I remember you guys hanging out with Neneh. That was the ultimate gig for me... no front light until the last song & Rocket Number 9; Koa as a support. My other fav' was Run The Jewels, Danny Brown & Earl Sweatshirt. Fried Chicken was the rider. Those last couple of years were awesome.
Then after we'd developed a reasonable demand & promoters trusted Wellington again for mid sized gigs over 600PAX that couldn't fit in the smaller venues the Council decided to reopen Shed 6 & "subsidise" most of our January & February stock of sideshow gigs from Laneways & others... we had no choice than to close. No gigs. No venue. Council competition.
Yeah, what a legendary venue that was. Really the catalyst for my lifelong love of live music, when I saw my first "real" gigs there, seeing Supergroove and Shihad and HLAH back in their early glory days. I miss it too!
Well that was another great thing about that venue is that in those days the gigs were all ages and they just checked ID at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to the bar! Simpler times :)
Hi Simon.
I remember you guys hanging out with Neneh. That was the ultimate gig for me... no front light until the last song & Rocket Number 9; Koa as a support. My other fav' was Run The Jewels, Danny Brown & Earl Sweatshirt. Fried Chicken was the rider. Those last couple of years were awesome.
Then after we'd developed a reasonable demand & promoters trusted Wellington again for mid sized gigs over 600PAX that couldn't fit in the smaller venues the Council decided to reopen Shed 6 & "subsidise" most of our January & February stock of sideshow gigs from Laneways & others... we had no choice than to close. No gigs. No venue. Council competition.
We loved the James Cab too.
Yeah, what a legendary venue that was. Really the catalyst for my lifelong love of live music, when I saw my first "real" gigs there, seeing Supergroove and Shihad and HLAH back in their early glory days. I miss it too!
Underage no doubt ;)
Well that was another great thing about that venue is that in those days the gigs were all ages and they just checked ID at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to the bar! Simpler times :)
Yeah, a brilliant, simple system.