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Nice. What was working with REM like? I met Peter Buck once sometime after they went boom and he still seemed like a really nice, grounded bloke. One of the highlights of my playing days was meeting Miles Copeland, who signed them to IRS, when he came to see our band.

Saw Alien Sex Fiend at The Carioca in Worthing of all places. Their tall front man kept putting his head and mic stand through the ceiling tiles.

What is/was your line of work Frank?

Though not a fully fledged Psychobilly during the boom a good few of my school friends were and I liked the music. Used to see The Meteors and Guanabatz quike regularly in Brighton down the pub in Ship Street, The Old Vic I think? Met one of Guanabatz some years later at a club night I held in...

Pleasure. I missed the Savages Karnkenhaus gig, just did the Decline and Open Season ones, which although great for BSP sets had arguably the weakest other slots.

I bet. I sometimes forget, and then it comes back again......

You don't. The thread though is the bands you've seen live the most number of times, as opposed to bands you've enjoyed live per se.

They have, mainly due to having more songs to fit into their sets I guess. For me there is always part of me battling between wanting the full wig-out and an extra song I haven't heard for a while near the end of the set.

For fellow BSP lovers; this just in from Reading - Apologies to Insect Life with Jehnny Beth from Savages on vocals...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfoZgerms88

I'm going to see Spear of Destiny in Brighton in October. It'll be the first time I've seen them in 25 years, which shows how often I saw them in the 80's!

Saw James Yorkston (probably my 5th most seen act) in front of about 50 people at that venue. I spoke to him at a later gig about it and he didn't even remember the show, the big pish'ead.

...were my first 'proper' live band when they played an under 18 gig at Jenkinson's in Brighton during the afternoon on the Speak and Spell tour.

Most disappointing no-show for me was Thin White Rope when they cancelled their Southampton Joiners Arms gig due to poor ticket sales on The Ruby Sea tour, which turned out to be their last. Never did get to see them therefore, still gutted to this day.

Pretty much.

Hawkwind and British Sea Power early pace setters. Who'd have thunk it?.

Actually I think REM tied with The Waterboys now I think of it.

in order... British Sea Power Spear of Destiny The Waterboys