Regurgitator & Front End Loader @ The Metro

The Crap Facts

This is my 82nd concert.

This is my 12th concert at The Metro.

This is my 13th concert in Sydney.

This is my 81st concert in New South Wales.

This is my 82nd concert in Australia.

This is my 3rd Front End Loader concert.

Regurgitator are the 110th band I've seen.

Australia vs Sri Lanka @ SCG

Match details

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat

Result: Sri Lanka 9/255 (50 overs). Australia 5/257 (49.4 overs).  Australia won by 5 wickets.

Player of The Match: Mark Taylor (Australia).

Crowd: 28,301

Unseen @ Excelsior Hotel

The Crap Facts

This is my 81st concert.

Excelsior Hotel is the 25th venue I've seen a concert in.

This is my 2nd concert in Surry Hills.

This is my 80th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 81st concert in Australia.

This is my 9th Unseen concert.

Coogee, NSW to Surfer's Paradise, QLD

What I remember (in 2024)...

Flew up to the Gold Coast with Roberta for a vacation.

Michael & his girlfriend stayed with us for a couple of nights.

Stayed until December 20.

Phantom Of The Opera @ Theatre Royal

Def FX @ The Zoo

What I remember (in 2024)...

Smallish crowd.

7th show of the month.

Think the shirt came from when I bought the Water EP, not from the show.

The Crap Facts

This is my 80th concert.

This is my 19th concert at The Zoo.

This is my 19th concert in Long Jetty.

This is my 79th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 80th concert in Australia.

This is my 5th Def FX concert.

Rollins Band & Nunchukka Superfly @ The Metro

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went on my own.

The Crap Facts

This is my 79th concert.

This is my 11th concert at The Metro.

This is my 12th concert in Sydney.

This is my 78th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 79th concert in Australia.

This is my 2nd Nunchukka Superfly concert.

This is my 2nd Rollins Band concert.

Paw @ The Metro

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went on my own.  

Went based on listening to their first album "Dragline".  Was well worth it.

The Crap Facts

This is my 78th concert.

This is my 10th concert at The Metro.

This is my 11th concert in Sydney.

This is my 77th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 78th concert in Australia.

Paw are the 109th band I've seen.

Babes In Toyland @ The Metro

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went on my own.

Babes In Toyland were ferocious.  This was a great show.

The Crap Facts

This is my 77th concert.

This is my 9th concert at The Metro.

This is my 10th concert in Sydney.

This is my 76th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 77th concert in Australia.
Babes In Toyland are the 108th band I've seen.

Morphine & The Fauves @ The Metro

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Dad.

Loved the Fauves, but Morphine was out of this world.  2 string bass, sax and drums turns out to be such a great sound.  The band was playing a side show as part of their Livid appearance.

The Crap Facts

This is my 76th concert.

This is my 8th concert at The Metro.

This is my 9th concert in Sydney.

This is my 75th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 76th concert in Australia.
The Fauves are the 106th band I've seen.
The Fauves are the 50th different band I've seen in 1995.
Morphine are the 107th band I've seen

Unseen & Peg @ Sandringham Hotel

The Crap Facts

This is my 75th concert.

This is my 4th concert at Sandringham Hotel.

This is my 4th concert in Newtown.

This is my 74th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 75th concert in Australia.
This is my 4th Peg concert.
This is my 8th Unseen concert.

Fbi Benefit @ Hordern Pavilion

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Reggae, Marbs and Beck.

BAnds did not play in order of popularity, seeing silverchair play a mid concert set.

The Crap Facts

This is my 74th concert.

This is my 8th concert at Hordern Pavilion.

This is my 13th concert in Moore Park.

This is my 73rd concert in New South Wales.

This is my 74th concert in Australia.
Big Heavy Stuff are the 105th band I've seen.
This is my 2nd Frenzal Rhomb concert.
This is my 2nd Nitocris concert.
This is my 5th silverchair concert.
This is my 7th You Am I concert
This is my 13th Tumbleweed concert.
This is my 2nd Front End Loader concert.

New South Wales v Queensland @ North Sydney Oval

Match details

Toss: Australia, who chose to bat

Result: New South Wales 8/273 (50 overs). Queensland 262 (49.4 overs).  New South Wales won by 11 runs.

