Press
Academy 1 (Manchester Academy)
16th July 1993

“I went to that. Remember a fight breaking out in the crowd but we didn't really pay any mind. The dancing looked like fighting in '93. "Slam" and all that.”

“I was at that gig. I saw who threw the bricks and launched the scaffolding pole through the tour bus window... I had to duck as it went past. I was also at the International gig where Everlast was bottled off the stage...
Other than that, it was a good show.”

“I did the stage lighting for that show and saw the whole event unfold afterwards.
What basically happened was that a couple of guys with a bad attitude that were hanging with one of the support bands got very aggressive with one of the security guards working for the Academy, ironically he (the security guard) was probably the most reasoned and intelligent guy amongst them, and then some more of the bands friends and 'personal security' got involved and created a big problem.
A very swift Academy Security team meeting was held and then the entire three bands and all their hangers-on were rapidly ejected from the venue with their tails unceremoniously hanging between their legs; their tour bus was unfortunately trashed as 'collateral damage' but they sure learned not to f*ck with people from Manchester again.
I was still working at the venue cleaning up for the show next day when we got a call from the tour bus hire company asking if we knew what had happened to all the windows in th”