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Where are all the other long haired rock n roll dudes!?
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"If tight leather, big hair and pointy headstocks are your thing, come and say Hey...x Denise and Mike X" Still a rock n roll dude here just nobody told my hair  | |||
"If tight leather, big hair and pointy headstocks are your thing, come and say Hey...x Denise and Mike X Still a rock n roll dude here just nobody told my hair "Haaaa! If it's there in your heart brother.... | |||
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"If tight leather, big hair and pointy headstocks are your thing, come and say Hey...x Denise and Mike X" Definitely long haired, definitely rock and roll. Sometimes even with added eyeliner. Unfortunately, stuck up here in the Miserable Midlands...I did use to live in Kent though. And Sussex. | |||
"If tight leather, big hair and pointy headstocks are your thing, come and say Hey...x Denise and Mike X Definitely long haired, definitely rock and roll. Sometimes even with added eyeliner. Unfortunately, stuck up here in the Miserable Midlands...I did use to live in Kent though. And Sussex." Dude, the Midlands is the birthplace of metal! I'm a professional session guitarist and ive played/worked at the Robin 2 in Wolverhampton and several times at Rck City in Notts | |||
"If tight leather, big hair and pointy headstocks are your thing, come and say Hey...x Denise and Mike X Definitely long haired, definitely rock and roll. Sometimes even with added eyeliner. Unfortunately, stuck up here in the Miserable Midlands...I did use to live in Kent though. And Sussex. Dude, the Midlands is the birthplace of metal! I'm a professional session guitarist and ive played/worked at the Robin 2 in Wolverhampton and several times at Rck City in Notts " I know, but even before Covid, the social scene up here for rockers was dying on its arse. People just weren't coming out in large numbers, when they did it was about once every two months for events that they were usually attending with their PARENTS, bars were closing and going into receivership, and very little was open after midnight (including the buses) OK, to be fair, it wasn't that great in London before 2020 either- if anything, Notts was the closest to a rock capital of the UK, and even then on Friday and Saturdays. But most of us who used to go out and about in Brum or Wolvo PV (Pre Virus) still agreed that for a region which had in the past given the world heavy metal, its present was little to shout about. The Robin was an amazing place though. I must have seen over 200 gigs there... | |||
"If tight leather, big hair and pointy headstocks are your thing, come and say Hey...x Denise and Mike X Definitely long haired, definitely rock and roll. Sometimes even with added eyeliner. Unfortunately, stuck up here in the Miserable Midlands...I did use to live in Kent though. And Sussex. Dude, the Midlands is the birthplace of metal! I'm a professional session guitarist and ive played/worked at the Robin 2 in Wolverhampton and several times at Rck City in Notts I know, but even before Covid, the social scene up here for rockers was dying on its arse. People just weren't coming out in large numbers, when they did it was about once every two months for events that they were usually attending with their PARENTS, bars were closing and going into receivership, and very little was open after midnight (including the buses) OK, to be fair, it wasn't that great in London before 2020 either- if anything, Notts was the closest to a rock capital of the UK, and even then on Friday and Saturdays. But most of us who used to go out and about in Brum or Wolvo PV (Pre Virus) still agreed that for a region which had in the past given the world heavy metal, its present was little to shout about. The Robin was an amazing place though. I must have seen over 200 gigs there... " Awesome venue! Last time I played there I was working with an old 80s band called T'Pau | |||
