My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts
Every gig I have ever seen. Forty-odd years of thud, sweat and beers.
Starting in 1977 and currently covering 1984, if you are a fan of Sheffield music from bands like Cabaret Voltaire and The Human League. Or you like Industrial and Post-Punk music in general, there will be something here for you to check out.
I'm Roger Quail, I grew up in Sheffield and played drums with Clock DVA and The Box in this era.
Episodes
68 episodes
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 68. Cabaret Voltaire, Bedford Boys Club, 18th August 1984.
Roger talks about working with Mal and Richard of Cabaret Voltaire on their 1984 album 'Microphonies'. He also turns the spotlight on Bedford Boys Club, which was a successful alternative / indie music venue in the Home Counties in the early-to...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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23:39
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 67 - The Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Leadmill, Sheffield, 10th May 1984
Out on strike and newly single, Roger seeks comfort in sound in the shape of legendary avant-garde, free jazz giants The Art Ensemble of Chicago, on a rare visit to Sheffield in the spring of 1984. Intro and outro music: Simon Elli...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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19:36
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 66. The Box Klub007 Prague Czechoslovakia 2nd December 1983
Roger, playing drums with Sheffield post-punk band The Box, gets to visit the city of Prague in the former Czechoslovakia, and plays a secret gig. Along the way he meets rebels, students, rock 'n' rollers and artists, all trying to express them...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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26:13
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 65 - Cabaret Voltaire, Sheffield University, 19th November 1983
Roger goes to the Octagon Centre for the second time, to cheer on and take snaps of his friends in Cabaret Voltaire, who are promoting their recently released new album 'The Crackdown'.Having signed to Some Bizarre / Virgin Records, the...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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21:50
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 64. Sun Ra, The Octagon Centre, Sheffield University, 15th October 1983
Sheffield welcomes Space-Jazz royalty as the legendary Sun Ra brings his Arkestra to the new University concert space for a mind-blowing night of free-flowing, transcendental music. Artwork by Rionagh.Music by Simon Elliott-Kem...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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15:47
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 63. Death Cult, The Limit Club, Sheffield, 15th September 1983.
Roger has a rare night out at The Limit Club in Sheffield. Ostensibly to meet up with champion road warrior Chas Banks, who is shepherding young rockers Death Cult around the UK on their debut headline tour. However, the Limit clie...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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17:34
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 62. Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Durutti Column, Howard Devoto, S.P.K., The Box. Pandora's Music Box '83, De Doelen, Rotterdam, 2nd September 1983
Grab a cuppa and a biscuit 'cos this is a long one.Roger is in Rotterdam for the very first Pandora's Music Box music festival at the super smart De Doelen venue. Siouxsie and The Banshees headline but play first, which mea...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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25:14
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 61. Killing Joke, The Box, Play Dead, Sex Beat. Hammersmith Palais Sunday 31st July 1983
Jaz Coleman and King Coal Arthur Scargill together in the same episode. Two years since he last saw them, Roger and his band mates in The Box renew their acquaintance with Killing Joke in London. Can Jaz and KJ conquer the world before we are a...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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19:25
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 60. The Fall, the Ace venue, Brixton, London, 15th July 1983
A trip to London in the middle of a sweltering July heatwave sees Roger and his cohorts in Sheffield band The Box share a stage with The Fall. Riding high on the recent release of their classic 'Hex Induction Hour', the Mancunian l...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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17:43
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 59. David Bowie, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, 28th June 1983.
It's a big one. Roger takes a coach up to Scotland to see his first David Bowie concert. For a distinctly personal take on what are some of Bowie's most well-documented shows; Roger mixes the events of the day itself with some of h...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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29:39
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 58. Iron Maiden, The Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, 12th May 1983.
In which Roger and his bandmates in The Box find themselves in a heavy metal maelstrom on a Thursday night in Glasgow. Iron Maiden take no prisoners at the legendary Apollo Theatre en route to world domination. It's very loud, very sweaty and a...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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18:51
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 57. JoBoxers, Benjamin Zephaniah, Chevalier Brothers, The ICA, London, 6th January 1983
It's the start of a new year - 1983 - and Roger and his Sheffield pals in The Box find themselves in London playing with pop newcomers JoBoxers. These lads are on the fast track to fame and favour style over substance. With heavyweight ma...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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16:33
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 56. The Box, Effenaar, Eindhoven and VERA, Groningen. 27th and 28th November 1982.