Player of The Match: Michael Slater (New South Wales).

Crowd: 15,870

Meanies, Fur, Nunchukka Superfly & Snout @ The Metro

The Crap Facts

This is my 73rd concert.

This is my 7th concert at The Metro.

This is my 8th concert in Sydney.

This is my 72nd concert in New South Wales.

This is my 73rd concert in Australia.
Snout are the 103rd band I've seen.
Nunchukka Superfly are the 104th band I've seen.
This is my 3rd Fur concert.
This is my 2nd Meanies concert.

Urge Overkill & Even @ Selina's

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Roberta.

Urge Overkill's matching shiny silver suits.

The Crap Facts

This is my 72nd concert.

This is my 8th concert at Selinas.

This is my 8th concert in Coogee.

This is my 71st concert in New South Wales.

This is my 72nd concert in Australia.
Even are the 101st band I've seen.
Urge Overkill are the 102nd band I've seen.

Hot Shoe Shuffle @ Her Majesty's Theatre

Screaming Jets & Exploding Daisies @ Selina's

What I remember (in 2024)...

Started the night at Luvvo's in Maroubra with all the Coastie Boys.

This was my 2nd Baxter Ball (through Roberta and UNSW).

The Crap Facts

This is my 71st concert.

This is my 7th concert at Selinas.

This is my 7th concert in Coogee.

This is my 70th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 71st concert in Australia.
Exploding Daisies are the 100th band I've seen.
This is my 2nd Screaming Jets concert.

Mikado @ State Theatre

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Roberta and her family.

Most of the cast had just finished Pirates of Penzance and "accidently" weaved in a couple of those songs into the performance.

Faith No More @ Hordern Pavilion

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went alone.

After being so good at Alternative Nation in April, I was excited to see Faith No More again.  WHole show was disappointing.  No energy - just the complete opposite of April.

The Crap Facts

This is my 70th concert.

This is my 7th concert at Hordern Pavilion.

This is my 12th concert in Moore Park.

This is my 69th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 70th concert in Australia.
This is my 2nd Faith No More concert.

silverchair, Midget & Bluebottle Kiss @ The Metro

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Roberta.

The Crap Facts

This is my 69th concert.

This is my 6th concert at The Metro.

This is my 7th concert in Sydney.

This is my 68th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 69th concert in Australia.
Bluebottle Kiss are the 98th band I've seen.
Midget are the 99th band I've seen.
This is my 4th silverchair concert.

Unseen & Stigma @ Annandale Hotel

The Crap Facts

This is my 68th concert.

This is my 4th concert at Annandale Hotel.

This is my 4th concert in Annandale.

This is my 67th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 68th concert in Australia.
Stigma are the 97th band I've seen.
This is my 8th Unseen concert.

TISM, Trout Fishing In Quebec & Daisygrinders @ The Metro

I probably bought this at this gig. One of the 4 times I saw this great Australian band. Besides the fact that I bought a shirt and just about every concert I went to in the 90's the other reasons for this particular one is 1) it's done in the style of a football jersey, the This Is Serious Mom t-shirt has the lyrics of All Homeboys Are Dickheads and 2) it had the number 5 on the back - my number back in the Killarney Vale soccer days.

While the yellow lyrics on a white shirt are hard to read (which may have been a good thing) they are as follows:

I know his dad's abusive

And his mum prefers the daughter

I know he's got an attention

Deficiency disorder

He is culturally excluded

And genetically inbred

But the reason he's a homeboy

Is because he's a dickhead

We all support empowerment

And positive discrimination
When your class, your race, your age, your face
Determine your social station
A baseball cap and a love of rap
Might need sympathy - yet, still
Possibly a homeboy could be

A dickhead pure and simple

This long sleeve shirt got too small and in 2010 it was sadly retired.

The Crap Facts

This is my 67th concert.

This is my 5th concert at The Metro.

This is my 6th concert in Sydney.

This is my 66th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 67th concert in Australia.

This is my 4th Daisygrinders concert.
This is my 2nd Trout Fishing In Quebec concert.
TISM are the 96th band I've seen.

Peg & Panacea @ Annandale Hotel

What I remember (in 2024)...

