Rock & Metal Pubs and Clubs

Malice

Inspired by the fact that I've recently had to move for work I'd like to compile a list of Rock/Metal orientated pubs and clubs in Ireland or abroad. I will miss popping into Sally Longs in Galway for a midweek pint or two.

Either PM me or post on this thread and I'll update this post with the information.

Edit: There is also The Metal Travel Guide as kindly posted by jenizzle.

Ireland
Cork
Fred Zeppelins - 8 Parliament Street Cork City - 021 427 3500.
An Crúiscín Lán - 19 Douglas Street - Cork City - 021 496 6541.

Dublin
Bruxelles - 7/8 Harry Street, Dublin 2., Co. Dublin - 01 677 5362
Fibber Magees - 80-81 Parnell Street - 01 8722575
Fibbers Rock Bar - Ormond Quay Dublin 1
The Flowing Tide - 9 Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1 - 01-8740842
The Foggy Dew - No 1 Fownes Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 - (01) 677 9328
The Good Bits - Store Street, Dublin 1
The Pint - Eden Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland - 01-8745255

Galway
Róisín Dubh - Dominic Street, Galway - 091 586540.
Sally Longs - 33 Upper Abbeygate Street Galway - 091 565756

Kildare
The Phoenix - Nugent Street, Kildare - +353 858214949

Waterford
Twister Vicks - John Street, Waterford City, Waterford - 085 833 6690


Belgium
Antwerp
De Rots, Melkmarkt 11, 2000 Antwerpen


Czech Republic
Prague
Rock Club Error, Sokolovská 161c, Praha, 8
Hells Bells Rockin` Pub, Na Bělidle 27, Praha 5


England
Birmingham
Scruffy Murphys - Newton Street, Dale End, Birmingham - 0121 2362035

Bristol
The Hatchet Inn - 27 Frogmore Street, Bristol - 0117 929 4118

Liverpool
The Krazyhouse - 16 Wood Street, Liverpool - +44 (0)151 708 5016

London
The Intrepid Fox - 15 St. Giles High Street - 020 7836 8956
London
Crobar - 17 Manette Street, London W1D 4AS, United Kingdom


Germany
Berlin
Rockcafé Halford - Boxhagenerstr 19-20, Friedrichshain
Jailbreak - Bänschstr. 79, 10247 Berlin-Friedrichshain
K17 - Pettenkoferstraße 17a, 10247 Berlin - +49 (0)30-42 089 300


Holland
Amsterdam
The Cave - Prinsengracht 472 1017 KG, Amsterdam - 020-6268939

The Hague
Brothers of Beer - Noordeinde 44 2311 CE Leiden, Netherlands - 06 10057028

Northern Ireland
Belfast
Spring & Airbrake - 17 Ormeau Avenue Belfast BT2 8HS - 028 9032 5942
Auntie Annies - 44 Dublin Rd Belfast, County Antrim BT2 7HN - 028 9050 1660


Norway
Oslo
Rock In - Øvre Slottsgate 10, Oslo 0157 - +47 22 42 59 07
Elm Street - Dronningensgate 32, Oslo, 154 - +47 22 421427
Unholy - St. Olav's Gt. 23, St Hanshaugen


Poland
Kraków
Jazz Rock Bar - Sławkowska 12, Kraków, Polska
Pub Popularny - Ulica Grodzka 31, Kraków, Poland - (0-12) 430 03 99


Scotland
Edinburgh
The Black Rose Tavern - 49 Rose St, Edinburgh - 0131 220 0414
Jekyll & Hyde - 112 Hanover Street, Edinburgh - 0131 225 2022
Opium - 71 Cowgate, Edinburgh - 0131 225 8382

Glasgow
Nice & Sleazy - 421 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow - 0141 333 0900
The Cathouse - 15 Union St, Glasgow - 0141 248 6606
Solid Rock Café - 19 Hope St, Glasgow - 0141 221 1105


USA
New York
Duffs - 168 Marcy Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Angels and Kings - 500 East 11th Street, New York City

InigoMontoya

The Intrepid Fox, London

http://www.intrepidfox.com/


Highly recommended, just don't cross the tiny barmaid.

chin_grin

I'll state the obvious being that I live in Dublin.

