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Newcastle is my favourite city in England

Severed799 [Edit] [Delete] 44 replies 13:58 November 30th, 2008

or at least it would be if it had a music scene (like glasgow or leeds or manc) to speak of. you?

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  • i visited once

    it's all r & b c\lubs everywhere.

    haribo7989 | 30 Nov '08, 14:00 | X | ^ This | Reply

  • I don't know about that

    But it's one of the coldest places I've ever been to.

    And I'm Scottish.

    Elfrim | 30 Nov '08, 14:01 | X | ^ This | Reply

  • Portions For Foxes

    Put on some ace gigs, deerhoof, make believe, parts and labor etc.
    Thats the only time in the last few years i think Newcastle has been on a par with Leeds or Glasgow.

    domril | 30 Nov '08, 14:30 | X | ^ This | Reply

  • I heart newcastle

    its my home!!

    theres some fab places to go if you know where to look :)

    rache7593 | 30 Nov '08, 14:38 | X | ^ This | Reply

  • I lived in newcastle for my gap year (until this summer)

    and my thoughts always were, its probably the prettiest city centre in the country (and yeah, i'm putting that above Edinburgh, just) it has great shops for music and clothing and good bars and restraunts. All that lets it down (and yeah, its pretty much a personal thing) is that no one really seems to care about music. There's no where near enough tours given the size and position of Newcastle, and even when there is, people generally seem pretty indifferent (by this I mean smaller bands, just going to gigs for a night out, as opposed to say, the bigger radio played bands, there are plenty of people at those gigs).

    I've been playing with the idea (which is kinda stupid seeing as I've just gone to Glasgow for uni) of becoming a Newcastle/North East based gig promoter because I feel that as a city it has the potential to become a new centre for music, just no one has properly done it yet. That said, the attitude of some (NOT ALL) Geordies sometimes suggests that this may be a waste. thoughts?

    also, your favourite cities and why?

    Severed799 | 30 Nov '08, 15:05 | X | ^ This | Reply

    • "people generally seem pretty indifferent ... just going to gigs for a night out"

      bang on!

      so many gigs around here feel like they're more about whose going to be there for the night out than actually about the bands

      soapy @Severed799 | 30 Nov '08, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply

    • do it

      but there are some good things on
      such as getinvolved

      ryansmith @Severed799 | 30 Nov '08, 18:04 | X | ^ This | Reply

    • NEWCASTLE

      Its not like anybodys ever thought of that before recently. Sarcasm aside though, you were spot on about the apathy. And due to this apathy it would take you and several other people another couple of years to create any kind of scene Tyne and Wear. It is so unbelievably boring on the music front at the minute. Newcastle had its chance to become what Leeds and Sheffield have become, and it fucked it up. It had The Futureheads, Maximo and Field Music all breaking in the region at the same time, it believed its own hype, didnt invest and then bottomed out. It crashed. and THE problem with bands in Newcastle is that they dont help each other out. There are few opportunities, each band wants the opportunities for themselves, so they look out just for themselves. This is not conductive of making any kind of scene and alot of bands go under.

      There are a lot of hard working promoters in Newcastle, unfortunately the students that reside there are into indie music as FASHION. Therefore they'll go to some big gigs that they have been bludgened into going by national hype, and theyll go to big indie nights at the likes of the Carling Academy as there is the promise of other INDIE AS FASHION members of the opposite sex being there to cop off with. But when it comes to smaller nights and labours of love, the only people who'll go to these are people with any degree of socio-musical intellect - of which there are too small a percentage in Newcastle to spread amongst all the promoters/nights/bands that really want to make a difference.

      These nights wont start filling up till they are fashionable.

      old_brutalist @Severed799 | 1 Dec '08, 00:00 | X | ^ This | Reply

      • do you think there is a sub-culture

        within the area that arent part of the generic stereotypes? Unfortunately I haven't even seen much evidence otherwise but I'd like to believe that hiding in every city there are people that give a shit.

        I don't really get it, Shops like RPM and Alt. and even Beatdown to an extent all exist without necessarily selling the obvious thing, so what's the problem with people coming out?

