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Could you mail it to me too? I'd like to do a full feature on the club.
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Where was the Ramjam Club (390 Brixton Rd)?
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Could you mail it to me too? I'd like to do a full feature on the club.
You can reach me at urban75 - at - gmail dot com
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From Smash Hits magazine, November 10-23, 1983, a review of ‘King Skirt’ - a King Kurt gig at the Fridge for which you had to wear a skirt (or frock) to gain admission.
I prepared for the gig at my place on Tulse Hill with two friends, Don and Al. We drank our usual cocktail (a litre of vodka, two litres of orange juice and a gram of whizz) and went to the George Canning (a.k.a. the Hobgoblin) for pre-gig drinks. We were thrown out.
The scene outside the Fridge was pandemonium.
The crowd had been gathering all afternoon, two or three hundred, I think. All the psychobillies etc. in frocks had become very drunk and frisky, and the police had come over to restore order.
They were being pelted with flour, eggs, shaving foam, strings of sausages etc, had lost the plot and were nicking anyone they could grab.
We didn’t have tickets, so tried to scuttle through the melee to the door. Al and I somehow made it, we just tottered through without even paying.
Sadly, Don got involved in the fracas outside and was nicked. The desk sergeant called him a ‘welsh bastard’, Don punched him, and was given a bit of a kicking, costing him a broken tooth and laddered tights.
He was released at 8 the next morning, to walk home through the rush hour crowds in his frock.
The centre pic in the review is me, taking a breather in the upstairs bar.
To be honest, I remember almost nothing of the gig, but I’m sure I had a great time.
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I used to know the King Kurt guys pretty well. Their gigs were certainly entertaining
I now work with one of them...
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Winot
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Yep.
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the information here helps me find part of Danny Kirwan's world . he grew up near brockwell park and ram jam city was very dear to him; hendrix and kirwan may have met there. now i must try to find the boilerhouse where danny and fleetwood mac met .
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Footage here from inside 1978 when it was Clouds....
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Jimmy James is still alive!
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Would have loved to have seen Nina Simone.
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As is Kung Fu Fighter, Carl Douglas.
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As is John Mayall.
Sorry but late
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I've just come across this thread via curiosity about the RamJam Club, I had no idea it was in the same building as the first Fridge. Don & I went to the Fridge numerous times but I wasn't with him for the King Skirt night. His version was that having spent the night in the cells he had to appear in court the next day in his miniskirt & received a fine for his trouble & never even got to see the band. Thanks for the Smash Hits link, I think I recognise you from all those years ago. RIP Don.
ANDREW CZEZOWSK
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The RamJam club was above two shoe shops which had been previously Burton's tailors and Gentlemens outfitters, Burtons had an arrangement with a Billiard and Snooker chain who would rent the spaces above Burtons when available, so you can see that such a space would lend itself to being converted to a club very easliy. It opened on 17th of February 1966 with the Animals, i was their with Susan my partner. We bought the lease in 1979 and opened as the FRIDGE in December 1981, we moved on the the larger FRIDGE and opened In July 1985. The entrance to the RamJam is on Brixton road a single doorway taking you up to the first floor of the club and where you could see a huge photo of John Mayall and wher the paydesk was, inside the club was another staircase going up to the second floor where the bar was, unlicensed soft drinks only and a tiny kitchen that did burgers etc. This is a fabulous link to all the acts that played there. The Ram Jam Club, Brixton | Garage Hangover
Here are some photos, the rear yard where the bands came in, craning in our changing rooms which were in the yard you can see 390 Brixton road on the gates, LEB adding more power to the FRIDGE on Brixton road, you can see the black graffitied door which was the entrance to the RamJam and the FRIDGE. our build crew and Susan on fire escape stairs over looking yard at rear of 390 Brixton Road, so their you have it the location of the RamJam, we are currently writing the FRIDGE books should be done by next year.
Here are some photos, the rear yard where the bands came in, craning in our changing rooms which were in the yard you can see 390 Brixton road on the gates, LEB adding more power to the FRIDGE on Brixton road, you can see the black graffitied door which was the entrance to the RamJam and the FRIDGE. our build crew and Susan on fire escape stairs over looking yard at rear of 390 Brixton Road, so their you have it the location of the RamJam, we are currently writing the FRIDGE books should be done by next year.
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Great adverts from the Melody Maker there ANDREW CZEZOWSK ! I used to get the MM every week and remember seeing your club in the gig guide (I lived in Birmingham then).
I remember many of those bands ... and yes, that Garage Hangover is a great website.
I remember many of those bands ... and yes, that Garage Hangover is a great website.
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