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Too Oh! - LONDON
shared (not extensive list) *
* Faces, Spaces, Places, Bases...
Punk City, LaLaLand
shares it's 020 telephone code with Bike City, NetherNetherland
Defragmentation: London Punk
City gig previews from Drowned
In Sound
email : defrag-request@drownedinsound.com subj: subscribe
Rock N Roll
heritage tour of the capital's connections with The Beatles, Led Zeppelin,
Stones, Hendrix, Chelsea etc in the company of any in-the-know guide - leaves 2pm
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from the Hard
Rock Cafe. Reservations/prices
t: 020 8566 5312 http://www.backroadstouring.co.uk
Faces
Barfly - at
The Monarch, chalk farm road, Camden, NW1 www.barflyclub.com home of The Fly magazine
and Channel Fly http://www.channelfly.com (tube:
Camden Town/Chalk Farm). A seamless and regularly flowing mix of
musicians, music fans and music industry in an intimate atmosphere. Now spreading the vibe
across LaLaLand...
Club Beer: Monthly
- Buffalo Bars, 259 Upper Street, Highbury Corner, London, N5. 020
7359 6191. (tube: Highbury & Islington) 9pm-2am
attractions include Club Beer bingo, The Typical
Girls (fab DJs), shouting, drinking, falling over, making a fool
of yourself but not really caring a great deal A mere £3!
Check for next gathering... http://www.clubbeer.co.uk
Club Fandango on
a Tuesday night (see great bands close up). 8pm-1am. £5, or £4 with flyer. http://www.clubfandango.co.uk Dublin
Castle is a historic music venue , pub prices. Late drinks after gigs
(gets busy sometimes), and in the venue itself, gigs with great atmosphere.
Parkway, Camden, London NW1 (tube: Camden Town).
Computer Blue monthly event featuring two decades worth of electro disco pop conact Fonteyn & Lady
Dynamite computerblue_uk@hotmail.com
London Callin' Club monthly
21c punx networking hangout - live bands, legendary venue, rocking dance floor, old
skool vibe 12 Bar Club, Denmark Place, WC2 - info from
your host, Barnet londoncallin@hotmail.com
Stay Beautiful -
essential monthly gathering of the beautiful but partyful people. Ace club by Simon
Price and Suicide Ally with a host of gorgeous guest DJs and
events. For flyers, latest info, radio, networking and loads more visit
stay beautiful club website mailing list : list@staybeautifulclub.co.uk
T*R*A*S*H - Monday
nights at The End (central), get dressed up for the start-the-week hangout with Erol!
Special album launch nights etc, the works more at http://www.trashclub.co.uk
Spaces
Camden Palace one of the best venues in town. Feet First
Tuesday night gigs an ace affordable night out. posers don't bother with it so the
atmosphere is excellent! If you wouild like cheap in flyers please send a stamped
addressed envelope to p.o.box
1216, london n6 5ey.
The Forum/The Bull And Gate, Kentish Town Road, two minutes walk up from Kentish Town
tube station are two great venues. The Forum is a fave venue of Colin
Greenwood from Radiohead. Getting to play The Forum is such a
big buzz whether the band are on the up or are playing what, for them, is a smaller venue,
that the audience are in for a treat and when they get it, whoa!. That vibe is shared with
pub next door, The Bull And Gate where legendary nights can be had with
or without legends in attendance. Many happy memories around here and QM and
Mrs Doubtfire used to live up the road.
The Jazz Cafe (Camden tube) Parkway NW1. website includes previews for this venue
which is a plethora of international acts representing virtually the entire musical
spectrum. http://www.jazzcafe.co.uk
The Time Bar, Paradise Bar, Amersham Arms, Montague
Arms, Goldsmiths Tavern (tube
New Cross/New Cross Gate, SE14, dlr: deptford bridge) and many more genuine, great atmosphere, cheap venues (some with early
free entrance) plus theatres, markets, history, art, unity, estivals, creativity and 24
hour public transport - check out Rocklands Tourist Board.
The Purple Turtle rock n roll n booze bar (there's
one in Islington) great vibe. http://www.purpleturtle.ltd.uk/
Notting Hill home
of the world famous Notting Hill Carnival (August Bank Holidays), the
planet's funkiest annual street party full of the fun and friendship that is the spirit
and soul of the Rock N Roll Isles. Also in the film Notting Hill plus Notting Hill Arts
Centre top venue on the punk city vibe - free entrance Saturdays and early on Wednesday. |
South Bank
- literally the South Bank of the River Thames in the Waterloo (as in Waterloo
Sunset) and surrounding area of Central London. Packed with things to do and a therapeutic
place for a walk when solitude isn't necessary. Royal Festival Hall, London Eye, Museum Of
The Moving Image, outdoor markets and festivals, food, drink, an aquarium, more ...and the
chilled out atmosphere of the river.
Wembley, Middlesex (North West) The palace-like Stadium is where Live Aid took place
in 1985, there are many magical music and sports events here, or rather they were. Instead
of using money for it's upkeep as a national symbol "they" want to knock it down
apparently...Places
Barnes (SW13) Queens
Ride, shrine at the tree where Marc Bolan & Gloria Jones' purple
mini crashed at 6am on 16/9/77. Marc died instantly.
