Surfing Waves

for me, the best gig ive been to was a free one in cardiff coppers field, festival called 'compass point' with funeral for a friend, hondo maclean, midasuno, johnny mental (and a few others i cant remember their names) ffaf at their magnificent best, with an all welsh crowd going absolutely nuts, this was before their album was released. my hand was in kerrang magazine!!! yey, lol. whats the best gig you've been to?

my best gig was probably when i went to see Stereophonics in Sheffield. they played all their best song n the whole arena was rocking. it was so good. I wish id have had the cash to get a T-shirt!

when was that, their most recent tour? i missed them when they came to Cardiff :( but my mates went and said they were class.

I went to Reading last year. Metallica were just the best. Saw them again at Earls Court in December. They were so much better than when they were at Reading. And at Reading they were unbeliveable!!!

I saw Bad Religion a good few years ago in Sydeny at the Coogee Bay Hotel - they were incredible (apart from a bit where they slagged off the English)

The best gig I saw was the Vans Warp Tour... 12 hours of the All American Rejeccts, Ataris, Less Than Jake, Vendeta Red, The Used.. etc and another 50 bands... all in New York City

Festivals are a whole different deal - they are a great way to see good bands in a short space of time.

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Hey guys thought id contribute my musical experiences.

I saw stereophonics live a couple of years back [only went to see feeder support em] and i must say that i was bored!!!!

I saw Metallica at Reading too, and i was bored at that too,...i dunno they just didnt do it for me.

I am extremely jealous of the gig with Hondo Maclean, and FFAF, etc etc,...that woulda been awesome!!! I reckon watching unsigned bands b4 they are famous is definitely the best thing to do. You get to meet the band, see em play at really intimate venues, and dont have all the commercialism either!!! - EVERYONES HAPPY

As far as "proper" gigs go. I reckon Queens of the Stone Age at Brixton tops it for me. It was mental!!!! I like Brixton, its intimate considering its a major venue. Never watch bands at Arena's it just aint the same. I feel sorry for all the people watching Feeder on the comfort and sound arena tour, u missed out on the same tour last year at better venues!!! HA

But for me, watching throughsilence, live at rehearsals with just 3 of my mates is pretty special. These unsigned bands hey,......

Massively good taste in music here, i have to say.Yes it was on their latest tour when i saw Stereophonics.

yeh Duncs. i agree that smaller more intimate gigs are better... to make you even more jealous, i saw FFAF play a gig in Newport down by me, months and MONTHS before they got famous. everyone down here in wales knew them already like, and it was just great. but the thing about bigger gigs is that you can crowd surf better, and for longer. i saw the mighty mighty bosstones when they supported sum 41 in cardiff arena, and that was a class gig, cos i got to crowd surf and skank to my hearts content :) one of the next best things to real surfing that is!

How about we all organise a trip to Glastonbury festival n all meet up there? how class would that be?

Sounds like a good idea to me!!!

We ought to pic our festival carefully though...

V-had awesome line-up this year
Reading-was a bit commercialised with pop stuff but i still enjoyed it
Glastonury- don't really know much about it :(

Sounds good though!!!

the stereophonics gig in sheffield was absolutely awesome but i could have been going to see red hot chili peppers at manchester if surferdude_scarborough checked his emails, isnt that right mate

ok i said sorry about that

i no but its a shame because that gig would have been fantastic

i went to see lostprophets the other week, they were pretty good, and The Bronx supported, and they were fantastic as well! i'm booked to see the chilis in cardiff in June :D sorry surfer bob :(