Did the Levellers ever support NMA?

[ManxPat]

i've been told conflicting accounts. Thanks in advance to anyone who can put this niggle to bed for me. One Love

[Pol]

Short answer Yes , personally seen them support nma at Glasgow barrowlands

[Master Ray]

Yes, Impurity tour.  How I got into them in fact (I'm a huge fan), bought WCTW as soon as I could and was well on board by the time LTL came out...

Has anyone wished you a big HELLO to this Forum?  If not, hello!  Post often, please, we could use some new blood around these parts...   

[Shush]

Hello ManxPat 

They also supported NMA recently, Cologne December 2013.

[Ragamuffin]

Saw the Levs supporting NMA on Impurity tour.
They were excellent!
Don't care about sh*t between the fans. Followed them up until Zeitgeist when they died a death and never recovered.

[Master Ray]

Sorry you feel that way, Raga.  Personally, I thought that Truth and Lies and Mouth To Mouth were excellent, but respect if you don't agree.

You should make the effort to see them live if they're ever 'round your way, a huge chunk of the set is usually earlier stuff from the era you mention and they still kick arse live... who knows, give the new stuff a go, you might change your mind!   

[Ragamuffin]

Don't get me wrong Ray! 
I still go and see them now and again.
And I still buy the albums, it's just for me they've gone off the boil years ago now. They went from being a band almost as vital to me as NMA to a band of happy memories really.
As I say I do go and see them now and again but I think their reliance on their early material speaks volumes.
Phil

[RobertJohn1]

Agree - was a massive Levs fans - and stuck with them through some dodgy singles / performances (Fantasy & Bozos I remember being very disappointed with singles wise), then Happy Birthday Revolution came along & I gave up...after buying everything the released, I didn't even buy Hello Pig. I tried again for  Green Blade Rising….and some other songs that followed that album like Cholera Wall were decent….caught them at Brixton for the 20th LTL show & thought the stuffies blew them off stage…can’t believe they’re milking the same album 5 years later on a 25th anniversary tour, whilst as you mention, they’ve been playing 70% in live sets in the years between….they’ll always have a place in my heart, but if you compare their quality of output to NMA, they’re really no match.

P.s - think I mentioned this a number years ago on this board and got massive abuse (with someone threatening to get Simon to set his horse on me!)

[Rusco]

I've always seen NMA & Levellers tied together in a way or another. Fans that created something of their own. Brought something more and new to it.

[Jimmy M]

I think the levellers owe much of their success to NMA.
Their first 2 albums are brilliant but then they faded in my opinion. although Men a Tol is a cracker.
 I did see them in Glasgow recently on the 25th anniversary tour of levelling the land and thought they were good

[Red]

I first saw them sometime in 1989, but can't remeber where.

Also saw them on full Impurity tour abd several times in the following years.

I also agree that they went off the boil and thought Hello Pig was absolutley shite and didn't really take much notice after that.

I saw them in Lincoln the other week on the LTL tour and they were good personally thought Ferocious Dog blew them away and myself and a few mates reckon that without FD and Gaz Brookfield they wouldn't have had the ticket sales that they did

[Master Ray]

I think the levellers owe much of their success to NMA.
Their first 2 albums are brilliant but then they faded in my opinion. although Men a Tol is a cracker.
 I did see them in Glasgow recently on the 25th anniversary tour of levelling the land and thought they were good

Totally agree!  They were doing the whole 'violin rock' thing at a time when NMA were riding high with that same sound, probably the perfect support band for the Impurity era!

[ManxPat]

Hello. Thanks for having me

[ManxPat]

I pretty much agree about Levs going off the boil after 92 but I can't recommend Static On the Airwaves from 2012 highly enough. By far the best thing they have done in 20 years partly down to the production of Sean Lakeman who seemed to give them a real boost...Interesting aside, Levellers and NMA, two bands who have had members who played with Hawkwind at one point or another.

[JohnnyM]

I seem to recall there was a crowd photo at a late 80s Army gig that has a few of the Levellers in it (obvioulsy well before they became successful) - anyone got a copy?