        Of course I am aware people have tried, and yeah I do know getinvolved do good things, but what do you think I/we would have to do to get people interested and caring about each other again? Just start quietly but enough to survive and build from there?

        Severed799 @old_brutalist | 1 Dec '08, 18:52 | X | ^ This | Reply

      • i live near the quayside

        and you couldnt be more right.

        GeorgeRT @old_brutalist | 1 Dec '08, 18:59 | X | ^ This | Reply

  • I don't live there

    But I've got some friends in Newcastle who promote nights and run a record label called Ex Libris. We played one of their nights this year, it was amazing fun. They've got some good stuff on their label too, quite diverse. Fuck knows what their up to at the minute, but they always seem to have something going on.

    CutOutCurtis | 30 Nov '08, 15:09 | X | ^ This | Reply

  • I just moved up

    for uni and i'm loving it so far. i've been to a few gigs but would love it if more bands came up hear, and if future of the left hadn't cancelled their tour :(

    splitter | 30 Nov '08, 15:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

  • It's my favourite place ever

    but I'm biased.

    Browno | 30 Nov '08, 20:22 | X | ^ This | Reply

  • Went to uni there in the early 90s

    was an amazing place but it always makes my heart break a bit to think that they got rid of the two best venues in the city - The Riverside and The Mayfair - which were like 2nd homes to me. Having those 2 venues ensured that any band playing a national tour played there, so saw the likes of Nirvana, NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Tori Amos, Afghan Whigs, Jane's Addiction, Pixies and many, many more play there. Pearl Jam at The Riverside, about a month before 'Ten' came out is still just about the best gig I've every seen, closely followed by NIN, who played to about 50 people the week they released 'Head Like A Hole'. (Very) Happy days...

    http://www.notaphoto.com

    eddy_baby | 30 Nov '08, 23:06 | X | ^ This | Reply

    • Newcastle's great

      Went there a month ago for a weekend, I don't think I've been anywhere where everyone's so friendly. Great indie stores, where store assistants are knowledgable and will at least make an effort to be nice. I even checked out Digital, Cluny and Academy when up there too. Everything's cheap, everything's within walking distance and geordies are the salt of the earth.

      yous @eddy_baby | 1 Dec '08, 00:12 | X | ^ This | Reply

  • newcastle!

    im playing in newcastle tomorrow with the middle ones. at the head of steam. come along!

    yeahhh.

    http://www.myspace.com/themountainparade
    http://www.myspace.com/themiddleones

    myanalog | 14 Dec '08, 23:52 | X | ^ This | Reply

  • .

    It used to have one of the best with amazing bands like Sefelt, www.myspace.com/sefelt, The Unit Ama, Paper Cut Out and Peace Burial at Sea, www.myspace.com, but it just fizzled out.

    The Double Down boys used to put on some amazing gigs along with Mr Reeds gigs (paper chase, clinic etc).

    ClamingToBeOnTele | 15 Dec '08, 00:26 | X | ^ This | Reply

  • Hmm, not entirely sure I'd agree...

    It's not on the scale of a Manchester or a London, but Newcastle music seems pretty decent to me: there's many good venues (The Cluny, The End and Head of Steam are all great, and even the larger ones like the Academy arn't too bad...the Newcastle Student Union is pretty shite though, it must be said), there's a fair few larger and smaller touring acts coming there, and while there's certainly some absolute shite out there, I've managed to stumble upon a few pretty good local acts as well. It's certainly not perfect (speaking as an annoying studenty tosser myself, there does seem to be a divide seperating a lot of students who would be really interested in getting involved and the local scene as it stands - not sure how you go about solving that one though!), but it seems in decent enough health to me. And I can't imagine there being many other places where a band's equipment can go completely haywire (like High Places last month) or where the turnout can be as baffilingly sparse as at the HEALTH gig in May, and yet have the atmosphere remain so up-for-it.
    You know, I could have sworn I had a point when I started typing...

    theskysawfulblue | 15 Dec '08, 15:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
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