Levellers anyone?

[GermanShepherd]

seen the levellers again at cardiff last wednesday. must be my 15th time i have seen them, and never get tired of listing to chadwick, cunningham, friend, sevink and heather.

brighton's finest, if you'd ask me

 

[tinx]

I used to be huge fan of theirs, not listened to much of their more recent stuff but live they always used to be brilliant.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Better than another of Brightons products - Supergrass

I used to like the Levellers but have not listened to them since I was about 16. My art teacher was going out with one of the Levellers (can't remember his name). She was a honey! Not a badass obviously, going out with a public school art teacher

 

[The Large One]

Better than another of Brightons products - Supergrass

Supergrass are from Oxford.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Supergrass are from Oxford.

I assumed as they lived here, they spawned from here.

 

[n1 gull]

Supergrass are from Oxford.

Indeed, but the lead singer now lives in Brighton doesn't he?

I dont think that makes them from Brighton, that would be like saying Nick Cave is from Hove?

 

[REDLAND]

seen the levellers again at cardiff last wednesday. must be my 15th time i have seen them, and never get tired of listing to chadwick, cunningham, friend, sevink and heather.

brighton's finest, if you'd ask me

Not a massive fan of their music but a great bunch of guys had many a great time whist recording at their Metway studio !!

 

[REDLAND]

Indeed, but the lead singer now lives in Brighton doesn't he?

Hove actually !!

 

[Row Z Creased Shirt]

seen the levellers again at cardiff last wednesday. must be my 15th time i have seen them, and never get tired of listing to chadwick, cunningham, friend, sevink and heather.

brighton's finest, if you'd ask me

Looking forward to seeing them at a rare brighton appearance at the Spiegeltent in may and then again at their marvellous beautiful days festival in august.

And for those who haven't heard them in a while, the last two albums are great.

 

[GermanShepherd]

Re: Re: Levellers anyone?

Looking forward to seeing them at a rare brighton appearance at the Spiegeltent in may and then again at their marvellous beautiful days festival in august.

And for those who haven't heard them in a while, the last two albums are great.

i love green blade rising, but truth and lies is a bit flat, imo.

its got 2 great songs on it, but the rest is average...

 

[e77]

Saw them last week in Dorking and they were ace.

 

[Trufflehound]

Saw them three weeks ago in Eindhoven and they were ace.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Saw them at Sussex Uni in 1987 before they sold out and got a record deal and they were ace.



My daughter's school class are singing a Leveller's song about the city of Brighton ('City By The Sea', or similar) for the Brighton Festival.

 

[jevs]

Hopefully going to see them in the Spiegeltent on May the 8th

I know the lead singer pretty well....we used to look after his little girl in Lewes until he moved back to Brighton a few years ago.....top guy

 

[Mr Blobby]

Hopefully going to see them in the Spiegeltent on May the 8th

I know the lead singer pretty well....we used to look after his little girl in Lewes until he moved back to Brighton a few years ago.....top guy

Got tickets for that yesterday - havent seen them for a while. I first saw them at the Richmond (now the Pressure point). My mate at schools sister was going out with Jon the fiddle player. Seen them loads of times, I remember gigs at the Zap, then the big step up to the Event, eventually the Brighton Centre, then back down to the Dome and then the concorde. One of the best was a free gig in Stanmer Park - part of some free festival. I have been to a few of the accoustic gigs as well (Sussex arts club plus others) Also seen them in Holland and France a couple of times. One of my best music event was seeing Rage Against The Machine followed by the Levellers on the main stage at Glastonbury. The had to stop the show when toooo many people climbed the tower by the mixing desk and it became unsafe. Another one that ran it close was when they did an anti nazi festival in Brockwell park, the Manics (with the original singer) played before the Levs, a great day.

Great band, great laugh and usually top gigs. Hope to make the beautifal day festival this year - £85 for 3 days rather than the rip off prices of Reading/Leeds and Galstonbury!

 

[Gordon the Gopher]

Got tickets for that yesterday - havent seen them for a while. I first saw them at the Richmond (now the Pressure point). My mate at schools sister was going out with Jon the fiddle player. Seen them loads of times, I remember gigs at the Zap, then the big step up to the Event, eventually the Brighton Centre, then back down to the Dome and then the concorde. One of the best was a free gig in Stanmer Park - part of some free festival. I have been to a few of the accoustic gigs as well (Sussex arts club plus others) Also seen them in Holland and France a couple of times. One of my best music event was seeing Rage Against The Machine followed by the Levellers on the main stage at Glastonbury. The had to stop the show when toooo many people climbed the tower by the mixing desk and it became unsafe. Another one that ran it close was when they did an anti nazi festival in Brockwell park, the Manics (with the original singer) played before the Levs, a great day.

Great band, great laugh and usually top gigs. Hope to make the beautifal day festival this year - £85 for 3 days rather than the rip off prices of Reading/Leeds and Galstonbury!

Stanmer Park festivals were great although the Levellers one when Shed Seven were on as well wasn't one of their best. Always remember the big tent the year before when it was Northern Uproar followed by The Lightening Seeds followed by Echobelly who were awesome, especially the girl lead singer.

I do remember the Levellers sponsoring the match ball at Withdean once!!

 

[jevs]

Was that the Heineken music festival.....top stuff IIRC