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Gold Blade: gigs, lots of

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Artists: Gold Blade
Words: Adie Nunn
Posted: 26 Nov '04, 11:16
Gold Blade are touring again, following on from last month’s single, Psycho – “a ball bustin', brain scorchin' , foot burnin', punk rockin' total anthem!” nonetheless.

Pay heed!

NOVEMBER
27th Manchester Satan’s Hollow
28th Nottingham Rock City, Holidays In The Sun punk festival

DECEMBER
10th London Shepherds Bush Empire /with The Stranglers
11th Birmingham /with The Undertones
15th Cambridge Junction /with New Model Army
16th Manchester Acadamy 2 /with New Model Army
17th London Astoria /with New Model Army
21st or 22nd Blackpool TBC
23rd Newport TJ’s

2005 will see them head to Berlin, Germany and America, with a new album out in February.

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Gold Blade: gigs, lots of

I meant John Robb last year when he stayed in my house. Lovely man.

(This isn't a namedrop, by the way. He's a friend of a friend of my flatmate, and the band stayed in the house after their van broke down en route to a Bristol gig.)
Damian | 26 Nov '04, 11:49 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I met John Robb briefly backstage at Leeds a few years back. Top bloke. Oh and if you haven't read his brilliant book about The Stone Roses, get it, it's fantastic. think i'll go see gold blade in cambridge but leave before new model army come on cos let's face it they're a bit shit aren't they?
amgibbons | 26 Nov '04, 12:56 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Heh. My housemate is a huge New Model Army fan, but it leaves me cold. They were supporting them on the occasion described above as well. But yeah, Gold Blade are great and I don't know why they never did at least as well as, say, Rocket From The Crypt.
Damian | 26 Nov '04, 14:48 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I think its down to fashion. People just follow fads and get into bands they think they should be into. Saying that Gold Blade seem to be doing pretty well on the underground. I went to see them in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago and the gig was sold out.
SisterRock | 29 Nov '04, 10:57 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Gold Blade: gigs, lots of

Has the single (Psycho) already been reviewed on here then? I looked but couldn't find anything, so I posted one yesterday.

Go and see Goldblade; more fun than a trouser full of ferrets.
tommymack | 26 Nov '04, 13:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Gold Blade: gigs, lots of

Of course its a fucking name drop!
whydoyoucomehere | 26 Nov '04, 17:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Gold Blade: gigs, lots of

Yet another great band give Sheffield a miss. We suck!

I met john robb when he accidentally split my pint at a Membranes gig. He's bigger than me, though, so I let it pass.
theespc | 29 Nov '04, 12:58 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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They didn't miss sheffield when i was there. I saw them by accident. Never again.
where_is_the_music | 30 Nov '04, 13:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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NME reading Snow Patrol fan doesn't like high energy punk rock band shock! what were you doing at a non indie caberet night dear?
SisterRock | 1 Dec '04, 01:04 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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to be fair, he she has slated loads of shit over-rated bands, but fuck me, Snow Patrol better than GoldBlade?...what's the world coming to?
tommymack | 1 Dec '04, 15:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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For some strange reason i've not been able to log on for months now... anyway, having left school some time ago I'm afraid the NME is no longer for me... also having worked as a sound engineer for quite a while I've got to see a lot of bands come and go... was rather hoping that Goldblade would just go...
where_is_the_music | 27 Jan '05, 13:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I met john Robb in 86 at Leeds Poly. Hes a big geezer who created still the most organic manifestation of sheer sonic annihalation ever. The Membranes Death To Trad Rock E.P still continues to blow me away 20 years after its release. The first time i put it on my brother ran down stairs expecting to find them playing live in the living room. I dont know how they managed to make something so incredibly overwhelming, they certainly never got so close to complete in your face music ever again. Fuckin awesome record.
tinyspark | 27 Jan '05, 14:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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is there any way I could get hold of this record. I love Gold Blade stuff and this sounds amazing!
ernie-and-bert | 8 Mar '05, 10:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Gold Blade: gigs, lots of

Saw them in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago, really packed sold out sweaty gig, perfect enviroment for this kind of thing- brilliant live band, if they were American they would be getting lauded.
ramona | 2 Dec '04, 10:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply


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