Reply With QuoteForget the noise, what about Stacia ?!!!!!!Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
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Awful self indulgent nonsense , a sort of pink Floyd with noise
Not a fan of zappa for the same reason , apart from his commercial stuff
Forget the noise, what about Stacia ?!!!!!!
Royal Albert Hall - just a very special place.
Hammersmith Palais- sadly gone but what a place be it for a concert or Saturday night out as a teenager.
Cardiff Top Rank - when’s full it had a great atmosphere.
Hammersmith Palais was a good venue. Not so sure about the RHA. I saw two bands there, Echo and the Bunnymen and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Great nights for sure, but I wouldn't want to be seeing bands there on a regular basis. Although, Siouxsie and the Banshees recorded one of the best live albums I've ever heard there. I can be seen in the Echo and the Bunnymen video of Do It Clean getting marched out right at the end. The kicked me out and I walked right back in.
Yes agree with you Capitol and Colston for me too. Are we still allowed to say Colston???
100 Club.
Sex Pistols, Rolling Stones both played there.
The only iconic club left in London. Also met the mrs there in 81 😜
Is the marquee still around ?
Newport Centre isn't bad
1000 standing down the front
2000 seats above to watch the band
Saw some great bands there , slayer , pantera , trivium
saw the smiths and REM at the newport centre
do they still hold gigs there pre covid of course ?
TJs Newport
Classic small gig venue
Wildhearts, Sick Of It All , Stuck Mojo , Raging Speedhorn
doesn't seem to be on the radar anymore which is a shame , its better than anything Cardiff has in the 2000 capacity range
St davids Hall is dreadful , University great Hall poor view
I liked the great hall
Mixing desk is in the wrong place , view from where it is would be perfect
just thinking about it my top 2 was :
Royal Albert Hall
Cardiff Top Rank
out of the bigger arenas the Birmingham NEC is decent
saw U2 in Wembley 1987 but was disappointing so never set foot in a stadium to watch a group again
U2 in cardiff in 87 were good
Mind you they were a good band then
Wouldn't want to see them anytime after that
You probably only saw about 20 minutes of The Smiths!
Newport Centre was a surprisingly decent venue. The Cure played an excellent gig there when they did a smaller venue tour. REM was a great gig.
The Great Hall is fine if you enjoy the mosh pit. Further back the lower ceiling near the bars makes it feel a bit claustrophobic.
Why not ? Colston, Colston, Colston. Does that answer your question ? heh heh
I think the quality of sound in St David's Hall is dependent on the type of music played. Heavy metal bands don't really work there, neither do bands who up the decibel level. I've seen bands like 10cc, The Moody Blues, The Zombies etc who don't blow your eardrums out and providing the mixing desk does its job, the sound reproduction can be very good.
your right mind you think it was more like 30 minutes . Some very prominent city fans were on stage demanding the band get back on stage taking over the mic after the incident when morrissey was hauled into the crowd and ended up in the royal gwent !! I won't mention any names they know who they are
still got photos from that gig and would be worth a few quid now i would guess in fact was asked to use in a book but I declined
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-...n-came-6265210
Don't think so. When I went there in the late 1960's/early 1970's I seem to recall the club was in Soho within walking distance of where I was staying. The big act at the time was Chris Farlow and the Thunderbirds who had been playing there for years. I think they made their name there. I didn't much care for the place; far too trendy and surprisingly small for my liking.
Lots of great rock bands played there though but very small
Globe in cardiff is not a bad venue but too small
The Roundhouse even though it has been revamped into more like an arts centre still manages to become a proper rock venue with the right band and crowd in.
Seen the RHCP there maybe 15 yrs ago didn’t do it for me, I would have loved to seen The Doors there back in the day.
To me a decent venue is all about the acoustics. Small venues are not great as many, but not all, bands play at a volume better suited to larger venues. On the other hand large venues with high ceilings are not great either as the sound bounces around. The distortion can be horrendous. You only get a happy medium by chance and I can't think of any currently in Cardiff. Oddly the Newport Centre was decent. The Top Rank was awful but a place, also long gone, was the dance club in the basement of the old Capitol Cinema. I doubt if anyone on here even knew it existed. It's a great pity that no purpose built places are built with acoustics in mind. Most exist in converted buildings where the acoustics rarely work.
I missed the gig myself as I'd gone to uni a couple of weeks before. I probably went to the only uni that they didn't play that year and never got to see them.your right mind you think it was more like 30 minutes . Some very prominent city fans were on stage demanding the band get back on stage taking over the mic after the incident when morrissey was hauled into the crowd and ended up in the royal gwent !! I won't mention any names they know who they are
still got photos from that gig and would be worth a few quid now i would guess in fact was asked to use in a book but I declined
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-...n-came-6265210
Would love to see those photos sometime.
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