BLIMA (Bristol Live Independent Music Archive) Timeline 1950-2011
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BLIMA (Bristol Live Independent Music Archive) Timeline 1950-2011: (Not a definitive list by any means…more of a starting point..) 1950s – (Music: Jazz, Skiffle, Rock n Roll) Venues (Inc Pubs) Avon Gorge Bar Crown and Dove (Paramount Jazz Club 1950s) Eagle House (Youth) Club, Knowle Filton Memorial Hall Grand Spa Clifton (Popular Dance Venue (1950/60s) Grove Hall, Brislington The Locarno (1953 - the orig) - Later The Glen 1956 & Tiffanys 1970s Page Hall St John's The Beeches Club, Filton The Old Duke Bands Avon Cities Jazz Band (1949-2000) Blue Note Jazz Band (1950s +) Avon Cities Skiffle Group (1952-1960s) The Rolling Stones - A Skiffle band circa 1957 (late had to change name to The Stone Brothers! Acker Bilk: Paramount Jazz Band (1956+) + Bristol Crescent City Stompers (1957+) Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs (Rock n Roll Band 1958+) The Comets (Initially a Skiffle then Rock n Roll band 1958+) The Eagles (Prev The Strollers) - Rock n Roll band 1958-64 The Kestrels (Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook) 1960 – (Music: Bluebeat, Ska, Motown (Mods), Soul, Blues, Garage, Psychedelia, Rock) Venues Anson Rooms (Yardbirds/The Who/Status Quo/Yes) Avon Gorge Bar Bamboo Club Cabot Cinema, Filton (1961 Rock n Roll Show) Chinese R n B & Jazz Club at The Corn Exchange Downend Rock n Roll Club Folk House Filwood Broadway Theatre Grand Spa Clifton Knowle Community Centre (first gig venue for teen bands) Locarno Ballroom (Mecca Leisure Centre, Later The Studio – Opened 1960s) Odeon Bingo Club , Winterstoke Road (later The Top Rank?) The Lido, Fishponds Speedwell TA Hall (Rock n Roll venue) St James Club, Lockleaze The (Corn) Exchange (now St Nicks Market) The Granary +Granary Website (Commemorating 20 years) The Wills Club, Bedminster (1960s rock n roll) Top Rank Ballroom (previously Odeon Cinema, Winterstoke road?) The Glen (Prev the orig Locarno/later Tiffanys) The Old Duke Troubadour Folk Club , Clifton (1966-71) Victoria Rooms , Clifton Bands Dale Martin & The Mysteries (1963) The Severn Jazzmen (1967+) The Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra (Compared to Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band! 1968+) The True Tones @ St James Club, Lockleaze 1960 The Roman Remains @ St James Club, Lockleaze The Franklin Big Six The Medium Rare The Nomads The Travellers Stackridge The Cougars Johnny Slade and the Vikings Chet And The Triumphs Pete Budd and the Rebels The Rainbow People The Retreads Johnnie Francis Sound (at Top Rank Ballroom 1963 - 1968) 1970 – (Music/Scenes: Suedeheads, Prog, Glam, Reggae/Dub , Northern Soul, Punk , New Wave, Ska revival/Mods…) Venues Anson Rooms Arnolfini Arts Centre (Now The Cube Cinema) Ashton Court Festival The Bamboo Club (Bob Marley played at The Bamboo Club May 26th 1973!) (Bamboo Club burns down 20/12/1977 - The night before The Sex Pistols were due to play there! Poster of the non- gig) Barton Hill Youth Club – (Pop Group/Adam & The Ants/Siouxsie gigs) Bear Hotel (The Hot Bear Club late 1970s), Hotwells Blue Lagoon, New Foundland Road (Late 1970s venue) BQ (British Queen) Club, St Pauls Bristol Bridge Inn Bristol Exhibition Centre (Now The Watershed) Brunel Technical College, Ashley Down Road Carwardines Crystal Theatre Warehouse Demolition Diner (Squat), Stokes Croft Dockland Settlement, City Road Dugout Folk House Hope Centre (Chapel), Hotwells Locarno Ballroom/The Studio/Rainbow Club Romeo & Juliets , Nelson Street (Prev Top Rank) Shutes St. George's St Pauls Blues Clubs ie Ajax Summit Youth Club , Kingswood (Scene of a Vice Squad gig late 70s) The Granary + Granary Website (Commemorating 20 years) The Green Rooms The Old Duke The Stonehouse (Pub, bottom of M32 - 70/80s punk venue) Troubadour Folk Club , Clifton (1966-71) Top Rank Ballroom (previously Odeon Cinema, Winterstoke road?) Towns Talk, Bedminster Tiffanys (aka The Glen & the orig Locarno) Trinity Hall (Now Trinity Centre) Victoria Rooms , Clifton Western Star Domino Club Bands The Pigs (1977) The Cortinas (1977 - Ashton Court Photo) Talisman (Late 1970s-80s reggae band) + (Live at Trinity Hall 1980s) Black Roots (1979 + reggae band) The Pop Group (..Quite a definitive history) Vice Squad (1978+ Punk Band) Fred Wedlock The X-Certs Maximum Joy The Wurzels Jaguar Art Objects Chaos UK Electric Guitars Glaxo Babies Essential Bop The Spics Europeans Joe Public The Media The Stingrays Shoes for Industry Record Labels: Heartbeat Records was started in 1978 as a partnership of local musician Simon Edwards and Tony Dodd of Tony’s Record Shop. 1980 – (Music/scenes: Electro, New