Capture: Auckland Rock City
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Brilliant, Jon. Thank you.
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Wow, cool pics. So that's what the Frontiersmen building looks like. What a dinky little building !
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Another post of historical significance.
Excellent J.
How's that book coming along? ;-)
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Jonathan Ganley, in reply to
Thanks for letting us run free with ideas! ... Now, I think I linked to this elsewhere on Public Address a few months ago ... I wonder what John Lennon was saying to Robbie?
Photo courtesy Auckland Libraries / Heritage Images. Showing the civic reception for the Beatles in front of the Auckland Town Hall. 'Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 580-10701'
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Jonathan Ganley, in reply to
I went inside ...
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Beautiful post - loved it, every single one. A nice mix of familiarity and 'huh, I didn't know that' moments.
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Making a sweeping generalisation Auckland before the reforms of the mid 1980s had fewer people, more bands and more energy - if memory serves me correctly - which it probably doesn’t.
The work ethic ruled. - 10.00 PM closing time on Thursday and you got to stay out in pubs till 11.00 PM on Friday & Saturday - very little weekend trading - you had to get what you needed by 5.00 PM Friday or eat fish n chips all weekend.
The team policing unit - the public bar at Windsor Castle and what was that other public bar across the road and down a bit the Exchange - The Team Policing unit coming in sitting on the exits and going through the crowd checking for persons of interest, underage drinkers and/or dope - they also used to go th rough the tiolets at the gluepot..
Good on all the venues and the bands for the blast, all very workman like and almost but not quite pre history.
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The Venue of the future?
<not trolling, honest>
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Russell Brown, in reply to
The Venue of the future?
<not trolling, honest>
It's a hard venue to use -- it has toilets but not many of the other things you need at a gig or event venue (tills, eft-pos, etc) and people ain't using it. And when someone tries, they have their special liquor license refused by the cops. Murray McCully sold us a good one there.
Super photo, btw.
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JacksonP, in reply to
Murray McCully sold us a good one there.
Thanks. Maybe I was trolling. It has all but passed into folklore already, less than a year on. What about Shed 10? The one time I did go there it had... issues too.
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Well, this is old and only the stage but from '86 Mount Smart Stadium.
Oh yeah, Bob and Tom.
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Now this is where we will be on Oct 12. Billy Bragg!!
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Now this is where we will be on Oct 12. Billy Bragg!!
I made my partner's year when I bought us tickets for his Dunedin gig before she even knew he was coming.
She saw him many years ago and got herself into the after party and he kissed her on the cheek. I don't think she's washed her face since </fangirl>
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May have posted this earlier, but a friend got New England from the 1992 gig at the Town Hall. That guy singing over it may or may not be me. He also signed my Greetings To The New Brunette 12" in Sounds on Queen Street back in 1987, on his tour where he played University O week and then at the Galaxy (Powerstation) a week or so later. We was there too... and will be at the Town Hall in Oct.
</fanboy>
ETA: 1987 was one hell of a busy year for him. Talking to the taxman about poetry, eh?
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Also, since we're here thanks to Jonathan, I'll link to his post from BB 1987.
Wow! He was so young.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
I remember that gig well - the first part of it of it. I was sitting up in the same box with Lange etc, next to Phil Warren, who owned the venue. Our beers ran out so Phil suggested I nip into Billy's dressing room just behind us and grab a couple from the rider.
He won't notice two gone, he said.
So I did and two turned into four into eight and so on until poor Billy was left with a single Steinlager can.
The second half of the show was a haze so the photographic evidence is welcome.
I think I was slightly more together by the time we all ended up at the after party, at Festival Record's Simon Baeyertz's place in Augustus Terrace, where - and the memory is still blurry - Billy played with the Topp Twins.
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Wearing Elected Rep hat, and as Heritage Leader for the WLB It would be wonderful to see if we could put up plaques with the information supplied above on each of the sites/buildings...
What do you think?
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Russell Brown, in reply to
So I did and two turned into four into eight and so on until poor Billy was left with a single Steinlager can.
I believe that the craft brewers of New Zealand should make good on this unfortunate incident, for the sake of the country's good name. I'll get onto it.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
next to Phil Warren
Another Phil Warren connection on this thread. The Hampton Court basement as above, was Phil's last office in the city (he'd been at Ace of Clubs / Six Month Club until it was knocked down for Mayoral Drive) and I spent a lot of time there in the late 80s, 90s surrounded by, and humbled by, vast amounts of NZ rock'n'roll history.
So, yes, plaques on these sorts of places are a great idea (although hopefully we'll shortly have digital versions of these to refer to).
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Sacha, in reply to
left with a single Steinlager can
act o mercy
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Sacha, in reply to
and geolocated digital please
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
It was a long time ago - back then we were sold the blue bottled version (75c at Alfies) or the green bottled ($1) - same beer but the story was the green filtered the light to produce a better flavour.
And that was the sophisticated/trendy end of the market....
Of course then Macs arrived and changed everything.
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JacksonP, in reply to
(75c at Alfies)
I thought they only served G & Ts. If only I’d known…
Just been thinking of venues around Auckland which weren’t so prominent, but have strange resonance.
In 1992 we ventured to Howick By The Sea, to see The Chills, with Biplane, during the Soft Bomb tour. I have this memory of it feeling like a sports clubrooms.
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Sacha, in reply to
then Macs arrived
verily
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
I've got a list of some at the bottom of this page on my site.
Howick By The Sea was a horrible place. The best of the suburban gigs were often to be found in Church or RSA halls.
Once again (and no I'm not trying to get traffic) some terrific shots down page here courtesy of Mo Cammick's lens and unfailing eye.
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