What was your first?

[Hugh Jass]

6 minutes ago, The Red Telephone said:

I saw loads of bands at the Aston Villa Leisure Centre - used to love it there! There, Leicester De Montford Hall and Wolves Civic were the mainstays of my gigging in the early to mid 90s. As far as i know only the latter is still used for gigs.

Think the Villa Leisure Centre has been knocked down now.

The Civic is still going strong though.

[The Red Telephone]

Just now, Hugh Jass said:

Think the Villa Leisure Centre has been knocked down now.

The Civic is still going strong though.

Civic and the De Montford are great venues - I love proper 2-tier halls. Saw The Verve at Wolves Civic just before they released "Bitter Sweet Symphony" and it still ranks as one of my best gigs.

[jparx]

Single: Papa Roach - Last Resort

Album: not sure, but might be Sum 41 - AKNF 

Tape: I had a random compilation which included Rocks and Give it Away.

CD: Now! something. Can't remember the number but it was from 2000.

Download: Probably some Metallica from Limewire (lol)

Gig: Download fest 2006. 

Glastonbury: 2015. A latecomer and I massively regret not jumping on board earlier because I had numerous chances to go.

Age: 25.5  

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

15 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Quite amusing in the context of all this chat about The KLF.

It's a god awful tune, but the instrumental version on the flipside had a great piano break 

[Guy Incognito]

22 minutes ago, The Placid Casual said:

 

[baggienick68]

First single: She Loves You.

First Album: Hard Days Night

First CD: Can't remember. Stuck with vinyl for a long time. Probably something like OK Computer

First download: Pink Floyd 'Live At Pompeii' off some dodgy web-site on dial up. Took about 45 minutes per track.

First Now Album: Never had one.

First gig: Apart from a few local gigs the first big one was Tyrannasaurus Rex at Birmingam Town Hall with David Bowie in support doing a mime act.

First Glastonbury: 1997. Mud, Radiohead, addicted

Age: Old

[BluePaul]

First Single - Tap Turns on the Water by CCS on the RAK label.  CCS were fronted by Alexis Korner and also did the version of Whole Lotta Love that opened TOTP back in the day, children.

First Album - Imagine, by John Lennon.  A Liverpool solo artist who'd been in some other band for a few years previously.

First Tape - bought very few pre-recorded tapes but made loads of mix tapes myself.  I seem to recall buying Scritti Politti's Cupid & Psyche on tape cos it had some extra tracks on though.

First CD - Think it was Del Amitri - Waking Hours

First Download - It might have been The Feeling's 'Ten Stops and Home'.  Don't judge me.

First 'Now' Album - never bought one for myself but did buy Now Decades (triple CD) for Mrs BP.

First Gig - 10cc at Liverpool Empire, supported by Leo Sayer when he was still dressing up in the Pierrot outfit.

First Glastonbury - 2007, the year of the rain.  Never again, I said.  Been every year since.

Age: 23.   Oh, alright, 58.

[Toilet Duck]

Nice thread!

First single: Stranglers - Golden Brown (well, I was bought the Star Wars theme, with the Cantina band on the b side when I was 4, but I bought this myself)

First album: Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome (I actually burnt the inner sleeves in case my parents had a good look at what was going on in there!)...couldn't do anything about the gatefold though...

First tape: Loads of stuff taped off the radio and from my mates, first original tape I remember owning was Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

First CD: The Cure - Kiss me Kiss me Kiss me

First download: not a clue!

First 'now' album: The first one (and the first Hits album)...weren't mine though, they belonged to the house

First gig: Testament, SFX, Dublin 1987 as I recall...

First Festival: Feile '91

First glastonbury: 2005

Age: 44

[shuttlep]

Joanne Naismith

in her mum and dads bed while we were baby sitting 1994.... 

 

 

sorry wrong thread

 

Edited May 18, 2017 by shuttlep

[bexj]

First single: Mc Hammer - U can't touch this

First album: Probably Sugarcubes "Birthday"

First tape: I think it was U2 - Joshua Tree

First CD: CD88 - an indie compilation tape

First download: No idea

First 'now' album: Never owned one

First gig: Showaddywaddy in about 1979....but first proper gig was U2 at Elland Road in 1987

First Festival: Reading 1989

First glastonbury: 1994

Age: 47

 

Blimey, I've got some shameful stuff in there...but I have got better, promise!!!

Edited May 18, 2017 by bexj

[Hutchmaster]

First single: Band Aid 20

First album: Muse-Origin of Symmetry/Editors- An End Has A Start (2 for £10 in HMV!)

First tape: N/A

First CD: See first album/s

First download: I think it was Steppenwolf-Magic Carpet Ride

First 'now' album: No idea, but it had Jamelia- See It In A Boy's Eyes on it.

First gig: Natasha Bedingfield, Belfast Waterfront Hall, I think 2006?

First glastonbury:2016

Age: 21

[bellboy]

First single: Back Home - England World Cup Squad (1970)

First album: Slade Alive

First tape: Let It Be - The Beatles

First CD: Midnight Moods Jazz compilation

First download: No idea

First 'now' album: Never owned one

First gig: Sparks, Rainbow Theatre, London 1974

First Festival: Knebworth 1975

First Glastonbury: 2009 (should have been a lot earlier)

Age: 57

[Monkismo]

Aged 38 (just)

First single: EMF - Unbelievable 

First album (CD): Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

First tape: Either The Simpsons Sing The Blues or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Soundtrack

First download: Illegal: Radiohead - Nobody Does it Better (Carly Simon cover) Legal: Oasis - Sad Song 

First 'Now' album: Now 22 

First gig: Paul McCartney @ Cornwall Coliseum June 7th 1991

First glastonbury: Technically '95 (I jumped the fence for half a day but had to go home at 8:30pm) but first proper weekend was '97

[ian the worm]

First single: Band Aid - Do they know its Christmas

First album: Frankie - Welcome to the Pleasuredome

First tape: Howard Jones - Dream into Action

First CD: don't remember, maybe a late Genesis one?

