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[Ross]

Men Lie.... Nice....

The Palace also had - Jane`s Addiction

They also had a Big Bang which was a local band showcase every now and then and it used to be pretty busy...

[SteveCrisis]

Originally posted by Flash@TMB:

The Ritzy/Palace hosted a goth disco on Monday nights and a rock disco on Thursday nights. Very occasionally... well once that I can remember they had a live band on during the week. It was Faith No More. I shit you not.

Jesus! In 1992 I palyed my first ever death metal gig there for the Telethon Charity Event.

2nd gig? The East Neuk - NICE!

[Jim Stax]

aaaaaaaah the venue... Happy days. Three nights a week(second home) live music around midnight. Touring bands... Moshpits... Psychobilly's... rockers... mods.... punks... goths... new romantics... much big hair... no trouble... Oh them wer't days...

[Flash@TMB]

I should also add that in addition to Dr Drakes, AUBL has done wonders for the local scene. It's easy to forget that before AUBL we had no means of finding out who was out there and what they were playing.

Personally I consider it more important to participate in the local music scene that worry about bringing bands up from elsewhere. Our local scene is thriving , it may even be the best in the UK - we just need to get that message out!

The Moorings Bar will be devoting Saturdays and Sundays to local bands playing original material. I see us as being like a weekend extension of Drakes in that respect. Gee I hope that Garage place opens up in Poo Naa Naa.


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[Flash@TMB]

Originally posted by SteveCrisis:
Jesus! In 1992 I palyed my first ever death metal gig there for the Telethon Charity Event.

2nd gig? The East Neuk - NICE!

Frank our barman played in a charity benefit concert for victims of the Piper Alpha. They were paid more that any of the other bands on the bill...

...now this being a benefit gig you might wonder why/how they got paid. Well the reason is that the took to the stage naked and only got out the first 3 bars of 'Smoke on the Water' before people started throwing coins at them and the engineer pulled the plug. I guess I can see why they thought the song was appropriate but with hindsight a little too close to the bone!


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[Frosty Jack]

Originally posted by Flash@TMB:
Frank our barman played in a charity benefit concert for victims of the Piper Alpha. They were paid more that any of the other bands on the bill...

...now this being a benefit gig you might wonder why/how they got paid. Well the reason is that the took to the stage naked and only got out the first 3 bars of 'Smoke on the Water' before people started throwing coins at them and the engineer pulled the plug. I guess I can see why they thought the song was appropriate but with hindsight a little too close to the bone!


Flash

Christ, that explains a lot. I played at that very gig in my own band, and got banned from all council venues after it. But we thought that was just for swearing a bit, and our singer flashed his bits a couple of times. We got some real shit after that from everyone saying we had played 'smoke on the water' when we hadn't, and we couldn't understand it at the time. So it's his fault then? I'd say that's worth a pint or two...
The Venue was indeed great, I played there a few times, and saw some amazing bands, but it was mostly just a fantastic place for a night out. Like Jim says, it was a total mix of all kinds of Aberdeen's finest freaks, with no real trouble that I remember. Imagine Drakes but 200 times bigger.
And there was a lot more to the 'scene' in the early nineties than Men Lie and Kill the Doc, good though they were. Basically I reckon the whole 'scene' thing was really kicked off by the 'Big Bang at Bonkers', which was a huge gig at what is now Liquid, and all organised by the bands themselves, coming together to help each other out for the first time. It's all in the book 'Fit like New York'.

[soundian]

Originally posted by Frosty Jack:
Christ, that explains a lot. I played at that very gig in my own band, and got banned from all council venues after it. But we thought that was just for swearing a bit, and our singer flashed his bits a couple of times. We got some real shit after that from everyone saying we had played 'smoke on the water' when we hadn't, and we couldn't understand it at the time. So it's his fault then? I'd say that's worth a pint or two...
The Venue was indeed great, I played there a few times, and saw some amazing bands, but it was mostly just a fantastic place for a night out. Like Jim says, it was a total mix of all kinds of Aberdeen's finest freaks, with no real trouble that I remember. Imagine Drakes but 200 times bigger.
And there was a lot more to the 'scene' in the early nineties than Men Lie and Kill the Doc, good though they were. Basically I reckon the whole 'scene' thing was really kicked off by the 'Big Bang at Bonkers', which was a huge gig at what is now Liquid, and all organised by the bands themselves, coming together to help each other out for the first time. It's all in the book 'Fit like New York'.

I played the piper alpha gig too. We just got back from a gig in Poolewe and were in no condition to play, thanks to some kind german tourists who were staying in the same B&B giving us a bottle of whisky at breakfast. We got some nice hats though.

[Flash@TMB]

Originally posted by Frosty Jack:
And there was a lot more to the 'scene' in the early nineties than Men Lie and Kill the Doc, good though they were. Basically I reckon the whole 'scene' thing was really kicked off by the 'Big Bang at Bonkers', which was a huge gig at what is now Liquid, and all organised by the bands themselves, coming together to help each other out for the first time. It's all in the book 'Fit like New York'.

Yeah sorry, I was pretty much out of my face from 1990 until 1997 so I don't really remember much. In fact my total sequential recall of those years lasts <5 mins which is pretty poor considering I can go up to 40 secs on 1976 alone.

Please name some other non-covers bands from that time and see if we can unleash my memory, I'm sure theres some good shit trapped inside there.

I remember the Big Bang thing, but I'd forgotten the Ritzy was ever called Bonkers. I don't remember much about the Big Bang itself and most of that memory is mixed up in the student torcher of 1992, reason being that on both occasions I had scored a 1/2 ounce of really nice grass. Not strong stuff like todays because we used to smoke it in
joints without any added tobacco, and it made us laugh for hours. So I can't distinguish between the 2 events, in fact they may have been on the same night. Help anyone? Hmm perhaps it's too late for help

I'd like to add that I didn't actually take part in the torcher, it's just I remember watching it and being out of my face as usual. I'm glad I stopped doing that stuff, the total lifetime of a stoner must have a perceived passing of ~25 mins.


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[ragudave]

I remember seeing Teenage Fanclub, a few others and The Levellers at Bonkers - I seem to recall Faith No More playing there as well and my mate Sol having to use Deep Heat for days afterwords...

What about Ceasars Palace and the place on Hadden Street that had Acid Reign playing ?

I'm too young to remember The Venue though

Dave

[Flash@TMB]

I used to go to Cesars after closing time at The Moorings on a Saturday Night. On Fridays I'd go to Satelites then the Sloe Club.

Cesars was OK, nice and dark, another place where you could cop off with someone in relative private. It was quite pricey though and not the best layout, sort of a minature Palace.

Death Metal afternoons were strange.

I was sick as fuck when it shut though.


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