23 years ago today.....

Guns'N'Roses - Appetite for Destruction is 36 years old....

As a 15 year old i can honestly say it blew me away when first released.

Been lucky enough to see G'N'R 3 times over the years - i think the Wembley Stadium gig in 1992 might still be the best gig i've ever been to.

33 years ago today was the official reunification of Germany. We visited soon after and were astonished at the difference between the two old countries when you crossed the "border".

What makes you feel equally ancient?

If Back to the Future was made today, he'd be going back to 1993

TBF, I'd have put Kid A at mid-90s if I had to guess – I am surprised it is only 23 years old. But AfD at 36 years old – that is mental.

My little lad was 43 t'other day. His first gig was GNR at Gateshead Stadium. I remember walking in with him and the ground was shaking to the intro of The Real Thing. Faith No More were the support band. Must have been 30yrs ago. Cripes.

What makes you feel equally ancient?

If Back to the Future was made today, he’d be going back to 1993

That's more than enough already...😢

Faith No More were the support band.

And Soundgarden opened (which you will have missed if you walked in to Faith No More). It was a great day – I ended up almost at the very front, right in front of Slash – it was a lovely day and I clearly remember looking up, seeing this cool AF Slash stood there, fag in mouth, hair blowing in the wind, cool as you like. It was June '92.

The charlatans - Some Friendly is 33 years old this week, the 19 year old me bloody loved that album. Also 3 feet high and rising will be 35 next year, oof. 😁

The first Wallace and grommit short film - a grand day out - was released in 1989.

Sabres of paradise - Smokebelch was 30 years old a couple of weeks ago

RIP Lord Sabre/AW

What makes you feel equally ancient?

Pretty much everything, to be honest

The Hacienda closed its doors for the final time 26 years ago. Dubnobasswithmyheadman is 30 years old next year 😳

I hated Kid A, partly because it was a bit crap but also because I'd always wanted to see Radiohead live and got the opportunity on their tour of that album. They played Tredegar Park and I went with all of my close friends and by the end of the gig we were all thinking WTF?! None of us enjoyed it an to top it all off we had to walk all the way across Newport through all the rough bits to get back to the car as the P&R had finished half an hour before the gig. My worst gig experience by a mile and the tickets weren't cheap either.

All of the music I listened to throughout high school is now 30 years old. That makes me feel ancient.

If we're mentioning music which make me feel old, Music For A Jilted Generation was released 29 years ago. Fat of the Land was 26 years ago which probably seems worse to me, I can't believe it's that long ago. Saw them in December '97 in Glasgow and still remember hearing (and feeling) them open with Smack My Bitch Up. Incredibly, Foo Fighters were the support act.

Green Day Dookie is nearly 30 yrs old.

My first gig was Green Day at manc Apollo in 94, that'll be 30yrs next year.

What makes you feel equally ancient?

My knees. They haven't aged anywhere near as well as Kid A, and were still in pretty good shape when I saw them on the tour in late 2000, especially considering the abuse I'd given them during the '90s. The knees, not Radiohead.

What makes you feel equally ancient?

Standing up usually....

@jondoh

Yeah, traffic was backed up on the A69 and through Gateshead so by the time I got parked up we'd missed Soundgarden. It was indeed a magical day, feels like yesterday.

Absolutely - the sort of gig that exceeded expectations massively. There was something about that day that captured a moment.

Never mind Kid A, Pablo Honey was released in 93 so that's a nice round 30 years old...

King Crimson, ‘In The Court of the Crimson King’. Borrowed it of a mate at school. Changed my entire perception of what music was. Finally got to see them fifty years later, so fifty four years ago…

I was making jokes about e's being good (ebaneezer good) the other day.

The rest of the staff room were born after it came out in 1992

I should never have opened this thread 🙁

Every time a thread title comes up I hope it will have a fantastic punchline like @harry_the_spider (I think) and a small child playing a musical instrument

If we’re mentioning music which make me feel old, Music For A Jilted Generation was released 29 years ago. Fat of the Land was 26 years ago which probably seems worse to me, I can’t believe it’s that long ago. Saw them in December ’97 in Glasgow and still remember hearing (and feeling) them open with Smack My Bitch Up. Incredibly, Foo Fighters were the support act.

I distinctly remember going to a Prodigy gig in my early 30s & feeling like I was old enough to be a dad to most of the audience & that would have been nearly 30yrs ago 🤣

When I'm having a session of 'catching up with more recent music' only to discover what I'm listening to has already been remastered.

