Me and my mates once went to a Farm gig at the Astoria when they had that upper deck with little tables with red lamps on them. Weatherall, Farley and co all Djing… The Farm were playing and a massive row kicked off on the bit upstairs with the little red lamps flying everywhere. Singer from The Farm was on stage saying ‘eh eh - what about all together now’ which didn’t curb the situation.
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Long time lurker here, seemed liked an appropriate point for a first post! I was at that night, wasn’t it billed as a Flying Xmas party? I do remember the tear up on the balcony & also remember being sick on the stage (was down the front) before The Farm came on & a roadie pulling cables through his hands only to find them covered in my puke! He went mental & just sort of hid! Good times……
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It was a Flying do if I remember rightly. Think Rocky and Diesel were on that bill too not sure although it might have been a Flowered Up party.
This one, I assume? (Not my ticket)
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I remember in 93 going to a Pushca in a film studios in north London Rampling was there banging out hardfloor acperience and waving around wildly. All the usuals were there in the crowd boy George fat Tony MC kinky etc all going for it when all of a sudden those lovely gold chairs with the red velvet upholstery started flying everywhere, bottles smashing all over the place loads of coked up football bods swinging at each other girls and drag queens running for cover and the security not being able to do anything. utter mayhem completely ruined the beans we were on. apparently it was three football firms all going at each other. everyone legged it Rampling stopped the music and got on the mic telling people to stop stabbing each other. we left
didn’t know whether to put this in the 93 thread so went for this one.
good times
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Yes been in a few clubs when its kicked off. Absolute vibe killer. It happened at Basics once late 90s at the Mint Club. Anywhere else it would have been game over but of course Dave Beer managed to get the party back on.
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Yes we were there too, major downer. Was ‘reminiscing’ with Ric and Debs about it a few years ago. We were in the middle of the dancefloor when the chairs started flying.
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Hacienda - cs going off, numerous flying bottles, people being chinned. Salford gang driving a car into the most excellent night at wiggly worm. Gunchester period, big vibe killer
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Different type of nightmare but was walking into a club that had water spewing down from the ceiling and people thinking it was a part of the show. It was sewerage water from a burst pipe in the toilets above.
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The Farm one… Then after that they did Altogether Now and lots of fake snow fell from the ceiling that made you choke when it got stuck in your throat heheh…
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Mr Rampling would frequently mix acperience into sister sledgés we are family. I’m guessing that was the final straw for the Gazelle-clad brethren.
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Went to a free party on the beach in Barry Island, South Wales in the early 90’s. Beautiful sunny morning etc. Some of the locals fell out with some lads from Cardiff (probs over who were sorting out the refreshments). Cardiff lot went and got a load more chaps who turned up with hammers! Ears were bitten off and all sorts. We locked ourselves in the car
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Megadog MCR Academy circa ‘94 maybe? Probably Underworld supported by Children of the Bong or someone like that. Lost my mates and couldn’t get any speed so took Billy up on the offer of a Red Rocket not really understanding the diff between amphetamines and LSD (think I was about 17)
Went to a big afters at Mauldeth Road with a few sound systems including Desert Storm. Irish bouncers from the New Ardri looking after the door. Anyway sat in the living room rolling spliffs and heard it all start to kick off outside, someone said move away from the windows and a rock the size of my head came crashing in.
Cue pitched battles with some scally gang who were trying to nick the decks, bouncers covered in blood, people shouting about machetes and me on my first trip hiding in the attic for a good few hours.
Have to say I’ve never really been worried about doing acid since as I figure things couldn’t get much worse than that….
Vybes hey?
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Sir Henrys in Cork by any chance?
My GF was in Leeds so I went to Basics a bit circa 94 / 93
In the toilets remember some lads asking me where I was from as I didnt have a Leeds accent
& not in a where you from / what you on style
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I’ve heard a few stories like this about Basics, but after going every week from the very beginning at the music factory right up to 95 i never experienced or saw one bit of trouble. Made loads of mates there over the years and always found the Leeds / Yorkshire crew spot on. Some are still good mates to this day. During the 90s the gang issues that plagued Most Excellent, Home @ Ducie House, Paradise Factory and the Hac all in Manchester are a different story, saw many fights and bad vibes, especially the Hac where if you sat in the wrong area of the club or looked at the wrong person in the wrong way you got your arse slashed with a stanley knife. I was never the biggest fan of the Hacienda though tbh
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As someone who was at uni in Manchester but from Leeds, I totally agree. I don’t ever remember there being any nonsense at Basics (like Huffy I went regularly up until late 1995). Manchester early 90s could be really, really moody. Saw a girl knocked out cold on the dance floor at the Hac, knives being pulled at various other haunts, a bloke waving a gun around upstairs at the PSV…way too many dodgy blokes in massive anoraks looking for trouble. Leeds totally avoided all that.
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It was a one off & I went fair few times. Maybe the radar a bit sensitive
None of that at Vague but you had to suffer the music ( although I did like it when TWA went high camp disco)
The Quad nostalgia made me smile. Main club was great but the walk to the toilets & back in the allnighter felt like a special ops mission + I once got nearly robbed on dancefloor , they thought I was serving up & when they found a 1x £10 in my wallet they semi apologised
My mistake was saying hello to one of locals we;''d met ( Vertigos crew) who took us for 1st time who was
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I’m grew up in Yorkshire and went to basics regularly (in between travelling back from uni) until around 95ish. Never saw any trouble.
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