live music. Minty were an odd band to say the least. They were very art house and had originally been formed by Leigh Bowery (a fashion deisgner and club promoter among other things) in 1993 for a very short … Continue reading GIG 259: Minty – Camden Palace, 2nd January 1996
GIG 257: Embassy – Camden Palace, 26th December 1995
Yes, I know it was Boxing Day when most people are still recovering from eating too much Turkey and suffering from hangovers for having to put up with their relatives once a year, but Feet First at Camden Palace was surprisingly still on and as it was one of my best mates 20th birthday (Happy … Continue reading GIG 257: Embassy – Camden Palace, 26th December 1995
GIG 255: Back To The Planet – Camden Palace, 19th December 1995
Tuesday night rolled round and after spending an evening with some of my record stores colleagues I popped to Camden Palce for Feet First and to catch up with a load of my clubbing friends and to see Back To The Planet. I'd seen Back To The Planet once before a number of years earlier … Continue reading GIG 255: Back To The Planet – Camden Palace, 19th December 1995
GIG 252: Blameless / Seven – Camden Palace, 12th December 1995
I'd just started working at a record store - FAB who had two branches at the time - one in Finchley Central and one in West Hampstead. I was primarily working at the West Hampstead branch (FAB II) and was also still doing some evenings at the off-license job that I'd also recently started just … Continue reading GIG 252: Blameless / Seven – Camden Palace, 12th December 1995
GIG 250: Mega City Four – Camden Palace, 21st November 1995
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
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
Voices From The Pulpit 