toneknob Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Just found this: [url="http://www.themarqueeclub.net/calendar"]http://www.themarqueeclub.net/calendar[/url] ...a diary of gigs at the Marquee from the mid-60s to the late 80s. Mind-boggling stuff. Which gigs were you at? I like this, here's September 1982: Wed 22 Twelfth Night Sat 25 Marillion Sun 26 Marillion/Pendragon Mon 27 Genesis Tue 28 Marillion Wed 29 Marillion Thu 30 Marillion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 great list! Check out 69 to 73!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I played there when it moved to Charing Cross Road in 1994 but sadly that isn't classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobVbass Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Dumpy's Rusty Nuts at the Marquee : What a great venue it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Summer of '76, the Monday night residency by AC/DC. I caught four of them on the trot, routinely getting sprayed with Angus-sweat. ******************************** Monday 21st March 1977, debut appearance for Australian band Strapps. I've never forgotten that gig. It was quite simply the loudest gig I have ever attended, and (like most of you) I've attended some pretty bloody loud gigs. ********************************* July '77, can't remember the date (not surprising, really) but seeing The Damned (spelled correctly!) was the last-ever punk gig I went to. There's only so much being-gobbed-on that a boy can take. ********************************* What that extraordinary list really does for me is to underline just how many great acts I never bothered to go and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 I just clicked on a random year (1967) and looked at January. [i]In one month [/i]we've got The Herd, Pink Floyd, John Mayall, Cream, Hendrix, Syn (most of pre-Yes), and (omg) Hendrix AND The Who on the same night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) If I'd been born about 15 years before I was and lived locally I would have probably practically lived in the place from about '67 to '75 Edited September 17, 2013 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 [quote name='BobVbass' timestamp='1379419045' post='2212384'] ....Dumpy's Rusty Nuts at the Marquee : What a great venue it was.... [/quote] My band supported Dumpy at the Marquee a couple of times at the end of the 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Cool, I made 6 of the gigs there in 1980.. not telling which lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Well, look what I found at the back of the wardrobe..... http://[url="http://s293.photobucket.com/user/chris_b_photo/media/img005_zpsb3d34ed1.jpg.html"][/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Sat 17th March 1973. Saw Wishbone Ash. They were recording a live album and the sound was rubbish. I played the Marquee in 79/80. Brilliant night but is was so hot on stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerstodge Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1379428996' post='2212581'] My band supported Dumpy at the Marquee a couple of times at the end of the 80's. [/quote]what were you called mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisyjon Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 January 24th 1967 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience That is all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Friday June 7th 1974, Longdancer. Notice our guitarist played there a number of times with The Enid too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 [quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1379446517' post='2212889'] ....what were you called mate?.... [/quote] We were called Hot Club. A cross between Dave Edmonds, Chuck Berry and Eric Clapton. We were on the same bill on some Surrey/Hants gigs and he asked us to join him. He had Alan Fish on bass at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 7/- to see Cream ... what a rip-off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 1979. Dodgy memory aside I think I saw 26 of the listed gigs at the Marquee that year. Most of them while I was still 15. All of them while I was still at school. I took my current wife to one of the Spizz gigs and she fell asleep at the front next to the PA bins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymondo Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1379428996' post='2212581'] My band supported Dumpy at the Marquee a couple of times at the end of the 80's. [/quote] The Band I was in supported Dumpy at the Mardi Gras pub/club in Nottingham in 1985....Massive PA (filled the back of an Artic' truck with their gear!) in a tiny venue. They were really nice guys,gave us a full sound check and made us sound awesome for the gig. One of my favourite memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I remember the Mardi Gras well Ray, went there a lot in '87 as I was doing revues for a student paper (though I'd graduated by then) and was living in the meadows so could walk there easily any night and had a year long free press pass. On the rare occasions I'm down that way these days and pass the building (usually on the way to the vat & fiddle) I wonder if there's any remnants of the club still under there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 [i]A funny story from Chris Squire on Jimi Hendrix at the Marquee [/i] [i][url="http://youtu.be/eo-lBnTc3So"]http://youtu.be/eo-lBnTc3So[/url][/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobVbass Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1379458315' post='2213063'] We were called Hot Club. A cross between Dave Edmonds, Chuck Berry and Eric Clapton. We were on the same bill on some Surrey/Hants gigs and he asked us to join him. He had Alan Fish on bass at the time. [/quote] Rings a bell actually - I mainly used to hang out down the Cartoon in Croydon; always used to chat to Dumpy down there - lovely chap; he always used to have his birthday party there and dress in a Tutu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 [quote name='BobVbass' timestamp='1379504308' post='2213391'] ....Rings a bell actually - I mainly used to hang out down the Cartoon in Croydon.... [/quote] Ah, the Cartoon. Never stand still on the carpet or you'd stick to the floor!! We played the Cartoon for years. Sunday lunchtimes, when it was the small room, then weekend evenings when they expanded into the shop next door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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