slane castle 15yrs ago today

[dub05]

Wow hasn't time flown by. ..What a day was had by all who can remember 


Hope lord henry books them for 2008....as a double header with ac/dc

[kaasupoltin]

One of my favorite shows from 1992 You attended the festival back then, dub05? Front row?

[akaxl]

was only 10yrs old 15years ago but I knew that Slane was on, rumours are currently afloat on other forms that gnr will be supporting the Stones at Slane this year.  I know no more, anyone got an insider with Aiken/Ticketmaster promotions

[dub05]

Yep front row indeed ...as soon as Faith no More finished we headed down the front & if anyone can remember we built some of the highest human pyramids ever seen at any gig ever played  .....Never forget buying those 2ltr bottles of milk ..empyting them & refilling with Linden village to get into the gig.

Those indeed were the good auld days    

[cyllan]

Yep front row indeed ...as soon as Faith no More finished we headed down the front & if anyone can remember we built some of the highest human pyramids ever seen at any gig ever played? .....Never forget buying those 2ltr bottles of milk ..empyting them & refilling with Linden village to get into the gig.

Those indeed were the good auld days ? ?

Ah yes, no one could accuse us of not being able to make our own between band entertainment in those days.

Do you remember the frisbee war with the flattened, large coke cups?? Very colourful from a distance but not so fun if you were down in the thick of it.?

If memory serves me correctly, I think that was the show where I bought the HTGTH thong!? ?

EDIT:? Speaking of anniversaries, it was a year ago today that I was flying back home from the show at the Hammerstein having been blown away by the energy and chemistry that this current line up possesses.? It was the first time I'd heard Better too and loved it from that first time.? After being slightly disappointed with the 02 shows, I thought perhaps the magic had gone forever, but the 06 tour soon dispelled any doubts I had on that score.? Only minus point: no new GNR lingerie, so had to make do with a T-shirt.??
 

[big_machine]

guns played at slane castle ...back in the days

[gally]

i was there too, great day and the frisbees was nuts!!!!! anyone have any pics form that day!

[St_Jimmyuk]

i would only have been 6 then damn youth

[gcluskey]

I remember the Coke cups been flattened and flung everywhere that looked fucking deadly! The pyramids were class! There was a great atmosphere...they had extra garda called up to Slane...the papers were saying there could be trouble but everyone showed up and just had a fucking blast...even the cops themselves were fuckin really sound! It was a real scorcher of a day, I remember drinking Jack Daniels with a bunch of lads we met on the street...skulling it...I was 16, we thought we were deadly! I remember Slash wore a green tshirt, there was loads of fine looking rock chicks, I actually jumped a gate into a field to go for a piss on the way down to the gig and there was about ten girls arses all bending down pissing behind the hedge, fuckin hilarious. Slash came out after Paradise City finale to apologise for not introducing the horn section. I probably came home thinking I was Axl Rose...great day! Wish I had a camera then. Didnt have the digital cameras or internet readily available to us in 92

[dub05]

Remember heading off from finglas with all the lads in a mini-bus about 8am.....however not everyone made it back that night

Have to say the ladies were red hot that day.....a sight to behold

Who knows we might yet be heading to glorious slane again.I would strongly recommend anyone to travel if indeed it goes ahead with the stones.

[Adler_Sorum_Brain]

cool that it?s actually people still holding the flag, after all theese years  Yeah..Slane, i was only 3 

[Robman?]

I would have been 6 months old at the time 

[cyllan]

I remember the Coke cups been flattened and flung everywhere that looked fucking deadly! The pyramids were class! There was a great atmosphere...they had extra garda called up to Slane...the papers were saying there could be trouble but everyone showed up and just had a fucking blast...even the cops themselves were fuckin really sound! It was a real scorcher of a day, I remember drinking Jack Daniels with a bunch of lads we met on the street...skulling it...I was 16, we thought we were deadly! I remember Slash wore a green tshirt, there was loads of fine looking rock chicks, I actually jumped a gate into a field to go for a piss on the way down to the gig and there was about ten girls arses all bending down pissing behind the hedge, fuckin hilarious. Slash came out after Paradise City finale to apologise for not introducing the horn section. I probably came home thinking I was Axl Rose...great day! Wish I had a camera then. Didnt have the digital cameras or internet readily available to us in 92

Yeah, you're right about the green shirt, even though he fervently denied wearing green on MTV later.    He also complained of the cold (even though, as you said, it'd been boiling hot!), and then congratulated Dublin for being the only town where he'd walked into the hotel only to find that everybody was drunk before he'd even started.   

