I saw AC/DC when they first came to England at the Marquee, also saw Queen on of there first gigs, and many, many more famous bands there. Loved the atmosphere there, very sweaty and sticky.
@elainekerslake68652 ай бұрын
Ive still got some of the monthly programmes from the Marquee for 1964 to 1968. Great club. Small but big enough for great sound
@sexobscura3 ай бұрын
*It's a club that hosted some legends. Okay, understood. Apparently, I've read, that when the Sex Pistols played there early in 1976, someone heckled, 'You can't play' and Vicious responded back with, 'So what'. Now, Vicious wasn't even in the band until 1977, so how he ever did that in '76 is only the folklorist's business of knowing ... a bit like McLaren making up their entire history to include himself as their central figure*
@markrichards19534 ай бұрын
Came down from Scotland to see Slade,hard to describe just how loud,hard n heavy they were,my ears are still ringing to this day,thanks Nod!
@MsAhmebah20004 ай бұрын
British CBGB
@Malegys6 ай бұрын
When US band TROUBLE played at the Charing Cross Marquee in 1990, James Hetfield of Metallica was at the bar & they had made a special "V.I.P." area around him with ropes, so no one would bother him. Yet, Lemmy would be playing the fruit machines at the Wardour street venue as a normal punter :) & was completely approachable.
@Malegys6 ай бұрын
I remember seeing Dumpy's Rusty Nuts at the Wardour street Marquee in 1987. I was standing at the door waiting to get in & Dumpy came outside, looked at me & said " No fat Khunts with leather jackets allowed in" 😀
@vegardyrnes17938 ай бұрын
Thank you. So glad I went to the Marquee before they shut down. It's not the same anymore, 1 zillion followers on KZread, does not mean that you have got the goods. It means you have a camera and a microphone. And that someone with a computer is watching it. Doesn't´t mean that you are a great performer or anything. You could be an "influencer" or whatever, making cash. But that does NOT make a great artist or anything. By the way: I LOVE Motorhead, Stones, the Faces...... I hate influencers who believe they have something "important" to say... most of them don't... I´d rather listen to "You can't always get what you want... But if you try sometimes Well, you might find, You get what you need"... Always! Cheers, and thank you for the music, the good times and good memories.🍻❤
@ronnieparkerscott62238 ай бұрын
I remember being stuck to that floor, Dumpy's Rusty Nuts...Brilliant!
@solcasared9 ай бұрын
Back in the day a little man from kings lynn Norfolk became one of the managers in the late 60/70 his name, Jack, Barry, what a character
@alanwann93189 ай бұрын
I was 15 1964 , I went to the marquee saw Manfred mann. Was stood behind Paul Jones intermission. Also saw John Mayal , Prince Buster later visits
@rajarahman98239 ай бұрын
Excellent insight into the the Marquee. Fiver to see Motörhead at The Marquee. Bar Reading and Donington, that was probably the most I ever paid for a gig at the Marquee. Don’t laugh 😂😂😂. Memories for thousands of punters and bands alike. Husker Du were a blast. Who would have thought you would ever see Metallica twice in a month and at the Lyceum at the end of the year. Why did punters keep on spitting at GnR? Dumpy was a great entertainer. Funny and serious in equal measure. Exciter, Chelsea, Girlschool, Rock Goddess, Anvil, Spider, Torme, Doro, Warlock, Budgie, Slayer, don’t spit at Tom and so many others. Then Charing Cross Road. Sacred Reich Surfin their way through the show. Oh well. Only the memories remain.
@WisGuy49 ай бұрын
I saw a Spanish metal band called Baron Rojo at the Marquee Club in 1982 or thereabouts. I don’t recall much about the show or venue except we were very close to the stage, it was much smaller than the Hammersmith Odeon, and it was loud.
@AFaceintheCrowd0111 ай бұрын
The best groups I saw there were Taste and Jethro Tull when they still had Mick Abrahams. It was 1968, I think, when there was sort of an underground blues scene. The club probably lost its importance by ‘70 or ‘ 71 when the groups were being offered more money for larger venues. The Marquee on Wardour Street was a really great place in a special location.