"If tight leather, big hair and pointy headstocks are your thing, come and say Hey...x Denise and Mike X Definitely long haired, definitely rock and roll. Sometimes even with added eyeliner. Unfortunately, stuck up here in the Miserable Midlands...I did use to live in Kent though. And Sussex. Dude, the Midlands is the birthplace of metal! I'm a professional session guitarist and ive played/worked at the Robin 2 in Wolverhampton and several times at Rck City in Notts I know, but even before Covid, the social scene up here for rockers was dying on its arse. People just weren't coming out in large numbers, when they did it was about once every two months for events that they were usually attending with their PARENTS, bars were closing and going into receivership, and very little was open after midnight (including the buses) OK, to be fair, it wasn't that great in London before 2020 either- if anything, Notts was the closest to a rock capital of the UK, and even then on Friday and Saturdays. But most of us who used to go out and about in Brum or Wolvo PV (Pre Virus) still agreed that for a region which had in the past given the world heavy metal, its present was little to shout about. The Robin was an amazing place though. I must have seen over 200 gigs there... Awesome venue! Last time I played there I was working with an old 80s band called T'Pau" Local West Midlands heroes, T'Pau. A bloke I know (Dean) used to be in them, he's now in the superb London-based AOR band Cats In Space (who have just released their fourth album, and bugger me is it brilliant) | |||
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"I've staggered out of Rock City a fair few times, me and a couple of mates even walked back to Derby once "I take it that must have been a long time ago. Ther have been three 24-hour bus routes operating betwixt the two cities for several years now.. | |||
"I've staggered out of Rock City a fair few times, me and a couple of mates even walked back to Derby once
I take it that must have been a long time ago. Ther have been three 24-hour bus routes operating betwixt the two cities for several years now.."Yeah, it was in the mid 80's | |||
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"Serious question - is there a rock night at any clubs anywhere? I think one in Blackpool contacted me about 2 years ago about a rock night but we couldn’t go "Do you mean vanilla clubs or swingers/fet clubs? Either way, they're ever so slightly shut at the moment... | |||
"If tight leather, big hair and pointy headstocks are your thing, come and say Hey...x Denise and Mike X Definitely long haired, definitely rock and roll. Sometimes even with added eyeliner. Unfortunately, stuck up here in the Miserable Midlands...I did use to live in Kent though. And Sussex. Dude, the Midlands is the birthplace of metal! I'm a professional session guitarist and ive played/worked at the Robin 2 in Wolverhampton and several times at Rck City in Notts I know, but even before Covid, the social scene up here for rockers was dying on its arse. People just weren't coming out in large numbers, when they did it was about once every two months for events that they were usually attending with their PARENTS, bars were closing and going into receivership, and very little was open after midnight (including the buses) OK, to be fair, it wasn't that great in London before 2020 either- if anything, Notts was the closest to a rock capital of the UK, and even then on Friday and Saturdays. But most of us who used to go out and about in Brum or Wolvo PV (Pre Virus) still agreed that for a region which had in the past given the world heavy metal, its present was little to shout about. The Robin was an amazing place though. I must have seen over 200 gigs there... Awesome venue! Last time I played there I was working with an old 80s band called T'Pau Local West Midlands heroes, T'Pau. A bloke I know (Dean) used to be in them, he's now in the superb London-based AOR band Cats In Space (who have just released their fourth album, and bugger me is it brilliant)" You're talking about Dean Howard, he's a friend of mine. His son Ricky plays bass for The Australian Pink Floyd. | |||
"Serious question - is there a rock night at any clubs anywhere? I think one in Blackpool contacted me about 2 years ago about a rock night but we couldn’t go "Townhouse in Birkenhead had a regular rock night event, i think it was every other month. Hopefully will be running again when the club re-opens... | |||
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"If tight leather, big hair and pointy headstocks are your thing, come and say Hey...x Denise and Mike X Definitely long haired, definitely rock and roll. Sometimes even with added eyeliner. Unfortunately, stuck up here in the Miserable Midlands...I did use to live in Kent though. And Sussex. Dude, the Midlands is the birthplace of metal! I'm a professional session guitarist and ive played/worked at the Robin 2 in Wolverhampton and several times at Rck City in Notts I know, but even before Covid, the social scene up here for rockers was dying on its arse. People just weren't coming out in large numbers, when they did it was about once every two months for events that they were usually attending with their PARENTS, bars were closing and going into receivership, and very little was open after midnight (including the buses) OK, to be fair, it wasn't that great