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mr. apollo

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Which of these gigs did you go to, and which ones do you regret missing?
- The Faces (29 November 1969; 24 January & 30 May 1971)
- Yes (7 December 1969; 27 January, 26 July, 2 August & 27 September 1970; 3 January 1971)(supporting Stray on the first date)
- Mott the Hoople (14 December 1969; 18 January, 26 April, 18 October, 14 & 27 December 1970; 24 June 1972)
- Deep Purple (28 December 1969; 22 February 1970)
- Caravan (5 January 1970)
- Chicken Shack (11 January 1970)
- Idle Race (26 January 1970)
- Free (22 March 1970)
- Love (8 March 1970; 2 June 1974)
- Humble Pie (12 April 1970)
- Taste (15 February & 3 May 1970)
- Black Sabbath (3 April, 14 June & 13 September 1970)
- Edgar Broughton Band (28 June 1970; 2 May & 12 September 1971; 26 March & 13 August 1972; 25 November 1973; 1 September 1974)
- Mungo Jerry (19 July 1970)
- Supertramp (17 September & 2 August 1970)(supporting Yes on the second date)
- T Rex (8 November 1970)
- Status Quo (8 November & 20 December 1970; 14 February & 31 October 1971; 30 April, 6 August & 31 December1972)(supporting T Rex & East of Eden respectively on the first two dates and Nazareth on the fourth date)
- Curved Air (3 January 1971)(supporting Yes)
- Elton John (31 January 1971)
- Fairport Convention (23 August 1970; 21 February 1971; 30 June 1974)
- Leon Russell (14 February 1971)(also supporting Status Quo)
- Argent (28 March 1971; 7 April 1974)
- Thin Lizzy (4 April & 27 June 1971; 1 April 1973; 27 October 1974)(supporting East of Eden on the first date)
- The Groundhogs (11 April & 27 June 1971; 11 February 1973; 10 November 1974)
- Strawbs (16 May 1971)
- Parliament-Funkadelic (23 May 1971)(I wonder what Croydon made of George Clinton's psychedelic funk rock collective!)
- Pretty Things (30 May 1971)(supporting the Faces)
- Uriah Heep (20 June, 5 September, 21 November & 19 December 1971; 28 May 1972)
- Steamhammer (22 November 1970; 4 July 1971)
- Van de Graaf Generator (11 July 1971)
- Hawkwind (25 July & 19 December 1971; 27 February & 3 September 1972)
- King Crimson (19 September 1971)
- Wishbone Ash (26 September 1971; 6 February 1972)
- Steeleye Span (24 October 1971)
- Nazareth (31 October 1971)
- Jack Bruce (7 November 1971)
- America (5 December 1971)
- Rory Gallagher (3 October 1971; 30 January, 18 June & 17 December 1972)
- MC5 (13 February 1972)
- Genesis (20 February, 25 April, 2 July & 17 September 1972; 7 January 1973)
- Barclay James Harvest (23 January & 19 March 1972; 16 December 1973; 9 June 1974)
- Focus (19 March 1972; 14 January 1973)(supporting Barclay James Harvest on the first date)
- Atomic Rooster (9 April 1972)
- Electric Light Orchestra (16 April 1972; 8 April 1973)
- Lindisfarne (11 June 1972)
- David Bowie (25 June 1972)
- Roxy Music (25 June & 19 November 1972)(supporting David Bowie on the first date)
- Soft Machine (16 July 1972)
- Lou Reed (30 July 1972)
- Fanny (8 October 1972; 27 May 1973)
- Amon Duul II (16 December 1972; 20 May 1973)
- Stealers Wheel (4 February 1973)
- Wizzard (4 February 1973)
- Camel (18 February 1973; 10 February, 7 April, 4 August 1974)(supporting Stackridge on the first date)
- Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come (8 July 1973)
- Jack the Lad (23 September 1973)(comprising the ex-Lindisfarne members after the group split)
- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (2 December 1973)
- Cockney Rebel (6 January 1974)
- Can (3 February & 6 October 1974)