@ggghhjd Жыл бұрын
It's so emotional seeing this place again. The wardour street Marquee was so special. It's so hard to recreate that kind of magic. DJ Jerry Floyd playing the Avengers theme at the start of the night in the mid 80's, beer on the floor, slam-dancing to the Messiahs and hitting the floor only to be picked up by the person who'd just knocked me over. I bootlegged several gigs there. i would just stick my recorder on the stage or under the mixing desk and get back in amongst it. The low ceiling, the perpetually dark interior, the friendly staff, the feeling of belonging and having my membership card which ive still got. There was no snootiness or pretention there unlike some other venues like the camden palace. Nobody hassled me or sneered at me. I always got treated well and felt like i belonged there. The Marquee was beautiful. I used to go to see the screaming blue messiahs there in 85 and new model army, the icicle works, Time UK which had the Jam drummer in after Weller had split the Jam, and the fuzztones played there. So many bands who never really broke through to a big audience, but it was still an achievement to play the marquee. It could be hard rockers one night, pot-smoking hippies the next, new wave bands the next and then a punk band with a rough slam-dancing crowd the next. Nobody got ostracised. I used to get a thrill just walking past the place. I used to run the length of wardour street and oxford street after the gigs to get to tottenham court road underground to get back to liverpool street station to catch the last train home. I would hurtle onto the tube train and lie on the floor of it exhausted and still soaking wet from the gig. It kind of put me in an altered state and even on the train i felt like i was still in the gig. It kept me going for days. The marquee was the only place in the world where i felt accepted. Nothing bad ever happened to me there. When they closed it i knew it was all over in London for me so i moved north. I never went in the charing cross one. I knew it could never recreate the magic. It should've been preserved as a museum. Thanks Jo
@mjh543710 ай бұрын
You were right,I went to both and the Charing Cross Rd one was cack.
@mikebassy Жыл бұрын
Only went there once and saw Living Colour, great band and gig . Remember talking to Gail Anne Dorsey in the bar . Used to see her around in the west End
@leepowis5215 Жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to play there in the early 80s half a dozen times as a support band great experience and going down the st moritz club all night afterwards so pissed use to go straight to work next day rock n roll
@TheTwinnie44 Жыл бұрын
Met the late, great Long John Baldry at the Marquee in 1964. Always remember his bass player had a cigarette 'stuck' on the machine head of his guitar. I did a stint there the same year when in one of the very early all girl bands 'Viki & Her Ladybirds'! Great times!
@harmono8766 Жыл бұрын
Nice video and I appreciate it, but I was looking for a more historical view rather than who has played there. We all now everyone but the Beatles. ;-)
@andygray7478 Жыл бұрын
I never got the chance to go to the Marquee, wished I had. Great documentary
@MunterPunter Жыл бұрын
The sort of bogs where you'd never sit on the pan. Doe anyone know what they did with the fixtures and fittings from Wardour Street?
@mjh543710 ай бұрын
The stage and the dressing room walls have both come up at auctions over the years.
@S2Sturges Жыл бұрын
Never knew who was next to you was right, I was in there one night in Wardour Street and had ny Arn grabbed by this very young dark haired chick in leather trying to read my watch on my wrist, her blond haired female friend was also in black and just stood there snapping gum... did nt dawn on me until they started talking they were yanks, slightly drunk and obnoxious ones.. Turned out it was Joan Jett and Cherie Curry of the Runaways, who were in the UK touring... I don't think they were old enough to get into the place but there you go... Strangely a couple of weeks later I met another guy at the bar, bought him a pint, it was Pat Travers...
@WisGuy49 ай бұрын
I got into the Marquee Club and lots of pubs at age 15. In the 1980s, the average 14 to 15-year-old American kid looked like he was 18 or 19 compared to teenage Brits. Cool story. One Friday night my friends went to a Fastway concert, but for whatever reason I wasn’t up for going out. My friends ran into Lemmy in the hallway. He bought them beers and hung out a bit with them. I should have gone out that night.