in London before 2020 either- if anything, Notts was the closest to a rock capital of the UK, and even then on Friday and Saturdays. But most of us who used to go out and about in Brum or Wolvo PV (Pre Virus) still agreed that for a region which had in the past given the world heavy metal, its present was little to shout about. The Robin was an amazing place though. I must have seen over 200 gigs there... Awesome venue! Last time I played there I was working with an old 80s band called T'Pau Local West Midlands heroes, T'Pau. A bloke I know (Dean) used to be in them, he's now in the superb London-based AOR band Cats In Space (who have just released their fourth album, and bugger me is it brilliant) You're talking about Dean Howard, he's a friend of mine. His son Ricky plays bass for The Australian Pink Floyd. " Yes, nice bloke. Only met him a couple of times though. I know Greg better, and Jeff from when he was in the Sweet, who I promoted. But I'd better say no more lest people discover my true identity... As for rock nights- yes, the Townhouse used to have one, Club SX had one (plus they definitely used to play a lot of rock after 'official closing time' as it was what they were into, including the likes of Ghost, The Cult, Kiss and Hanoi which all pleased me mightily)and I'm sure La Chambre had one. Also,the Attic used to regularly play a lot of Queen/ Jovi/ Leppard/ Darkness/ Journey/ Aerosmith/ Hall & Oates etc (the usual suspects, in other words) among their regular pop tunes. As did one of my all-time fave places, Club L'Amour in Croydon (long long LONG gone now) However, when I tried to run my own in the late 90s/early 00s (Club Suck, at the Fringe in Vauxhall) I came sorely unstuck. It happened in a bizarre way - it had originally started as a spin-off from the old Kitsch Bitch Club in Soho (a glam and punk rock club run largely by trans people) and a friend and I who both worked for The Firm (London SM organisation) had both guest djed there on its opening night. However, by the time they got to the third month (Wednesday nights in Vauxhall were a bit of a non-starter for many, especially f they lived 'norf ov the rivvaaah') they were fed up of it and wanted someone else to take it on- so my pal and I rebranded it as 'London's first ever rock fetish club' with the general idea being that the two communities would get to learn more about each other. It sounded like fun: after all, hadn't there always been a rock element in kink, and vice versa? Especially with regard to goth and punk. If anyone could do it, we could!! Er, no, we couldn't. It failed miserably, basically as it failed to really appeal to either contingent in large enough numbers. Even on a good night, we only had about 40 punters in, and several of those used to occasionally get lost and find themselves wandering upstairs (where there was usually a REAL SM party going on, hardcore stuff) whilst searching for the bog, much to the consternation of whoever had hired it that week. Then the owners of the venue fell out with each other BIG TIME, and I got mugged outside by a local "gangsta's beehatch" whilst trying to score an eighth of puff, so eventually we cut our losses and just shut up shop. A shame, though, it was a lovely venue when it was full (ie on other people's nights...) | |||
"Serious question - is there a rock night at any clubs anywhere? I think one in Blackpool contacted me about 2 years ago about a rock night but we couldn’t go
Do you mean vanilla clubs or swingers/fet clubs? Either way, they're ever so slightly shut at the moment...".....why did you even ask? I’m not stupid. | |||
"If tight leather, big hair and pointy headstocks are your thing, come and say Hey...x Denise and Mike X" It me! But twenty years ago. | |||
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"Serious question - is there a rock night at any clubs anywhere? I think one in Blackpool contacted me about 2 years ago about a rock night but we couldn’t go
Do you mean vanilla clubs or swingers/fet clubs? Either way, they're ever so slightly shut at the moment...
.....why did you even ask? I’m not stupid. "I was just joshing with you. Although certain rock venues did 'partially' reopen during the easing of restrictions/parole we had for a brief period over the Summer. | |||
"If tight leather, big hair and pointy headstocks are your thing, come and say Hey...x Denise and Mike X" \m/.  .\m/ | |||
"Serious question - is there a rock night at any clubs anywhere? I think one in Blackpool contacted me about 2 years ago about a rock night but we couldn’t go
Do you mean vanilla clubs or swingers/fet clubs? Either way, they're ever so slightly shut at the moment...
.....why did you even ask? I’m not stupid.
