I used to like the old Rios venue. Saw a few bands there. When i arrived for this show, i couldn’t help notice the tour bus was nowhere to be seen. Got me a bit worried. Turns out it had broken down somewhere. For whatever reason, they couldn’t get it repaired for a day or so, so they cancelled their show in Brighton. This was probably the only time i wasn’t too bothered about the cancellation (Man, i had more than my fair share of those!) as it was a hell of a long drive & the weather was cold/freezing.
Tag: Bradford
Big Electric Cat (Chris from Loud), @ Rios,Bradford ,4-11-94
I was a MASSIVE fan of the Bradford based band called Loud. Such a shame they broke up. Well, i got in contact with their manager, Andy @ Far north music, & went up & bought various memorabilia from him. This included one of Chris own personal demos. I also got in contact Gerard Rolfe, the bands old live sound engineer. Managed to get a couple of board tapes. Thanks Gerard. I also found out that Chris was doing a gig with his new band, “Big Electric Cat” at Rios. Gerard sent me a bunch of free tickets. I also got permission to film the show 🙂
Freak Of Nature, @ Rios,Bradford, 17-7-93
Mike Trap, ex of Whitelion, new band. I remember on the journey up there it was VERY sunny & hard driving for whoever.
New Model Army, Loud, Padd , @ Queens Hall,Bradford 27-8-92
This was a pretty low key gig for NMA. It might have been for charity or something? Interesting thing was that ex members or Loud were also playing in their new band Padd. Crazy as it sounds, i drove up to this, then back the same night. The following day i drove back up to Leeds to see Loud !
Metallica, Danzig, @ St Georges Hall,Bradford 26-9-88
(Cheers to Neil for letting me scan his ticket. 29 years later)
This was a hell of a gig ! Absolutely brilliant stuff. I also saw them in Sheffield on this tour. Stand out memories of the night : I hadn’t been to Bradford since seeing Maiden there in ’86. I kinda remembered the route into the city & to the hall. I couldn’t work out why so many people were looking at us as we drove past St Georges hall. Then i finally realised i was driving the wrong way down a one-way street ! They’d changed it since last time 😉 Also remember seeing Metallicas big silver tour bus. It wasn’t your typical UK style tour bus. There were a bunch of Americans in the crowd & they were literally throwing people in the crowd. It was like when you get a leg-up from a mate by putting your foot in their hands which are cupped together. I’ve never seen anything like it before or ever since. Dunno why, but i also seem to think around the time there was a documentary on UK tv & it featured these Americans. The Metallica show was just bloody great. Whilst the album had great songs, it just seemed to be a very “dry” mix. No power. In the live setting, it sounded so much better…yeah, you could hear Jasons bass 😉 Another funny thing was that both myself & Neil were down the front, next to the PA & both running the Sony Pros. A certain Mr Mensch was briefly stood near us 😉 Finally, shouldn’t laugh, but, a mate who went with us had recently had a small operation so was “tender” & couldn’t really get amongst the thick of things….” Keep away from my dick ! ” lol
Iron Maiden, @ St Georges Hall,Bradford , 21-10-86
