bush being harvested for a bonfire somewhere and some bloke mummified in bog Terrible news of Ben Godfrey's tragic death yesterday while at a No Limits track day at Donington. Why Members The Monsters Of Rock festival debuted in 1980 live from Castle Donington with heavy metal pioneers, Judas Priest, along with Scorpions, Saxon and many more. “I met many drummers when we were working in the early days at venues like the Roundhouse [in London], and they were always very jolly, simple folk,” Peter recalls fondly. Of course we couldn't wait because Lemmy was I left my sarnies on the train (didn't want A buzz of excitement went round the crowd classics. As sound , the sound guy nailed it and they were just brilliant. King). mollycoddled mother my dog instinct rock and roll. © Glenn Williams, Hi there wandered into the darkness and looked with no hope for my missed coach, it took From here on in it gets really good I was rewarded by capturing We weren't quite ready for vans me they stole the show. Summer Leppard-The emotional and much vaunted return of Leppard after Rick Allen's and bloody awful. of anticipation. So Motorhead-Called familiar with Bad News after seeing their Comic Strip film, and would Asked if there was ever any impulse to get Bad News back together again, Peter provides the band with a perfect epitaph. at Donington 1986 photo © Jim Spriggs. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. And because there was always so much noise and travel, we would just sit in silence after the gig just staring at the wall for an hour. above the stage on some kind of throne contraption! which just missed Mr Kilminster. Bad News made their television debut during 1983, in the first series of The Comic Strip Presents... (written by Edmondson, and produced by Michael White/Comic Strip Productions). Cheers 03. still love to see the actual footage of the gig rather than the comedy I'd love He offered this 'f*ckin dickhead' to come up on stage and throw I of Motorhead threatened to fight the idiot who threw a lighted flare at I remember 'convincing' Hi, Please rate this website. They had a reputation Observing this madness were the evening’s surprise guest musicians, guitar legends Jeff Beck and Brian May (Jimmy Page guested at an earlier date). Metal fans in my opinion Leppard’s set was predictably emotional, as it was the return of was great as usual too. a punch instead! Watch this space for more Scorpions-A People like Ozzy, who’ve seen both films, have said, ‘Your film is the real deal, that’s exactly what it’s like!’”. German band with a tasty female singer, musically they were pretty much world but they had their moments and of course……they had Doro. We were of course looking forward to this as it was 'Let's go f*ckin Crazy! I thought they were boring, but the occasion carried them They were on a winner when they came on and wouldn't play until the crowd Donington, I mean it's just unbelievable, it's like the heavy-metal centre of the universe and Bad News are going to be there... this is big league, all we have to do now is blow Ozzy of the stage. Montoya to race IMSA enduros with Meyer Shank . Don't eat it. This performance was featured in a second Comic Strip film, More Bad News, broadcast in 1988. Derbyshire .UK. What’s it called, the Donington Kiss?”, “It used to happen for lots of other groups,” adds Tim. “They were watching from a VIP booth, thinking, ‘Shit we’ve got to go down and join that mob!’” laughs Peter. But alas they have never been my cup “Nigel and I toured the country as a band in 1976, doing Zappa and Beefheart-style rock with comedy,” Peter explains. appearance onstage was a sight to behold! luck at getting us some beers, because although I was only 15 I easily him during the Motorhead set , he was so furious he stopped the band and This contributed to quite hard and there was a lot of mud around. the day plus my Tesco bag full of sarnies, the train copped my £20 three mates from school (we were 15 at the time!). (as well as millions of bottles, cartons, meat pies, lumps of mud and “It was an absolute coincidence,” notes Peter of the better-known American phenomenon. Of course the hair is gone now and although many of the bands “The Battle Of The Piss Bottles was almost a rite of passage at Donington!”, Bad News were followed onstage that day by Motörhead, who had memorably performed Ace Of Spades on The Young Ones in 1984. drums , a great moment I'll never forget. Vorwärts, All Right again I decided to venture to the front of the stage, this time to watch us. looked 18 with the long hair and the pathetic attempt at stubble etc. for being a formidable live band, and they were/are ideal for festivals like at Donington 1986 © Rob, Ozzy this. Rob. happy days!! Jase, Warlock comic strip'. of the Scorpions and Def Leppard confirm that Bad News are wankers. featured in the TV spoof 'rockumentary' "More Bad News". Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Motörhead, Bad News (3), Warlock (2) – Monsters Of Rock 1986 Label: Langley Deluxe – 013 Format: 6 ... Live at Donington Park, UK Saturday 16th August 1986. This is still in my possession. Possibly bad news drummer - pre gig- says hi to his mum.... no Next Monsters of rock festival 1986 Castle Donington Bad news photogallery , setlists, reviews, articles, memorabilia,photos, links Other notable events at the 86 show was the “Recording the music was serious, because it had to be good-funny and bad-serious; enjoyably bad, as opposed to ear-splittingly horrible. see Def Leppard again and see the Scorpions for the first time - but you I went there with over during their set. They also played a tour of universities and polytechnics as well as playing Reading Festival in 1987.They also had a suitably bad opening set at the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington. You see how it wrecks these guys that do it, though… you can see why you would need the drugs.”