First download: something for a video background l made.

First 'now' album: Now 2.  (The two tapes were not joined. I still have tape 2.  The crap one!).

First gig: Marillion, NEC Clutching at Straws tour, 1986/87?

First Glastonbury: Due to organising another annual event that clashes, my first was 2008

Age: 45

Edited May 18, 2017 by ian the worm

[mario man]

First single: Macca and the Frogs - I was about 7 years old before you ask

First album: Now 8 - i remember it had The Wizard on it 

First tape: As above

First CD: R.E.M.- Out of Time

First download: something off Napster

First gig: Carter USM at Tonbridge Angel Centre, late 1993. Supported by the Frank & Walters and Sultans of Ping

First Glastonbury: 1997 - Prodigy, Radiohead, Beck, mud & awe

Age: 41

[Giraffe Man]

First single: Don Mclean- American Pie

First album: Culture club - Led Zeppelin III (a second hand gift)

First tape:  No Idea

First CD: Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon (replacing vinyl)

First download: not a clue

First 'now' album: None

First gig: Black Sabbath Southampton Gaumont 1978 (Van Halen supporting)

First glastonbury: 1982

Age: 55

[Dave The Owl]

First single: The Police, Message in a Bottle

First album: Adam and the Ants, Kings of the Wild Frontier

First tape: not sure, possibly a Blondie compilation

First CD: Jean Michel Jarre, The Essential

First download: not certain, but think it was Jarvis Cocker, Running the World

First 'now' album: Now 6 (last was Now 7!)

First gig: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Sheffield City Hall (85?)

First glastonbury: 2000

Age: 48

[Mivsy]

First single: Madness - Return of the Los Palmas 7

First album: Beatles - Blue album (1967-1970)

First tape: Geoff Love Orchestra plays the Big Bond Themes

First CD: Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come

First download: Bryan Ferry - This Island Earth (single track)

First 'now' album: The original (vinyl)

First gig: Ultravox - Hammersmith Odeon 1984

First glastonbury: 1995 (Sunday only on a guest pass - many thanks to the band Drugstore for that!)

Age: 47

[PretentiousThinkpiece]

First Single: lol

First Album: The Chemical Brothers - Surrender 

First Tape: Either Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone audiobook or The Best of I'm Sorry Haven't a Clue Volume something or other (RIP Humph)

First CD: The Darkness - Permission to Land

First Download: Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name

First Now Album: hahaha no

First gig: Some crap local band whose name I've forgotten.  First actual gig would've been Megadeth at the UEA in Norwich in 2007 (I think)

First Glastonbury: 1995  

First act I saw at Glastonbury: Probably someone who played Friday on the Pyramid Stage in 1995 

Age: 22

Edited May 18, 2017 by PretentiousThinkpiece

[Monkismo]

3 minutes ago, PretentiousThinkpiece said:

First Download: Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name

First Glastonbury: 1995  

First act I saw at Glastonbury: Probably someone who played Friday on the Pyramid State in 1995 

Age: 22

In the womb at Glasto 95?

Christmas number one Rage Against the Machine?

[PretentiousThinkpiece]

Just now, Monkismo said:

In the womb at Glasto 95?

Christmas number one Rage Against the Machine?

nah i was just about a year old when i first went

actually downloaded it before, but downloaded it again for that reason i think

[slash's hat]

3 hours ago, Graf21 said:

 

First tape: What's one of those?

 

The struggle was real, kids today don't know they're born.

[cidy]

First single / slade skweeze me please me

First album / can't remember 

First tape/ probably top 40 from radio 1

First cd / can't remember 

Now album err No

First gig meatloaf 1978 Birmingham 

First glastonbury 1990

First act at glastonbury / no chance of remembering that

Age 54.5

 

 

[Sasperella]

Well this is all going to be reasonably embarrassing but here goes...

First Single: Cotton Eye Joe..  I believe its by a band called The Red Necks?

First Album: Spice Girls, Spice

First Tape: Probably cotton eye joe again.... :-/

First CD: Hmmmm maybe Now 38??

First Now: Now 30. Full of bangers as I recall...and probably a load of actually good stuff by Radiohead, Portishead etc that I couldnt have given less of a shit about when I was that age...

First gig: PJ and Duncan at Kettering Leisure Village when I was about 11. Our parents dropped us off and picked us off later, and my friend got to the front but were getting crushed at the barrier and had to be lifted out by security. I swear, that is all the gods honest truth! Ridiculous though it is...

First Glastonbury: 2014...far too late in hindsight

First act at Glastonbury: Not sure about the thursday...but Blondie was first proper act I guess. I only lasted two songs as I was brutally hungover and had to puke in a bin before going back for a wee snooze. Start as you mean to go on I suppose...

Age: 32 in a matter of days!

Edited May 18, 2017 by Sasperella

[Calvin Klein]

First single: Oasis - Go let it Out

First album: probably He Man soundtrack.

First tape: none

First CD: Space Jam soundtrack.

First download: Something Oasis related.

First Now album: None.

First gig: With parents Elton John 1992. On my own: Oasis 1998, Buenos Aires.

First Glastonbury: 2013

 

Age: 34

Edited May 18, 2017 by Calvin Klein