Romantics, Indie, Rockabilly, Gothic, Alt Rock, Hip Hop, Rap, House, Rave, Soundsystems..) Venues Ashton Court Festival Anson Rooms Arnolfini Arts Centre (Now The Cube Cinema) Avon Gorge Bar Bebop Club Bierkeller (mid 80s onwards, prev Dingwalls, see below) Bristol Bridge Inn Brunel Technical College, Ashley Down Road Crystal Theatre Warehouse Carwardines Dingwalls (Later The Bierkeller mid 80s) Dugout Easton Community Centre Folk House Hope Centre (Chapel), Hotwells Locarno Ballroom/The Studio/Rainbow Club Malcolm X Centre Montpelier Hotel Moon Club (1986+ -Now part of Lakota) Old Profanity Showboat (now The Thekla) The Albert Inn The Rummer St. George's St Mathias College, Fishponds St Pauls Blues Clubs ie Ajax The Crown / Cavern Club (underneath) The Granary + Granary Website (Commemorating 20 years) The Green Rooms Thekla The Old Duke The Stonehouse (Pub, bottom of M32 - 70/80s punk venue) The Tropic Club (Later Club Loco/Maze) Trinity Hall (Now Trinity Centre) + Trinity Hall Punk Festival Sept 1981 Victoria Rooms , Clifton Western Star Domino Club Bands Pigbag The Seers The Moonflowers (1987-97) Rip Rig & Panic Startled Insects Blue Aeroplanes The Brilliant Corners The Flatmates Onslaught Wild Bunch Smith and Mighty Massive Attack Claytown Troupe Disorder Herb Garden The Fresh Four Three Stripe Henry & Louis Rorshach The Groove Farm Lunatic Fringe Amebix Record Labels: Riot City was based in Bristol, 1980 -1988, and run by Simon Edwards, Dave Bateman & Shane Baldwin from Vice Squad. The Subway Organization was founded in 1985 by Martin Whitehead. Sugar Shack Records set up in 1985 by Mike Darby Sarah Records formed by Clare Wadd and Matt Haynes and active between 1987 and 1995 Pop God (Moonflowers label 1988+) 1990 – (Music: Jungle, Drum & Bass, Breakbeat, Dubstep, Big Beat, Techno, Indie, Brit Pop, Grunge..) Venues Anson Rooms Arnolfini Ashton Court Festival Bebop Club Bierkeller Bristol Bridge Inn Bunch of Grapes, Denmark Street Easton Community Centre Fiddlers Fleece and Firkin Folk House Hope Centre (Chapel), Hotwells Louisiana Malaap Club (now Tescos! on Stokes Croft) Malcolm X Centre Mauretania, Park Street Millionaires Club, Easton Moon Club (1986+ -Now part of Lakota) St. George's The Albert Inn The Bristol Brewhouse(90s)/Comedy Pub (90s)/Mozarts (80s)/The Swan (now The Croft) The Crown / Cavern Club (underneath) The Cube The Old Duke The Polish Club Thekla The Rummer The Studio/Rainbow Club The Tropic Club (Later Club Loco/Maze) Trinity Hall (Now Trinity Centre) Victoria Rooms , Clifton Western Star Domino Club Bands Statik Sound System - (Docu on the band -copy via Bluescreen) & Brief history Portishead Tricky Roni Size Monk & Canatella Rita Lynch More Rockers Flying Saucer Attack The Heads Lupine Howl Movietone Strangelove The Third Eye Foundation Kosheen Aspects Chikinki Gary Clail Crescent Gonga Way Out West Five Knuckle Oil Experts Experimental Pop Band Djs Task, Suv, Die, Smith & Mighty, Stevie Bear, Flynn & Flora…. Record Labels Full Cycle Recordings - Drum n Bass Label formed 1993 Sink and Stove Records Set up by Benjamin Shillabeer and Stuart Bell in 1998 Swarf Finger Records 1990s.. Cup of Tea (And links to other labels) 2000 -2011 – (Music: Dubstep, Drum n Bass, Rap, Hip Hop, House, Electro, Trance, Indie, Rock..) Venues (Current) Anson Rooms Arnolfini Ashton Court Festival (Finished 2007, Back in 2012??) Bebop Club Begbrook rock n roll club Bierkeller Blue Lagoon Cafe Boiling Wells Project Bunch of Grapes, Denmark Street Casablanca, Stokes Croft (Prev Powerhouse, Now Clockwork) Club UK Easton Community Centre El Rincon Fiddlers Fleece and Firkin Folk House Full Moon Hotel and Attic Bar Golden Lion Hope Centre (Chapel), Hotwells (Now closed?) Illusion Magic Bar Lab (formerly ARC bar) – Now closed? Left Bank Louisiana Malcolm X Centre Metropolis Miners Arms No 51 (Formerly The Junction) Mothers Ruin Mr Wolfs O2 Academy Seymours Family Club , Old Market (Now closed) Spring Gardens St. George's Start the Bus The Albert Inn The Big Chill The Bone Yard / The Island The Canteen @Hamilton House The Chelsea Inn (Open Mic Thursdays Night. Chelsea Rd. Easton) The Cooler The Croft (Previously The Brewhouse, Mozarts...) The Crown / Cavern Club (underneath) The Cube The Grapes The Junction (Now No 51) The Hatchet The Lanes The Old Duke The Polish Club The Prom Music Bar The Thunderbolt Thekla Trinity Centre The Tunnels Victoria Rooms , Clifton Bands The Moles Team Brick Geisha Gravenhurst Fuck Buttons Hunting Lodge SJ Esau Bronnt Industries Kapital Massive Attack Portishead Beak Dr Meaker New Rhodes Boxcar Aldous Huxley Mooz Crippled Black Phoenix Caves Vex Kiddy Liftmen DJ Pinch DJ Appleblim Allflaws Substatic CCQ RSD .