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GIGS THAT I'VE ATTENDED - 1985
Any links on this page lead to reviews, memories, ticket stubs, photographs and other memorabilia from my collection.
The idea is to have a page for each concert eventually - when I find time to trawl trough the archives.
If anyone reading this was at any of these concerts and would like to jog my memory then feel free to contact me.

1985 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
RUNRIG  <1> Aberdeen Ritzy
7/02/85
£ My first experience of a Runrig show (and the first time I actually heard their music I think). At this point they were still much more folky than a couple of years down the line and this was probably the busiest gig I ever witnessed in Ritzy.So packed was it that I was lucky enough to stand in the mixing desk area care of a mutual friend of the sound mixer.
Eric CLAPTON and his Band  <1> Edinburgh Playhouse
28/02/85
£ My outstanding of this show was the loud American guy a row or two behind me that shouted "Cocaine2 at every opportunity - even after it had been played! Shows how out of it he was.
SOLSTICE  <1> Aberdeen Venue
6/03/85
£ .
LLOYD LANGTON GROUP  <1> Aberdeen University Union Main Hall
20/04/85
£ .
PALLAS  <2> Aberdeen Ritzy
12/05/85
£ .
The FIRM  <1> Edinburgh Playhouse
20/05/85
£ .
Jesse RAE  <1> Aberdeen
£ .
DEEP PURPLE  <1>
SCORPIONS  <1>
MEAT LOAF  <2>
BLACKFOOT  <1>
MAMA'S BOYS  <1>
MOUNTAIN  <1>
ALASKA  <1>
Knebworth Festival
22/06/85
£ Well, what can I say about my first Deep Purple experience? An extremely wet couple of days bookended the Purple performance and to say I was exhausted by the end would be an understatement. Would I have missed the day because of that. No way. Most of the bands had their detractors, some many more than others (Meat Loaf), but I enjoyed pretty much all of them - the final three especially.
GROUNDHOGS  <1> London Kings Head Pub, Fulham
26/06/85
£ .
SAXON  <1> Edinburgh Playhouse
7/09/85
£ .
Gary MOORE  <1> Edinburgh Playhouse
15/09/85
£ .
PALLAS  <3>
ABEL GANZ  <1>
Aberdeen Ritzy
21/10/85
£ .
The CULT  <1> Aberdeen Capitol
14/11/85
£ .
HAWKWIND  <2>
DUMPY'S RUSTY NUTS  <1>
Aberdeen Ritzy 
19/11/85
£ Queuing early for some autographs I was dragged in to my first attempt at roadie work, helping Dumpy unload his gear. For my trouble the guys bought me a pint or two in the pub across the road between soundcheck and set so I was rather merry by show time. Hawkwind were on the Chronicle of the Black Sword tour but Ritzy being a little club with a stage to match there was no way any of the normal stageshow was going to fit in. Because of the choreography between music and stageshow some tracks were dropped and replaced by older numbers for probably the only show of the tour.
UFO  <1>
PALLAS  <4>
SHY  <1>
Aberdeen Capitol
21/11/85
£ .
MAGNUM  <1>
IQ  <1>
The ALLIANCE  <1>
Edinburgh Playhouse
4/12/85
£ .
BLUE OYSTER CULT  <1>
GIRLSCHOOL  <1>
STATETROOPER  <1>
Edinburgh Playhouse
BOC set: R.U.Ready 2 Rock, Dominance & Submission, ETI, Buck's Boogie, White Flags, Take Me Away, Then Came The Last Days Of May, Dancin' In The Ruins, Joan Crawford, Shadow Warrior, Burnin' For You, Godzilla, (Don't Fear) The Reaper, Hot Rails To Hell, Roadhouse Blues. - 102 Min. Details from BOC site.
7/12/85
£ Another three band bill and this time I knew a little more about all the bands involved. Statetrooper featured ex-MSG vocalist Gary Barden. Also involved were most of Wildfire. They played material from their eponymous album (though it didn't come out until a year later) plus a couple of MSG songs. Most of the audience probably didn't take too much notice (as is usually the case) of the support bands but I enjoyed their slightly bluesy rock. The band are launching a website as that 'Statetrooper' album is out on CD now: statetrooper.co.uk .
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