Neil Down Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 52 minutes ago, flaps said: Apparently... at the Lido Rolling Stones 13th August 1964 The Kinks 11 August 1966 The Who 18 August 1966 and 10 June 1967 Jeff Beck Group 17 June 1967 Pink Floyd 18 July 1967 Queen 26 March 1974 The Sweet 27 July 1975 Slade 30 July 1972, 8 July 1973 Judas Priest 19 April 1972 AC/DC 20 June 1976 Status Quo 16 June 1974 Thin Lizzy 3 August 1975 Motorhead 3 June 1984 And at The Villa... Small Faces 26 August 1967 Robert Plant 3 June 2005 Alice Cooper 1 June 2006 Lou Reed 8 June 2006 Whitesnake 9 June 2009 Kaiser Chiefs 26 June 2009 Bryan Adams 20 Ja 2010 Morrissey 1 Aug 2011 Blondie 19 June 2013 Quite a few missing from that list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 And Free, 1970(?). Mott the Hoople many times during the 70s. When Mott did their 2nd show, one of the two automatons placed either side of the stage caught fire. Nobody dropped a beat as the CO2 fire extinguisher briefly enveloped the stage like dry ice. Some people thought it was part of the show. One of my faves was Welsh band Budgie, who were by far the loudest band after Slade. All the pop bands appeared. Bay City Rollers, Tavares, Real Thing, Sweet Sensation. Best of them all were the Rubettes. All of them accomplished multi-instrumental session-players who swapped instruments all night. One little trick was throwing their guitars high across the stage to one another. Vocally brilliant too. Ian Gillan Band. Interviewed by a very young Mike Reynolds for MR before the sound check. Stunning, is the only word I can use to describe their set. Dr.Feelgood. The original line up, with Big Figure on the kit and the mad-eyed Wilco Johnson. Lee Brilleux in the bolero jacket once worn by Marilyn Monroe. He still had that when they came to the Villa (89?) I had the pleasure of being in the support band G.A.S.P. The aftershow party was a proper blast. Curved Air, 1975? with a young and loud Stewart Copeland on the kit and super sultry Sonia Kristina on vocals. So many bands came here during our golden years. Plenty of good times. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Focus, 10 minute, searing version of 'Sylvia.' Pilot, first band I'd seen with two drummers playing in tight and showy unison, amazing, played 'January' twice to everyone's delight. Mister Big, er... Heavy Metal Kids fronted by ill-fated Gary Holton who played the cheeky cockney in Auf Weidersein Pet. Good singer though. Mungo Jerry, played 'Summertime' twice. Procol Harem, did 50 minutes and left the stage for an eternity to come back and do an extended version of 'Whiter Shade of Pale' as an encore, brought tears to my eyes, so it did. Badfinger, classic Britrock. Hawkwind. Crap, too far out on Orange Sunrise to be understood, couldn't play 'Silver Machine' without cocking it up. Dreadful, they were canned-off in the end. Smokie, 10cc (faultless musicianship, impressive light show for the era) all at the height of their fame. Cozy Powell, what more can be said about Cozy? The manic and deafening drum solo 'Dance with the Devil' rattled a few chest cavities that night. His twin bass drums disrupting cardiac rhythm. Think I had middle c tinnitus from his snare for hours after. Ace... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I saw Quill once. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Nice one Teapot. Confession time (sort of). I got talking to Quill after their first or second time here. They were walking along the Collonnade after their gig. When I mentioned I was local they asked if I could get them a gig the following year too. I was a bit pissed and I suppose I was playing the local hero dude, and telling them what a great band they were (well I was charmed by the singer lass) "Ah yeah, I can talk to whoever organises these things, you might even get a residency each TT". Now I spoke to no one about that ever. But it happened. 10 years or so of it. Still, got to say they were always popular. 10 hours ago, Neil Down said: Quite a few missing from that list... I saw Darts at the Lido. I thought the singer Rita Ray did wonders for racial relations on the Isle of Man. That might sound odd, but you could probably count the amount of black people living here on one hand. Most of us had never seen a black person except on TV. IoM was so far behind the time. That and Den Hegarty the bass singer, disappearing and then reappearing on the top of the speaker stack, which was a good 10 foot high. His gooning about popularised the band but the rest were apparently a bit sick of him and just wanted to be serious musicians. 10 hours ago, quilp said: When Mott did their 2nd show, one of the two automatons placed either side of the stage caught fire. Nobody dropped a beat as the CO2 fire extinguisher briefly enveloped the stage like dry ice. Some people thought it was part of the show. A perfect Spinal Tap moment. Edited February 19, 2018 by gettafa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 13 hours ago, Neil Down said: Quite a few missing from that list... Including Showankywanky who never seemed to be anywhere other than the bloody Lido. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Trying to think of some that have not already been mentioned, I saw most of the bands in the 70's and 80's... Marmalade Edgar Broughton Band Screaming Lord Sutch Osibisa Shakatak Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Thin Lizzy Mungo Jerry John Coghlan and Diesel with Rick Wakeman Sounds Incorporated Hot Chocolate (Peveril) The Tremeloes Marc Bolan Sweet Wishbone Ash Chuck Berry Procol Harum Atomic Rooster Ian Brown And there's more.... Edited February 19, 2018 by Max Power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piebaps Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Don McLean & Peter Skellern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Daevid Allen and the University of Errors at the Centenary Centre on Peel was fucking epic. Some of the silliest music you could ever hope to hear. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Couple missing after searching topic...Nazareth, Space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Supertramp The Pink Fairies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm-iom Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Brian Wilson....genius... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 6 hours ago, TheTeapot said: Daevid Allen and the University of Errors at the Centenary Centre on Peel was fucking epic. Some of the silliest music you could ever hope to hear. A bit of Gong in Peel was probably contemporary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 It would also be interesting to include some of the really great local bands that have playex here over the last decades...some great ones...and some not so great. The island is a hotspot for musical talent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooahhdoo Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 2 Unlimited in the Cave early nineties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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