I went to the show with Dad.

The Crap Facts

This is my 66th concert.

This is my 3rd concert at Annandale Hotel.

This is my 3rd concert in Annandale.

This is my 65th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 66th concert in Australia.

Panacea are the 95th band I've seen.
This is my 3rd Peg concert.

Tumbleweed & Spiderbait @ The Metro

The Crap Facts

This is my 65th concert.

This is my 4th concert at The Metro.

This is my 5th concert in Sydney.

This is my 64th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 65th concert in Australia.

This is my 2nd Spiderbait concert.
This is my 12th Tumbleweed concert.

Artarmon, NSW to Canberra, ACT

What I remember (in 2024)...

This was a work trip for the Youth Services Unit 4 day seminar.  Flew dow the day before it started.  Never saw any of Canberra except for the hotel room.   I stayed until June 23.

New South Wales vs Queensland @ SFS

What I remember (in 2024)...

These tickets belonged to friends of Robbie's parents, who couldn't use them.  Robbie was already going, so we went along and sat separately with Kern.

As the score suggests, the game was a bit of a defensive slugfest, with 1 goal the difference.

Queensland 2 (Wayne Bartrim goal) defeated NSW 0

New South Wales: Tim Brasher, Rod Wishart, Terry Hill, Paul McGregor, Craig Hancock, Andrew Johns, Matthew Johns, Brad Fittler, Steve Menzies, Brad Mackay, Mark Carroll, Jim Sedaris, Paul Harragon, subs: Greg Florimo, David Farleigh, Matt Sears, Adam Muir

Queensland: Robbie O'Davis, Brett Dallas, Mark Coyne, Danny Moore, Matt Sing, Dale Shearer, Adrian Lam, Billy Moore, Trevor Gillmister, Gary Larson, Gavin Allen, Wayne Bartrim, Tony Hearn, subs: Terry Cook, Ben Ikin, Mark Hohn, Craig

Crowd: 39,841

You Am I, Sidewinder & Daisygrinders @ Central Coast Leagues

The Crap Facts

This is my 64th concert.

This is my 4th concert at Central Coast Leagues.

This is my 4th concert in Gosford.

This is my 63rd concert in New South Wales.

This is my 64th concert in Australia.

This is my 3rd Daisygrinders concert.
Sidewinder are the 94th band I've seen.

Sidewinder are the 100th different band I've seen in New South Wales and Australia.
This is my 6th You Am I concert.

Alternative Nation @ Eastern Creek Raceway

What I remember (in 2024)...

I went on my own.  I drove out from Kensington in the rain.  Didn't really know how long it would take so ended up getting there as the gates opened.

Got to the barrier, which was a long way from the stage, and was talking to security, when a teenager next to me threw-up.  Security told me to come to the side and they were letting people in this front section.  I was one of the first few in and planted myself in front of one of the stages (there were 2 side by side).  Never left that section the entire day.  I remember hearing L7 and Flaming Lips, but couldn't see the second stage.

Live played in the rain and at the end of their set, their guitarist tried to smash his guitar, but it slipped out of hands and hit the barrier at chest height right next to me.

I was right in front of Maynard for Tool's set - back when he was still at the front of the stage.

Faith No More were great, but Mike Patton kept taunting Trent Reznor.

Nine Inch Nails were a great headliner, and the band smashed everything at the end of their set.

The Crap Facts

This is my 63rd concert.

Eastern Creek Raceway is the 24th venue I've seen a concert in.
Eastern Creek is the 22nd city I've seen a concert in.
This is my 62nd concert in New South Wales.

This is my 63rd concert in Australia.

Suiciety are the 87th band I've seen.
Nitocris are the 88th band I've seen.
This is my 4th Def FX concert.
This is my 2nd Live concert.

Tool are the 89th band I've seen.
This is my 2nd Bodycount concert.
This is my 3rd Violent Femmes concert.
Lou Reed is the 90th band I've seen.
Primus are the 91st band I've seen.
Primus are the 150th time I've seen a band.

Primus are the 150th time I've seen a band in Australia.

Faith No More are the 92nd band I've seen.
Nine Inch Nails are the 93rd band I've seen.

Nine Inch Nails are the 15th time I've seen a band in New South Wales.