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Anyone been here before? Is it better
than the Hammersmith Odeon? Yeah you even get a film here. You don't get
a film at the Hammersmith Odeon. You don't get a rainbow at the Rainbow
either. Hugh Cornwell - X Certs 1978
Its a tale of two years for Punk in the
late seventies. While 1976 established Punk in the tabloid's and the
public's minds as a violent destructive force on a par with Genghis khan
so many venues banned Punk rock leaving just the Roxy Club the sole
operator in effect.
Come 1977 and the realisation that Punk
wasn't just a fad, had commercial value and was re-injecting life into
both records and gigs then the floodgates opened. In this section we
look at some
of the key venues that bands played from the small to the large as they
ascended the gig circuit of success! Some are clubs and some are venues.
Back then to get around licensing laws and stay open later they would
serve food.
Turn to any of the Live pages in the
Music weeklies such as Sounds, NME or Melody Maker and you'd find at
least a page crammed with music vebues advertising their wares. |