- Eno (24 February 1974)
- Golden Earring (3 March 1974)
- Queen (10 March 1974)
- Gong (12 March & 29 September 1974)
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band (17 March 1974)
- Heavy Metal Kids (21 April & 3 November 1974)
- Man (23 December 1973; 26 May & 13 October 1974)
- Budgie (25 April 1971; 24 December 1972; 21 July, 17 November & 15 December 1974)
- Badfinger (13 October 1974)(supporting Man)
- Be-Bop Deluxe (20 October 1974)
- Ace (5 January 1975)
- Thin Lizzy (12 January, 1 June & 14 December 1975; 7 March 1976)
- Budgie (9 February, 15 June & 7 December 1975; 25 April 1976)
- Lindisfarne (16 or 23 February 1975)
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band (16 March 1975; 22 February 1976)
- Curved Air (30 March, 29 June & 30 November 1975; 1 February & 10 October 1976)
- Flip City (8 April & 2 September 1975)(a band fronted by Declan McManus, who was soon to change his stage name to Elvis Costello, sign to Stiff Records and the rest is history!)
- Camel (13 April 1975)
- Can (4 May 1975; 6 March 1977)
- Dr Feelgood (18 May 1975)
- Be-Bop Deluxe (25 May 1975)(fronted by that fine Yorkshire guitarist, Bill Nelson)
- Sutherland Brothers & Quiver (29 June 1975)(Gavin Sutherland wrote 'Sailing', a song made famous by Rod Stewart)
- The Jam (6 July 1975; 25 February, 26 June & 11 December 1977)(supporting Stackridge(!) on the first date)
- Motorhead (17 August 1975; 12 March 1976; 12 March 1978)
- Nils Lofgren (9 November 1975)
- Gong (16 November 1975; 28 March 1976)
- Captain Beefheart (23 November 1975)
- John Cale (30 November 1975; 24 April 1977)
- Budgie (7 December 1975; 25 April & 19 December1976)
- Heavy Metal Kids (4 January & 11 April 1976)
- Pretty Things (18 January & 30 May 1976)
- Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance (25 January 1976)
- The Groundhogs (29 February & 31 October 1976)
- Graham Parker & the Rumour (7 March 1976)(supporting Thin Lizzy)
- Judas Priest (18 April 1976; 1 May 1977)
- Fairport Convention (13 June 1976)
- Stranglers (28 June 1976; 27 March 1977)
- Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias (20 June 1976)
- Eddie & the Hot Rods (17 October, 28 November & 5 December 1976; 10 April 1977)
- Flamin' Groovies (21 November 1976; 4 June 1978)
- AC/DC (6 June 1976; 20 March 1977)
- The Ramones (29 May 1977)
- Talking Heads (29 May 1977; 5 February 1978)(supporting the Ramones on the first date)
- Kursaal Flyers (12 June 1977)
- Buzzcocks (4 September & 13 November 1977; 2 April 1978)
- Steve Gibbons Band (25 September 1977)
- Generation X (2 October & 18 December1977; 26 March & 26 November 1978)
- Heartbreakers (6 November 1977)(Johnny Thunders', not Tom Petty's, band)
- Siouxsie & the Banshees (9 October & 6 November 1977; 12 February, 7 May & 12 November 1978)(supporting the Heartbreakers on the second date)
- Tom Robinson Band (27 November 1977)
- Ian Dury & the Blockheads (4 December 1977)
- XTC (22 January 1978)
- Ultravox (27 January 1978)
- Dire Straits (5 February 1978)(supporting Talking Heads)
- Rich Kids (19 February & 5 March 1978)
- Boomtown Rats (29 March 1978)
- Wreckless Eric (9 April 1978)
- X-Ray Spex (16 April 1978)
- The Motors (26 February, 30 April & 28 May 1978)(I still play 'Dancing the Night Away'!)
- Magazine (30 April 1978)
- The Fall (7 May 1978)
- Steve Hillage (21 May 1978)
- The Cure (26 November 1978)(supporting Generation X)
- Frankie Miller's Full House (19 September 1976; 15 May 1977; 17 December 1978)
- The Damned (15 January 1978; 14 January & 22 April 1979)

