Boom Crash Opera & Electric Hippies @ Selina's

What I remember (in 2024)...

All the Coastie Boys had gathered at Luvvo's for the weekend to attend the Baxter Ball through UNSW.

It was a $50 all you can drink black tie event.  The boys made sure we got our money's worth early (then any further drink was a bonus).

It was the night I met Roberta.

The party continued the following day at the Uni, where things got really messy again.  I have no idea how I was able to hold in that much alcohol back in those days.

The Crap Facts

This is my 44th concert.

This is my 3rd concert at Selina's.
This is my 3rd concert in Coogee.
This is my 44th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 44th concert in Australia.

Electric Hippies are the 66th band I've seen.
This is my 2nd Boom Crash Opera concert.

The Sharp @ The Zoo

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with a blind date (whose name escapes me) set up by Melynda.

Show was fun until The Sharp did the audience interaction where they made everyone get down on the ground and all jump up together.  Neither of us were that comfortable with each other.

There was no 2nd date.

The Crap Facts

This is my 43rd concert.

This is my 15th concert at The Zoo.
This is my 15th concert in Long Jetty.
This is my 43rd concert in New South Wales.

This is my 43rd concert in Australia.

The Sharp are the 65th band I've seen.

The Sharp were the 100th time I'd seen a band.

Unseen @ Vic On The Park

What I remember (in 2024)...
The whole family was there.  Mum, Uncle Rob, and Aunty Trish and Uncle Greg.  Pretty sure sure Rob video-taped the show.

The Crap Facts
This is my 42nd concert.
Vic On The Park is the 19th venue I've seen a concert in.
Marrickville is the 19th city I've seen a concert in.
This is my 42nd concert in New South Wales.
This is my 42nd concert in Australia.
This is my 4th Unseen concert.

Unseen @ Manly Vale Hotel

 

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went from work in Chatswood to Brooke & Lewy's in Cremorne.  Lewy was out of town for work, but Brooke & I went for dinner with her dad at a Tex-Mex place in Neutral Bay before we went out to the concert.  Before we left, Lewy called, I answered the phone in a French accent, and played like I was "with" Brooke.  He lost his shit.  That's what you do to friends.

Did not stay for Peg, left straight after dad played. 

The Crap Facts
This is my 41st concert.
Manly Vale Hotel is the 18th venue I've seen a concert in.
Manly Vale is the 18th city I've seen a concert in.

This is my 41st concert in New South Wales.
This is my 41st concert in Australia.
This is my 3rd Unseen concert.

Empty Pockets & Peter Rowsthorne @ Central Coast Leagues

What I remember (in 2004)...

Pete Rowsthorne's ET impression was the best.

Meanies @ The Zoo

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went on my own.

Did not get there in time to see Spiderbait.

Small crowd. Link Meanie wouldn't start until everyone there was on the dance floor in front of the stage. He even went out and dragged people forward.

The Crap Facts

This is my 40th concert.

This is my 14th concert at The Zoo.
This is my 14th concert in Long Jetty.
This is my 40th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 40th concert in Australia.

The Meanies are the 64th band I've seen.

Rollins Band, Tumbleweed & Kim Salmon & The Surrealists @ Hordern Pavilion

What I remember (in 2024)...

Drove down from the coast on my own in my new car.

Tumbleweed looked great on the big stage.

It was so hot for the Rollins Band set.  People were throwing stuff on stage, but Henry was having none of it.  After being hit by debris he asked the audience how hot is was (you could see steam rising).  The crowd went wild when he bought a couple of bottles of water out, then proceeded to open them and pour them on the floor in front of him.  6000 people were devastated.

I bought a long-sleeve ROllins shirt, with the Search & Destroy tattoo print on the back and dates on the arm.

The Crap Facts

This is my 39th concert.

This is my 4th concert at Hordern Pavilion.
This is my 8th concert in Moore Park.
This is my 39th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 39th concert in Australia.

Kim Salmon & The Surrealists are the 62nd band I've seen.
This is my 7th Tumbleweed concert.
Rollins Band are the 63rd band I've seen.

Tumbleweed, Hard Ons & Magic Dirt @ Selina's

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Benno, Luvvo and John-Paul.

The night started at Benno's girlfriend's parents' place in Milsons Point.  We caught a ferry over to Circular Quay, where we had a stack of cones, before catching a bus down to Coogee.

Magic Dirt impressed tonight, after I'd seen them at the Pavement concert last year.

The Crap Facts

This is my 38th concert.

This is my 2nd concert at Selina's.
This is my 2nd concert in Coogee.
This is my 38th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 38th concert in Australia.

This is my 2nd Magic Dirt concert.
This is my 5th Hard Ons concert.
This is my 6th Tumbleweed concert.

Big Day Out @ Sydney Showgrounds

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Marieka.

Started in the Horden with Trout Fishing In Quebec and Crow.

Main Stage 2 with Def FX.  The set Fiona Horne did topless.

Main Stage with Tumbleweed.  Got in the thick of it for Tumbleweed and couldn't function afterwards.  Spent 2 hours away from the music. What a waste!

Smashing Pumpkins on the Main Stage.

Left early to see some Mark of Cain on the Skate Stage.

Got a spot by the sound desk at The Main Stage for the Ramones.  3 songs in an American accent asks how long they've been on.  Without looking, I answer 5 minutes, then look up.  It's Kim Thyall from Soundgarden.

Caught some Screamfeeder on the Skate Stage on my way to the Celibate Rifles inside the Hordern.

Bjork had cancelled so there was a little bit of time before Soundgarden came on the Main Stage.

Can't remember why we didn't stay for Primus.

The Crap Facts

This is my 37th concert.

