Author Archives: Liam

Back in the early days of accessing music via the internet, various punk rock cover versions of classic songs would surface on Napster, AudioGalaxy, etc.. listed as being by reputable names from the punk rock genre. I think 4 out of 5 were incorrectly credited. The vast majority were actually by a punk rock supergroupContinueContinue reading “Saturday 6th May 2006 – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes w/ Capdown and The Sainte Catherines at The Astoria, London”

After the divisive gig that began this week in 2006, this was something of a palate cleanser. Like The Ataris, Goldfinger had played Give It A Name at Earls Court the weekend before. A few of my friends went the day they played. When frontman John Feldman did his occasional party trick of trashing aContinueContinue reading “Friday 5th May 2006 – Goldfinger w/ Beat Union and Not Advised at Portsmouth Pyramids Centre”

I’ll be honest. There’s some of these gigs I’m writing about that I can remember next to nothing of. Others I’ll still remember clear as day another twenty years from now. This is one of those. There are a multitude of reasons that certain shows stand out more than others. It could be because ofContinueContinue reading “Monday 1st May 2006 – The Ataris w/ Keith at Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth”

By Spring 2007 we were pretty well oiled at the London gig routine. Drive up to Kew, park there and get the District Line train across to Embankment, change there for the Northern Line up to Tottenham Court Road and The Astoria (usually). I did this trip solo for a gig last week and 15ContinueContinue reading “Saturday 14th April 2007 Lagwagon w/ Young Guns at Mean Fiddler, London”

In an odd twist of fate while working on this gig memories projects in calendar date order, I find myself writing about a band on the same day that I’ll be seeing them live once again. That band is Less Than Jake. Thanks to a little known disruption called ‘the global pandemic’ I haven’t beenContinueContinue reading “Friday 7th April 2006 – Less Than Jake w/ Boys Night Out and Bullets To Broadway at The Astoria, London”

By 2006 Motion City Soundtrack were my favourite band. It had been a slower burner, the odd track here and there from I Am The Movie, but when Commit This To Memory came along I was all in. Most of the people in my life at the time were big fans too, so were theContinueContinue reading “Wednesday 1st February 2006 – Motion City Soundtrack at 93 Feet East, London”

Despite really liking Fall Out Boy in the early 2000’s, particularly their debut album Take This Your Grave, by 2006 I had decided I was too good for the band, who had since exploded in popularity. I was an idiot for this, they weren’t the only band I wrote off just because everyone else likedContinueContinue reading “Sunday 29th January 2006 – Fall Out Boy w / Gym Class Heroes and Nightmare Of You at Portstmouth Pyramids Centre”

Reel Big Fish toured A LOT in the UK in the 2000’s. For more than a few years straight I saw them at least once a year.  The defining memory from this show however goes to Edward Crawley. He whinged about not being referenced by name in two previous posts, despite being with me atContinueContinue reading “Tuesday 24th January 2006 – Reel Big Fish w/ Zebrahead and Fandangle at Salisbury City Hall”

For a while the ‘versus’ billing of co-headline tours was quite a thing. I have no idea why, there wasn’t any competition about it. It was a vehicle to allow bands of a similar level, perhaps with a slightly different audience to pull their collective crowd together and comfortably fill larger venues than they mightContinueContinue reading “Saturday 21st January 2006 – MxPx and The Starting Line w/ The Matches and I Am The Avalanche at Portsmouth Pyramids Centre”

New Found Glory are another band I’ve seen countless times over the years. Most recently I saw them without even realising it as I bought some Churros at Slam Dunk Festival, before figuring out it was NFG on the stage behind me playing a cover of The Power Of Love (Huey, not Frankie). But this show wasContinueContinue reading “Wednesday 26th January 2005 – New Found Glory w/ Fastlane and The Fight at Southampton Guildhall”