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Topic History of: "There's not much worth saving from the 70s..." Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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dixie
Well Mott The Hoople are reforming - with all 5 original members. They existed between 1969 - 2004, so fits the bill exactly. Catch them at the Hammersmith Odeon (HMV Apollo now), on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th October.
Also, from music Week:
Legendary venue returns for 40th anniversary party
Trio of original Aylesbury Friars favourites booked to play the June-held event
The famous Friars Aylesbury venue will live again - albeit briefly - this summer when it stages a range of special events to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
Although the venue - it was actually three sites, the last being the Civic Hall in the town - closed 25 years ago, it was legendary on the live circuit, with The Clash, U2, The Ramones, Lou Reed, David Bowie and Mott The Hoople all playing gigs there.
Now David Stopps, director of copyright and related rights for the Music Managers Forum and the former Friars Aylesbury promoter, is staging a one-off concert on June 1 to mark the venue’s first gig on June 2, 1969. He is also planning a raft of other activity to celebrate it.
The first performance came from Mike Cooper and Mandrake Paddle Steamer at the New Friarage Hall, Aylesbury, which hosted the gigs until they moved to the Borough Assembly Hall in 1971. The second week saw The Pretty Things and Wild Willy Barrett.
Stopps, who presented the first Friars gig, has confirmed three of the bands that played Friars in 1969 will return for the night of June 1.
The Groundhogs will open the bill at 7.30pm. Second on, at 8.30pm, will be Edgar Broughton with The Pretty Things, who originally played Friars on June 9 1969, headlining.
“Incredibly after 40 years they are still working. It’s 40 years since we put on the first gig so we’re going to make it as authentic as possible,” says Stopps, who promoted Friars gigs from 1969-1984.
He adds, “The possibility of this concert has been talked about in Buckinghamshire pubs and supermarkets for the past 25 years.”
Tickets will go on sale on April 17 priced £20 each and will be limited to two per person. Stopps is also in the middle of licensing 40 tracks from companies including EMI and Sony for a double album, which will be released around the anniversary. Stopps says some of these tracks will have been recorded at Friars gigs, with the MC5, Dr Feelgood and Mott The Hoople all having live material available.
Additionally, two large hard- backed books, which will retail at £50 each, are being readied for release in June. These will contain many rare photographs from the thousands of Friars gigs and also reproduce every news sheet that Stopps wrote following each gig.
“It’s a very big deal. I mean, artists like Jonathan Richman would come over, play London and Friars, and then fly back to the States. We were also very involved with Bowie, who played three gigs, including in his incarnation as Ziggy Stardust,” says Stopps, who adds Friars had around 87,000 members when it eventually closed in 1984.
“I closed it because by the end we were trading on favours and I was concentrating on management, so it was time to call it a day.”
Stopps also hopes there will be one or two more Friars concerts before the end of 2009 to mark the anniversary.
JK2006
Yes Mike I said that The Piglets were the first punk band.
It was all quite tongue in cheek.
You can see it all online!
mikemacca
I saw you on a Tv debate years ago JK stating how dreadful the 70s were and the music was pants and nothing good came out of it. Noddy Holder corrected you very sternly
"ow' kin yall soi that jonathan wor abilt Led Zeppelin?"
The Cat
Ah, a revival of the sound. Sorry, JK, I was thinking you meant a reunion. For me the sound has never died. I wonder if I was the only one in my town who bought Mud's 'Slow Talking Boy'. As much a part of their sound, for me, as 'Tiger Feet'.
Al, have you any idea if MUD2 are still performing? Their website looks a bit neglected. True, they were not the same without Les, but they maintained the spirit of fun. Syd Twynam had been with Les Gray's MUD for 15 years.
The Cat
On the subject of Genesis. I was re-watching the 25th anniversary edition of TOTP, and was reminded of how they classed Genesis as a band which emerged during the 80's. I think they were a bit off there.
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