Concerts at the Greyhound continued into the eighties but the venue failed to attract the calibre of acts that were seen there in the previous decade. Thus when it closed in 1986, the Greyhound went out with a whimper rather than with a bang!
 
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The one gig I went to that stands out in my fading memories of that time was Roxy Music around August time ( I think ) in 1972.

There were so many people showed up that they cancelled the support band and instead played 2 sets that night.
 
Forest Hillbilly said:
Obvious one for me is AC/DC, but there were sooo many. I'd only be around 10 for most of them, so not much I could do.
Am really into The Motors at the moment. "Airport" 😀
was that about Croydon airport ? 😀
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Forget About You was good song too. They were a fine Pub Rock band but weren't together very long.
 
The list of gigs doesn't go far enough back for me.

I think my first visit to the Greyhound was late 1969 and from memory I saw The Faces ( who played a shortened set because they turned up late); Yes ( with Pete Banks still in the line-up); T Rex ( early days of going electric), Fairport Convention (always good fun), Love ( a bit disappointing); Blodwyn Pig, Taste (excellent) and East of Eden.
 
Earlier gigs were
- The Faces (29 November 1969; 24 January & 30 May 1971)
- Yes (7 December 1969; 27 January, 26 July, 2 August & 27 September 1970; 3 January 1971)(supporting Stray on the first date)
- Mott the Hoople (14 December 1969; 18 January, 26 April, 18 October, 14 & 27 December 1970; 24 June 1972)
- Deep Purple (28 December 1969; 22 February 1970)
- Caravan (5 January 1970)
- Chicken Shack (11 January 1970)
- Idle Race (26 January 1970)
- Free (22 March 1970)
- Love (8 March 1970; 2 June 1974)
- Humble Pie (12 April 1970)
- Taste (15 February & 3 May 1970)
- Black Sabbath (3 April, 14 June & 13 September 1970)
- Edgar Broughton Band (28 June 1970; 2 May & 12 September 1971; 26 March & 13 August 1972; 25 November 1973; 1 September 1974)
- Mungo Jerry (19 July 1970)
- Supertramp (17 September & 2 August 1970)(supporting Yes on the second date)
- T Rex (8 November 1970)
- Status Quo (8 November & 20 December 1970; 14 February & 31 October 1971; 30 April, 6 August & 31 December1972)(supporting T Rex & East of Eden respectively on the first two dates and Nazareth on the fourth date)
- Curved Air (3 January 1971)(supporting Yes)
- Elton John (31 January 1971)
- Fairport Convention (23 August 1970; 21 February 1971; 30 June 1974)
- Leon Russell (14 February 1971)(also supporting Status Quo)
- Argent (28 March 1971; 7 April 1974)
- Thin Lizzy (4 April & 27 June 1971; 1 April 1973; 27 October 1974)(supporting East of Eden on the first date)
- The Groundhogs (11 April & 27 June 1971; 11 February 1973; 10 November 1974)
- Strawbs (16 May 1971)
- Parliament-Funkadelic (23 May 1971)(I wonder what Croydon made of George Clinton's psychedelic funk rock collective!)
- Pretty Things (30 May 1971)(supporting the Faces)
- Uriah Heep (20 June, 5 September, 21 November & 19 December 1971; 28 May 1972)
- Steamhammer (22 November 1970; 4 July 1971)
- Van de Graaf Generator (11 July 1971)
- Hawkwind (25 July & 19 December 1971; 27 February & 3 September 1972)
- King Crimson (19 September 1971)
- Wishbone Ash (26 September 1971; 6 February 1972)
- Steeleye Span (24 October 1971)
- Nazareth (31 October 1971)
- Jack Bruce (7 November 1971)
- America (5 December 1971)
- Rory Gallagher (3 October 1971; 30 January, 18 June & 17 December 1972)
- MC5 (13 February 1972)
- Genesis (20 February, 25 April, 2 July & 17 September 1972; 7 January 1973)
- Barclay James Harvest (23 January & 19 March 1972; 16 December 1973; 9 June 1974)
- Focus (19 March 1972; 14 January 1973)(supporting Barclay James Harvest on the first date)
- Atomic Rooster (9 April 1972)
- Electric Light Orchestra (16 April 1972; 8 April 1973)
- Lindisfarne (11 June 1972)
- David Bowie (25 June 1972)
- Roxy Music (25 June & 19 November 1972)(supporting David Bowie on the first date)
- Soft Machine (16 July 1972)
- Lou Reed (30 July 1972)
- Fanny (8 October 1972; 27 May 1973)
- Amon Duul II (16 December 1972; 20 May 1973)
- Stealers Wheel (4 February 1973)
- Wizzard (4 February 1973)
- Camel (18 February 1973; 10 February, 7 April, 4 August 1974)(supporting Stackridge on the first date)
- Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come (8 July 1973)
- Jack the Lad (23 September 1973)(comprising the ex-Lindisfarne members after the group split)
- Sensational Alex Harvey Band (2 December 1973)
- Cockney Rebel (6 January 1974)
- Can (3 February & 6 October 1974)
- Eno (24 February 1974)
- Golden Earring (3 March 1974)
- Queen (10 March 1974)
- Gong (12 March & 29 September 1974)
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band (17 March 1974)
- Heavy Metal Kids (21 April & 3 November 1974)
- Man (23 December 1973; 26 May & 13 October 1974)
- Budgie (25 April 1971; 24 December 1972; 21 July, 17 November & 15 December 1974)
- Badfinger (13 October 1974)(supporting Man)
- Be-Bop Deluxe (20 October 1974)
 
