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And then he walked along the edge of the Circle
This is the place where we will post your stories about the Green's Playhouse, The Glasgow Apollo and Satelitte City (The Wee Apollo). As it develops we will break the stories up into sections such as Myths, Gigs I missed, Meeting the Bands, Where are they now etc. No story too trivial and we will only edit out bad language!
New Forum structure on Apollomemories soon.
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| I saw Devo both times they played The Apollo. They must be the most mental band
I ever saw. Fantastic. They did things no-one ever did. What were they on and
where can I get some?
They came on after showing some of their videos to warm
us up, wearing their trademark yellow jump suits. After a few songs they all
stood (or jumped) at the front stage while the music continued behind. At a
preset time they tore off their jumpsuits and threw the bits into the crowd. Beneath
they wore black T-shirts and shorts with 'DEVO' on their chests.
They then
continued the gig dressed like that - fantastic.
Crazy guys, crazy gigs. Roll on
Rugrats!!!!
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| I was there too Mick Had a wee bit of the suit for a while .Thay were way ahead of
their time a real one-off Bought the DVD recently ."Mongoloid" was my
favourite with "Gut Feeling" a close second
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| I was there in the stalls at their first Apollo gig on 27/11/78 and what an
incredible night, just as Mick and Anthony say! The video warm-up was a novelty
for the Apollo and seemed so American and advanced at the time. Remember the
“Devo Corporate Anthem” footage, remember “Booji Boy” – golden days
indeed.
The excitement was electric as the lights went down and we waited to
see Devo, finally, in the flesh. On they came in their legendary orange boiler
suits strutting like superstar peacocks and the crowd went bananas. After the
first number they peeled off the suits and tossed them towards the first row, causing
an almighty scramble down the front. I imagined myself grabbing one and wearing
it on the bus into class the next day drawing gasps of admiration and envy,
especially with the word “DEVO” stencilled diagonally across the
shoulder. Most people would probably have wondered, “who’s that guy in his
work-wear about to fix the drains?”.
Meanwhile back on stage Bob Casale ran
over to the ledge at the side and taunted the punters by miming machine gun fire into
the crowd from his slim-bodied guitar, showing the famed Devo arrogance and haughty
sense of disdain for the audience.
My brother was in the circle watching all
this and because I’d told him I’d been able to walk downstairs into the stalls during
a Stranglers concert, 4 months previously, he tried it tonight with his friend.
Sadly a bouncer in the foyer asked to see their tickets, but instead of sending them
back upstairs, he threw them out into Renfield Street – a mere 4 minutes into the
concert! All that eager anticipation, preparing dance moves in front the
bedroom mirror, and the excitement of seeing their favourite group, ended up with an
ear to a keyhole at a side door in Renfield Lane in the rain, while the beautiful
music continued inside for another 1½ hours. Life can be such a ******.
Sorry bro.
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| I remember going to see them in June 1980, they were promoting their then latest
album "Freedom of Choice" and they were absolutely awesome, I wore a yellow
jumpsuit and was told by my old man I looked a right haddie, was my face bovvered, no
chance, I had a great time and the guys even signed my album, their show last year at
the Carling was even better.
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