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The London Underground
If you're wondering why this is called the London Underground, it's because if I want to see any good bands I generally have to go to London to see them, though not all of those below were seen in London (not by me anyway).
1993
Scarlet Dawn at Hollywoods (local student night)
18th, October, 1997
Death By Misadventure with Midnight Configuration
Friday, 31st, October, 1997
WGW 4.5 with Inkubus Sukkubus, Psycho TV, Manuskript, The Horatii, Sunshine Blind
Saturday, 1st, November, 1997
WGW 4.5 with Rosetta Stone
December?, 1997
Death By Misadventure with Complicity
13th?, February, 1998
Scoda Blush and The Sisters of Mercy at the Kentish Town Forum
April, 1998
WGW 5.0 Faith and the Muse, Die Laughing, Nekromantik, All Living Fear, These Crimsons Dreams, Isobels Shrine
Friday, 14, August, 1998
Infest - Dust to Dust, Leechwoman, Ultraviolence, The Horatii
Saturday, 15, August, 1998
More Infest with Sneaky Bat Machine man(i)kin, Passion Play, Libitina and Nekromantik supporting Alien Sex Fiend, who played a stunning set (longer than they should have) and threw the audience plastic skulls and a bone (I got the bone)
November, 1998
WGW 5.5 Rosetta Stone, Funhouse, Nervosa, Faithful Dawn, Emma Conquest
November?, 1998
Bauhaus at the Brixton Academy
December, 1998
Marilyn Manson at the Brixton Academy
Friday, 29, January, 1999
Arriving at Full Tilt at the Electric Ballroom in Camden for someone's birthday celebrations, I unexpectedly saw Inertia play...
Friday, 19, February, 1999
This time I saw Passion Play and Emma Conquest supporting This Burning Effigy at the Oliver Twist in Colchester (yes, that's right, outside of London)...
Saturday, 10, April, 1999
Killing Miranda, Swallow and Global Noise Attack at the Camden Underworld all supported Christian Death who were stunning as always...
Friday, 16th, April, 1999
Sneaky Bat Machine and Inertia supported Switchblade Symphony at the Whiby Warm-Up...
Friday, 23rd, April, 1999
The Whitby Gothic Weekend, where I saw The Last Dance, Denise & Ed Alleyne Johnson and This Burning Effigy...
Saturday, 24th, April, 1999
The second day of the Whitby Gothic Weekend, with Star 80, Manuskript and Switchblade Symphony...
Sunday, 4th, July, 1999
Ipswich Music In The Park, the only band I can remember playing being Zone Fluffy, which had been instigated by two of my old school chums...
November, 1999
WGW 6.5 - Sunshine Blind, Sneaky Bat Machine, Narcissus Pool
November, 1999
WGW 6.5 - Passion Play supported Dream Disciples
April, 2000
Whitby Gothic Weekend 7.0 Mesh, Saints of Eden, Chaos Engine, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, VNV Nation, Putra-Chic
2000
Bury'd Alive
2000
Bury'd Alive
2000
Bury'd Alive
19th, October, 2000
Chains on Velvet Libitina and others. (me birthday) [g]
27th October, 2000
Chains on Velvet featuring Squid.
2000
Bury'd Alive All About Eve
2000
Whitby Gothic Weekend 7.5 - Screaming Dead, Clan of Xymox, Mist of Avalon, Inkubus Sukkubus and Emma Conquest.
December, 2000
Christian Death/Cradle at the London Astoria [g]
Friday, 27th, April, 2001
WGW 8.0 - The Faces of Sarah, Jesus Loves Amerika, The Last Days, Rome Burns and Seize.
March?, 2001
man(i)kin at the Slimelight
Saturday, 28th, April, 2001
WGW 8.0 - with Attrition and Adfinem supporting the Dream Disciples
Sunday, 27th, May, 2001
Gotham 2001 - Descendants of Cain (playing as I arrived), Squid, Two Witches, House of Usher, Killing Miranda (fantastic set - many people turned up for them, and they were good enough to have been the headliners), This Burning Effigy, Star Industry, Inkubus Sukkubus.
Sunday, 24th, June, 2001
Uncle Nemesis' final gig - Psychophile and Emma Conquest supported the Dream Disciples
Saturday, 11th, August, 2001
Slimes - Mechanical Cabaret supporting the Crüxshadows (bloody good, got to see 'em if they come back to the UK)
Saturday, 18th, August, 2001
Slimes - Neurophoria supported Attrition.