Fibber Magees.
Bruxelles (downstairs to the left).
New Fibbers on the Quays.(Beside Sin É)

That's all I know of!

jenizzle

I usually frequent The Metal Travel Guide anytime I'm looking for a rock/metal bar in a random country. Very useful!

Malice

jenizzle wrote: »

I usually frequent The Metal Travel Guide anytime I'm looking for a rock/metal bar in a random country. Very useful!

Thanks jenizzle, you just ruined my thread :mad:.

Seriously though, while that is a very handy resource, I like the idea of having a thread where people can vouch for the listed venues so hopefully we'll get a few more listings on here.

Malice

chin_grin wrote: »

I'll state the obvious being that I live in Dublin.

Fibber Magees.
Bruxelles (downstairs to the left).
New Fibbers on the Quays.(Beside Sin É)

That's all I know of!

What's the difference between old and new Fibbers?

Passenger

Malice_ wrote: »

What's the difference between old and new Fibbers?

New Fibbers (or Fibbers Rock Bar as it's called) is strictly over 21's and geared more towards the older Metal crowd. More like Bruxelles than the teenage pandering Fibbers on Parnell Street. It's a little more intimate too.

chin_grin

Passenger wrote: »

New Fibbers (or Fibbers Rock Bar as it's called) is strictly over 21's and geared more towards the older Metal crowd. More like Bruxelles than the teenage pandering Fibbers on Parnell Street. It's a little more intimate too.

Also I've just been informed that there will be a dj in Fibbers Rock Bar (I think that is it's proper title).

Max Power1

chin_grin wrote: »

Also I've just been informed that there will be a dj in Fibbers Rock Bar (I think that is it's proper title).

ah crap... the jukebox was one of the reasons I liked going there, even more than Brux.
Any word of times/days etc or is it just rumour?

Nightwish

I'd like to add The Cave Prinsengracht 472, Amsterdam to the list. Great little bar with live music and and really friendly bar staff.

chin_grin

Max Power1 wrote: »

ah crap... the jukebox was one of the reasons I liked going there, even more than Brux.
Any word of times/days etc or is it just rumour?

Well I'll put it down to rumour at this time. I read an update that a certain Dublin tattoo artist is doing a dj set in there, so that's what sparked my press-like rumour mill post. Aw.

LD 50

Phoenix Rock Bar in Kildare

DeadSkin

Nice 'n' Sleazy on Sauchiehall Street Glasgow is always worth a look if in Glasgow.
Great name for a pub too!!

PattheMetaller

Solid Rock Cafe at the bottom of Hope St in Glasgow (at Junction with Argyle St); great pub with two levels and plenty of good music and memorabilia http://www.solidrockglasgow.com/

The Cathouse on Union St in Glasgow; rock/metal night club and live venue http://www.cathouseglasgow.co.uk/

jenizzle

Malice_ wrote: »

Thanks jenizzle, you just ruined my thread :mad:.

Sorry

I'll make a list of a few I've been to myself

Geezer1000

DeadSkin wrote: »

Nice 'n' Sleazy on Sauchiehall Street Glasgow is always worth a look if in Glasgow.
Great name for a pub too!!

Was a gay night there the last time i was in it. Took a while to cop it. Pint gone in seconds and so was i

jenizzle

Berlin

Rockcafe Halford, Boxhanger Strasse: Ginormous statue of Rob Halford outside. Inside, it's all things Judas Priest, including a fine selection of metal cocktails

Jailbreak, Banschstrasse: Nice little place that's a nice little stopoff before hitting up the next place...

K17, Pettenkoferstrasse: This place is AWESOME! Courtyard/smoking area that has a little bar, and hotdogs and burgers on the bbq for a euro. To the left, there is a venue for bands. To the right, there's a 3-floored 4-roomed club. Ground floor has Gothic/EBM music. First floor has Electro/80's music. 2nd Floor is divided into two - one room has black/death metal, the other has heavy metal, nu-metal, trash etc. Each room has a bar and the place gets a great crowd on Friday and Saturday nights. Don't like the song they're playing? Just walk around till you find a room that is playing something better!

Birmingham

Scruffy Murphys is a great aul place for a few pints, bit of a chat and some singing along later in the night. They play a bit of everything from nice rock n'roll to death metal.

