Pete is a regular contributor to the musicmuso website, his features on all sorts of wonderful things often raise a smile and receive feedback and praise from people as far as Outer Mongolia. Pete and I took a trip to Knebworth a few years back, well, 19 years ago to be truthful, we had a great day, crashed into a taxi on the way up to the gig, got lost after the show and ended up nearly dying on the M5 owing to the driver falling asleep at the wheel, all in all, a great day, I'll hand over the reigns to little bro to tell you all about it....
Read More#MYFIRSTGIG - KAT BAGSHAWE REFLECTS ON HER INTRODUCTION TO SUGAR COATED LIVE MUSIC....
Would you forgive me if I told you the first live act I saw was S Club 7? I was about twelve years old, my mother had already broken my heart by denying me the opportunity to see The Spice Girls live so she reasoned with me and my wish came true to see this seven piece bubble pop group (a septenary perhaps?) take to the stage at Sheffield Arena. I instinctively loved it; the bass kicking you in the guts, the screams of thrill that were unbearable; my poor mother on the other hand wanted to stick pins in her eyes. But really despite this manufactured cringe-worthy act being my true first experience I was really introduced to the thrill of real live music when I saw The Rasmus play Nottingham Rock City in 2004 at the tender age of fourteen.
Read More#MYFIRSTGIG - JULIAN BAIRD REMEMBERS SEEING THE ORB IN 1992....
Julian Baird contributes for MusicMuso as a photographer, we have covered many bands and I thought it was about time I asked him about his first gig....
Read More#MYFIRSTGIG - COLIN GRANT LOOKS BACK AT SEEING FREDDIE & CO IN 1986....
Colin Grant is the guitarist in an 80's covers band called Ashes to Ashes, they play regularly around the Plymouth area, if you are looking for a band to play at a wedding/party/funeral, give him a call! We caught up with him and asked him about his first gig, here's what he had to say....
Read More#MYFIRSTGIG - ADRIAN GRAINGER REMEMBERS HIS FIRST TRIP TO THE CORNWALL COLLISEUM....
Adrian Grainger is a fan of good old classic rock aka 'Hair Metal', he plays drums in an 80's covers band called Ashes to Ashes (go check them out, they're rather good), where he is transported back to the 80's with a mullet that would make David Coverdale jealous. We caught up with Adrian and asked him to tell us about his first ever gig, here's what he had to say....
Read More#MYFIRSTGIG - EMMA SCOTT REMEMBERS HER FIRST TRIP TO SEE PAUL YOUNG....
Emma Scott has worked in the music industry since the late eighties, and has been involved in radio and TV presenting, gig promotions, A & R and most recently, radio plugging.
I thought that it was only fair that we include her in the #myfirstgig section as I had a hunch it was either going to be a 'big haired' 80's heart throb or a band like BROS, my initial thoughts were confirmed.....read on to find out all about her first ever gig!
Read More#MYFIRSTGIG - MARK WINCOTT FROM LONDON TELLS US ALL ABOUT HIS FIRST EVER GIG....
Mark Wincott is a man with many hats, alongside his day job, he helps out on musicmuso.com creating amazing interview features for our INTRODUCING section, we pinned him down and told him we wouldn't get off him until he completed the questions, here's how it went....
Read More#MYFIRSTGIG - STEVE MUSCUTT FROM RATTERY REMINISCES ABOUT THE BOLSHOI....
Our very own Steve Muscutt has decided to take the plunge to help get the feature off the ground, we understand that it won't be long until we are floating around the offices in requests from people all over the world, if you want to get involved, do it now !!
Read More#MYFIRSTGIG - ARABELLA FROM 'NORTH OF IPSWICH' REMEMBERS HER FIRST GIG....
We needed someone to trial our latest feature on our site, Arabella was the FIRST person to respond to our advert on Twitter so she get's to go first, buckle up tight folks!!
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