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And then he walked along the edge of the Circle
This is the place where we will post your stories about the Green's Playhouse, The Glasgow Apollo and Satelitte City (The Wee Apollo). As it develops we will break the stories up into sections such as Myths, Gigs I missed, Meeting the Bands, Where are they now etc. No story too trivial and we will only edit out bad language!
New Forum structure on Apollomemories soon.
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| i remember seeing waysted as support to iron maiden (think it was the powerslave
tour). waysted were a great support band, what i remember most was that they played a
few ufo numbers which went down well a great night.
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| fin came on (1984 support to iron maiden) with his balls busting out of his tight
spandex. he must have put a large hamster in there. ace performance but very very
short. about 20 minutes. waysted were one of those bands that should have been huge
but they never quite got there. i'd love to see paul chapman and pete way get back
together again.
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| and are playing Glasgow barfly 26th
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| and are playing Glasgow Barfly 26th Jan 05
www.waysted*xx*
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| Myself and Jim are having a Waysted afternoon at the Solid Rock on the 6th August 12
noon - 5.30pm. Come along, listen to waysted classics and new album and
Drink!!!! It's a good warm up before the sept gig!!!
Check the Waysted Website
for more Details www.waysted*xx*
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| What i remember about the gig was,Fin shouting "this is the best f**king place
in the whole world" it then dawned on me he was one of us.They went down well
though.
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| September 11th 1984, on a cold wet Tuesday night Iron Maiden would kick off the
British leg of their WORLD SLAVERY TOUR at the mighty and legendary GLASGOW APOLLO,
support for this stint of the tour was none other than the equally mighty WAYSTED.
After weeks of waiting (that felt like years!!!) it was finally time. We were in the
middle section of the stalls for the gig and couldn't wait to see Waysted again after
their performance at the Rock & Pop festival a few months earler.
This time
there was the added bonus of a new crackin' line up with Paul Chapman on guitar and
Andy Parker on drums. I've been to thousands of metal & rock gigs, only a couple of
times have I been blown away by the support band, recently on the Priest tour the
Scorpions played a blinder, blew Priest off the stage in my opinion (but the Scorps
should never be a support band anyway!!) and the other time was Waysted at the
Apollo.
The atmosphere in the Apollo at a rock gig was always electric, best
gig in the world!! As we entered the stalls it seemed that EVERYONE had arrived
early, usually the place would be half empty for a support slot, not this time, the
stalls were packed to bursting. I had a look up at the circle and the balcony and
they were overflowin' too!! The crowd were chanting, not Maiden the headline act, but
'WAYSTED WAYSTED WAYSTED'.
The roar from the crowd was thunderous, it was
incredible that WAYSTED were just the support band, if you had just walked in off the
street, you would have thought that the greatest band ever were about to hit the
stage - and they were!!!!!!
Alright Glasgow, lets get F**kin'
WAAAYYYSSSTTTEEEDDDD!!!!!
'Won't Get Out Alive' opening riff blasted from the
PA, and then they appeared on stage in full rock rock & roll glory. Fin seemed to be
totally buzzing, being in his hometown, and the rest of the band could'n't believe
the crowd that had turned up to see them. Good on Maiden too for giving them a great
sound - it helps when the main man in Maiden is a big fan too!!!!
'Rock
Steady' is next, followed by 'Love Loaded'. Fin was in good voice and lapping up the
reaction from his hometown. UFO classic 'Only You Can Rock Me' then 'The Price You
Pay' A quick swig of some beer and then it's 'Toy With The Passion' and to finish
off, 'Too Hot Too Handle' with the roof nearly blown off in the singalong
section.
Then they were gone, the crowd pleaded and begged for more, but alas
there was a schedule to keep to and the Maiden stage had to be set up. Actually, the
guys in Maiden who had all watched from a box must have been cackin' themselves, how
were they goin' to beat that reception?
I looked forward to seeing Waysted
again many times after that. I thought a band who could get that sort of reception at
the Apollo could do anything!! Sadly that didn't happen. The next opportunity I got
to see WAYSTED was when they supported Quo on the 'In The Army Now Tour' or whatever
it was called. The best part of that gig was when Fin came on and joined in 'Around &
Around'. WAYSTED without Fin is like Maiden without Eddie, AC/DC without Angus, Bert
without Ernie!!!! Sure the music was still excellent, but gone was that bar-room
brawl feeling when you listened to them with Fin, that rough 'just walked in and
belted out an album' sound that made them unique, ballsy, bluesy rock, totally
British and you could tell.
We had tickets for the January tour but alas!
Roll on September so that me and Jimbo can once again go and get F**kin' Completely
Waysted again........
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