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I was ... in the audience Reggae Switzerland Volkshaus Zurich

Burning Spear live Volkshaus Zurich 1986

Burning Spear live at Volkshaus Zurich Thu, 13-February-1986. The good news page sais, that this show was on February 6th, but all my memory point to the 13th. Maybe I’m wrong. However, the show was specatular. The recording is done with a Sony Walkman from the first generation. I won this Walkman, because it was […]

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GZ Heuried I was ... in the audience Reggae Switzerland Zurich

The Gladiators live at GZ Heuried, Zurich 1986

The Gladiators, Gemeinschaftszentrum Heuried, Zurich on Sunday, January 19 1986 Albert Griffiths and Clinton Fearon as The Gladiators. I’m not sure about the rest of the band. I remember that my brother puke right on the ground. It was discussing, but it was too full, nobody realized it. At that time I didn’t know The […]

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I was ... in the audience Reggae Switzerland Volkshaus Zurich

Sunsplash Festival, Volkshaus Zürich 1985

Sunsplash Festival with Toots & The Maytals, Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minott, Paul Blake & Bloodfire Possee plus special guests Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare and Band, Thursday, July 11 1985 at Volkshaus in Zurich This was my very first reggae festival and the line-up is looking great. I don’t remember much. Robbie played the bass […]

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Hallenstadion I was ... in the audience Rock Switzerland Zurich

Roger Waters live Zurich 1984

Roger Waters, Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking Tour 1984 feat. Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen at Hallenstadion, Zurich on Tuesday, 3rd of July 1984 There is a nice fan site about the whole tour (here). This tour picture is from that page as well. This was my first big concert. I was with my […]

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Casino I was ... in the audience Luzern (Lucerne) Rock Switzerland

King Kurt live Casino Luzern 1984

King Kurt live at the Casino, Luzern Fri, 24-February-1984. It is a cold February night in Luzern. Shortly before my brother and I are leaving for Ski holiday. I would rather be at the Clash concert the next day in Bern, but that is not possible. I heard some strange things about a group called […]

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audio samples I was ... in the audience recording Reggae Switzerland Volkshaus Zurich

Burning Spear live 1984 Volkshaus, Zurich

Burning Spear live in concert on Monday, 2nd of February 1984 at Volkshaus in Zurich This is a very short moment of the concert. I don’t know what was wrong with the recording, why it was that bad. But Door Peep was a monster version of more than 10 minutes. The lady horn section wasn’t […]

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Basel I was ... in the audience Switzerland World

Kid Creole & The Coconuts, St. Jakobshalle, Basel 1983

Kid Creole & The Coconuts, St. Jakobshalle, Basel Sun, 30-October-1983. Kid Creole & The Coconuts is fascinating me in 1983. I have two albums of the band. I didn’t know that Winston Grennan is playing on one and who he is (at that time). Plus I never heard of the movie “There’s Something Wrong In […]

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I was ... in the audience Rock Switzerland Volkshaus Zurich

Def Leppard, Girlschool, Volkshaus, Zurich 1983

Def Leppard plus Girlschool live in concert, Monday, October 10, 1983 at Volkshaus in Zurich Easy to say this was my first heavy metal concert. It was also my first concert at Volkshaus and my first in Zurich. I’ve found this very nice website, where you can watch pictures from that event. I only had […]

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I was ... in the audience Kollegi Rock Stans NW Switzerland

Blue China live Kollegi, Stans 1983

Blue China live in concert, Saturday, January 1, 1983 at Kollegi, Stans, Switzerland I would say, that was my very first concert. I’ve been to classical concerts before, but this was the real one and only first concert. I’ve not too many memories of it, no pictures or something to keep in hands, but in […]