@S2Sturges9 ай бұрын
When I was growing up in the UK, there was this adage ( in Portsmouth anyway ) that if you could stand properly at the bar, you’d get served, unfortunately we left England when I was 14 so never really got to test that one out .. when I came back a few years later, it was obviously too late..
@paulnewsom4988 Жыл бұрын
ACDC Sold That Club Out So Many Times In Summer of 76 but All In All The History of That Club From Oxford St To Wardor St Nothing That You Will Ever See Again
@tombufford136 Жыл бұрын
Walking past the Marquee Club on my way home from work in Wardour street in the 'Rush hour' it was amazing so much life could be instilled in such a modest building . Thank you for sharing your Video.
@bbcisrubbish Жыл бұрын
The Marquee Club used to have Latin American music on Sunday evenings when I used to go in the late 50s.
@seanclark2085 Жыл бұрын
I spent a large part of my late teens at the Marquee, it was and still is my favourite venue. It was the late 70s when punk was in full swing. I feel very lucky to have been around in those days , since the 12 bar club closed there are no decent venues in the west end anymore .
@briansykes2806 Жыл бұрын
I saw Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Ten Years After and several other bands (who did not become so famous) play at the Marquee (Wardour Street) in the late 1960s. The Marquee had a special atmosphere - wherever you stood you were near the stage, and felt part of the music. I left London in 1970, but remember returning to the old Marquee site about 25 years later. It seemed sad standing there, as though something had been lost.
@lyndoncmp575110 ай бұрын
Cool. You didn't see Zeppelin there?
@stevenmorley16392 жыл бұрын
Interesting Documentary Jo , well done 👏....
@lelivreurdechats51582 жыл бұрын
J'ai joué au Marquee Club avec le NAC (Nouvel Asile Culturel) dans les années 70, un des rare groupe français je pense. Inoubliable. Jean Augeron.
@mariocostantini71922 жыл бұрын
I was there only once in the 80s for Rory Gallagher, just in front of them.
@robincahalarn19272 жыл бұрын
I remember late 60,s double diamond was the beer ,couple of Purple Hearts ,saw the tamler Motown tour stevie wonder ,supremes plus (can’t remember) great nights and the scene 😀
@geoffreymason56422 жыл бұрын
Excellent, thank you!
@stephencotterell87922 жыл бұрын
if i may add afew to sids excellent choice of london club venues may i offer klooks kleek hampstead lycyum in the strand also the lse saw the amazing captain beefheart there hammersmith odeon saville theatre shaftsbury ave station tavern w10 town and country club kentish town and probably my alltime favourite the rainbow finsbury park the performance by the return to forever band still gves me the shivers today
@stephencotterell87922 жыл бұрын
too many great gigs starting from around 1966 to remember at the marquee perhaps the sunday residency of klng crimson in 1968 took the first prize for me followed by savoy brown blues band the support was the first gig of a band called jethro tull both bands were hot as hell trying to outdo one another 2x45 minute sets each i think it was about seven shillings on the door to get in oh happy days
@magwitchdickens40392 жыл бұрын
In the mid to late 70's I saw The Cure, The UK Subs, The Leighton Buzzards, The Lurkers and many others. An amazing place that can never be equalled.
@eleonorlarsson6282 жыл бұрын
1980 "Simple Minds"!
@danhenderson82992 жыл бұрын
Just spotted myself (3rd from left) on the stage (1:04) standing next to Steve Rothery and Pete from Marillion plus the 1988 Jadis line up. It was a fan club convention and I volunteered to sing Market Square Heroes. I was awful and they muted the mic (thank God)
@gemini802 Жыл бұрын
Something to show your grandchildren one day
@jonathansteadman79352 жыл бұрын
Saw Johnny Thunders in '84 and many gigs after. Saw the Guns n Roses gigs which were excellent. Got to play the Charing cross Venue a few times. Saw The Quireboys, Dogs D'amour, ah, good times.
