Gillan - Mr. Universe - Live 1981

[LabiaLicker1]

Mad Irish axe-man Bernie Torme, one of the best rock guitarists ever, very under-rated? Also one of the coolest, look @ his shoes! One white,one black!!!.....Very rock `n roll !

[wornormy2]

Gillan just wer'nt the same after Bernie was dumped,great track from a great album..

[TheMichaelseymour]

i saw this band no times between say 77 - 83 ...Great stuff , i'll never remember it !

[GilgaFrank]

This lineup of Gillan was far and away my favourite rock band of the 1980s and Bernie Torme was a massive influence on my guitar playing. Pure gold, thanks for uploading this.

[VUPdingCLICK]

no other band on earth looked more like a rock band-than this line up of GILLAN ......i mean c'mon,look at 'em!

[NEZMARQ]

CLASSIC OF METAL!!!!!!!!!

[Silber7]

My father saw Gillan in the late 70s just after the MrUniverse album came out... it was in a small berlin movie-theater "Kant Kino", and there were just a few people, most of them expected to hear the jazzy "Ian Gillan Band" stuff... so they were quite startled^^ he and his friends were the only ones to stand in front of the stage, and he remembers Torme playing brilliant solo after solo, must have been great times :/ I see gillans actual solo band "Deep Purple" in november.. (ok that's mean) ;)

[zoli780830]

Gillan is the BEST! Until this day...and forever!

[greatleahart]

great great great band!! great formation!

[zefurioustube]

* so here it is proof positive metal fans, Kerry King got his modern look from John McCoy ;-)

[LabiaLicker1]

@zefurioustube As did the english,long serving prisoner Charles Bronson? (NOT the actor)!

[1thiswas]

Gillan - the band were awesome and never got the recognition they deserved - such a shame they ended the way they did with the Sabs thing - Mr Universe is an amazin' track! I remember rushing home from 6th from college to catch this on Rock Goes to College! Heady days!

[martynpank]

Ian Gillian died after leaving Purple, during his resurection he created The Ian Gillan Band. When he came back to earth he made Gillian. Thank heavens......& oh yes Torme is one of his angels!!!

[fernando696]

Gilla was my favourite band these days, great memories.

[Sketchyboy10]

Likewise. I must have seen them a dozen times between 79 and 82 - Reading festival every year and Birmingham Odeon every week it seemed

[0ldrockr]

It doesn't matter if your shoes match when you can play a guitar like that

[timmoj66]

Torme is such a legend. Saw Torme (pre Phil Lewis) at the old Marquee in the 80's. If anyone remembers the old sweatbox, on a really busy night they crammed so many people in both bars were rammed even during the set. THat was always a good sign there!! And it got so fuckin' hot inside Bernie passed out on stage. Also saw McCoy there , John was off his nut and trashed the stage about 10 songs in.....aaaah happy days!!

[Fendermanpaul]

I also saw Torme with Gillan at the Marque in Wardour Street Soho.

I remember a great gig that was SO LOUD, my ears hurt for days. I thought I would never hear again

[whitezepp1]

iv just started using a studio in kent england which is owned by Bernie Torme,and hes a realy down to earth normal bloke,but i must say i was a bit star struck at first but all the others i was with were saying, whos he?they no fuck all,lol

[eDdEYYXXX]

This song is fucking good mens. thx for posting gillan i bow to you :D

[theylive23]

Great band - musical diversity/talent, power, dynamics, stage charisma, volume (Brighton Dome 1980!....eh what, pardon?), the lot.

[wbr1122]

power

[wbr1122]

first class

[chucker66]

Check out G.M.T !!!!!!!!

[dieneshugi]

Lyric brilliant too,thanks for sharing song!

Peace and unconditional love...

[adtrad]

What a band! Gillan's voice was at its finest. Bernie Torme (an Irish punk rocker) who in true Spinal Tap fashion had his pickups out of phase and everything on the amp turned up to 11 to get that sound. And the keyboard player Colin Towns? Do your kids watch the Angelina Ballerina cartoons? He wrote and played all the music for that! He has some orchestral software and records every single part himself. He studied composition instead of getting pissed after the gigs.