Blackheath (South East) Dodgy drummer Mathew Priest's
dad is from here. Puts on a pretty impressive fireworks display in
November.
Camden
of Madness and Britpop
fame, to say the least... Just north of central London - a hive
of places and faces with music and dancing in common. Loadsa alternative shopping, but
starting to get the same coffee shops and 21st century high street look of 51st State
Britain... i.e. good vibe atmosphere killers...
Chelsea -
home of the Kings Road, 60s and 70s music hang out where "it all went on" and an
essential part of rock history. Developers have blanded it out into looking like
everywhere else that posh people shop now and it's boring as fuck... Camden town took over
as THE place to shop and be seen for alternative culture, but the developers are moving in
to kill that scene right now...
Deptford -
not yet 51st State here! Anti-Rip-Off-Britain prices, Unique laid back multi cultural
atmosphere of Havana on Thames. Many fantastic eateries of globe-wide flavours. All kinds
of music, drifts in the air with the bird song. Bohemian quarter drenched in art and
alternative culture. Like most of Rocklands drenched in venues and alternative culture.
More at Rocklands Tourist Board.
Greenwich Ancient
park, oldest music hall, like Deptford, steeped in history, views, markets, venues,
eateries, boat rides etc - unlike Deptford, increasingly touristy. Developers have already
destroyed a little old street straight out of the Hovis ads, to build posh flats round the
back of St.Nick's (pirate!) church in Deptford (strangely not called Hades Close or
something!). There's gonna be shopping, hotels, a cruiser dock. It'll be thriving and
heartless, so check out the area while you can. Mean Time is marked here, as in Greenwich
Mean Time; nothing to do with the mean atmosphere in a small minority of the pubs at
night, because Greenwich is quite lively and fun.= but in a less hectic way than, say,
Leicester Square.
Harlesden: Ragga
land, great reggae etc record shops and site of the original Mean Fiddler venue.
Hounslow - Middlesex (West, Nr. Heathrow) Dodgy once lived in a house in Heston, The
Bluetones later lived there. Reef also lived in Hounslow. Not
far from The Staines Massive! Pennie Smith, legendary photographer is
from round here.
Kensington Market is gone. It used to be one of THE places to hang out. Many a band
were formed from alternative culture folk working on it's stalls. Kensington looks like
everywhere else now... as does Chelsea. The establishment don't give much of a stuff for
over 50 years of Rock N Roll heritage in La La Land.
Ladbroke Grove/Portobello Road/The Westway - lotsa Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, Punk etc connections, great
market - the U.S.coffee-shop invasion has crept over it tho...
Muswell Hill,
Not far from the legendary Alexander Palace. Lotsa people off the telly live here, so did Ray
Davies of The Kinks, The House Of Rock is in Steeds Road.
Oxford Street (central): When a penniless Elton John was recording his
first album in 1967, he stayed in the Salvation Army HQ at 275 Oxford Street.
Plumstead SE18 Shampoo
are from 'ere, ain't they. And Imagination (80s disco band).
No.53 bus from central.
Shepherds Bush - London W12.
Home of Shepherds Bush Empire. If you are following a band around and in
need of a good hot meal that includes vegetables and a knife and fork, walk around the
corner and two minutes down Goldhawk Road are Zippys Restaurant (licensed
for booze) and Cafe Rest also just before a sell-out gig, tickets can
sometimes be found going at the Bush Ranger pub (which also does nice nosh). Shampoo
and Manic Street Preachers used to be Bush Rangers, some of The
Bluetones are in the area... Pulp video and some of Quadrophenia
also filmed here The Beta Band and Sex Pistols have
lived round here and BBC where they film Later is here
too - not to mention The Bush Theatre of The Old Grey Whistle Test fame.
(Tube: Shepherds Bush)
Soho - swinging London, nearest tube stations Tottenham
Court Road, Oxford Circus, Leicester Square and Piccadily Circus surround it. Worth a
visit, day or night!
St Johns Wood, London NW8 - home of the famous Abbey Road
Studios.
Tin Pan Alley (Soho), home of the 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street is full
of music instruments and people that love and work with them... (just opposite The Astoria
off Charing Cross Road).
Trafalgar Square (Charing Cross)
In town for a march or riot? drop into Victory Square, a.k.a.
Trafalgar Square, St Martin In The Fields Church : home
of the Millenium Write Down Book. "Aaaaaaaaargh!
Dinosaurs are roaming the earth. Stop them before they destroy us al!!!! Please realise we
the population of this planet are very concerned about the faceless unaccountable forces
now ruling the planet like giant cranes roaming the earth, kalashnikovs in hand, killing
indiscrimately. Please help us... thank you." (thom yorke)
Bases
London Punk : http://www.londonpunks.co.uk
Land and freedom London Socialist Alliance, PO Box 20492, London SE11 5WL Tel: 020 8981 9243 http://www.londonsocialistalliance.org.uk
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