@daviddent98322 жыл бұрын
There was a time between 1978 and 1979 when I felt like I lived at the Marquee. I must have gone about three times a week in that period. My first ever gig (aged 16 I think) was Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias. Saw The Human League, Skids, The Rezillos, The Ruts, The Fall, Thomas Dolby (hidden behind a bank of keyboards), Undertones, Wire, The Boys and loads more. Great film Jo.
@SuperKillerkaninchen2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, nice try, but why is there so much footage in the video, that has nothing to do with the Marquee? Why are you see The Quireboys many times, playing in a club, that has nothing to do with the Marquee at all?! I wish there would be more footage from the Marquee inside.
@joobrien2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comments. As mentioned this is a student film, with no funding to pay copyright fees for footage. I had to rely on photos kindly permitted by those that took them. The Quireboys owed their initial success to the Marquee and were kind enough to talk about it. The film is also about small venues and live music in general and so live music is featured.
@jonathansteadman79352 жыл бұрын
Gotta say my main memories was the Quireboys gigs (and the second night GnR played) they had that 'Faces' swagger.
@rickmartin51322 жыл бұрын
Went every Wednesday or Friday through '67 -70. Supported The Nice , Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years after, Spooky Tooth, Arthur Brown, Joe Cocker, Jethro Tull, Emerson lake and Palmer, John Mayall and many more. Great intimate venue, great playing really close up. Had to have a hankercheif when Joe Cocker sang! That close.
@magnusjarl95753 жыл бұрын
Great doc,I remember a gig by Y&T in 1982 one of the best gig i’ve been to
@matthewcoombs32823 жыл бұрын
Props to that Chester venue to provide a space for young bands to play live and not to rip them off and treat them well. So many great live venues I grew up going to in the 1980s in London are now gone. Hammersmith Palais, Red Cow, Clarenden Hotel, George Robey in Finsbury Park, Marquee ,Astoria and Borderline in Soho, The Greyhound in Fulham, I could go on!
@classicartfoundation6393 жыл бұрын
I miss these times so much
@man-of-the-world3 жыл бұрын
At its best between '64 and '67, when you could see unknown musicians who went on to be world wide megastars.
@sockington13 жыл бұрын
guns and roses were the biggest pile of dog vomnit i ever had the misfortune to hear
@matthewcoombs32823 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I agree, I saw them on their first proper UK tour, in 1987 or 1988 and they were poor. That first record was bloody good though, so they must have had it together in the studio.
@lethalslaughterband54983 жыл бұрын
THE SWEET!
@picknick35913 жыл бұрын
I was a member at the 90, Wardour Street venue between 1969 - 1980. Great memories of seeing Taste play there on my first visit - New Years Eve 1968, supported by Peter Bardens Village. After that I was hooked on the place and saw many different bands - great memories. Thanks for putting this up and hope this film you put together helped with your Master's ?!
@matthewjdouglas64713 жыл бұрын
The Jam
@matthewjdouglas64713 жыл бұрын
Led zeppelin would have been a great show.
@lyndoncmp575110 ай бұрын
Can you imagine seeing Zeppelin there at their rawest? Wow.
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I saw AC/DC when they first came to England at the Marquee, also saw Queen on of there first gigs, and many, many more famous bands there. Loved the atmosphere there, very sweaty and sticky.
Ive still got some of the monthly programmes from the Marquee for 1964 to 1968. Great club. Small but big enough for great sound
*It's a club that hosted some legends. Okay, understood. Apparently, I've read, that when the Sex Pistols played there early in 1976, someone heckled, 'You can't play' and Vicious responded back with, 'So what'. Now, Vicious wasn't even in the band until 1977, so how he ever did that in '76 is only the folklorist's business of knowing ... a bit like McLaren making up their entire history to include himself as their central figure*
Came down from Scotland to see Slade,hard to describe just how loud,hard n heavy they were,my ears are still ringing to this day,thanks Nod!