I'll add more hopefully...

Catari Jaguar

Dublin:

The Sub Lounge under Tara St Station

Foggy Dew Beside Central Bank, Dame Street

Neptune Bar down in the Flowing Tide, Lower Abbey Street

Formerly known as Radio City, now renovated into The Good Bits It looks cool and has after parties for the o2 concerts. Opposite Busarás

London: So so many, especially in Camden

The Crobar, Soho

World's End/ Underworld, Camden

Dublin Castle, Camden

Hobgoblin, Camden

Big Red, Holloway

Caco

A few good places I've been too...

Dublin-
Apart from the ones already mentioned, Thomas House does rock/metal nights some nights

Edinburgh-
Jekyll & Hyde
The Black Rose
Opium

Brussels-
Rock Classic

Amsterdam
Excalibur

Malice

Wow, I leave this thread alone for a few days and all of a sudden I've a load of updates to make to the first post .

Thanks to everyone that's added pubs so far!

Lil Kitten wrote: »

The Sub Lounge under Tara St Station

Is this definitely a Rock/Metal-orientated pub? The website didn't give me that impression at all.

Catari Jaguar

Malice_ wrote: »

Wow, I leave this thread alone for a few days and all of a sudden I've a load of updates to make to the first post .

Thanks to everyone that's added pubs so far!

Is this definitely a Rock/Metal-orientated pub? The website didn't give me that impression at all.

Yea, it is. It's better when it's quiet. It gets packed with IFSC workers at peak times. They play mainstream rock & metal music and it looks really gothic and cool. Usually find a bunch of rockers there before concerts in the o2. Cheapest pint in Dublin too There's DJ nights for pop/ dance as well though...

Malice

Aw, Lil Kitten, how come you changed your name? I thought there was a new reply to my thread

Uncle Buck

Up North you have Spring & Airbrake, or the Limelight as I always refer to it, in Belfast.

Catari Jaguar

Malice_ wrote: »

Aw, Lil Kitten, how come you changed your name? I thought there was a new reply to my thread

Had to take advantage of my subscriber priviledges!! Might change it to Dr. Love in tribute to the upcoming KISS concert!

--LOS--

nice thread.
I would like to add The Krazyhouse in Liverpool!

http://www.thekrazyhouse.co.uk/

Its a 3 floor club with a metal floor which is quite big and sometimes they open quite late and do all nighters, you can get food there too! The whole place is likely to be taken over by a people train to a metal version of nelly the elephant at some point too!

Malice

--LOS-- wrote: »

nice thread.
I would like to add The Krazyhouse in Liverpool!

Not sure how I've not found out about this place before now, I'm in Liverpool regularly for football matches. I'll be there over the May Bank Holiday so I'll do my best to get in there for a look.

Vanhalla

anything in waterford?!

Malice

Vanhalla wrote: »

anything in waterford?!

You could always post a thread here to find out and then if there is one, come back here and let us know .

SpittinStuff

Twister Vicks is in Waterford, and is getting a good reputation for rock and metal bands....


Incidentally if any bands wanna play down there let me know, as i'm in the process of organising a gig there in May, and we'll need another 2 - 3 bands.


????

A_Border_Bandit

Looking for somewhere in Dublin that Hard Rock music is played regularly? :cool:

Passenger

A_Border_Bandit wrote: »

Looking for somewhere in Dublin that Hard Rock music is played regularly? :cool:

Bruxelles, Harry St.

Fibbers Rock Bar, Ormond Quay.



Both open til 2.30 Fri and Sat nights.

A_Border_Bandit

Cheers man!

Malice

A_Border_Bandit wrote: »

Looking for somewhere in Dublin that Hard Rock music is played regularly? :cool:

I don't get it. You've opened a thread called "Rock & Metal Pubs and Clubs" where the first post is a list of exactly that, clearly broken down by county and country and you still have to post a question? Was the first post not clear enough or something?

slavetothegrind

Ah he just wanted his presence felt.......at least i hope it was only his presence:D

Good list so far, did not know about that pub under tara street or across from busarus, will investigate dutifully and report.

Malice

slavetothegrind wrote: »

Ah he just wanted his presence felt.......at least i hope it was only his presence:D

Couldn't they just have posted here or here if they just wanted to make their presence felt?

