RAW MELODY MEN is an anagram!!!

[galeti]

That was not immediate for me!! Lazy mind....

How long did it take you to find it out?

[Erekosë]

Shortly after seeing the tour it was recorded at! 

[Jibberish]

When NMA played those gigs as Raw Melody Men before the album of the same name was recorded, if memory serves me well. I suppose that'd have been 1990/1991 ish

[Stoney]

They played warm up shows as RAW MELODY MEN a few times between 85/90....
In 91 they did a summer tour as NMA, but the merch was RAW MEOLDY MEN........ the live lp came out and it was put to bed pretty much. Tho' the Bradford show THIS month is allegedly dubbed a RAW MELODY MEN gig again!
I've been to a couple and they are pretty much NMA gigs. No difference other than braggin' rights really........... Not that it matters. As long as the gig was GREAT, who cares.......... THERE, I said it!!!!!!!!!!

[Monk]

22nd December 1985 - London Marquee (I think this was one of the first, if not the first RMM gig)
23rd August 1989 - London Town & Country Club
14th February 1991 - London marquee (benefit gig for arrested fans)
21st March 1991 - Trier Exile
22nd March 1991 - Koln Luxor
23rd March 1991 - Hamburg Logo
24th March 1991 - Bad Segeberg Lindenhof (were the rest of the dates on this tour as RMM or NMA??)
1st April 1991 - Munchen B52
30th June 1991 - Geissen Waldstadion Bizarre Festival


Other gigs under pseudonyms:

16th May 1992 - London New Cross, The Venue (As GRIM NORTHERN BASTARDS)
4th December 1994 - Newcastle Riverside II (as GARDENERS OF EDEN)
5th December 1994 - Liverpool Lomax (as GARDENERS OF EDEN)


I'm sure that they did a Bradford show sometime in 85 with Psycho Surgeons supporting, but I can't remember the details at the moment)

[Stoney]

I think there was at least one at Bradford Uni as RMM in 88? Warm n song tester fer Thunder n Consolation recordings. Can't remember the support bands name. But they were alot like the REDSKINS in sound and looks. It might even have been them fer all I know. I was ahem, a tad affected by booze! =) Buckled in truth............ Good night from what I remember!

[Jibberish]

I'm sure Peterborough in 2001 was as RMM as well 

[BlackCountryMaggiD]

I'm sure Peterborough in 2001 was as RMM as well 

You are indeed correct! ;-)

There was also the "Lords of Chaos" tour in 1992 also the New Cross gig was billed as Grim Northern Bastards.

[Monk]

aha, I didn't know about the Peterborough one as the gig listings that I have I stopped doing at the end of 2000 (after compiling a list of the first 20 years!)

Any more info on the Lords of Chaos tour? Which gigs do you mean and were they billed as that?


The only date in 88 that I have for Bradford was at the Uni on 19th March, would that be a RMM gig?

[BlackCountryMaggiD]

Lords of Chaos tour 1992

14 May Aldershot Princes Hall

15 May Sudbury Stevenson Centre
   
16 May London New Cross Venue - Billed As "Grim Northern Bastards"

17 May Walsall Junction 10
   
19 May Middlesbrough Arena
   
20 May Perth Lesser City Hall (Roxannes)
   
22/23 May Shetland Isles Tingwall Hall
   
25 May Greenock Ricos
   
26 May Buckley Tivoli
   
27 May Derby Wherehouse
   
28 May Oxford The Venue
   

[Monk]

I thought that were just known as NMA on that tour?
I was at the Middlesbrough one and there was nothing on the tickets/posters?

I did mention the GNB London gig above, is that what you mean??

[Jibberish]

Wasn't there also a RMM gig the night before they played at Reading Festival in '89, or am I totally imagining it? (I have a shameful feeling that I might be confusing it with the Nephs playing as The Watchmen before their Reading Fest appearance in '88.)

Actually, maybe I am thinking of the T&C gig that was a few days before. That'd make sense.

[Monk]

Yeah, that was the town and country gig, I think it was originally rumoured that they would play reading as RMM but I'm sure that they didn't!
It's a long time ago now!

[Jibberish]

Yeah, that was the town and country gig, I think it was originally rumoured that they would play reading as RMM but I'm sure that they didn't!
It's a long time ago now!

The festival gig was definitely done as NMA, and was probably the best set I have ever seen at any festival anywhere ever.

[Stoney]

aha, I didn't know about the Peterborough one as the gig listings that I have I stopped doing at the end of 2000 (after compiling a list of the first 20 years!)

Any more info on the Lords of Chaos tour? Which gigs do you mean and were they billed as that?


The only date in 88 that I have for Bradford was at the Uni on 19th March, would that be a RMM gig?

That's what I thought it was anyhow.......... Can't find the stub or ought tho'. Went with ex n sister in laws. Got mangled at the Student Union Bar. lol