Last shred of your wheetos between your teeth

[robinbloke]

Contemplation.
The last few gigs I've been to have all given me something I wasn't expecting; for example;
I went to see Suzanne Vega and ended up discovering Nerena Pallot.
I went to Robbie Williams and discovered Basement Jaxx.

Anyone else discovered some new act by accident when seeing someone else?

Comments

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

I should think so :)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I went to see The Levellers (in '92 or so) and discovered The Inchtabokatables. Nobody else (or very few) in the audience knew them but everyone was impressed.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Oh, and we impressed them as the whole audience sang along to "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" which was one of the main hits by the local (then, now they're famous) folk/punk/reggea-crossover band Fiddler's Green but is otherwise a bit obscure.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Way to freak the band out, heh.

[duncanneko.livejournal.com]

I went to Einsturzende Neubauten and discovered Mono, and promptly bought their CD. If nothing else, they were good for the novelty factor of a band who spent their entire time on stage concentrating on playing their instruments. No singing, no dancing around, just music - I think one of them was even facing away from the audience at times. Very different and rather good.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

I went to see Marilyn Manson and discovered PJ Harvey, Iggy Pop and The Cult.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Very worthwhile discoveries I think!

[davefish.livejournal.com]

Went to see Killing Miranda, and came away in awe of Queen Adreena.

Another time, went to a festival to see KM, and came away having also seen the Cruxshadows :)

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

:) You should keep folling KM to discover others then!

[davefish.livejournal.com]

Exactly!!!!

[davefish.livejournal.com]

Have you bumped into D.U.S.T. yet? You'd like em. They go bounce.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

I have an album, I like :)

[sarah-mum.livejournal.com]

Live they are 1000000 better than on record. Mikey is just the epitome of RAWK (like a mini-me of Paul RockGod Roe) and their base player is cute too. :0)

[zotz]

How did you manage not to have heard of Basement Jaxx? They've been huuuge.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

You are but one of many people to express surprise at this.

In my defense I was drunk roleplaying too busy at university. Oh yes.

[ragnvaeig.livejournal.com]

Emily's Toybox while seeing Caroline's Spine

[sarah-mum.livejournal.com]

Ezio: a fantastic acoustic-guitar duo, who were the support for Big Country (who had decided to go all *jazz* and so were shite) about 9 years ago. Loved them from the first number, and still do.
Voice of the Seven Woods: A massive wall of physcadelic whirling sound from just 1 guitar and a small drum kit (and some clever techno-gubbins, natch) found because it ws raining and I couldn't find the club I intended to take Mel to in Edinburgh.

ALWAYS go see the support act.