Friday, 7th, September, 2001
The Last Rites, supported by Mist of Avalon at the Garage
Friday, 2nd, November, 2001
WGW 8.5 - Sorrow, Dawn of Oblivion, Cauda Pavonis, D.U.S.T., Finger Puppets, Swarf
Friday, 9th, November, 2001
interlock and others supported Needleye Upstairs at the Garage
Saturday, 16th, February, 2002
Malediction, Reading - Psychophile (playing when I got there, but I caught most of the set, which was good), Seize (who were very Ibiza), Swarf (who were rather good), Libitina, Chaos Engine (who were also good) and Dream Disciples (who were up to their usual standard)
Friday, 29th, March, 2002
Club Noir, Upstairs at the Garage - Zwartenblauw (playing when I arrived, good), Tarentella Serpentine, D.U.S.T. all supporting Chaos Engine
Saturday, 30th, March, 2002
Slimelight - And One played a warm-up gig before headlining Elektofest (on the Sunday)
Friday, 12, April, 2002
The Clink - The Crest (who were incredibly good) supported Mortiis (who also rocked)
26?, April, 2002
WGW 9.0 - Synthetic, Little Match Girl, Arkham Asyslum, Action Directe
Waterglass album launnch - Firefly (who I missed most of) and Seventh Harmonic supported Waterglass at the Camden Underworld
Sunday, 2nd, June, 2002
Dark Jubilee
Monday, 3rd, June, 2002
Dark Jubilee
Tuesday, 2nd July, 2002
Skellig's London debut at the Buffalo Bar, Highbury Corner
Sunday, 7th July, 2002
Misnomer (who I barely saw at all) and Psychophile (who I haven't seen in far too long) supported Seventh Harmonic at the Dublin Castle, Camden
Tuesday, 9th July, 2002
eX-Girl supported Siouxsie and the Banshees at the Shepherds Bush Empire, playing there first London gig in seven years.
Friday, 19th July, 2002
Various bands I can't remember the names of (and some I didn't catch the names of in the first place - first band was good, but they didn't say what they were called), all supported eX-Girl at Spitz
Friday, 26th July, 2002
Ariel and the Flames (sans Flames), DeathBoy (debut gig), Psychophile and Swarf all supported Freudstein (who I missed coz it was too hot, so we all went to Tenebrae) Upstairs at the Garage, Highbury Corner.
Saturday, 27th July, 2002
Ghost of Lemora supported Sex Gang Children at Slimelight
Saturday, 8th August, 2002
Resurrection Records 10th Anniversary Party - The Faces of Sarah and Manuskript supporting Inkubus Sukkubus.
Saturday, 8th August, 2002
Galan Pixs at Slimelight
Tuesday, 20th August, 2002
Waterglass at M:Alice
Friday, 30th August, 2002
The Faces of Sarah, Corrosion and Ghost of Lemora supporting Seventh Harmonic upstairs at the Garage
Order of Azrael, an acoustic set from Waterglass and Descendants of Cain at the Verge, Kentish Town.
Friday, 13th December, 2002
Automata, Xxtortion and Killing Miranda at Elektrowerkz.
Saturday, 14th December, 2002
Xpher, Interlock and Waterglass at Elektrowerkz.
Saturday, 29th March, 2003
Deathboy supported Psychophile at their album launch gig.
Friday, 9th May, 2003
Rocky Horror Show at Wimbledon Theatre (not actually a gig, but I didn't want to leave it out).
Sunday, 18th May, 2003
Excession, Descendants of Cain, Psychophile, The Ghost of Lemora, Mechanical Cabaret, Killing Miranda and In Strict Confidence supported The Damned for Gotham IV at the Camden Palace.
Saturday, 31st May, 2003
Voices of Masada at an undisclosed location ;)
Sunday, 1st June, 2003
Beautiful Deadly Children and Revolution By Night supported L'aime Immortelle at the Camden Underworld.
Tuesday, 3rd June, 2003
KinHo and Rapid.LA supported Sheep on Drugs at Sound in Wardour Street.
Friday, 20th June, 2003
Type O Negative, who were supported by some band I can't remember the name of.
Saturday, 26th July, 2003
Skeletal Family at Slimelight.
Saturday, 6th September, 2003
Cauda Pavonis at Insanitorium.
Wednesday, 17th September, 2003
Greenhaus and Swarf supported John Foxx at The Scala, Kings Cross.
Wednesday, 24th September, 2003
Devilish Presley, Baraba and The Elliot Wave Theory at The Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel.
Sunday, 5th October, 2003
Earth Loop Recall, Bent USA and Devilish Presley supported Global Noise Attack at the Dublin Castle.
...on a different note, bands which I would like to see include Nine Inch Nails, The Creatures, SoperAeternus and probably lots more that I can't think of right now...
