| STING
<1> |
Aberdeen
Capitol |
13/01/86
|
£ |
I swapped
a films worth of Pallas photos for the ticket - and wish I'd kept
the photos. I liked some of the Police songs but the material from
the solo Sting album(s) bored the pants off me. This remains one
of my least favourite gigs. |
MARILLION
<2>
BELTANE FIRE
<1> |
Aberdeen
Capitol |
20/01/86
|
£ |
Originally
scheduled for 22/09/85 |
MARILLION
<3>
BELTANE FIRE
<2> |
Aberdeen
Capitol (with Alan Reed on M.Sq.Heroes) |
20/01/86
|
£ |
Originally
scheduled for 21/09/85 |
AC/DC
<1>
FASTWAY
<1> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse |
22/01/86
|
£ |
. |
Ozzy
OSBOURNE <1>
RATT
<1> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse
Line-up:
Ozzy Osbourne - screeches, dumb stomping, clapping and repetitive
banter.
Jake E. Lee - guitar
Randy Castillo - drums
Don Airey - keyboard
Phil Soussan - bass
John Sinclair - keyboards (offstage) |
16/02/86
|
£ |
This
was probably my least favourite gig up to this point. I was stuck
in the second from back row of the balcony so a close-up view or
decent sound were unlikely. Not helping was the fact that Ratt were
a band I had no interest in and played tedious American rock to
these Scottish ears. Unfortunately when Ozzy hit the stage things
didn't improve much. This was 'The Ultimate Sin' tour but I found
the ninety minute set fairly tedious and an extremely average show.
While Jake was a talented guitarist Ozzy himself stumbled around
the stage clapping his hands above his head and repeatedly cajoling
the audience to "go f***ing crazy." Of course most of
the audience were in the palm of his hand and lapped the repetitious
behaviour up. Looking back it seems that even in 1986 the years
of drink and drugs had taken their toll on Ozzy. |
| PALLAS
<5> |
London
Marquee Club |
22/02/86
|
£ |
Cheap
railcard month (something like anywhere in the country for a tenner
return) allowed me to visit the original Marquee for the only time.
For all the awe it is held in it was a tiny black hole in Wardour
Street. This was the second of two consecutive nights here towards
the end of the Wedge tour (if I remember correctly). The show was
the day after Alan Reed's 22nd birthday. |
DIO
<2>
KEEL
<1> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse |
9/05/86
|
£ |
. |
PALLAS
<6>
HOLD THE FRAME
<1> |
Aberdeen
Music Hall |
28/05/86
|
£ |
. |
BLACK
SABBATH <1>
ZENO
<1> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse
Line-up:
Ray Gillen - vocals
Tony Iommi - guitar
Dave Spitz - bass
Eric Singer - drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards |
29/05/86
|
£ |
The Black
Sabbath site has proved handy in confirming touring line-ups
and saving me leafing through magazines and tour programmes. Three
months earlier I'd seen original Sabbath vocalist Ozzy and come
away rather disappointed. Tonight the singer coped very well with
all eras of Sabbath music even if he had not appeared on any albums.
In fact Ray was a short notice replacement for ex-Deep Purple man
Glenn Hughes who lasted only the first half dozen US shows. As an
introduction to Sabbath this was a very good show. sabbathlive.com
site reprinted the above comment. |
MARILLION
<4>
Gary MOORE
<2>
JETHRO TULL
<2>
MAGNUM
<2>
MAMA'S BOYS
<2> |
Welcome
to the Garden Party
Milton Keynes Bowl
|
28/06/86
|
£ |
I was here more for the rare
Tull appearance than Marillion though in the end I guess it was
This show that converted me from a casual Marillion listener to
a Freak. A group of us drove down overnight from Aberdeen and
somewhere I have a rather unflattering photo of me barely awake
the morning of the show. It is the only photo I have from the
show as my camera was either nicked during the Marillion set or
it fell out of my bag. If anyone found it I'd like the film back
please.
This was the opposite
of Knebworth, warm and sunny. Too sunny really but I escaped sunstroke.
