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heart wrenching tbh walking around there nowPity The Astoria's no more, isnt it? Bit of London musical history gone there. I saw Nirvana play a fucking blinder there round about Nevermind time.
heart wrenching tbh walking around there nowPity The Astoria's no more, isnt it? Bit of London musical history gone there. I saw Nirvana play a fucking blinder there round about Nevermind time.
YES! Must be the one... wasn't sure if it was under YMCA or St Giles Hotel, but that has to be it.sounds like RAW club under the YMCA
used to be a top jungle night there bitd
was deep underground had to walk down loads of stairs
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What is it now? Block of luxury flats or something?heart wrenching tbh walking around there now
surprising lack of any mention of it online at all doing a quick googleYES! Must be the one... wasn't sure if it was under YMCA or St Giles Hotel, but that has to be it.
tube station/crossrail, but that whole area has been modernised into blandnessSeven quid.
What is it now? Block of luxury flats or something?
Central London would be the last place I’d consider for a night out nowadays. Yeah I’m getting old so probably wouldn’t anyway but still. What’s there?tube station, but that whole area has been modernised into blandness
i mean cities change, its fine, but astoria, busbys, speed at the milk bar opposite astoria, velvet rooms down the road, that was the heart of so many raving experiences....the end a bit also..plastic people around the corner
shops and restaurantsCentral London would be the last place I’d consider for a night out nowadays. Yeah I’m getting old so probably wouldn’t anyway but still. What’s there?
And theatre. Which isn’t my bag but ought to be.shops and restaurants
west end clubbing seems pretty much dead
centre of gravity moved east
And there was the wonderful 12 Bar just around the corner
No it was Raw Club, Great Russel StreetWas it the Milk Bar?
iirc that fireplace was something like 400 years oldAnd there was the wonderful 12 Bar just around the corner
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Fat White Family headline the Antifolk Festival at Soho’s fabulous 12 Bar venue -
Located by Tottenham Court Road tube station, the 12 Bar in Denmark Street is one of the very last rock'n'roll venues left anywhere near Soho, and it's one that's well worth supporting. On Saturday night, I popped in to check out the biannual Anti Folk festival, and had a great time...www.urban75.org
Metro was on Oxford St.
Browns! Yep that was it. But on Oxford St iirc now. Just round the corner from The Astoria, almost opposite the Maccy Ds.
Orange at the Astoria was an institution rave -went there loads - and hippodrome
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yeah i made a couple of those i remember nothing!And every now and then at 6am they'd open the internal stairs down to Busby's for the Breakfast Club on Sunday morning...
yeah definitely a lack of those now..still a handful around camden and islington but I cant think of many considering how big london isWe've also lost Gossips (one of my favourite clubs), the Intrepid Fox and the Crowbar, leaving central London pretty much free of rock'n'roll/alternative venues.
I was walking through Soho recently with a younger friend and she must have been getting depressed as I kept pointing out now closed rock venues and bars.yeah definitely a lack of those now..still a handful around camden and islington but I cant think of many considering how big london is
The whole of Tin Pan Alley and where the Intrepid Fox (version 2) was has been decimated.We've also lost Gossips (one of my favourite clubs), the Intrepid Fox and the Crowbar, leaving central London pretty much free of rock'n'roll/alternative venues.
saw Go Team there just before it closed. I think. When did it close?Centrally only ever went to Turnmills or The End. Astoria was more a live bands venue than a club. Saw The Fall there just before it closed.
Dunno if it was on the corner of Denmark st. but Turnkey (soho sound house) was the biggest round there.What was the huge musical instrument shop on nearly the corner of Tin Pan Alley? I loved that place.