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by **Marque** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:20 am

Fear of Ghosts...this is slightly off topic but..you mentioned Red Flag earlier....Did you know that their Lead singer killed himself a couple months ago? I live in San Diego (where Red Flag is was from) and I was shocked, I actually know those guys...(m

by **FearOfGhosts** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:56 am

[quote]Originally posted by Marque
[br]Fear of Ghosts...this is slightly off topic but..you mentioned Red Flag earlier....Did you k

by **cubby** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:27 am

My list:

Siouxsie and the Banshees (x5)
Creatures
The Cure (x3)
Echo and the Bunnymen (x2)
Bauhaus
Peter Murphy
The Mission UK
Psychedelic Furs (x2)
REM
U2
New Order (x2)
PIL (x2)
Sugarcubes
Iggy Pop (x2)
David Bowie (x3)
B-52's (x2)
Ro

by **beatschool** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:08 pm

Good topic. All my early shows were in the Seattle area, later heading down to Southern Cali.

Stray Cats w/INXS opening
Billy Idol w/Andre Cymone
Adam Ant (bumped into Phil Collins in the lobby)
Duran Duran w/Re-Flex opening
Thompson Twins (x3)
E

by **mare_idol** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 12:23 am

Wow, everyone is reminding me of other acts I've seen.

Add these to my list:

Public Image Ltd.
Violent Femmes
Pretenders
Prince
Stray Cats
Modern English
David Bowie
Iggy Pop

Also, Beatschool, you are so lucky to have seen Divine perform!

by **Ollie Stench** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 2:36 am

Here's what I remember off the top of my head

1982
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman tour w/ Randy Rhodes
DEVO - Oh NO! It's DEVO tour
Blondie - the Hunter tour
Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom tour
Duran Duran - Rio tour

1983
Ozzy - Bark at

by **FearOfGhosts** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 6:06 am

you guys are making that up... Hahaha... Just kidding. ( I'm jealous and living through you...) [8D]

by **ayola** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:24 am

Wow. This makes my brain hurt.

Journey and Loverboy.... Oops scratch that.

Soft Cell (fairwell show - The Palace, Hollywood)
Nina Hagen (x2)
Lena Lovich (x2)
Berlin
Oingo Boingo
Siouxsie and the Banshees (x3)
Love and Rockets
Balaam and the A

by **Section307** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 12:33 pm

I saw a lot of the bands that have been listed but I haven't seen the band that started it all and in my opinion, was simply the greatest rock and roll band ever--

Joey ( may he rest in peace..make sure to visit his street in NYC ),
Johnny, Dee Dee, a

by **British** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:33 am

mare: THE Blotto? I saw their video once(Heavy Metal Head) and thought they were an innovative band. New Orleans, right?

Lesse here...

Blondie (2 years ago, free)
M+M
Nash the Slash
Images in Vogue
Rough Trade(just Kevin & Carole)

That's abou

by **ebbhead** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 4:32 am

Depeche Mode
The Cure
New Order
Morrissey
Nitzer Ebb
The Pixies
APB
Ministry
PiL
Sugarcubes
Psych Furs
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Fishbone
Book of Love
Stone Roses
The The
Tears for Fears
Echo & the Bunnymen
Gene Loves Gezebel
Erasure
Th

by **mare_idol** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 4:45 am

British: Blotto who had the hit "I Wanna Be A Lifeguard" -- heh.

Section307: I saw The Ramones too (There were so many bands I saw in my lifetime I forgot to mention a bunch).

by **holly** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:44 am

Nitzer Ebb, Love and Rockets, Depeche Mode, A-Ha, The Damned (awesome show!!), The Cure, The Ramones, Ministry, PiL, Thompson Twins, US, INXS, Jesus and Mary Chain, Fishbone, Morrissey, Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello, NiN, Violent Femmes . . . tons more th

by **wavespy** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:43 am

US '83 Festival:

Divinyls [11:20 - 11:50 am],
INXS [12:20 - 12:55 pm]
Wall of Voodoo [1:25 -2:40]
Oingo Boingo [2:40 - 3:40]
The English Beat [4:10 - 5:10]
Flock of Seagulls [5:40 - 6:40]
Stray Cats [7:10 - 8:20]
Men At Work [8:50 -10:00]
The

by **red** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 9:44 am

I've just been to see Kraftwerk and they were f***in ace. Although they all look like bank managers the sound was perfect and visuals spellbinding. THE masters of techno.

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