46 years ago Never mind the Bollocks...

Take 46 years off 1977 and that gets you back to 1931....

Do the same with your age i drop back to 1903

54 years since the Stones in Hyde Park

If Back to the Future was made today, he’d be going back to 1993

@tall_martin That's older than my youngest, he was born late 92! He thinks it's a good track though.

Brian2, i was at that Gateshead GNR concert. My mum and dad drove me and a pal there after telling the school we wouldn't be in (along with half the school it seemed when we got there).
Whilst waiting, they were late on stage as usual, my mum was wandering around the stadium when a car pulled up, Axl got out, and she was none the wiser. She only realised when she saw him on the screen during the concert (they were sat on a hill behind the stadium waiting on us).
Great concert though, Soundgarden were also a support group if I remember right.
GNR (in their prime), faith no more and Soundgarden, what a line up!

Edit, was also at the prodigy SECC concert and no one knew who the support act were, how amazed were we when the Foo Fighters walked on.....I actually thought I was at the wrong concert, foo fighters and the prodigy didn't really go together, another amazing concert though

Edit, was also at the prodigy SECC concert and no one knew who the support act were, how amazed were we when the Foo Fighters walked on….

You were amazed, really? I remember being aware that Nirvana's drummer had his new band but don't remember much hype about them until well after the millennium. Even when I saw them in Cardiff in 2002 (first date with my wife) there weren't many people that interested in them, tickets weren't expensive and it wasn't full. It also wasn't a very good gig, but there we go.

If Back to the Future was made today, he’d be going back to 1993

Shut up, shut up, shut UP, SHUT UP!

60yrs ago I saw the Beatles in Bradford

It's a source of astonishment to me that there are people alive today who do not remember the Apollo moon landings

It’s a source of astonishment to me that there are people alive today who do not remember the Apollo moon landings

Is that the one with Tom Hanks in?

What makes you feel equally ancient?

I joined the ambulance service 34 years ago past Monday. A growing number of my staff weren’t even born then. 

@brian2 I another one that was at the GnR gig in Gateshead. I missed Soundgarden as the bus broke down on the way there and we had to catch the train.

I thought Faith No More were amazing.

25 years ago, FYC released 100% Columbian, looking forward to them playing it live later this year

I too was at the Gateshead gig. Got there early, went to the pub over the road. Stood around in the sun, got bored waiting for Axl to put on his make up and went for a seat, they found the stage just as I found a seat. Don't remember anything after that. One of the most forgettable gigs I've been to.

I know a few people who were at the Gateshead GnR gig. Usually the parents of other rocker kids I knew. They used to talk about it all misty eyed like it was the greatest day on Earth.

To be fair I'd enjoy that stuff eventually but I was in primary school and had no concept of heavy music yet.

Ironically one of the tracks that didn't make it onto the final release of Kid A was called The Overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic. True story.

The charlatans – Some Friendly is 33 years old this week, the 19 year old me bloody loved that album. Also 3 feet high and rising will be 35 next year, oof. 😁

Somewhat luckily, I was only 15 when Some Friendly was released. Still a huge fan of The Charlatans today - seen them more times than I can count. Some Friendly had a great impact on me - as I was a fan of ‘baggy’. Seen The Happy Mondays (The ages of some of their albums is bloody frightening) live so often and The Inspiral Carpets also until their original drummer (Craig Gill - RIP) died.

I cant be the only one to have watched the 8:15 from Manchester - which is also 33 years old this year. Not many people seem to remember it or the ‘famed’ Second Summer of Love brought about by the rise of Ecstasy.

I only saw De La Soul once on their final UK tour - their music has been a massive part of my life.

Ironically one of the tracks that didn’t make it onto the final release of Kid A was called The Overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic. True story.

Yeah? The artwork was directly inspired by the Kosovo War however.

I cant be the only one to have watched the 8:15 from Manchester

With the theme tune by the Inspiral's as well.

The Charlatans and Johnny Marr played at the piece hall this year, Tim brought Sharon Horgan with him. Bonehead turned up too 😀

Johnny Marr is great too!  I didn’t get to see them on the same bill at Piece Hall.

I cant be the only one to have watched the 8:15 from Manchester – which is also 33 years old this year. Not many people seem to remember it

*Hand up

I remember it.

I have passed the age for wondering how many years ago music was.

The fact that my son is approaching his 30th however, that one kind of snuck up on me.