The first time at Rock City & there were certain nerves involved lol. The place has changed over the years. Back then, there used to be a food bar. Also, this show was kinda being filmed as there were screens it was projected onto. It was an in house system. I’ve often wondered if the shows were actually recorded…
Month: December 1983
Robert Plant, @ De Montfort Hall,Leicester 21-12-83
Stand out memory of this one was the BASS. You could really feel it in your stomach.
Judas Priest, Quiet Riot, @ De Montfort Hall,Leicester 20-12-83
Oh i dunno, maybe i’m biased, but i enjoyed this one more than Hammersmith odeon show
Judas Priest, Quiet Riot, @ Hammersmith Odeon,London 17-12-83
We had the day down London & when we wanted to go back to our hotel,we couldn’t due to police cordoning off the area. At the time, we didn’t know that the IRA had set off a bomb at Harrods which killed 6 people. Strange as it may sound, when we did find out, i don’t think we were scarred or anything. The Priest gig was great. The following day me & Andy went to see Arsenal play & we were in the infamous North Bank terrace. The tubes didn’t run so much on Sundays back then, so, we had a bit of fun getting back to the bus station.
Def Leppard, Airrace, @ Royal Centre,Nottingham, 4-12-83
Oh how times have changed. I planned to try tape the gig but i forgot an important thing : batteries ! Back then, there were no garages selling all sorts of stuff & as it was a Sunday, most shops were shut! A disaster. Even worse, i knew a mate who was seeing all the shows & this one he decided he wasn’t taping. So this was the show where i got into Snakebites. Not conventionally though : i’d have a pint of cider, then a pint of lager, then a pint of cider…i was young & couldn’t hold my drink (yeah, i know, that’s not changed!) so got pretty pissed up 🙂 It was a good show though !