Stay Positive Posted 27 November 2011 Share Posted 27 November 2011 Back in the nineties, I had an obsession with going to meet the band or artist I was going to see that evening, often with a view to getting a CD signed by them. I was lucky enough not to have had any frictional encounters in that time, and then throughout the noughties, felt even more blessed that I was able to actually interview several of my all time heroes for my website. So I have a lot to choose from, and apart from mildly upsetting Robert Miles when he misinterpreted one of my questions (he was fine after I elaborated), everybody's been fantastic, but if I had to pick the best of the bunch, they'd be: 1) Johnny Marr - I did a 25 minute interview with him and he was charming, funny and open - more so than I'd ever imagined. The Smiths were my favourite band when I was growing up so I was crapping myself beforehand but he put me completely at ease from the off. 2) Damon Albarn - Me and a couple of mates hid behind a curtain at Leicester Uni when staff were kicking everybody out so blur could soundcheck. Damon saw us and was impressed with our cheek. He stood and chatted with us for quite some time, all about what we could expect in the future from the band. I don't think he could have imagined the fame they were about to achieve. This was on the "Modern Life Is Rubbish" tour before "Parklife" exploded. 3) Ian McCulloch - Exactly the same thing as Johnny Marr. McCulloch even tried to do the "Ken Dodd died then" joke on me, but I was having none of it! 4) Tori Amos - One of the first music celebs I ever met, so again I was a bit nervous, but as soon as she got out of her van (I guess she's probably upgraded to a tour bus by now!), she bounded over to me and my mate and said "Hi guys, do you want your CDs signing?" and was remarkably pleasant. 5) Miles Hunt - I was a massive fan of The Wonder Stuff, so chatting to Miles, I had plenty of stories about various gigs of theirs I'd been to, and because he remembered many of these moments, he could tell I was a genuine fan, so we got on like a house on fire. I'm pretty sure I even saw his eyes well up at one point with some of the things I mentioned, which given his persona, may sound a little surprising. On a non-musical side, and seeing as this is a football forum, I met Malcolm McDonald once and the bugger charged me 2p for his autograph at a fete in Wellingborough when I was about 6 years old! So, who have you met and what were they like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted 27 November 2011 Share Posted 27 November 2011 Met The Clash after they did a gig at DMH back in the 80's,managed to get my concert ticket signed by the band,which i still own to this day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay Positive Posted 27 November 2011 Author Share Posted 27 November 2011 Met The Clash after they did a gig at DMH back in the 80's,managed to get my concert ticket signed by the band,which i still own to this day And the first poster on here makes me seethe with jealousy! Seriously though, I'd have LOVED to see The Clash, I was just that little bit too young when they were around. Everyone I've ever known who saw or met them said Strummer was a top, top bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted 27 November 2011 Share Posted 27 November 2011 also met Black Lace,not quite as glamorous tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay Positive Posted 27 November 2011 Author Share Posted 27 November 2011 also met Black Lace,not quite as glamorous tho Still a great band though. ...oh hang on a minute, you didn't actually say Black Flag like I thought you did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyT Posted 27 November 2011 Share Posted 27 November 2011 Mark Morrison. Skin from Skunk Anansie back in the 90's when they played DH. Also met Halestorm last Christmas at a show in Nottingham. Think that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay Positive Posted 28 November 2011 Author Share Posted 28 November 2011 Mark Morrison. Skin from Skunk Anansie back in the 90's when they played DH. Also met Halestorm last Christmas at a show in Nottingham. Think that's it. What was Mark Morrison like? I remember I was in a nightclub in the 90s (either Zoots or Crystals, can't remember which) waiting at the bar, and Morrison tried to elbow me out of the way, but I stood my ground and didn't let him in, after which he caught the barmaid's eye and sheepishly said "He's next" pointing at me. This made me laugh for a while, until I started considering what "He's next" actually might have meant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyT Posted 28 November 2011 Share Posted 28 November 2011 What was Mark Morrison like? I remember I was in a nightclub in the 90s (either Zoots or Crystals, can't remember which) waiting at the bar, and Morrison tried to elbow me out of the way, but I stood my ground and didn't let him in, after which he caught the barmaid's eye and sheepishly said "He's next" pointing at me. This made me laugh for a while, until I started considering what "He's next" actually might have meant... It was in about 1997/98 I think. I was at college at the Abbey Park campus of Leicester College (at the time Charles Keene) and me and some classmates had been given a video camera to go and interview the citizens of Leicester, for reasons I can't remember. He was near the campus and we saw him in his car with 3 other guys and we basically ran up and said "Mark can we have an interview" at which he said no and get the camera out my face. All the guys with him covered him up and then they drove off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Smuts Posted 28 November 2011 Share Posted 28 November 2011 Thread = Won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 28 November 2011 Share Posted 28 November 2011 Met the Young Knives a couple of years back (must've been 2008/2009, they were on their "Superabundance" tour). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLC Posted 28 November 2011 Share Posted 28 November 2011 Thread = Won. Such a legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggers the Fox Posted 28 November 2011 Share Posted 28 November 2011 Met Metallica (bar Hetfield) in Nottingham once. Also met kasabian in the same place (Serge signed my season ticket!) Favourite though was meeting Kings of Leon (before the only by the night album). They were all hammered and we had pics and got stuff signed. Pretty funny as the drummer was just wandering around looking like he didn't have a clue where he was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finchy Posted 28 November 2011 Share Posted 28 November 2011 Slash, he was at the Natural History museum when I was on a school trip. Very nice guy, considering we followed him around the museum for the whole day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Smuts Posted 28 November 2011 Share Posted 28 November 2011 (bar Hetfield) I've been in many bars in Hatfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted 28 November 2011 Share Posted 28 November 2011 Thinking back,i also met The Farm,Gaz Whelan - Happy Mondays drummer and Joboxers ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggers the Fox Posted 28 November 2011 Share Posted 28 November 2011 I've been in many bars in Hatfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay Positive Posted 28 November 2011 Author Share Posted 28 November 2011 A lot of people missing the "and what were they like?" part of this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay Positive Posted 28 November 2011 Author Share Posted 28 November 2011 Met Metallica (bar Hetfield) in Nottingham once. Also met kasabian in the same place (Serge signed my season ticket!) Favourite though was meeting Kings of Leon (before the only by the night album). They were all hammered and we had pics and got stuff signed. Pretty funny as the drummer was just wandering around looking like he didn't have a clue where he was! I met them in Doncaster a few years ago. They seemed to be living in fear of their tour manager. Except Nathan, who was far and away the friendliest of the group, possibly even the ONLY friendly one. Not that the others were bad, they just didn't say much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthefox Posted 28 November 2011 Share Posted 28 November 2011 Ive met a few in the metal crowd. kiss, maiden and ozzy to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 28 November 2011 Share Posted 28 November 2011 Such a legend who is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay Positive Posted 28 November 2011 Author Share Posted 28 November 2011 A lot of people missing the "and what were they like?" part of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welck12 Posted 28 November 2011 Share Posted 28 November 2011 Lady Gaga, the rod up her arse must have a rod up its arse ZZ Top, as awesome as you imagine they would be Arcade Fire, only spoke to them for a couple of mins while serving them but they seemed nice down to earth guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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