NEILLO said:
The one gig I went to that stands out in my fading memories of that time was Roxy Music around August time ( I think ) in 1972.

There were so many people showed up that they cancelled the support band and instead played 2 sets that night.
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- Roxy Music (25 June & 19 November 1972)(supporting David Bowie on the first date)
 
I was very lucky to have been to the Greyhound quite q few times seeing all the 'Punk' type bands. As a 14 yr old the first band i saw was Squeeze at The Rose Theatre Greenwich circa very late Dec. '76. Supporting them were Generation X and they had a massive impact on me and i got to see them a lot of times in London including the dates at the Greyhound. Living in Catford ,me n the lads used to jump on the 75 bus on a Sunday to Croydon. None of the bands had records out so it was a case of turn up to see what they were like. We used to listen to my best mates sisters lp's and in her collection was the Ramones so we became big fans and again,got to see them several times in London including twice at the Greyhound.Ultravox(pre Midge) were amazing and I remember they had a huge search light behind them and when it flicked on n off it was intense and blinding.The Damned were another also as the Doomed,Buzzcocks,X-Ray Spex,The Jam and it was jammed. Everyone po-going and you could feel the floor(it was upstairs) bouncing!The Cure with Gen.X. Magazine who were playing on the evening of the Rock Against Racism at Victoria Park featuring the Clash. We came straight over from that gig to see Magazine(who were fantastic) but the Greyhound was half empty. Oh the memories!!! Ollie's Dad,Ash.
 
one very sticky carpet, as I remember.
Ive only been a few times And cannot remember all the bands due to other.
The saints (stranded) was one & I think souxsie .
Used to use the ground floor bar , often early Sat. pm after finishing work in my shop job.
 
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