At the time, the ‘Indie’ and ‘Goth’ scene were large – although unbeknown to me at that point – and the incredibly dark room was full of people in makeup, with spiked and dyed black hair and a multitude of fashions that were largely alien to me, mixed with the more traditional long-haired ‘heavy metal’ fans and punks.My friends ushered me to the bar and offered me a drink – what would I have, I’d never had one before? Thread starter Astoness; Start date Sep 26, 2016; Astoness TRUE BRUMMIE MODERATOR. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Birmingham Breweries. ... 3. Advertising. top marks AndyThe history, culture, development & regeneration of Birmingham, UK
Rock'n'roll club Seizing on the new demand for dance venues, it was businessman Eddie Fewtrell - the man later known as Mr Nightclub - who really transformed the city's nightlife, starting in the later part of the 60s by opening the Davy Jones performed at the Cedar Club there with his band The Lower Third in 1965, prior to reinventing himself as David Bowie to avoid confusion with his namesake in The Monkees.Jimi Hendrix is said to have popped in one evening and climbed on stage for a live jamming session.Another venue - destined to have a long history but a sad and sorry demise - appeared on the scene when Mecca Leisure Group opened the The BBC used it as one of the locations for its Come Dancing TV show, which ran from 1950 to 1998 and was, of course, later succeeded by Strictly Come Dancing in 2004. Ourexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. At the start of the 80s, the Locarno was reinvented as the Powerhouseand became one of the main nightspots in Birmingham, with various nights catering to all crowds and music tastes. what a fantastic experience I thought!A week or so later my band friends invited me out again and introduced me to the delights of the Costermonger at the back of the Oasis Market and Mr Bill’s which at that time was on Needless Alley off New Street and was, once more, an incredibly eye-opening experience.From then-on I really got the taste for exploring such places and, whilst most of my older-looking school mates were also getting to grips with the City’s nightlife, whereas they were largely caught-up in the New Romantic (aka ‘Trendies’) scene and frequenting such fine establishments as Le Pub, I was heavily into the rock and Indie scene (more the former but I did enjoy a bit of punk now and then) and so became a regular at Bill’s and the Costermonger as well as the Grapes (Hill Street) on a weekend – the latter two both DJ’d by gravel-voiced 70’s rock dinosaur Tony Craig – along with the odd trip to the Barrel Organ in Digbeth, the West End Bar, 49’ers on Smallbrook Queensway and the Outrigger at the top-end of Digbeth.Club-wise, for a ‘rocker’ there wasn’t much to shout about until the re-launch of I also ended up working at Edward’s No.8 – among others – and so spent a lot of time around Mr Fewtrell’s establishments (Anyway, above is a potted history of my halcyon pub and club period and I will be writing some articles on various venues as the site grows and would love to hear from anyone who wishes to contribute their memories and observations to the site.
It is with the hazy memories of this period in mind that I thought it may be of interest to document my recollections and hopefully add to it the memories of other readers of this website.I will, as time goes on, add various articles on particular venues and nightlife notables I encountered over the years and also those that had long-since gone by the time I hit the City centre in 1983 but for now, I would just like to whet the appetite with an overview of the scene as I found it as a somewhat over enthusiastic, and somewhat under-aged, teen all those years ago.My first experience of the Birmingham club scene (apart from seeing The Sweet at the Night Out sometime around 1980) revolved around waiting for the number 45 bus in the now-pedestrianised John Bright Street and seeing hordes of cavorting youth stumbling between Kaleidoscope, Sam Weller’s, To cut a long story short my first club experience came almost by accident after going to see a friend’s band play the The Railway in Curzon Street (also my first gig). Please note our privacy policy has changed. The decour and general ambiance is super cozy and classy.
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