I was just joshing with you. Although certain rock venues did 'partially' reopen during the easing of restrictions/parole we had for a brief period over the Summer."We did manage to go to rock city in nottingham but it was so different. Not the real experience at all. | |||
"Serious question - is there a rock night at any clubs anywhere? I think one in Blackpool contacted me about 2 years ago about a rock night but we couldn’t go
Do you mean vanilla clubs or swingers/fet clubs? Either way, they're ever so slightly shut at the moment...
.....why did you even ask? I’m not stupid.
I was just joshing with you. Although certain rock venues did 'partially' reopen during the easing of restrictions/parole we had for a brief period over the Summer.
We did manage to go to rock city in nottingham but it was so different. Not the real experience at all. "I went to one in London and one in Birmingham. The one in Brum was about as dull as one would expect: the London one, by contrast, stayed open til 2, but it was stil table service only, no dancing unless in a 'bubble booth', quieter music, no going up to request songs off the DJs (though that didn't stop one of them getting pissed and coming to OUR table) and limited access to the smoking/vaping area. Enjoyable, but VERY strange. From what I can gather, a lot of people went to a houseparty afterwards where little or no distancing of any kind took place: I didn't go, but not because I disapproved of their actions, merely because the club was just round the corner from the flat where I was staying and I was knackered. I refuse to be judgmental. I also went to a 'back garden distanced gig' in Bristol with DJs inbetween, at which my mate (who'd been catastrophising about 'oh god we're all going to die, best avoid as many people as possible, second wave yada yada' all week beforehand) only had to hear the intro to an old Stooges, Dolls or Elevators tune and ZHOOONK!! he was off and up on his feet boogieing around like a nutter. Again, draw from that whatever conclusions you may wish... | |||
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"The clue is in our name "MAIDEEENNNNNN!! And respect for choosing a tune from the underrated Blaze era. | |||
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"The clue is in our name
MAIDEEENNNNNN!! And respect for choosing a tune from the underrated Blaze era."It's criminal how poorly Blaze was treated. The X Factor is genuinely one of my favourite Maiden albums. | |||
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"The clue is in our name
MAIDEEENNNNNN!! And respect for choosing a tune from the underrated Blaze era.
It's criminal how poorly Blaze was treated. The X Factor is genuinely one of my favourite Maiden albums.
"It's one of mine as well- although the production is weak (basically, when you're trying to stay relevant in the face of nu-metal and changing singers, maybe hiring a producer who DOESN'T bury all the guitars under layers of synths so you end up sounding like Kansas might be a good idea) The songs are great though- even if my mate and I used to enjoy jokingly taking the piss out of Blaze's delivery on one of them ("Fortunes Of Woo, Fortunes Of Woo, Fortunes Of Woo, Noo Poon Ooonymoo") In years to come, it will be re-acclaimed as a classic. | |||
"The clue is in our name
MAIDEEENNNNNN!! And respect for choosing a tune from the underrated Blaze era.
It's criminal how poorly Blaze was treated. The X Factor is genuinely one of my favourite Maiden albums.
It's one of mine as well- although the production is weak (basically, when you're trying to stay relevant in the face of nu-metal and changing singers, maybe hiring a producer who DOESN'T bury all the guitars under layers of synths so you end up sounding like Kansas might be a good idea) The songs are great though- even if my mate and I used to enjoy jokingly taking the piss out of Blaze's delivery on one of them ("Fortunes Of Woo, Fortunes Of Woo, Fortunes Of Woo, Noo Poon Ooonymoo") In years to come, it will be re-acclaimed as a classic."It was mainly produced by Steve Harris! Hah. I don't even have a problem with Blaze's delivery. He was a perfectly fine vocalist and high-energy frontman in his own right. The sheer hatred he attracted from the “WAAAH WAAAH HE’S NOT BRUCE” crowd was revolting. The X Factor was pretty much the last time Maiden tried to do anything new or interesting, and the undeserved backlash it got clearly scared them badly. Every album they've done since (except *maybe* Brave New World) has been wildly inferior. | |||
