Maximo Park

I knew Paul as I was mates with the middle brother through school. I even got name dropped in the fmttm interview a few years ago as he'd come to the games with me on our spare season ticket.A certain trigger is a cracking album.
 
The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
Saw them in San Francisco a couple of years ago. Smith noticed a guy in the audience with a Boro shirt on (Heritage Hampers one) and proceeded to have an onstage discussion (mostly with himself) about past Boro shirt sponsors.

Probably only 3 or 4 people in the whole audience had a clue what he was talking about.

Also check out Paul Smith and The Imitations which is pretty decent too.,
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At a DC gig a few years ago, I was the bloke in the Boro shirt and had a good mid-set chat with Paul. I also got some gentle stick from the rest of the band when I got a poster signed after the gig!
 

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changingman said:
Great band, love the first couple of albums. They were just starting out when I was at Uni in Newcastle, seemed like they played an instore gig nearly every week (see also, The Futureheads).

Remember a couple of particularly valedictory gigs at Stage 2 Northumbria Uni and the Academy. Pretty sure Art Brut played with them at the Empire one time, possibly the same tour mentioned above.
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They indeed played the empire that tour first time i saw them. Support were Art Brut and the Chalets.
 
NorCalBoro said:
I've seen them a few times on their trips to California. They are a great live band. T_L_J - I have worn my boro top to their shows in SF and I think you and I may have briefly chatted in the street after the show at the independent a couple of years ago? My old band used to do a cover of Graffiti - a really fun song to play!
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Think so, back in 2017 maybe was it - you live somewhere in the East Bay IIRC ?
 
I love Maximo. I think that first album is pretty much perfect. Saw them at the City Hall in Newcastle when they played the album in full. First half of the gig was a 'normal' mix of their songs and the second half was A Certain Trigger, start to finish.
As a frontman, Paul Smith is brilliant. Even at acoustic performances, he just exudes an amazing energy.
 
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