Metalheads Unite! \m/ \m/

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

HMV have the Iron Maiden headphones on offer at £49.99 at the moment.

https://store.hmv.com/technology/hea...phones-iron-ma

[Dave Boy]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Problem is...he was doing it when I saw Gillan in 1982!

Yay! I saw Gillan in 1981 on the Double Trouble Tour. Guildford Civic Hall.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Dave Boy

Yay! I saw Gillan in 1981 on the Double Trouble Tour. Guildford Civic Hall.

Is that Nicky (Mammoth) Moore on the back of the tee?

[Dave Boy]

Spot on Dem.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Dave Boy

Spot on Dem.

Thought it looked like him.

Gillan is a strange one for me. Despite loving Purple (old and new) i've barely heard a Gillan solo song. In fact i couldn't name one if my life depended on it.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Dave Boy

Yay! I saw Gillan in 1981 on the Double Trouble Tour. Guildford Civic Hall.

It was the 'Magic' tour that I saw them on - October 24th, Portsmouth Guildhall. Support came from a forgotten band called 'Spider', who I really liked. They were very much a Status Quo 12 bar boogie band, who released three albums - 'Rock 'N Roll Gypsies', 'Rough Justice' and 'Raise The Banner'

Sadly, on the night I saw them Ian Gillan was suffering with laryngitis, so their set was truncated by about 20 minutes, meaning I didn't get to see them play 'Smoke On The Water'. This was referenced by Ian when Deep Purple played Portsmouth in 1996!

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Is that Nicky (Mammoth) Moore on the back of the tee?

The line-up when I saw them was: Ian Gillan (Vocals), Janick Gers (Guitar), Colin Towns (Keyboards [later to be music composer for Rawhead Rex (1986), Bellman and True (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989), Hands of a Murderer (1990), The Puppet Masters (1994), Captives Space Truckers (1996) and Guest House Paradiso (1999) amongst others], John McCoy (Bass), Mick Underwood (Drums)

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Gillan is a strange one for me. Despite loving Purple (old and new) i've barely heard a Gillan solo song. In fact i couldn't name one if my life depended on it.

You would know them if you heard them: 'Mutually Assured Destruction', 'New Orleans', 'No Laughing In Heaven', 'Nightmare', 'Long Gone' and their cover of Stevie Wonder's 'Livin' For The City'

[Dave Boy]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Problem is...he was doing it when I saw Gillan in 1982!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Justin and Dave Boy may like this if they haven't already seen it.

[Dave Boy]

Yeah. Oh man. Look at the line of fans going right around the Brixton Academy back to the entrance. Glad I got there early. I left my phone in the hotel but of course if I had taken it I would have had 02 priority entrance.
I was near the front anyway but still..

[Susan Foreman]

K.K. Downing from Judas Priest is selling off a lot of his equipment at Bonhams auction of entertainment memorabilia, to be held on December 11th

Lots 140 to 161 include

An Ovation Adamas acoustic guitar estimated at £600 - 800

A custom 'V' guitar by Dan Johnson estimated at £5000 - 7000

A 1967 Gibson Flying V guitar estimated at £15,000 - 18,000

A 1971 Gibson Flying V Medallion guitar estimated at £12,000 - 14,000

plus amplifiers, stage effects and costumes