The Tull set was filmed and snippets appeared in a C4 TV documentary
called Fish and Sheep and Rock'n'Roll which I've missed every
time it was broadcast. This is particularly galling as I've been
told I'm spotted in the audience.
|
Ozzy
OSBOURNE <2>
SCORPIONS
<2>
MOTORHEAD
<1>
DEF LEPPARD
<1>
BAD NEWS
<1>
WARLOCK <1> |
Donington
Festival |
16/08/86
|
£ |
More Ozzy but the star of the
day had to be Rick Allen, drummer with Def Leppard, who lost his
left arm a couple of years previously.This show was his first
live gig with electronic pads and foot triggers. He received a
massive ovation (we were already standing) for his trouble.
Lemmy by comparison
was on the wrong end of a hail of bottles aimed at the stage.
At one point he stopped the set and left the audience in no doubt
that if the barage continued the band would walk off. They didn't
and the audience mainly contained their aim between themselves.
Ah, the joys of festival going.
|
METALLICA
<1>
ANTHRAX
<1> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse |
12/09/86
|
£ |
. |
| STEALIN’
the BLUES <1> |
Edinburgh
Lord Darnley’s |
15/09/86
|
£ |
. |
MAGNUM
<3>
FM
<1> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse |
5/10/86
|
£ |
. |
| SAXON
<2> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse |
6/10/86
|
£ |
. |
PALLAS
COMEDY OF ERRORS |
Aberdeen
Music Hall |
6/10/86
|
£ |
wasn't
at the gig? |
| BLUES'N'TROUBLE
<1> |
Aberdeen
University Union Main Hall |
10/10/86
|
£ |
(Soundcheck) |
| BLUES'N'TROUBLE
<2> |
Aberdeen
Venue |
18/10/86
|
£ |
. |
IRON
MAIDEN <2>
Paul Samson's EMPIRE
<1> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse |
27/10/86
|
£ |
. |
IRON
MAIDEN <3>
Paul Samson's EMPIRE
<2> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse |
28/10/86
|
£ |
. |
| BLUES'N'TROUBLE
<3> |
Edinburgh
Preservation Hall |
30/10/86
|
£ |
. |
WASP
<1>
WARLOCK
<2> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse |
30/10/86
|
£ |
. |
| SPLIT
CROW <1> |
Aberdeen
Dobbies Pub |
31/10/86
|
£ |
. |
BON
JOVI <1>
FM
<2> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse |
12/11/86
|
£ |
. |
HAWKWIND
<3>
The BABYSITTERS
<1> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse |
13/11/86
|
£ |
. |
ALICE
COOPER <1>
DOCTOR & THE MEDICS
<1> |
Edinburgh Playhouse
Line-up:
Kane Roberts - guitar
Devlin 7 (Arthur Funaro)- guitar
Ken Mary - drums
Kip Winger III - bass
Paul 'Horrors' Horowitz - keyboards
Full details of the tour
at the Alice
Cooper Encyclopedia
|
25/11/86
|
£ |
'"The
Nightmare Returns' tour and my first experience of live Alice. A
video was filmed in Detroit just under a month before this tour
so the band were tight by the time they hit Edinburgh.
Setlist:
Welcome to My Nightmare / Billion Dollar Babies / No More Mr. Nice
Guy / Be My Lover / I'm Eighteen / The World Needs Guts / Give It
Up / Cold Ethyl / Only Women Bleed / Go to Hell / Ballad of Dwight
Fry / Teenage Frankenstein / Sick Things / I Love the Dead / School's
Out / Elected / Under My Wheels . |
ALICE
COOPER <2>
DOCTOR & THE MEDICS
<2> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse |
26/11/86
|
£ |
. |
STATUS
QUO <2>
WAYSTED
<2> |
Edinburgh
Playhouse |
8/12/86
|
£ |
. |
PALLAS
<7>
HOLD THE FRAME
<2> |
Aberdeen
Ritzy |
23/12/86
|
£ |
. |
