Long game competition

Its been a while since I posted about SongKick, the new startupish gig database websitey thing.

Here's an updated list of the top twenty folk with the most gigs, I'm holding on at number 8.

Rank	Name	Total gigs	Total bands
1	raysgigs	3804	2604
2	SoapCompany	809	912
3	bobunderexposed	712	1172
4	skif45	691	1301
5	sonofhal	647	1238
6	ghbradshaw	487	878
7	mahoney	471	722
8	illandancient	445	674
9	gloomboy	441	536
10	citizenmeh	409	942
11	Killer McHann	375	884
12	liveon35mm	360	579
13	iheartmusic	348	640
14	OddBox	324	543
15	mellowdoubt	319	725
16	trackaghost	319	449
17	ian21	314	483
18	bootzilla	305	368
19	Maddix85	286	578
20	bumblebee	280	395

So the 400 Gig Club has 5 members, the 300 Gig Club has 8 members, and the 200 Gig Club has 12 folk in it. There's probably hundreds of folk in the 100 Gig Club and thousands with less than a hundred shows under their collective belts. All this is based on guess-work and having spent a little too long surfing round the SongKick site.

It took me a while to get past Gloomboy, but thanks to a bit of detective work chasing up gigs from five years back, I think I did it. I've got my sights set on Mahoney next, but it looks like he bags gigs a lot more frequently than me, this could be difficult.

Right now I'm catching one show a week, in the days before Indietracks that cranks up a wee bit, but its still going to be months before I'm on Mahoney's coat tales, this is going to be a long game.

Unless of course I can find the dates to half-remembered gigs from the past...

• Superstar - The Attic, Edinburgh
• Pumpkin Nuts - Fat Boabs, Glasgow
• Pumpkin Nuts - The Arena, Glasgow
• Hate brigade - The Box, Glasgow
• The AMs - The Box, Glasgow
• Bloodhound Gang - Garage, Glasgow
• Kasino/quiz - 13th Note, Glasgow
• Plimptons - rasmd, Glasgow
• Poppadoms - 13th note, Glasgow (same night as previous)
• The Plimptons - Tchai Ovna Southside
  
• Akira, The Chicks - Nice n Sleazy, Glasgow
• St. Jude's Infirmary - The Winchester Club, The Woodside Social Club, Glasgow
• Bricolage - The Winchester Club, The Woodside Social Club, Glasgow
• No Way Sis - Hull University, Hull
• Hector Collectors, The Smiths - Manchester
• Arrested Development - King Tuts, Glasgow
• The Soul Destroyers - The Arches, Glasgow
• Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings - The Arches, Glasgow
• Lee Fields - The Arches, Glasgow
• The Gents - King Tuts, Glasgow
  
• The Tough Alliance - Classic Grand, Glasgow
• ... And you will know by the trail of dead - King Tuts, Glasgow
• some bands - The Gig, Los Angeles
• same night as London Popfest - Last Days of Decadance, London
• some rockabilly bands near midsummer's day - Debaser, Sweden, 2005

Any help warmly appreciated.