AXE ATTACK GIG REVIEW - NAGS HEAD MACCLESFIELD, 26TH SEPT

NAG'S HEAD, MACCLESFIELD - FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER


Well done to lead vocalist Ian Quayle for battling through a chest infection to sing a full set. Last thing we ever wanna do is cancel a gig...the show must go on!

Major thanks to the usual crowd for the support and to some old friends who showed up for the first time in 'kin years!

Highlight of the night was either the drunken bird fallin' face down in the half time break (!) or the Jilted John/Steeleye Span/Rolf Harris/Sham 69 Medley - we kid you not!

Apologies from Neil the guitarist for starting The Vapours' "Turning Japanese" in completely the wrong key!

HAPPY 'DEATH'DAY TO...CLIFF BURTON, METALLICA

27th September, 1986...


another great talent and a tragic waste at 24 years old...

HAPPY 'DEATH'DAY TO...JOHN BONHAM

25th September 1980...the greatest ever rock drummer? Probably.

AXE ATTACK GIG NEWS - NAGS HEAD MACCLESFIELD, 26TH SEPT

NAG'S HEAD, MACCLESFIELD - FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER
Just opposite the train station if you've never been there before!

New set list for Friday night's gig...the old crowd pleasers and some corkin' new ones too!
See you all there!

AXE ATTACK - THEY'RE A WORK OF ART!

Immortalised in ink! Thanks to Dan for a truly unique impression of the Axe Attack band members...


from left to right:
Tim, Neil, Ian, Col, Steve

HAPPY 'DEATH'DAY TO...JIMI HENDRIX

18th September, 1970

Controversy still surrounds his death, but then everyone loves a good conspiracy and shouldn't let facts get in the way...
apparently his then girlfriend Monika Dannemann could have been a bit more 'pro-active' in phoning for an ambulance a little earlier than she did...but hey, we weren't there, so we'll never know.

HAPPY 'DEATH'DAY TO...MARC BOLAN

16th September, 1977

In what continues to be a highly popular month for rock stars to make a dramatic, early exit, we wish a happy deathday to Marc Bolan.


And we don't need the old gag about "what was Marc Bolan's last hit...?" do we....!

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER...

14th September, 1814

On this day, The Star Spangled Banner was born...Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics. But, let's face it, the truly definitive version is Hendrix's feedback-soaked rendition from Woodstock innit?!


Hendrix appeared on the Dick Cavett Show and was told to expect hate mail after 'daring' to play the song on his guitar. Hendrix replied, "well they made me sing it at school..."

When asked if he thought it was a little "unorthodox", Hendrix said, "Unorthodox? I thought it was beautiful..."

HAPPY 'DEATH'DAY TO...KEITH MOON

September 7th, 1978

One drink too many (or maybe about thirty-one drinks too many!) for Moon The Loon...another tragic waste of talent at 32 years old. Still, there probably wasn't much more to do after driving a Lincoln into a swimming pool - not a Rolls Royce...