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"Rock" Nights in clubs or dedicated rock venues?
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Im curious...the best rock nights in this area have always been weekly/monthly ones held in regular mainstream clubs....but the dedicated "rock" venues we've had have never been all that good. For example, one of the best at the moment is held in a Jumpin Jaks and another in a "trendy" club that neighbours a strip club. Where as the dedicated venue, all be it being one of the best for gigs, is a bit crap.
We dont have anything like Jillys or Rock City here so maybe we just have a shitty club but what about everyone else?
We dont have anything like Jillys or Rock City here so maybe we just have a shitty club but what about everyone else?
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- generally ill go to 'metros' (tho since new years its been taken over by new management and turned a bit crap)
or if not there then barfly, and then failing that we'll go to a club called iforbach - which is not strictly rock, but has a floor dedicated to it.
generally tho, i usually prefer to just go to our union on friday nights for their rock nite - most of my friends there and music can be very good.
cardiff needs a new rock club :impissed: bored of the ones there are currently
Cathouse pretty much covers all ends of the rock spectrum, with classic rock, metal, nu-metal, emo, bit of glam/sleaze, some industrial. There's a few other 'speciality' nights in different places (industrial night called Bedlam @ QMU, industrial/ebm/tech @ Barfly called Digital Harlot, Glam/sleaze/GnR style rock @ Capitol called Dollhouse etc). Those are pretty good.
Oh, and I've pretty much stopped paying attention to any flyer advertising a club/night with shit like "The very best in chart, R&B, and rock!". Usually you suffer through all the God awful cheesy pop music for Livin' on a Prayer to be played.
mind you the dedicated rock venues in manchester are all pretty good i reckon. like a bit of em all.
oh balls, I remembersed when I had pressed reply that my boyfriends playing there soon-but thats a complete lie, hes playing at the Underworld.
whoops. I am an idiot, and once youve presed reply theres no going back.
Except the edit button...
Is it really?
I've been to a few 'rock' or 'alternative' nights in London, mostly in Kingston and all they play is chart indie and maybe a RATM track just to be hardcore. :rolleyes: I fucking hate them... They're just full of unfriendly uppity trendies...
Is Electric Ballroom quite friendly then?
It's a proper rock/metal place (at least on Fridays) though make sure you don't go on the 1st friday of every month as that's the industrial / goth night.
http://www.electric-ballroom.co.uk/club_nights/index.html
It is, and I should know... I work there
*Cough*Barcas?*Cough* Been there a couple of times, play alright music but the people there are normally a bit boring.
There about two/three devoted rock clubs in brighton and about half a dozen good rock pubs, and a couple of indie/sometimes rock clubs. The rock nights at Hove Town hall used to be the best though.
We also have a live music place where all the bands play too, but it's not a club, it allows under-18's in (legally), and it sells cans out of a fridge rather than having a real bar. And I've been there once to watch my cousin's band, and doubt I'll be going back.
Most decent sized cities have a few venue's like this one... it's how the whole retarded straight edge, 'X' on back of hand thing started
When I lived in Liverpool I used to love the Krazy House which is three floors with metal, rock/indie and then a bit of everything on the third floor. Also Le Bataue was good for indie nights as well as Korova, which always had some good live bands on :thumb:
ooof i love krazy house, its so good there! iv been to casis too but i didnt think much of it, it was alright.
Casis is a bit of a dump and full of 12 year olds :rolleyes: It's alright once in a while but you soon realise the DJ only ever plays the same songs every night!