What is your best New Model Army memory?

[vagabond37]

hmmm, I have to say when they played in Gothenburg -91 I think. The last concert on the "Impurity tour", just brilliant, they played for two hours and the final encore was "I´m a believer" by Justin on acoustic. About 2500 in the audience(sold out) at an old disco, everything was fantastic!!! Started with "Ambition" and "The charge" and the rest is history.

[Tigerscums]

Gig at the Hummingbird in Birmingham (favourite live venue of all time) stood at the back watching Ed_alleyne as support transfixed by his playing and becoming struck up in conversation with a lady sat on the floor next to me, realising it was Joolz, chatting rubbish, poetry, music then joining the heaving masses down the front for a blinding NMA set

[JME]

Gig at the Hummingbird in Birmingham (favourite live venue of all time) stood at the back watching Ed_alleyne as support transfixed by his playing and becoming struck up in conversation with a lady sat on the floor next to me, realising it was Joolz, chatting rubbish, poetry, music then joining the heaving masses down the front for a blinding NMA set

Sounds great - what year though?.

JME

[Stoney]

I'm guessing 91 or 92? I'm sure Ed did a support set on the 2 Dogs Tour every night.......

[Christoph]

Well, the TIAGD gig in Hamburg this March was the best gig i've ever been at, NMA or otherwise. Can't pinpoint it though on any specific song, but the energy at the venue, the energy of the band, it was real magic. 30th Anniversary shows were beyond great, but this one stands out.

[miaX23]

my best experience was the concert in a small festival 9 years ago, where my friend was interpreting to the group and I wanted from him to get me an autograph from the group and while we were talking about it Justin was passing arround and my friend said:look, here comes Justin. So he stopped him, told him what I wanted and I was so happy and it was just too good to be true that when Justin asked what my name was I wasnt able to answer, i was just looking at him silently but at the end of the day, after the concert he got me backstage and I chatted with group for about half an hour and it was the greatest feeling since I have heard the first NMA song :)even I have seen them another few times and chatted with them again, this is the best memory

[Jibberish]

Would have to be Nottingham Rock City, 28 Feb 89 (bless the good book's gig list!), when they played Vengeance for the first time in ages. I can still feel the pain and euphoria of those 4 short minutes.

[Guido]

My best NMA memory? Everytime I watch the broadcast of the gig in Cologne the WDR filmed for their Rockpalast show on december 16th, 2006. I planned to attend the gig but then something slightly more important happened - on that day at 9.10pm, when NMA where about to enter or maybe already had entered the stage, our son Tom decided to leave the cosiness of his mothers womb and enter this crazy thing called life.

By the way, now every time he is driving in the car together with me he tells me to put on that "rock 'n' roll music from the band that played in Cologne when I was born' - I love him

[Stoney]

My best NMA memory? Everytime I watch the broadcast of the gig in Cologne the WDR filmed for their Rockpalast show on december 16th, 2006. I planned to attend the gig but then something slightly more important happened - on that day at 9.10pm, when NMA where about to enter or maybe already had entered the stage, our son Tom decided to leave the cosiness of his mothers womb and enter this crazy thing called life.

By the way, now every time he is driving in the car together with me he tells me to put on that "rock 'n' roll music from the band that played in Cologne when I was born' - I love him

No better reason than that is there? My youngest likes the "getting the RATBAG SONG" (since we've edited it slightly! and Justin of 9 years wants and is getting a New Model Army cd for Xmas, it was number 3 on his list under Lego and a machine gun........

[scrat]

The Warsop gig last december, made me realise what was missing for eight long years.....

[Stoney]

The Warsop gig last december, made me realise what was missing for eight long years.....

I did a similar thinmg at Necastle's Uni on the Carnival tour......... Missed way too many gigs through a number of reasons, gigging myself, but just being out of the loop aswell after I moved from Bradford.......

But am I ever glad I went with my mate to that show! I think that was the last time I spoke to Tommy now I think about it............

[gothwin]

Probably the gig in Berlin some years ago when the crowd kept shouting and shouting for an encore...and didn't give up. Band came back on and did a third encore despite half the equipment being packed up. The whole gig had a great atmosphere...

[kinboshi]

Can't pick one for myself, but love reading other's memories.

[Gayle]

Until this autumn I would've said the first time we did two nights in a row (Liverpool and Manchester in about '92ish), as it came as a revelation that I didn't have to get post gig blues, we could have an amazing night then do it all again the next day.
However, this tour provided some truely amazing nights so that makes this a bit more tricky. I think the weekend of the Brooklyn gigs now tops my list. Des has picked the Dublin weekend as his.
Either way, this has been a fabulous three months.   

[Bury]