How exciting. Roger is off on tour in Europe with The Box, the Sheffield band he plays drums in. Okay, so it's only two nights in The Netherlands at the end of November, but nonetheless the excitement is palpable. With thanks to Si...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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17:18
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 55. Cabaret Voltaire, The Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, 27th August 1982.
Sheffield's grand old Lyceum re-opens for the second time in less than twelve months, and it falls to Cabaret Voltaire, who haven't played an official gig in their home city in over a year, to herald the resurrection. Roger puts on his new ...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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15:28
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 54. Kid Creole and The Coconuts, Sheffield Polytechnic, 16th May 1982.
Strange days in Sheffield back in the Spring of 1982. On one hand, we are out shaking our funky butts to the sophisticated NYC street-hustlers Kid Creole and The Coconuts, down at the old Sheffield Poly building on Pond Street; whi...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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16:02
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 53. The Box, The Marples Pub, Sheffield, 4th March and Heaven, Charing Cross, London, 19th April 1982.
Roger looks back at the short period in early 1982 that Sheffield band The Box played two important gigs with guest vocalist Stephen Mallinder from Cabaret Voltaire. Mal himself guests to reflect on an exciting time of change and u...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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20:59
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 52. Bow Wow Wow, The Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, 29th October 1981.
Roger reflects on the tragic loss of former band mate Stephen "Judd" Turner, who passed away on September 29th, 1981, aged 24 years old. The same day as the narrator turned 21. Some weeks pass, and the mood is lifted by the irresistible afro-po...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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17:03
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 51. Simple Minds, Icehouse, the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, 22nd September 1981.
Seconded by his employers to a mind-numbing admin job in the middle of nowhere, Roger and his work pal Mark take a trip to see Simple Minds live in Liverpool. Happily, Jim Kerr and his band are at the height of their grand metropolitan art-rock...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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17:07
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 50. Kraftwerk, Sheffield City Hall, 19th June 1981
MLITMOG reaches it's half-century with one of Roger's favourite gigs of all time. The jaw-dropping combination of sound and vision that was Kraftwerk on tour to promote their Computer World album in the summer of 1981.Intro and outro mu...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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14:01
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 49. Ornette Coleman's Prime Time, The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 3rd June 1981
It's a big gig for Roger and all the other South Yorkshire jazz-heads as the legendary saxophonist Ornette Coleman brings his rock-jazz-fusion "double trio" Prime Time to The Crucible Theatre.Intro and outro music: Simon Elliott-Kemp.
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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13:34
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 48. Bill Nelson, The Limit Club, Sheffield, 28th May 1981.
Season 4 finale.It's the end of an era, as Roger catches up with his teenage idol Bill Nelson (of Be Bop Deluxe and Red Noise) at The Limit, together with 800 other true Bill-believers, and it all gets a bit Corinthians 13:11. S...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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12:55
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 47. Cabaret Futura, with Cabaret Voltaire, Eddie & Sunshine, Richard Strange, Sheffield Polytechnic, 22nd May 1981.
Willkommen! And bienvenue! Welcome!London's ultra-trendy Cabaret Futura shimmies into Sheffield on mild Friday night in May. Even the presence of local art-house heroes Cabaret Voltaire fails to attract the South Yorkshire ...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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11:17
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 46. The Cramps, The Limit Club, West Street, Sheffield, 19th May 1981.
THUNKA-THUNKA-THUNKA!Psychedelic sleaze dealers The Cramps bring their unholy, blistering big beat to the sweating shoe box that is The Limit Club, Sheffield's favourite subterranean watering hole.Roger, just back from the rarif...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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12:00
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 45. Air - The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London. 17th May 1981.
Free-Jazz newbie Roger travels down to London from Sheffield with three serious Jazz buffs. Their destination, the Lyric Theatre in West London to witness a rare UK gig by Chicago improvised-music titans Air. Lots of stuff about b...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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16:01
My Life In The Mosh Of Ghosts - Gig 44. The Plastics, The Limit Club, Sheffield, 14th May 1981.
J-Pop comes to Sheffield in the shape of The Plastics, a Japanese 5-piece on their first tour of the UK. Language is no barrier when both band and audience just want to get down and dance. Elsewhere, the 'Thirst' line-up of Clock D...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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10:46