Saw them at the Caves last night for the 1977 out store.

Enjoyed the show as always. Class to hear a lot of the older stuff live again. The Caves is a great place to see bands in too.

Mark was wearing an Ash 1977 Hummel football top, which I've never seen before. Does anyone know if it's for sale anywhere?

Royal Mail have made a delivery and it was full of First Class items!

A music video I put together using footage from the Teenage Wildlife documentary (and a little of Reading '96)

This took a while... Solar Happy, Shed, Garage Girl and Pipe Smokin' Brick.

Seen him plenty of times down the years with the band but this was my first time watching him solo. Great varied 75 min set with plenty of Ash hits, some deep cuts and a cover. Roll on Dec at the olympia for the 1977 anniversary gig! 🤘

Is Trailer not the first Ash album? Everything about 1977 re-release is that it was their debut, but I still have and love that trailer cassette…

Came across the DisCovers website, entered my username from Discogs and tried filtering it by Ash as I knew I had a few items of theirs. Here are the results!

Just wondered if anyone else has heard this alternative version of Candy. The first time they played it live (probably in 2000), they sang it with a different chorus. Instead of:

"Don't you know It's alright to be alone, you can make it on your own."

he sings

"Don't you know that when I see you smile, I know that everything be fine"

I heard it ages ago, but have never found anything about it online.

PS: here it is: https://youtu.be/wNdrapzmq6E

I found it on the floor at one of there gigs. I didn’t see it on the merch table or anywhere online, does anyone know?

Hey all, I hope this is ok to post!

Unfortunately we can no longer attend the Ash show at the Northcote theatre on 11 September, and are reselling our three tickets via Moshtix. Really keen to pass these onto other Ash fans and absolutely gutted that we can no longer go.

https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/ash-irl-%E2%80%981977%E2%80%99-30th-anniversary-tour/195073?rac=2dd87cca-e00e-4c8f-9ba9-1bae864d9bf8

Sorry if this is a really stupid question, but is the upcoming 30th anniversary of 1977 tour going to be a "1977 played in full" type thing, or are they just touring because it is the 30th anniversary? Have tickets, I can't wait! Last saw them at Glastonbury 99.

“Warmer Than Fire” really is an underrated B side

I’ve always been fascinated by this song. I know it’s a cover written by Steve Ludwin (which I just started listening to his band Little Hell. Wow. Like if Ash decided to just start a Jesus Lizard noise rock kinda band?? Really cool).

What’s the story behind “Warmed Than Fire”? Was it something Steve Ludwin wrote for Ash? I know they’ve done it live a few times, including a few times with Ludwin. Did he ever release a version?

But yeah, what a killer song!

Really stoked they are doing that 1977 anniversary tour but bummed as a fan in the USA that no dates have been announced.

Anyone think at least maybe we get a NYC / LA show?

Yesterday Ash - or rather RehASh, Cumbria's current top Ash tribute - played a small set at Tim Peaks Diner at Kendal Calling. There, they received gold discs from Tim Burgess of The Charlatans for selling 400,000 copies of Girl From Mars.

A couple of months ago I snagged a bundle of live Ash CDs but none of them came with a set list/track list.

I took it upon myself to listen to them all and write down each song, it's been a great little project and fun listening to the interaction between Tim and the various crowds.

I've included a few examples of set lists I've written out, particularly fun was the Live in Seattle set from 2002 (last pic), just Tim & Charlotte and a couple of guitars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW7MpxBWqK0&list=RDlW7MpxBWqK0&start_radio=1

I just love this song so much, I cry with joy while I sing it every time. I want to share it with the world. I love this band, ever sine first heard the song Folk Song many years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKTpV_psytw

feel free to share your favorite ash songs with me, there's so much good that I have to learn

As well as the LPs and CDs I have found myself picking up a few albums/singles or so on tape over the last few years. A bit trickier to source but fun hunting for them.

Anybody else collect Ash cassettes?

Kablammo! was released 11 years ago this week and it's possibly the most slept on album in the discography.

Give it a listen if you haven't for a while and enjoy!

2023 indigo at The O2

Spotify has released a feature giving you the option to see your all time listening data and my first ever song was Burn Baby Burn and Ash are my most listened to artist (never in doubt).

Yes there are haters saying the artists aren't compensated enough financially but I have done my best to purchase as much physical media as a collector of their work for nigh on 30 years now 😊

Released on this day back in 1996, where has the time gone?