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HASTIS wrote: »

MY BAND HASTIS PLAYED THERE 29th OCTOBER 1994 WITH CHARLY LOWNOISE AND MENTAL THEO, THE FOURTH DIMENSION (FROM KERRY) AND THE NUTTER AS PART OF THE THUNDERDOME CITY TOUR.

https://soundcloud.com/hastis

And we needed this in capitals because ??

Ciaran_B

Pighead wrote: »

Seen Suede play there in 94/possibly early 95. Touring the Dog Man Star album. Hell of a gig.

Great gig. My only time in the SFX seeing my favourite band.

raven136

Seen Kula Shaker with support from the Driven....in my defence I was young

BPKS

Saw the Stone Temple Pilots there in 1994. In my defence I was going through my grunge phase.

ugsparky

Echo and the Bunnymen - Cutter and Ocean Rain tours
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream and Sparkle in the Rain tours

... early Eighties - great gigs especially Ocean Rain ... poor Pete - they were some band then

Badly Drunk Boy

These are the ones I can remember at the moment but there were probably more.

Eat Static
The Cramps
Therapy? (X2)
Fugazi
Nick Cave
The Wedding Present (X2)
The Sugarcubes

It's like a dream that I saw My Bloody Valentine there too but I'm sure I'd definitely remember it. Maybe one of my friends went and I'm stealing his memories of it. I probably didn't go because I would have had college exams when it was on.

aslanroars

i remember seein a 7 bands on the up .there about 88 or 89 .with the stunnin. missin link somethin happens .and christy dignam. it was on over 2 days .shows were recorded for tv and radio.also saw aslans first irish show with new singer eammo doyle .about 89

The Dom

ned rierson wrote: »

anyone ever go to gigs in mcgonagles ?

RayCon wrote: »

Lived in it man ... numerous Acid Reign gigs, Ozzy (yes really) , Sabbat, Xentrix, Blur (no .. really), Predator (Irish band) etc etc. , along with Tom Hayse's Metal night every Fri ... loved the place.

Was at Ozzy also. Was the best gig I was ever at.

I remember one of his daughters throwing a bucket of water on us. Aimee maybe.

It felt like seeing Ozzy play down the pub, the crowd was that small.

Think he played the Top Hat a few days later also - which was another class gig.


As for the SFX, not on any of those lists but seen The Housemartins there in '89 or '90 and there were killings at it. Bouncers just grabbed anyone fighting and threw them out together into an alley resulting in even further mayhem. Never seen so much fighting at a concert in my life.

You would think we all the massive bands that played there, there would be tons of photos from live performances online but there seems to be only a small handful.

nlgbbbblth

The Housemartins in The Bridge Hotel, Waterford was rough too. 1987.

ned rierson

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

The Housemartins in The Bridge Hotel, Waterford was rough too. 1987.

"back back you Irish dogs" shouted Stan Collymore from the stage.
cue glasses and bottles flying towards the stage.
the proclaimers played support. a friend of mine got locked up for kicking a squad car. the folly of youth. and cider

windowcleaner

The Dom wrote: »

You would think we all the massive bands that played there, there would be tons of photos from live performances online but there seems to be only a small handful.

Back then, people didn't have cameraphones in their pockets to take those snaps

holly8

windowcleaner wrote: »

Back then, people didn't have cameraphones in their pockets to take those snaps

I have some from a New Order gig - quite a job to bring a decent camera in those days, they weren't small!! camera and lens had to be brought in seperately ... oh the subterfuge!!

The Dom

windowcleaner wrote: »

Back then, people didn't have cameraphones in their pockets to take those snaps

Not sure if you're joking or not.

Do you really think someone who was old enough to have been at SFX gigs isn't aware that people in the 80s didn't have camera phones in their pockets?

Anyway, I was obviously speaking about pro shots which was why I emphasized "massive bands" as they were the gigs you would have expected press photographers from from the Herald, Hot Press, NME etc to be at.

When you think that bands like Depeche Mode, U2, RHCP, The Clash, Metallica, Simple Minds and R.E.M. played there and that there seems to be almost no photographic record of those gigs online, it really is kinda remarkable. Maybe it's just that they have not been uploaded as I can't imagine they don't exist.

Google on almost any band that played the Hammersmith Odeon in the 80s for example and you will invariably find the odd photo from it, especially from the bigger bands of the time.

I remember years ago browsing Boards and there was a photographer here who us to post up some of his stuff from the 80s and they were amazing. He had stuff from 80s Slane gigs like Bowie and even some excellent ones of U2 at Live Aid. I would bet that a guy like that would have some stuff from the SFX, Top Hat gigs from the 80s.

Not to say that I didn't find any at all on Google as I found some WASP, Mama's Boys and the following Whitesnake one:




Photographer's name seems to be Paul Reynolds but when I Google that all I get is an RTE Newsreader.

nlgbbbblth

The Dom wrote: »

Anyway, I was obviously speaking about pro shots which was why I emphasized "massive bands" as they were the gigs you would have expected press photographers from from the Herald, Hot Press, NME etc to be at.

When you think that bands like Depeche Mode, U2, RHCP, The Clash, Metallica, Simple Minds and R.E.M. played there and that there seems to be almost no photographic record of those gigs online, it really is kinda remarkable. Maybe it's just that they have not been uploaded as I can't imagine they don't exist.

Google on almost any band that played the Hammersmith Odeon in the 80s for example and you will invariably find the odd photo from it, especially from the bigger bands of the time.

You can draw a parallel between the above

and

the dearth of off-air VHS recordings of RTE shows / adverts / PIFs from the 1980s [compared with the UK]

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Pantera at the SFX

and another

Loads of old gigs (not sure if already posted)

nicell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/87589978#Comment_87589978

Cameras of any kind were banned at those gigs, and they'd take them off you if spotted. Same with recording devices.

Maybe everyone knows that, but I didn't see it stated plainly in the comments. Either way, that's why there are so few fan photos from gigs in that period.

I remember it being a big deal in 1990 when The Mission said cameras WOULD be allowed in for their SFX gig. I guess for a ROIDE like Wayne Hussey it's only natural.

ILIKEFOOD

Saw Fear Factory in '99 there.. when I was 14/15.. first gig without parents.. what an eye opener.. lads in kilts launching themselves into the crowd.. being able to buy a pint no questions asked.. terrible support band (Cubante??) Only one I made there but it kicked off a life long love of concert going..

molly dolly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/86251366#Comment_86251366

was there too, one of the best I ever ever was at.