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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 22, 2021 13:00:02 GMT
Andy's clip of The Cortinas at the Roxy led me to this trailer for an as yet unmade film about the 100 nights of the ROXY CLUB...
Shame it's yet to be made
Underneath the vid it states...
Still like to make this film...get in touch if you want to work on this project. we need a producer, archive research, financial backing.
simonhollandfilms@gmail.com
Thanks to EVERYONE for the footage. it all needs clearing and paying for....this is just a TEASER.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 22, 2021 13:00:15 GMT
Anyway, let's talk The Roxy
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 22, 2021 13:21:48 GMT
OK Nigey... Cortinas and Roxy Club related... here is Jeremy Vallentine and Nick Sheppard from The Cortinas having a heated debate with some angry young (and quite posh) upstart about the music business and the press, backstage at the Roxy...
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 22, 2021 13:35:49 GMT
Never seen that before Andy - thanks
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 22, 2021 13:44:13 GMT
The first four minutes of this entertaining video (sound's a bit dodgy though) is James Stevenson talking about the Roxy club outside and inside the Speedo store...
James Stevenson - The Punk Clubs Of London Tour
As time flies by, at what seems like an ever increasing rate, I thought I'd take a look back at where I played in 1977/78 when punk was the new phenomena! I originally did this as an exclusive for The International Swingers PledgeMusic campaign, but now here it is in the public domain. Sorry about the wind messing up the audio here and there.......hope you enjoy it. And thanks for shooting it Dylan White!
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Post by doug61 on Mar 22, 2021 14:32:49 GMT
I know it's time for a reprint of Paul Marko's definitive book. I'd like a copy at a reasonable price.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 22, 2021 14:37:36 GMT
I know it's time for a reprint of Paul Marko's definitive book. I'd like a copy at a reasonable price. I'd like to read it again Because I don't tend to keep books I jettisoned it soon after finishing I regret that now (See also Andy Blade's book) |
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 22, 2021 14:54:41 GMT
...Funnily enough, i know a fella in Milan who is translating Paul's Roxy Book into Italian at the mo' ...so maybe an English reprint is in the pipeling too.
Myself and Paul are currently working on something 'audio' (several projects) at the moment too that is Roxy Club related.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 22, 2021 15:24:05 GMT
Look forward to hearing more about your projects Andy, as and when
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 22, 2021 17:19:25 GMT
The Damned at the Roxy.....
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 26, 2021 9:31:36 GMT
Flipside London TV: The Roxy and the Birth of Punk Rock
Aidan McManus rolls into London's Covent Garden to the site of the original 1977 Punk Club, The Roxy in Neal Street. He tells the tale of how Andy Czezowski, Susan Carrington and Barry Jones turned a transvestite bar (called the Chaguaramas Club) into the crucible of London's Punk Rock music scene - playing host to bands including The Clash, The Stranglers, Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees, Buzzcocks, Generation X and many more.
Speed, alcohol, ripped up clothing and rules fuelled the Roxy crowd along with the fast, raw DIY culture of music and fashion that formed the growing scene. The club itself was short-lived but its influence on UK music and culture can still be felt today.
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 26, 2021 10:25:18 GMT
....there's a few extra details there, from Aidan i didn't know - i remember reading somewhere that the band seen packing up their gear on the front cover of the Live At The Roxy album is The Police 
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Post by zeopold on Mar 26, 2021 20:34:51 GMT
My Roxy story is the most boring one ever. I was 13 and persuaded my uncle's ex-wife (with whom I was staying) to leave me there while she and her new bloke went for dinner up the road.
I paid my 50p, went in and hung around for about an hour early doors. Letts was playing reggae tunes and I left before the first band came on, keeping my promise to meet my ex-aunt for the tube ride back to the Barbcan
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 26, 2021 20:57:04 GMT
My Roxy story is the most boring one ever. I was 13 and persuaded my uncle's ex-wife (with whom I was staying) to leave me there while she and her new bloke went for dinner up the road. I paid my 50p, went in and hung around for about an hour early doors. Letts was playing reggae tunes and I left before the first band came on, keeping my promise to meet my ex-aunt for the tube ride back to the Barbcan At least you made in there Zeo I was about a year too young |
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Post by zeopold on Mar 26, 2021 21:38:10 GMT
i remember reading somewhere that the band seen packing up their gear on the front cover of the Live At The Roxy album is The Police
IIRC they were Cherry Vanilla's backing group |
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