Monday 6 July 2009

Long game competition

Its been a while since I posted about SongKick, the new startupish gig database websitey thing.

Here's an updated list of the top twenty folk with the most gigs, I'm holding on at number 8.

Rank
Name
Total gigs
Total bands
1
raysgigs38042604
2
SoapCompany809
912
3
bobunderexposed712
1172
4
skif45691
1301
5
sonofhal
647
1238
6
ghbradshaw
487
878
7
mahoney471
722
8
illandancient445
674
9
gloomboy441
536
10
citizenmeh409
942
11
Killer McHann
375
884
12
liveon35mm
360
579
13
iheartmusic
348
640
14
OddBox
324
543
15
mellowdoubt
319
725
16
trackaghost
319
449
17
ian21
314
483
18
bootzilla
305
368
19
Maddix85
286
578
20
bumblebee
280
395

So the 400 Gig Club has 5 members, the 300 Gig Club has 8 members, and the 200 Gig Club has 12 folk in it. There's probably hundreds of folk in the 100 Gig Club and thousands with less than a hundred shows under their collective belts. All this is based on guess-work and having spent a little too long surfing round the SongKick site.

It took me a while to get past Gloomboy, but thanks to a bit of detective work chasing up gigs from five years back, I think I did it. I've got my sights set on Mahoney next, but it looks like he bags gigs a lot more frequently than me, this could be difficult.

Right now I'm catching one show a week, in the days before Indietracks that cranks up a wee bit, but its still going to be months before I'm on Mahoney's coat tales, this is going to be a long game.

Unless of course I can find the dates to half-remembered gigs from the past...
  • Superstar - The Attic, Edinburgh
  • Pumpkin Nuts - Fat Boabs, Glasgow
  • Pumpkin Nuts - The Arena, Glasgow
  • Hate brigade - The Box, Glasgow
  • The AMs - The Box, Glasgow
  • Bloodhound Gang - Garage, Glasgow
  • Kasino/quiz - 13th Note, Glasgow
  • Plimptons - rasmd, Glasgow
  • Poppadoms - 13th note, Glasgow (same night as previous)
  • The Plimptons - Tchai Ovna Southside
  • Akira, The Chicks - Nice n Sleazy, Glasgow
  • St. Jude's Infirmary - The Winchester Club, The Woodside Social Club, Glasgow
  • Bricolage - The Winchester Club, The Woodside Social Club, Glasgow
  • No Way Sis - Hull University, Hull
  • Hector Collectors, The Smiths - Manchester
  • Arrested Development - King Tuts, Glasgow
  • The Soul Destroyers - The Arches, Glasgow
  • Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings - The Arches, Glasgow
  • Lee Fields - The Arches, Glasgow
  • The Gents - King Tuts, Glasgow
  • The Tough Alliance - Classic Grand, Glasgow
  • ... And you will know by the trail of dead - King Tuts, Glasgow
  • some bands - The Gig, Los Angeles
  • same night as London Popfest - Last Days of Decadance, London
  • some rockabilly bands near midsummer's day - Debaser, Sweden, 2005

Any help warmly appreciated.

3 comments:

  1. I'm nowhere near your league (sitting on 76 currently I think) but I know I could easily break 100, probably 200 if I had clear recollection of gigs from my university days and beyond! (jesstherese)

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  2. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings toured the UK in 2002 .. .. .. I saw them on 12th May in Brighton. Does that help in narrowing down the date of that gig?

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  3. That's brilliant captainff, the funk night I saw them at was a regular monthly affair so I should have no problem figuring it out.

    Jessie, its all about meticulously keeping bag-loads of old tickets.

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