British CBGB
When US band TROUBLE played at the Charing Cross Marquee in 1990, James Hetfield of Metallica was at the bar & they had made a special "V.I.P." area around him with ropes, so no one would bother him. Yet, Lemmy would be playing the fruit machines at the Wardour street venue as a normal punter :) & was completely approachable.
I remember seeing Dumpy's Rusty Nuts at the Wardour street Marquee in 1987. I was standing at the door waiting to get in & Dumpy came outside, looked at me & said " No fat Khunts with leather jackets allowed in" 😀
Thank you. So glad I went to the Marquee before they shut down. It's not the same anymore, 1 zillion followers on KZread, does not mean that you have got the goods. It means you have a camera and a microphone. And that someone with a computer is watching it. Doesn't´t mean that you are a great performer or anything. You could be an "influencer" or whatever, making cash. But that does NOT make a great artist or anything. By the way: I LOVE Motorhead, Stones, the Faces...... I hate influencers who believe they have something "important" to say... most of them don't... I´d rather listen to "You can't always get what you want... But if you try sometimes Well, you might find, You get what you need"... Always! Cheers, and thank you for the music, the good times and good memories.🍻❤
I remember being stuck to that floor, Dumpy's Rusty Nuts...Brilliant!
Back in the day a little man from kings lynn Norfolk became one of the managers in the late 60/70 his name, Jack, Barry, what a character
I was 15 1964 , I went to the marquee saw Manfred mann. Was stood behind Paul Jones intermission. Also saw John Mayal , Prince Buster later visits
Excellent insight into the the Marquee. Fiver to see Motörhead at The Marquee. Bar Reading and Donington, that was probably the most I ever paid for a gig at the Marquee. Don’t laugh 😂😂😂. Memories for thousands of punters and bands alike. Husker Du were a blast. Who would have thought you would ever see Metallica twice in a month and at the Lyceum at the end of the year. Why did punters keep on spitting at GnR? Dumpy was a great entertainer. Funny and serious in equal measure. Exciter, Chelsea, Girlschool, Rock Goddess, Anvil, Spider, Torme, Doro, Warlock, Budgie, Slayer, don’t spit at Tom and so many others. Then Charing Cross Road. Sacred Reich Surfin their way through the show. Oh well. Only the memories remain.
I saw a Spanish metal band called Baron Rojo at the Marquee Club in 1982 or thereabouts. I don’t recall much about the show or venue except we were very close to the stage, it was much smaller than the Hammersmith Odeon, and it was loud.
The best groups I saw there were Taste and Jethro Tull when they still had Mick Abrahams. It was 1968, I think, when there was sort of an underground blues scene. The club probably lost its importance by ‘70 or ‘ 71 when the groups were being offered more money for larger venues. The Marquee on Wardour Street was a really great place in a special location.
It's so emotional seeing this place again. The wardour street Marquee was so special. It's so hard to recreate that kind of magic. DJ Jerry Floyd playing the Avengers theme at the start of the night in the mid 80's, beer on the floor, slam-dancing to the Messiahs and hitting the floor only to be picked up by the person who'd just knocked me over. I bootlegged several gigs there. i would just stick my recorder on the stage or under the mixing desk and get back in amongst it. The low ceiling, the perpetually dark interior, the friendly staff, the feeling of belonging and having my membership card which ive still got. There was no snootiness or pretention there unlike some other venues like the camden palace. Nobody hassled me or sneered at me. I always got treated well and felt like i belonged there. The Marquee was beautiful. I used to go to see the screaming blue messiahs there in 85 and new model army, the icicle works, Time UK which had the Jam drummer in after Weller had split the Jam, and the fuzztones played there. So many bands who never really broke through to a big audience, but it was still an achievement to play the marquee. It could be hard rockers one night, pot-smoking hippies the next, new wave bands the next and then a punk band with a rough slam-dancing crowd the next. Nobody got ostracised. I used to get a thrill just walking past the place. I used to run the length of wardour street and oxford street after the gigs to get to tottenham court road underground to get back to liverpool street station to catch the last train home. I would hurtle onto the tube train and lie on the floor of it exhausted and still soaking wet from the gig. It kind of put me in an altered state and even on the train i felt like i was still in the gig. It kept me going for days. The marquee was the only place in the world where i felt accepted. Nothing bad ever happened to me there. When they closed it i knew it was all over in London for me so i moved north. I never went in the charing cross one. I knew it could never recreate the magic. It should've been preserved as a museum. Thanks Jo
You were right,I went to both and the Charing Cross Rd one was cack.