[nadnathan]

I'm Gillan Maniac!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nadnathan]

Great voice, THE BEST SINGER EVER!!!!!!!

[Francologne]

For my money the best and most ambitious post-Purple band. The guitar playing was amazingly innovative for the 80ties.

[kaligula11]

where do you see or hear that? this was innovative, yes, but 15 years before.

[telgray61]

I saw Gillan at the Reading Feastival in 1980 they had two stages and the band started with unchain your brain giving it the big and ballsy treatment for Ian to make his big entrance, when the time came for him to burst onto the stage it was the wrong one and he couldn't understand why he was alone onstage. He went on to play a superb set tho'

[Ibik]

luck you.

[shenstone]

jeeez this brings back memories - I remember taping this gig off the TV onto cassette - since lost the cassette - thanks for the posting :-)

[hawkboy451]

It comes out on DVD next Monday....

[RonniePeterson]

What a band! Bernie was simply the best raw guitar player of the era. If someone has Lightning Strikes live anywhere please post it up.

[rik7467]

The album is awesome!

[brox68]

Loved this line up of Gillan.I was around 11 just getting into Hard rock+Metal....still love it..LOL

[robindavies24]

I saw Gillan twice around this time. Got booed at Portsmouth Guildhall as he lost his voice.

[ninjayne]

i saw the band this same year and 2 other times, great band to see live, listen to

'she tears me down' if u get chance great track!

[kungfuexpert]

He´s got really amazing voice! He is one of the greatest singers of all time...in one of the best songs ever :-)

[cobenblack1]

get mr universe the album

[stevanroth]

classic

[Andromedary]

Hey, this was my time! He was wearing the same gear when I saw him at the Hammersmith Odeon the same year! Maybe it's all he wore all year?! Shame this isn't a great recording - it doesn't do the band justice, but it's not bad and there aren't many. Thanks for uploading it. Guess I'll dig out my LP to hear it properly (with clicks!)

[scratchplate]

Thanks for putting this up guys...I've never seen this and have always loved this song "Are we trash in your can, a bubble in your beer!!" Genious! Ian's delivery is spectacular and what a pairng with Bernie Torme...the most exciting around at the time...

[fastra]

Utterly, utterly brilliant!!!!

Whoppin, swoppin Bernie in top form!

What a tight unit these lot were - fantastic.

MANY, MANY thanks for the upload!

[alsiola]

Yeah man

[VictimofAtkins]

can any body recommend a gillan album? this Bernie Torme guys good.

[fastra]

Get either Glory Road or Future Shock - you won't be disappointed!

[rosab58]

get GMT (Guy McCoy Torme) "Bitter & Twisted", Bernie's latest album, it rocks!

[worcesterwombat]

Great song form a great album. Colin Townes - fab.

[ritchie63]

speeded up, shame. song is good enough though

[chelseaal2001]

Great clip, blinding solo from Bernie Torme, one of the most under-rated guitarists out there!

[scepticchristian]

Thanks for this stargazer2080. No prizes for guessing which DP offshoot you go for. I'm with Rainbow too, but I also loved Gillan in the IGB and Gillan and Coverdale as Coverdale and Whitesnake etc. All distinct and great. Gillan was perhaps the most daring. Like Liam1701 and no dounbt you, I saw DP and the offshoots many times during the 80s and more recently. Thanks again.

[liamm1701]

This show was a tv programme called 'Rock Goes To College', produced to highlight bands that were playing the college circuit at the time.I bought Bernie a pint last time I saw him, I had the same management once!

[peteandurnot]

What show was this?

[doob21king]

I could be mistaken, but I think Oxford Polytechnic. I saw them at a 'Rock Goes to College' gig there. it ended early because Bernie Torme broke a string and it cut his eye open. Hence eye patch on Future Shock cover photo.

[liamm1701]

Thanks for uploading this, Gillan were underated, seen them live loads during the 80's.This was the best line-up !

[peteandurnot]

Saw Bernie Torme the Guitarist a few months ago. John McCoy the Bassist was performing with him. Great show.

Torme originally filled in on Guitar for Ozzy Osbourne after Randy Rhoads death.