This is my 4th concert at Sydney Showgrounds.
This is my 7th concert in Moore Park.
This is my 37th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 37th concert in Australia.

Trout Fishing In Quebec are the 57th band I've seen.

This is my 3rd Crow concert.
This is my 3rd Def FX concert.
This is my 5th Tumbleweed concert.

Smashing Pumpkins are the 58th band I've seen.

The Mark Of Cain are the 59th band I've seen.
Ramones are the 60th band I've seen.

This is my 3rd Screamfeeder concert.
This is my 2nd Celibate Rifles concert.

Soundgarden are the 61st band I've seen.

Lemonheads,Tumbleweed & 3D's @ Selina's

What I remember (in 2024)...

I met Troy in the city after work and we made our way out to Roger's in Kensington.  

Packed venue.  Tumbleweed were great and Evan Dando was out of it, but the Lemonheads were good.

I am a big fan of Selina's set up, and the Coogee Bay Hotel in general.

I bought a Lemonheads shirt with all the dates on the back.  I'm not sure when I lost / grew out of that shirt.

Stayed at Roger's and woke to the next morning to find bushfires had ripped through the Hawkesbury River and Central Coast.  The Pacific Highway was closed and the fire was so intense it had warped the rail lines.  We ended up stuck in Sydney for the weekend.  I went to work Monday morning from Roger's and didn't get home till late Monday night

The Crap Facts

This is my 36th concert.

Selina's is the 17th venue I've seen a concert in.
Coogee is the 17th city I've seen a concert in.
This is my 36th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 36th concert in Australia.

3D's are the 55th band I've seen.
This is my 4th Tumbleweed concert.
Lemonheads are the 56th band I've seen.

Russell Gilbert & Trevor Marmalade @ Central Coast Leagues

What I remember (in 2024)...

Was with the boys from school.  We sat at a table at the front and I copped a bit of grief about working for Social Security.  But not as much as the lady who said she was working on an arts degree.  She was told to talk to me before she left, because her degree mant we'd meet eventually.

Alice In Chains, Suicidal Tendencies & Poor Boys @ Hordern Pavilion

What I remember (in 2024)...

Caught the train down from the coast with Marieka.

Suicidals were blisteringly fast.

Alice In Chains started the show behind a white curtain, that had rope behind it.  Lighting would shine behind individual band members playing, while Layne climbed around the ropes.  When Nutshell finished, the first drum beat of It Ain't Like That saw the curtain fall.

At some point someone was spitting on Layne.  He asked the crowd to stop.  A 2nd time he stopped a song and threatened to beat the person up if he caught them.  The very next song, he dove into the crowd and started beating on someone.  That person was probably saved by security getting rid of them pretty quick.  After the song finished, Staley questions why you'd pay $40 to spit on someone, continue to do it when you were asked to stop, and then get shitty when you got called out and beaten up.

I bought a t-shirt that had the cover of Dirt on the front and dates on the back.  I don't remember when I stopped having it.

Running for what we thought was our train, we jumped on one as it was leaving.  It was not ours, and heading down the Wollongong line.  We had to get off, get back to Central and finally get the right train home.

The Crap Facts
This is my 33rd concert.
This is my 3rd concert in Hordern Pavilion.

This is my 6th concert in Moore Park.
This is my 33rd concert in New South Wales.
This is my 33rd concert in Australia.
The Poor Boys are the 51st band I've seen.

Suicidal Tendencies are the 52nd band I've seen.

Alice In Chains are the 53rd band I've seen.

Bodycount & Dreamkillers @ Hordern Pavilion

What I remember (in 2024)...

I went to this show on my own.

Was right up the front for the Dreamkillers.  The lead singer wore like a loin cloth and was covered head to toe in tattoos.

Crowd for Bodycount was wild.  Cop Killer was one of those goosebump moment songs.  It was so powerful.

I bought a Bodycount t-shirt, but don't remember what happened to it.

The Crap Facts
This is my 32nd concert.
This is my 2nd concert in Hordern Pavilion.

This is my 5th concert in Moore Park.
This is my 32nd concert in New South Wales.
This is my 32nd concert in Australia.
Dreamkillers are the 49th band I've seen.

Bodycount are the the 50th band I've seen.

You Am I, Daisygrinders, Hellmenn & Powderfinger @ Phoenician Club

What I remember (in 2024)...

Marieka and I drove down to this show in Gaz's car.

We sat on the balcony, right at the front above the stage.

The Hellmenn were fast and loud.

Someone got up to stagedive and knocked the microphone into Tim Rogers' mauth.  He grabbed him, the band stopped the song and they all kicked him out of the door behind the drums.  I saw the punter outside the venue after, and he had a black eye.

The Crap Facts
This is my 31st concert.
The Phoenician Club is the 17th venue I've seen a concert in.
Ultimo is the 15th city I've seen a concert in.
This is my 31st concert in New South Wales.
This is my 31st concert in Australia.
Powderfinger are the 47th band I've seen.

The Hellmenn are the the 48th band I've seen.

This is my 2nd Daisygrinders concert.

This is my 4th You Am I concert.

Swirl & Unseen @ The Sando

What I remember (in 2024)...

First time seeing Dad play a show.  I had been to a Mexicans Trapped In Rubble practice, but never a show.

Dave pulling double duty on drums for both Unseen & Swirl.

The Crap Facts
This is my 30th concert.
The Sandringham Hotel is the 16th venue I've seen a concert in.
Newtown is the 14th city I've seen a concert in.
This is my 30th concert in New South Wales.
This is my 30th concert in Australia.
This is my 3rd Swirl concert.

Unseen are the 46th band I've seen