Only went there once and saw Living Colour, great band and gig . Remember talking to Gail Anne Dorsey in the bar . Used to see her around in the west End
I was lucky enough to play there in the early 80s half a dozen times as a support band great experience and going down the st moritz club all night afterwards so pissed use to go straight to work next day rock n roll
Met the late, great Long John Baldry at the Marquee in 1964. Always remember his bass player had a cigarette 'stuck' on the machine head of his guitar. I did a stint there the same year when in one of the very early all girl bands 'Viki & Her Ladybirds'! Great times!
Nice video and I appreciate it, but I was looking for a more historical view rather than who has played there. We all now everyone but the Beatles. ;-)
I never got the chance to go to the Marquee, wished I had. Great documentary
The sort of bogs where you'd never sit on the pan. Doe anyone know what they did with the fixtures and fittings from Wardour Street?
The stage and the dressing room walls have both come up at auctions over the years.
Never knew who was next to you was right, I was in there one night in Wardour Street and had ny Arn grabbed by this very young dark haired chick in leather trying to read my watch on my wrist, her blond haired female friend was also in black and just stood there snapping gum... did nt dawn on me until they started talking they were yanks, slightly drunk and obnoxious ones.. Turned out it was Joan Jett and Cherie Curry of the Runaways, who were in the UK touring... I don't think they were old enough to get into the place but there you go... Strangely a couple of weeks later I met another guy at the bar, bought him a pint, it was Pat Travers...
I got into the Marquee Club and lots of pubs at age 15. In the 1980s, the average 14 to 15-year-old American kid looked like he was 18 or 19 compared to teenage Brits. Cool story. One Friday night my friends went to a Fastway concert, but for whatever reason I wasn’t up for going out. My friends ran into Lemmy in the hallway. He bought them beers and hung out a bit with them. I should have gone out that night.
When I was growing up in the UK, there was this adage ( in Portsmouth anyway ) that if you could stand properly at the bar, you’d get served, unfortunately we left England when I was 14 so never really got to test that one out .. when I came back a few years later, it was obviously too late..
ACDC Sold That Club Out So Many Times In Summer of 76 but All In All The History of That Club From Oxford St To Wardor St Nothing That You Will Ever See Again
Walking past the Marquee Club on my way home from work in Wardour street in the 'Rush hour' it was amazing so much life could be instilled in such a modest building . Thank you for sharing your Video.
The Marquee Club used to have Latin American music on Sunday evenings when I used to go in the late 50s.
I spent a large part of my late teens at the Marquee, it was and still is my favourite venue. It was the late 70s when punk was in full swing. I feel very lucky to have been around in those days , since the 12 bar club closed there are no decent venues in the west end anymore .
I saw Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Ten Years After and several other bands (who did not become so famous) play at the Marquee (Wardour Street) in the late 1960s. The Marquee had a special atmosphere - wherever you stood you were near the stage, and felt part of the music. I left London in 1970, but remember returning to the old Marquee site about 25 years later. It seemed sad standing there, as though something had been lost.
Cool. You didn't see Zeppelin there?
Interesting Documentary Jo , well done 👏....
J'ai joué au Marquee Club avec le NAC (Nouvel Asile Culturel) dans les années 70, un des rare groupe français je pense. Inoubliable. Jean Augeron.
I was there only once in the 80s for Rory Gallagher, just in front of them.
