Worst/best
Where do I start? Worst I suppose – New Order at Reading 1990. Utter shite. Dull as box of Gordon Browns, with about as much charisma and the vocal ability of a laryngitic frog.

Best? Ooh, so many. Depeche Mode at Edinburgh Playhouse in 1987 (fuck it, I’ve seen them 4 times and each time they were fucking brilliant). Levellers supported by Chumbawamba and Credit to the Nation at Newcastle Mayfair. Most other Levellers gigs. Young Gods and Mudhoney at Newcastle Riverside in 1989. Frank Sidebottom at the same venue, 1988 – comedy gold! Pop Will Eat Itself, Newcastle Uni, ‘88. Pixies at Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University). Loads more, too many to remember.

We try and see as much local live music as we can. One band is from Grimsby and tours extensively. I would recommend anyone catching them– The Brew (www.the-brew.net/). One of the best drummers I have ever seen, and he’s not even 20 years old. Fucking superb! Nice mix of their own stuff, The Who and Hendrix.
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