The Sisters of Mercy were back in London as part of their "Event Horizon" tour. Two Forum dates (of which this was the second) were their only UK gigs on the tour - and indeed for the whole of 1998. Support was provided by German band Scoda Blush, who had just released their Andrew Eldritch … Continue reading GIG 361: The Sisters of Mercy / Scoda Blush – The Forum, 13th February 1998
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GIG 325 : Live – The Forum, 17th April 1997
Live really broke on to the scene with their third album, "Throwing Copper", which came out in 1994. They were massive in the States, with multiple #1 albums and hit singles, but never achieved anywhere near the same level of success here in the UK. Their highest chart positions being #31 for their 1997 "Secret … Continue reading GIG 325 : Live – The Forum, 17th April 1997
GIG 312 : Marilyn Manson / Fluffy – The Forum, 12th December 1996
Marilyn Manson was terrorizing concerned citizens of Britian for some reason back in 1996. Petitions had been made to councils to ban him from playing local venues and his debut UK live appearence was bounced from The Electric Ballroom, to The Astoria (as shown on my ticket) to finally Kentish Town's The Forum on the … Continue reading GIG 312 : Marilyn Manson / Fluffy – The Forum, 12th December 1996
GIG 201: Faith No More / Shihad – The Forum, 13th March 1995
Faith No More was probably my mate Nick's favourite band, and had been for years. We'd long spoken about seeing them so when they came back to London Nick, Dawn, Simon, Matt, Angela and myself ended up at The Forum in Kentish Town with high expectations. Especially as they were playing a series of 'smaller' … Continue reading GIG 201: Faith No More / Shihad – The Forum, 13th March 1995
GIG 191: New Model Army / Dub War – The Forum, 15th December 1994
New Model Army love their December gigs. Not sure why but pretty much every year they tour just before Christmas and even back in 1994 it was apparently no different. So we found ourselves, on a chilly Thursday December evening, in Kentish Town to see the Army at The Forum. This was the fifth time … Continue reading GIG 191: New Model Army / Dub War – The Forum, 15th December 1994
GIG 188: Terrorvision / Die Toten Hosen / Baby Chaos – The Forum, 31st October 1994
I'd originally seen Terrorvision back in February 1992, supporting Zodiac Mindwarp (GIG 097), back before they'd released their debut album. In 1994 they released their second album, 'How To Make Friends and Influence People', which bore a host of top 30 hits for them including 'Middleman', 'Pretend Best Friend', the massive 'Oblivion' and my favourite … Continue reading GIG 188: Terrorvision / Die Toten Hosen / Baby Chaos – The Forum, 31st October 1994
GIG 186: The Australian Doors Show / Black Fat Cat – The Forum, 14th October 1994
It'd been just over year since we'd been at The Forum watching The Australian Doors for the first time (GIG 132). Given how much we enjoyed them first time round we had snapped up tickets to see them again. The support band, Black Fat Cat I believe they were called really underwhelmed me. I'm not … Continue reading GIG 186: The Australian Doors Show / Black Fat Cat – The Forum, 14th October 1994
GIG 177: Skin / Baby Stafford – The Forum, 30th July 1994
After spending all Saturday hosting a Magic: The Gathering day for Leisure Games down at one of the local pubs (The Minstrel - my favourite local drinking haunt in Finchley at the time - sadly no longer there) Jim, Sue and myself headed down to Kentish Town to catch rockers Skin at The Forum. This … Continue reading GIG 177: Skin / Baby Stafford – The Forum, 30th July 1994
GIG 171: Nine Inch Nails / PIG / Treponem Pal – The Forum, 26th May 1994
Fresh from having finished playtesting Wraith: The Oblivion at 3am the previous night (or much earlier in the day more technically I guess) and having worked 9.30 to 6pm at Leisure Games I was back in Kentish Town to see Nine Inch Nails on the last night of their three night stint at The Forum. … Continue reading GIG 171: Nine Inch Nails / PIG / Treponem Pal – The Forum, 26th May 1994
GIG 170: Nine Inch Nails / PIG / Treponem Pal – The Forum, 24th May 1994
I'd been wanting to see Nine Inch Nails for a few years, having been blown away by their debut 'Pretty Hate Machine' and superb follow-up 'Downward Spiral' albums - not to mention the Broken & Fixed EPs. Pretty Hate Machine was rarely off my record player, and they had very quicky become one of my … Continue reading GIG 170: Nine Inch Nails / PIG / Treponem Pal – The Forum, 24th May 1994
Voices From The Pulpit 