Manic Street Preachers

[El Guapo]

Actually @El Guapo - if you can get your hands on a copy of Mitch Ikeda's book of Manics photos then you'll probably be able to find yourself in the crowd shot from that night.

Ikeda snapped a photo from behind Wire onstage and you can clearly make out a lot of people in the crowd.

I picked up the Mitch Ikeda book in the library crispy.

Some decently evocative snaps in there.

Alas no central frame for my sweaty head, you'd get the impression that the Manics were a band basically enjoying being on the roller coaster

The crowd shot from the trip to tipp looked feral and also somehow like they'd all be at a 2 Johnny's show these days

 

[Crisp Sandwich]

The crowd shot from the trip to tipp looked feral and also somehow like they'd all be at a 2 Johnny's show these days

I was at that Trip To Tipp show. The Prodigy played the same night, if my memory serves. It was fucking mental.

I have never listened to the 2 Johnnies/Johnnys/Jonnys/Jonnies/Johns/Jonathans.

 

[El Guapo]

I have never listened to the 2 Johnnies/Johnnys/Jonnys/Jonnies/Johns/Jonathans.

Not your scene I'd say Crisp

 

[The Mechanic]

I was at that Trip To Tipp show. The Prodigy played the same night, if my memory serves. It was fucking mental.

I have never listened to the 2 Johnnies/Johnnys/Jonnys/Jonnies/Johns/Jonathans.

I was there too. It was feral, but I wouldn’t be caught dead at a 2 Johnnies show. Prodigy were mental. For about half of it I couldn’t get my feet back on the ground, just wedged between people. It pissed rain for a while, memorably during the Manics doing “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”, but the steam rising off the crowd during Prodigy was something to behold. Total chaos. I was only 18. Great fucking day.

 

[Crisp Sandwich]

I was there too. It was feral, but I wouldn’t be caught dead at a 2 Johnnies show. Prodigy were mental. For about half of it I couldn’t get my feet back on the ground, just wedged between people. It pissed rain for a while, memorably during the Manics doing “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”, but the steam rising off the crowd during Prodigy was something to behold. Total chaos. I was only 18. Great fucking day.

My abiding memory of that gig is, after the Manics had finished their set, I was going to take a quick breather at the barrier then make my way towards halfway back and catch The Prodigy from removed/safer vantage point.

However, I was so bate foolish from giving it 110% pogoing for the Manics' set that my breather lasted longer than it should have and - as I turned to head back to the midway point - the stage lit up, "Smack My Bitch Up" kicked in and there was a torrent of limbs, hair, paper/plastic cups and I was right in the centre of the maelstrom. I just had to accept it.

After "Their Law" I basically battled my way back to a watch the rest from a distance - it was like the end of "Braveheart" or something.

There's no way a gig like that would happen now. 15/16/17 year olds unaccompanied and going fucking shithouse.