Probably mid 90's when I last saw Ross, when did he shoot your mates band?
Saw quite a few at the cow shed, Rainbow, Rush, Bruce Springsteen, Kiss, Bon Jovi, ZZ Top among others, once the NEC became more established the gigs dropped off there.
Saw Genesis there in 1980, it was during a heatwave and the air conditioning packed up. Wonderful though.Maple Leaf Gardens is a supermarket now mate.
Saw some great gigs there. A few decent hockey games as well.
Yeah sure. You were there at the Red Sox game, weren't you?Amazing thing I saw in Toronto. Maybe it's common in North America, I don't know. When I stayed at the Toronto Marriot City Centre (then called the Renaissance, I'm pretty sure), I wandered down to have a drink in the bar. One whole side of it was glassed, and you looked directly down onto the Blue Jays stadium. I mean by that you were actually ‘in’ the stadium. Unfortunately, there was no baseball going on. I was fairly blown away. Sorry, nothing to do with gigs and bands. Back on topic.
Good stuff, OB1. Cheers.Sadly Angel and Starz were not in their glory days or the full line-ups. Angel was last year in a small venue in Camden; it's just Punky and Frank. I saw them the year before in the same place and they were very good and got a great response so donned the white outfits and came back as Angel. Frank's voice has held up well and they have a decent set of musicians with them. Pity the can't the demand isn't there fro them to do theatres with a full show.
So you know Silverwing? I actually have a photo of Silverwing's drummer with Frank and Punky taken backstage at their gig in Stoke that he sent to me. Silverwing's drummer was best man at my wedding. The 'wing morphed into a band called Pet Hate and they had an album (Bad Publicity) produced by Eddie Leonetti who had produced the last two Angel studio albums. Bad Publicity had a cover inspired by the original idea for the Sinful album and Frank and Punky knew about that. I used to roadie for Silverwing and do their lights in my Uni days.
Good stuff, OB1. Cheers.
I remember Silverwing from SOUNDS rock weekly. "Rock and Roll are 4 letter words, " "Flash bomb fever ." Legends!
Used to see the 2 brothers at gigs at the Apollo. They had satin tour jackets with Silverwing on the back!
Forgot about Pet Hate, will YouTube them.
Loved Angel and Starz. Finally got a Starz t shirt this summer!
Really liked "Lost and Lonely " by Punky and Frank a few years ago.