The whole band appeared in exceptionally high spirits that night - well, I say night but it was still daylight when they took to the stage - and when Axl was arranging the KOHD singalong, he began as usual, then said, "Ah I say the same shit everytime.  You know what to do..."  Of course, we did!

It was my first trip to Dublin and one I'll never forget.  I hope I get to see them at Slane again one day.   

[Shoco]

It was my first trip to Dublin and one I'll never forget.

Slanes not in Dublin 

[shaunbhoy]

my Uncle, tried to go to Slane Castle, but couldn't make it cause he was working that weekend the show as on but he managed to go to Gateshead when he found out G'N'R were playin there

l've got the dvd of the show

[cyllan]

It was my first trip to Dublin and one I'll never forget.

Slanes not in Dublin 

OK, I'm sorry, Shoco - slip of the keyboard.  But, as it happens, it was my first trip to Dublin, as well as Slane. 

I flew into Dublin from Heathrow and got the bus to Slane; dossing down at the airport after the gig until the return flight on Sun.  And, determined as I was to taste the real guinness before I left, I found an airport bar open at around 7 am and had a pint for breakfast.   Set me up for the return flight a treat!   

[cyllan]

my Uncle, tried to go to Slane Castle, but couldn't make it cause he was working that weekend the show as on but he managed to go to Gateshead when he found out G'N'R were playin there

l've got the dvd of the show

Ah, Gateshead - that evokes memories of Mr Rose in tiny black shorts and red shirt tied at the waist... 

I believe that Dizzy was introduced that evening as "Mr Always On Call - 24 hours".   

[budmaster]

Gateshead!...what a scorcher of a day! great day & great night. Later that night i was walking home & Axl's limo pulled up at some lights so i walked over & looked through the window...he wasnt too happy about that...oh well. I think it was a few days before that that i saw them in Manchester as well, now that was a shit show

[Intercourse]

I remember the Coke cups been flattened and flung everywhere that looked fucking deadly! The pyramids were class! There was a great atmosphere...they had extra garda called up to Slane...the papers were saying there could be trouble but everyone showed up and just had a fucking blast...even the cops themselves were fuckin really sound! It was a real scorcher of a day, I remember drinking Jack Daniels with a bunch of lads we met on the street...skulling it...I was 16, we thought we were deadly! I remember Slash wore a green tshirt, there was loads of fine looking rock chicks, I actually jumped a gate into a field to go for a piss on the way down to the gig and there was about ten girls arses all bending down pissing behind the hedge, fuckin hilarious. Slash came out after Paradise City finale to apologise for not introducing the horn section. I probably came home thinking I was Axl Rose...great day! Wish I had a camera then. Didnt have the digital cameras or internet readily available to us in 92

I'm with you there brother!!! What a brilliant day. I had college exams on the Monday and I swore I woudln't get drunk. I ended up in a bar in Dunboyne (about 2 miles from the venue) with about 400 GNR fans drunk and excited as hell with an old man telling us he'd heard of GNR and that   Axl Rose could 'cut off your head with the back of his hand' he was such a bad ass!!

Slash came out and said he was freezing despite the sunshine  'cause he was 'an LA pussy'  The cops were really nice, lots of them in plain clothes, I got searched a few times but that was cool, it made the girls think you were a bad ass and it got me some action!!! I was 18 and it was one of the best days of my life.

Axl was in brilliant humor, he sang some of U2's 'One' during the gig plus they came on in broad daylight, no big delays which was unusual  back then!! I still remember women commenting on how 'beautiful' Axl's hair was..there was lots of hooking up in the front rows, women were just so excited to be near the band they would get off with you just for the hell of it.

If there was a day I could return to over and over to re-live it is that one. I came home hungover and sun burned but totally happy. I lived near Guinness' Castle where the band were rumored to be hanging out, the excitement in my town and ariound Dublin was massive.

When I think of it, these guys made modern day 'stars' like Justin, Britney, Fall Out Boy, MyChemical.. etc just look like limp dicks... they were Rock Royalty and boy did they walk the walk and talk the talk!!
Happy times...

[gandra]

was only 10yrs old 15years ago but I knew that Slane was on, rumours are currently afloat on other forms that gnr will be supporting the Stones at Slane this year.? I know no more, anyone got an insider with Aiken/Ticketmaster promotions

guns please don't do that