First band you saw at Glastonbury

[Mezhyp1]

52 minutes ago, The Placid Casual said:

TPC r u returning to Glastonbury in 2017 now that there's no silly distractions?

[Beaver89]

Wondered past Los Campesinos on Other and something rowdy on Glade on way to the Pyramid where Seasick Steve was doing his thing. Wonderful. Still have a photo of the stage and crowd from the rear right corner of the field on canvas on my wall.

Saturday 2008

[Tables innit]

Sleeper. 1995. Had a real thing for Louise Wener. 

[The Placid Casual]

16 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

TPC r u returning to Glastonbury in 2017 now that there's no silly distractions?

I am.

 

Got my ticket and everything. I missed it last summer.

[Quark]

1 hour ago, Woffy said:

Loved Echobelly when they first appeared. SAM was a mini-force to be reckoned with. Saw em a few times. And spotted her at a Morrissey gig at Drury Lane long enough to say hi. And she was lovely and polite and smiley. She's still around, performing with a version of the band and recording a new album. And active on Twitter.  

V97.  I may have spent the time between songs just gazing at her adoringly...

[guypjfreak]

Well the wife says it was prodigy but as I was off my head and only just remember getting there lol.... Can't remember many bands but it was all about the dance tent and traveler's party back then.. We always park with travellers and I remember one year we were in the festival and it took ALL night to get back to it and that was following the bloody fence lol. We had broken in but could not break out lol

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Bipolar Sunshine, 2014  Walked past Blondie on the way there but only saw one song, and was outside the tent for The 1975 on Thursday night but couldn't see in for most of it, so neither of those count

[guypjfreak]

3 hours ago, Avalon_Fields said:

The Darkness, opening up the Pyramid stage in 2003, Justin got all tangled up in his guitar I seem to recall. They had their brief moment of fame and it seemed quite fun at the time. Saw them soon after headlining T in the Park.

Worst band I've EVER heard at well anywhere... Was having a pint at the cider bus and had to go far away from them 

[bexj]

Honestly?  I have no idea!  It was 1994 and we camped at cockmill so it was probably something on the pyramid . . .  But not a blinking clue who! 

Edited December 8, 2016 by bexj

[Hugh Jass]

2 hours ago, Quark said:

I was young once.  It didn't agree with me if I'm honest.

I used to be with it. Then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it anymore, and what's it seems strange and scary to me. It'll happen to you one day.

The single greatest description of getting older.

[kingbadger]

Biggles on the Bandstand, with Charlatans on the Other as my first 'main' act.

Biggles were great. Charlatans were pants. 

[Pinhead]

11 hours ago, Quark said:

I was young once.  It didn't agree with me if I'm honest.

What I got away with in those days would likely kill me in a day at Glasto now.

[Pinhead]

11 hours ago, Woffy said:

Depends. How old are you?

I was 21 when I first went to Glastonbury....

[Pinhead]

9 hours ago, Tables innit said:

Sleeper. 1995. Had a real thing for Louise Wener. 

Didn't we all. Got to meet her once after a gig in Brixton in 1997. These days she's a Mum and a writer and goes to literary festivals instead...

[Quark]

8 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

I used to be with it. Then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it anymore, and what's it seems strange and scary to me. It'll happen to you one day.

The single greatest description of getting older.

A solid quote.  Except that I was never with it.  Even as a youth I wasn't sure what it was.  Oh well.

11 minutes ago, Pinhead said:

Didn't we all. Got to meet her once after a gig in Brixton in 1997. These days she's a Mum and a writer and goes to literary festivals instead...

Phwoar!

[tezshields]

Hayseed Dixie. I think it was 2007 or 2008.

[Dark Star]

1 hour ago, Pinhead said:

Didn't we all. Got to meet her once after a gig in Brixton in 1997. These days she's a Mum and a writer and goes to literary festivals instead...

Her and Sonya from Echobelly... *drools*

[Quark]

6 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

Her and Sonya from Echobelly... *drools*

 

13 hours ago, Pinhead said:

Dubstar

Throw in Sarah from Dubstar and Gillian Anderson and you've basically got my adolescent dreams.

[Dark Star]

31 minutes ago, Quark said:

 

Throw in Sarah from Dubstar and Gillian Anderson and you've basically got my adolescent dreams.

Wait,  Sarah Cracknell from St Etienne was hot back in the day too.

[Quark]

1 minute ago, Dark Star said:

Wait,  Sarah Cracknell from St Etienne was hot back in the day too.

Did you see them on The Park this year? She still is

[Dark Star]

30 minutes ago, Quark said:

Did you see them on The Park this year? She still is

Off to the Youtubes....

Yep, you're not wrong!

[Pinhead]

1 hour ago, Dark Star said:

Her and Sonya from Echobelly... *drools*

Never met Sonia, but spoke to Debbie once when she worked in a record shop in Notting Hill...

Met Louise after basically blagging our way into their backstage party at the venue. I think she thought me and my mate were both press or something, but no-one seemed to care that we were there. Remember talking to the guitarist for ages about 'cracking America' or some such crap that meant a lot in those days. Chatted to Louise for a bit and gave her a peck on the cheek before they all decided to go off and find their dealers....

Those were the days....

[mungo57]

Me and the other half were faffing around on the Friday of 2009 not really doing much, then I wandered off to see The Virgins on JPT and haven't heard of them since.

So, The Virgins

[Yokel Again]

3 hours ago, Pinhead said:

Didn't we all. Got to meet her once after a gig in Brixton in 1997. These days she's a Mum and a writer and goes to literary festivals instead...

We did.

Read her book a couple of years ago. It's Ok.

She was my dream woman in around 1996. 

[pie_and_a_pint]

Woefully, it was The Darkness on the Pyramid. 2003.