What is your best New Model Army memory?

[Stephanie D.]

a lot from now..

[texaspete]

derby wherehouse 1992 tiny gig.....

justin at eastney cellars in 08 was fantastic

the black bull last year was great

js&dw in houston 2003 when i got to meet mark steven .......what a highlight !!

TXP

[Apples]

Sooo Many

But........... I think Tommystock for me

A sad reason for a gig , but really showed 'Family' both Band ( Ex's ) and fans

Was a lovely Atmosphere, and after near 30 years an honour to attend

[baffo]

My wife,jane in a euphoric state , jumping on justin  at the Philipshalle in Dusseldorf 31/10/90 as he made his way through the crowd,she's never got over that even 20 years on!!.
We both still love this band, last seen 28/11/09 . peace and luv 2 all

[SF]

4th of July 1987 Saapasjalkarock, Finland

[CROWMAN]

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[)hi my best memory going too SHELTLAND 92 AND DOING THAT TOUR ON MY MOTOR BIKE  happy days am go to do some tour dates this year 

[DaveyB]

Currently it's the fridge magents in the NMA shop

[Sydowski]

The gig at the Outpost in Göttingen on 29/04/98 brings back wonderful memories.  For reasons unknown I had lost touch with the band after their 1993 tour. I had moved away from Berlin, had lived in the US for some time and had just returned to Germany in February ’98.
I had had a fantastic start in Göttingen, was in love with my girlfriend - ex-girlfriend for many years now -, shared a flat with her, started studying, and made some new friends that I still like a lot.
I only found out by accident that NMA would play at the Outpost to promote Strange Brotherhood.  And after five years I fell in love with them again. Fantastic support (& Nobody Else ), fantastic atmosphere and after the concert I met a guy named Karsten (like me) with the same tattoo (T&C) at exactly the same place (right upper arm).  I thought it was really funny back then, and I wonder if he is still around.

[...Kai...]

Double gig in Cologne - 20:2000. Went there with mates, one car broke down so we ended up sleeping in a hostel instead of the car. Mornung in between spending in Cologne's city center - freezing (still we got ourselves a 'Kölsch'). Buying "the Big guitars" CD at the merch ... which started a bittersweet friendship with NMA :-)

[sammyj]

This is sort of a best/worst, i don't know...
Limelite, NYC, 1994 i think....Crowd was pumped, band came on, ripped into "Get me Out". Crowd explodes, my glasses go flying. Thats really bad, cuz its an hour and 1/2 drive home, and I can't drive without them, especially in New York City. get down on hands and knees dodging a mealstrom of boots, etc. Some how I found them intact! panic subsides, proceed
to have a great night! come back soon! Justin, we hope you are immortal!

[sammyj]

another one, not live though....summer, 93
hearing "Before I Get Old", for the first time, at max volume, while driving across the high desert wilderness of Wyoming in a ripping thunderstorm, alone. A fleeting yet unforgettable incredible experience.

[Christina]

Really couldn't put my finger on just one best memory, there are so many to choose from. Had some amazing times in the years I did follow the band and although I can no longer do the travelling- bit, the memories stay just as vivid.
Really enjoy reading folks stories! Keep 'em coming!

[adetheleveller]

Possibly the Lords of Chaos tour when they played at a village hall near Sudbury in Suffolk...about 200 people there that night.

[FireworksNight]

The New Model Army exhibition at the Maxipark in Hamm in Germany: This exhibition was so great and I really do hope there will be a similar one for their 30th anniversary this year. Apart from that the NMA exhibition in Hamm was the place where I got to know some other NMA fans for the first time (i.e. some NMA family members) and was invited straight away to the NMA fan meeting before the gig. I had ever wanted to get to know more NMA fans as I’ve been following the band for half of my lifetime by now, and during the first years, before I got Astrid into New Model Army, I had to go to all the gigs alone and often felt sorry for myself that I there were do many like-minded people around but that I didn’t know a single one of them. So that finally changed in 2006.
Maxipark was such a nice location for the NMA exhibition – on the top floor of the glass elephant with a splendid view of the park and the region. I went to see the NMA exhibition three or four times and am still going for day trips to the Maxipark about three times a year.
That's only one of my best New Model Army memories - there are many more....

Regarding the NMA gigs: I have no “best gig” as all of them are unique in their own way and I’m always enjoying them so much – more than the gigs of any other band.

[dasiool]

Since I heard The Gost of Cain 1st time in the 80'ties, NMA became for me the best band ever.
Than I never thought that I could listen HIP-HOP, but brand new record of polish group PAKTOFONIKA got into my hands and also changed my life. One MC from PFK called "Magik" made a suicide 8 days after 1st record was published. This was quite hard experience for me.
Shortly after that (2001), NMA arrived to Krakov, and Justin said that he knows that "Magik" made a suicide and it's a big lost and he dedicated him a song.

P.S. 2 days ago I was on the gig in Warsaw... Thank you...