I remember late 60,s double diamond was the beer ,couple of Purple Hearts ,saw the tamler Motown tour stevie wonder ,supremes plus (can’t remember) great nights and the scene 😀
Excellent, thank you!
if i may add afew to sids excellent choice of london club venues may i offer klooks kleek hampstead lycyum in the strand also the lse saw the amazing captain beefheart there hammersmith odeon saville theatre shaftsbury ave station tavern w10 town and country club kentish town and probably my alltime favourite the rainbow finsbury park the performance by the return to forever band still gves me the shivers today
too many great gigs starting from around 1966 to remember at the marquee perhaps the sunday residency of klng crimson in 1968 took the first prize for me followed by savoy brown blues band the support was the first gig of a band called jethro tull both bands were hot as hell trying to outdo one another 2x45 minute sets each i think it was about seven shillings on the door to get in oh happy days
In the mid to late 70's I saw The Cure, The UK Subs, The Leighton Buzzards, The Lurkers and many others. An amazing place that can never be equalled.
1980 "Simple Minds"!
Just spotted myself (3rd from left) on the stage (1:04) standing next to Steve Rothery and Pete from Marillion plus the 1988 Jadis line up. It was a fan club convention and I volunteered to sing Market Square Heroes. I was awful and they muted the mic (thank God)
Something to show your grandchildren one day
Saw Johnny Thunders in '84 and many gigs after. Saw the Guns n Roses gigs which were excellent. Got to play the Charing cross Venue a few times. Saw The Quireboys, Dogs D'amour, ah, good times.
There was a time between 1978 and 1979 when I felt like I lived at the Marquee. I must have gone about three times a week in that period. My first ever gig (aged 16 I think) was Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias. Saw The Human League, Skids, The Rezillos, The Ruts, The Fall, Thomas Dolby (hidden behind a bank of keyboards), Undertones, Wire, The Boys and loads more. Great film Jo.
Sorry, nice try, but why is there so much footage in the video, that has nothing to do with the Marquee? Why are you see The Quireboys many times, playing in a club, that has nothing to do with the Marquee at all?! I wish there would be more footage from the Marquee inside.
Thanks for your comments. As mentioned this is a student film, with no funding to pay copyright fees for footage. I had to rely on photos kindly permitted by those that took them. The Quireboys owed their initial success to the Marquee and were kind enough to talk about it. The film is also about small venues and live music in general and so live music is featured.
Gotta say my main memories was the Quireboys gigs (and the second night GnR played) they had that 'Faces' swagger.
Went every Wednesday or Friday through '67 -70. Supported The Nice , Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years after, Spooky Tooth, Arthur Brown, Joe Cocker, Jethro Tull, Emerson lake and Palmer, John Mayall and many more. Great intimate venue, great playing really close up. Had to have a hankercheif when Joe Cocker sang! That close.
Great doc,I remember a gig by Y&T in 1982 one of the best gig i’ve been to
Props to that Chester venue to provide a space for young bands to play live and not to rip them off and treat them well. So many great live venues I grew up going to in the 1980s in London are now gone. Hammersmith Palais, Red Cow, Clarenden Hotel, George Robey in Finsbury Park, Marquee ,Astoria and Borderline in Soho, The Greyhound in Fulham, I could go on!
I miss these times so much
At its best between '64 and '67, when you could see unknown musicians who went on to be world wide megastars.
guns and roses were the biggest pile of dog vomnit i ever had the misfortune to hear
Yeah, I agree, I saw them on their first proper UK tour, in 1987 or 1988 and they were poor. That first record was bloody good though, so they must have had it together in the studio.
THE SWEET!
I was a member at the 90, Wardour Street venue between 1969 - 1980. Great memories of seeing Taste play there on my first visit - New Years Eve 1968, supported by Peter Bardens Village. After that I was hooked on the place and saw many different bands - great memories. Thanks for putting this up and hope this film you put together helped with your Master's ?!
The Jam
Led zeppelin would have been a great show.
Can you imagine seeing Zeppelin there at their rawest? Wow.