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Title: Happy 45th anniversary
Post by: kabi225 on October 23, 2025, 02:07:06 PM
Hello everybody,
I haven't been around here much for some time.
Anyway, when I had a look at the calendar earlier today, I thought, "Isn't this NMA's official "birthday?". And then I realized it's even half a decadal one. Gosh, and it's been 20 years already since my (last) trip to Paris for the 25th anniversary gig. Mind you, my car broke down after I ran a goose over on the motorway - the radiator was knackered. A friend had to pick me up to take me to Paris and I had to get my car on the following day. Happy (?) memories.
Anyway, happy birthday NMA!
Kabi
Title: Re: Happy 45th anniversary
Post by: Master Ray on October 23, 2025, 07:51:44 PM

Happy Birthday NMA indeed!

And why not post more often, things are pretty much dead around these parts these days!   :-[
Title: Re: Happy 45th anniversary
Post by: Shush on October 23, 2025, 09:48:41 PM
Here's to the next 45 years!!!
Title: Re: Happy 45th anniversary
Post by: Guillaume on October 23, 2025, 10:23:20 PM
Happy birthday to the band!

Next year will be Justin's 70th birthday and "The ghost of Cain"'s 40th birthday!  :D :D
Title: Re: Happy 45th anniversary
Post by: Shush on October 23, 2025, 11:05:28 PM
Even at the tender age of 54, those numbers make me feel old, Guillaume!!
Title: Re: Happy 45th anniversary
Post by: Guillaume on October 24, 2025, 07:44:05 PM
Even at the tender age of 54, those numbers make me feel old, Guillaume!!

Same! I'll be 47 in just two months, so close to fifty! I can't believe I'm almost half a century old, ha ha! How time flies, it's crazy!
I've been listening to NMA for 30 years, since 1995, the year the band played the late Rock festival in my little town in Normandie!
Title: Re: Happy 45th anniversary
Post by: Master Ray on October 25, 2025, 10:58:04 PM
Even at the tender age of 54, those numbers make me feel old, Guillaume!!

Same! I'll be 47 in just two months, so close to fifty! I can't believe I'm almost half a century old, ha ha! How time flies, it's crazy!
I've been listening to NMA for 30 years, since 1995, the year the band played the late Rock festival in my little town in Normandie!

47?  Oh, you sweet summer child, I'll be 56 in two months time!  I remember when I was 47, a wide eyed kid with a headful of dreams, a skip in my step and my whole life in front of me...  ;)  ;D  ;D

Seriously... WHERE does the f-ing time go?   :-[
Title: Re: Happy 45th anniversary
Post by: Guillaume on October 26, 2025, 10:20:10 AM
47?  Oh, you sweet summer child, I'll be 56 in two months time!  I remember when I was 47, a wide eyed kid with a headful of dreams, a skip in my step and my whole life in front of me...  ;)  ;D  ;D

 ;D ;D

Yes, but at (almost) 47 years old, I bitterly regret when I was 25 and even 30 ha ha! But no doubt when I'm 56 (or 70 like Justin S in 2026!) I'll perhaps regret not being 47 anymore ha ha! As we say in France: "La vieillesse est un naufrage" ("Old age is a shipwreck")!

 ;D :D
Title: Re: Happy 45th anniversary
Post by: Winterwulf on October 27, 2025, 09:15:35 PM
I'm wondering what happened to the five years since the 40th anniversary livestream? Then I remember being at the 20th anniversary gig at Rock City and wonder where the last 25 years went, or think of Trip & Stumble playing down MacRorys and clattering down cobbled Bradford  back streets in hobnailed clogs and start feeling really old... (55 next year, before you ask!)