Happy 45th anniversary

[kabi225]

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

[Master Ray]

Happy Birthday NMA indeed!

And why not post more often, things are pretty much dead around these parts these days!   

[Shush]

Here's to the next 45 years!!!

[Guillaume]

Happy birthday to the band!

Next year will be Justin's 70th birthday and "The ghost of Cain"'s 40th birthday! 

[Shush]

Even at the tender age of 54, those numbers make me feel old, Guillaume!!

[Guillaume]

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!

[Master Ray]

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...     

Seriously... WHERE does the f-ing time go?   

[Guillaume]

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...     

 

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")!

 

[Winterwulf]

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!)

[Tarsier]

Happiest anniversary to NMA! 
And thanks to you guys having a competition here who's the oldest, I feel positively young at forty  That said, none of us is getting any younger... I'm so glad that in two weeks time, first time ever, I'll go to see a gig together with my parents - NMA here in Prague! 

[Ghosttrain]

I shall be 68 on November 4th.!!!!!!!  ''What a long strange trip it's been ''..........

And of course Happy 45th Anniversary..... ..

[Stephanie]

45 years - woah...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY indeed - and hoping for many more.

But yeah, how time flies! It's a bit scary. 

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")!

Well, yeah - over here (in Germany) we say that, if you're over 45 and don't have any aches and pains, you're dead. I used to laugh about that - now that I'm turning 57 in a couple of months, I am certainly not laughing anymore. 

Although...yeah...I am...it's alright, I guess, because it's ok, I am grateful to still be alive and fit enough to still do stuff I enjoy, like going to shows, even though it get tougher.

Let's hope we all get to see many more shows!