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Number 332: One-Upmanship

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muffy:
Oh, wait...I have got one...

Willy Mason.
I know he's relatively new anyway, but last October, he played first on the bill for 22-20s. I called the record company to blag it, but they were pretty dismissive, assuming I was doing the 'get in to see the main band using the support as an excuse' thing, but after much ranting, got my ticket and an interview. He turned up two hours later than he was supposed to (the doors had already opened), soundchecked for half a song with a badly tuned guitar which the other band tuned for him in his absence, gave me a beer, played, then did the interview..he was one of the loveliest people ever, also played an acoustic set out on Brighton Beach for all the people who'd missed his set...

A few months later, he's being namedropped by everyone from the guardian to NME to every psuedo scenester, and his gigs have all sold out...
So I can feel smug about that, until I realise that this means I may not be able to go and see him.

Damn.

KharBevNor:
My Chemical Romance before they hit the front of Kerrang! (First uk tour)

and, uh In Flames at Hammersmith (the Hammered at Xmas gig).

Nothing else really has much cred, most of the unknown bands I've seen will never get big.

jeph:

--- Quote from: JP ---I was there in 1974 at the first Suicide pratices in a loft in New York City.
--- End quote ---


Indie Cred x 2 for the LCD Soundsystem reference.

simon_moon:
Oddly enough, over 1995-1996 I saw
a) Hum and Mercury Rev
b) Poster Children twice (once opening for Sponge, once by themselves)

along with
c) Clutch opening for Marilyn Manson
d) Radiohead opening for REM
e) No Doubt in Deep Ellum for a buck
f) Eve's Plum opening for My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult

and, back in '93, I saw Blind Melon play the Convention Center in Columbus, MS.

Inlander:
Man, only seeing with famous bands AFTER they've formed and started making music is so lame . . . 1988, I was in Year 3 at the Junction Primary School in Newcastle, New South Wales, and the class clown was Ben Gillies, future drummer for silverchair.







. . . Can't help thinking it'd be a much better anectode if I was actually a fan of their music.

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