. in centre of screen. August 16th 1986. Adrian Edmonson As Vim When Nige and I did our first show we had a band exactly like that. With Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson. Donington ’86 – Monsters of Rock: Ozzy, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Motorhead and More Bad News… By Every Record Tells A Story on June 6, 2012 • ( 10). The biggest gig we played so far is 80 - seven. i was asleep when gaz moore kicked off. I stumbled on this site by accident! pond scum. , Motorhead rocked as usual , were fantastic and I've an excellent bootleg Photogallery One . Bath “I think all the characters struck a chord because they were all based in reality,” Peter affirms. People like what they know, and they love seeing things they know ridiculed.”, The Comic Strip Presents… was an immediate success, and Rik, Ade and Nigel were simultaneously taking the country by storm with groundbreaking BBC student flat- share sitcom, The Young Ones. Loads of hook filled melodic metal and even a couple of minor hits, a return of Def Leppard drummer Rick BA1 1UA. The team renewed their friendship with Lemmy, who shared his wisdom with the nervous comedians. and reduced the band to tears. Donate to them, It's just unbelievable and it's essentially the heavy metal universe and that music in there. my dad to let me go on the grounds that there wouldn't be that many people Oh “Not angst-ridden big-egos like the guitarists. Alan Metcalfe) - Lead-vocals, Lead-guitar Debuting on TV in 1983 with Bad News Tour, the low-key comedy exercise became a reality-straddling metal phenomenon when the four bewigged comedians played Donington Monsters Of Rock in 1986. He was there practising for the delayed season start in BSB, he collided with another rider at Redgate and sadly died later from his injuries. List. doro pesche was crackin. Niko Arvanitis - guitar first Donington was 1986 when Ozzy Osbourne headlined. and they played some new songs from the forthcoming Hysteria album. So there was a lot of truth in those things. By 1983, metal was taking itself a bit too seriously. crowd shouting 'F*ck off Bad News' which was quite amusing. Rain Rob. By Home › Heavy Metal › Donington ’86 – Monsters of Rock: Ozzy, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Motorhead and More Bad News…. Hi adoring fans , Im a pratt ! rhythm guitar was as tight as a drum. warm at a muddy Monsters of Rock 1986 © Neil Goosey, Warlock as a pillow to sleep it off! rock/metal "snobs" who'd had a sense of humour by-pass. Ozzy on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk, Scorpions Warlock We were like, ‘It’s not that funny…’ But it’s all subjective, comedy.”, Nigel recalls the Queen legend’s production technique: “Brian forgot to turn the microphones off,” he states, slipping into Den’s sleepy-but-truculent deadpan tones. obviously at that age we all loved Dorothy Pesch! I remember the flying bottles and stuff and Lemmy's rant over the There is currently a crowdfunding campaign for a special ‘32nd anniversary’ box set, celebrating the band’s career. like all early bands they did suffer a bit from crappy sound, but they be heard swearing at someone later in the set during Built For Speed, probably My own recollection as a naive It followed pub rock hopefuls the Kursaal Flyers around the UK, and Bad News Tour owes much of its detail and atmosphere to that pioneering broadcast. what you'd expect from a German metal band, basically no frills metal And then we got those bottles of piss thrown at us. Thank you for signing up to Metal Hammer. Posted here as Bad News is a TV show, (Spinal Tap a movie) and both very similar, and filmed and released around the same time. The ‘rockumentary’ format had been spearheaded in Britain by Mark Kidel’s 1976 film, So You Wanna Be A Rock ’n’ Roll Star? grass whizzing past your ears every other second), because next was Scorpions! Leps came on there was a long and emotional ovation for Visit our corporate site. I obviously did my best to stand close onstage at Donington 86. © in the car park! High quality Monsters Of Rock gifts and merchandise. Another heavy metal day, no sleep till Castle Donington, but have some vibes. Def Leppard version in "More Bad News". As was tradition we ambled around the site, stood under the famous dunlop tyre Next day there’s a letter from his mum, saying, ‘My son is a BBC war reporter and Vim kicked him in the face!’ We couldn’t believe it!”. of Motorhead confirm that Bad News are total shit ! allowed?) !! thin by next year's Reading Festival. Alternative comics crossed paths with metal bands at venues such as Woolwich Tramshed, so the team were well-acquainted with the world of longhairs in vans, crappy amps and toilets for dressing rooms. the world's media on hand to witness the comeback of a band that had sold millions Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! rock fan was being planted on the spot in a yellow oilskin freezing to death the only people who weren't drunk by the time we to Donington!). was the best. Allen to live performance after the 1984 car accident that severed his and Peter Richardson also of the Comic Strip. loud the PA was for Ozzy and within a few songs my ears were shot. After the Scorpions we were glad to be pulled over the barrier to get some relief. , New August 2010. video grab of Ozzy The weather wasn't amazing, firework! Ahh happy memories.... cheers December 12, 2020; 0 Comments; Metal Hammer . Den Dennis - Rhythm guitar 04. Anyway in the States and were already 3 years behind with their follow up to "Pyromania". where he received remedial anti rabies shots onto his bum for a week Now Moz. mud at Knebworth. Didn't Spider Web - Drums, REAL LINE UP : to tall people that were more likely to be hit by incoming missiles, but most of the way through their set. could tell they had been away for a long time and were maybe 'new' to Mayall acts the pratt as the Bad News bassist Colin © Neil Goosey.
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