I first went to Reading in 1981 to see Gillan primarily, but Bernie had already left the band. I went in subsequent years but can anyone jog my memory as to whether Bernie ever played in '82 or '83? I remember seeing Twisted Sister play with Lemmy guesting, but cannot for the life of me remember what year that was?
Bernie played with Gillan at Reading in 1979 and 1980, and am pretty sure he played at Reading in 1982 with his Electric Gypsies. I have a Kerrang! Reading Review and Bernies performance was given a thumbs-up, off the top of my head, it was 1982.
'82. I was there. And the bloke from The Enid joined them.........
Memory's a bit vague, oh & I'm not Armitage, I'm the Squirrel nosing into his computer!
(He didn't start coming to Bernie gigs til about '84!)
(Ner, so there!)
I've got the Reading Rock 2 LP set about here, somewhere. I'll have to look up who played and post it.
If you go to the Bernie Yahoo group I think there's a bootleg available. Bernie did a sort of Hendrix tribute in '82 (Iron Maiden were headlining). Towards the end of his brilliant set, he played America from Turn Out the Lights and then went into the Stars and Stripes. Robert John Godfrey from the Enid then came on and did Wild Thing for the encore. Think Stephen Stewart who was producer on Electric Gypsies was also in the Enid