Mushy

cherub rock wrote: »

London: So so many, especially in Camden

World's End/ Underworld, Camden

Yeah I can vouch for this one. Myself and mate went in before Prog Nstion last year, expecting little quiet English pub. What we were met with made us laugh in exasperation. Dozens of Opeth/DT fans with very loud Meshuggah-esque bands. Cool palce!

A_Border_Bandit

Malice_
Moderator


Sorry man... Just not too internet savvy. I thought that was the first page and didn't see anything that satisfied my curiosity so I figured "what harm would asking do?"

Sorry again

DeadSkin

Love that word, savvy, class!!!!!

Antrim Hotels

Great list. Where would the best place to go be in Belfast?? Good music and cheap drinks

Malice

Antrim Hotels wrote: »

Great list. Where would the best place to go be in Belfast?? Good music and cheap drinks

Try The Metal Travel Guide that jenizzle linked to earlier in the thread.

--LOS--

Malice were you at the Krazyhouse after all? Hope I didn't heighten your expectations too much, it's best viewed through beer goggles :pac:

Malice

--LOS-- wrote: »

Malice were you at the Krazyhouse after all? Hope I didn't heighten your expectations too much, it's best viewed through beer goggles :pac:

I was yeah actually . I was in Liverpool last weekend for the Chelsea game. The less said about the football the better. In fact, every football game I watched went the wrong way .

Anyway, we went there on the Friday night. I was pretty drunk at this stage (we'd been drinking since 12) so, despite seeing the door for the pub on my left, I ended up going into the pub on the right which was called Fudge. Thankfully there wasn't any Village People music on but as soon as I realised my mistake we got the hell out and went next door. The music was ok, fairly standard for a metal bar - Metallica, Machine Head, Pantera. It was pretty quiet when we got there. Apparently Saturday night is a much busier night.

--LOS--

Malice_ wrote: »

I was yeah actually . I was in Liverpool last weekend for the Chelsea game. The less said about the football the better. In fact, every football game I watched went the wrong way .

Anyway, we went there on the Friday night. I was pretty drunk at this stage (we'd been drinking since 12) so, despite seeing the door for the pub on my left, I ended up going into the pub on the right which was called Fudge. Thankfully there wasn't any Village People music on but as soon as I realised my mistake we got the hell out and went next door. The music was ok, fairly standard for a metal bar - Metallica, Machine Head, Pantera. It was pretty quiet when we got there. Apparently Saturday night is a much busier night.

Less said about football from me.......easy

Fudge.......Perfect for lovers of scouse house music.............Fudge isn’t the classiest place in Liverpool but it sure is fun

I bet.

ye the music is pretty mainstream, probably better when they're hosting the Redeemer nights or something like that. Some people really make an effort dress wise there. Jeez I didn't think anywhere was quite any night of the week in Liverpool although come to think of it, most of the students are finished up there now. I have a sister over there and she's the only one left in her flat the last while so that could be it, Liverpool is dead without the students.

silvervixen84

An Cruiscin Lán in Cork:

http://www.cruiscinlive.com/

Nolanger

chin_grin wrote: »

Also I've just been informed that there will be a dj in Fibbers Rock Bar (I think that is it's proper title).

The only good Fibbers DJ was Carisma - sadly missed!

Malice

silvervixen84 wrote: »

An Cruiscin Lán in Cork:

http://www.cruiscinlive.com/

I've been there a few times but each time I've been too drunk to notice the music . A perfect example would be a couple of weeks ago after the Dropkick Murphys gig. I remember the music being quite good in there but damned if I could remember any of the songs .

Gross Halfwit

Hey y'all ... there's a new Rock/Metal night starting up in The Academy in June ... it's going to be once a month on a friday and will play everything from classic rock to the heaviest of death metal ... THERE WILL BE NO EMO/SCREAMO/NU-METAL PUSSY ROCK CRAP WHATSOEVER ... just all the hard rock you can bang your head to.

Please befriend us on http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Dublin-Ireland/Valhalla-Rock-Metal-Club/120336777998300?ref=ts ... it'll be updated real soon with more details cos at the moment it's pretty barren.

And, importantly, there will be drink juicy promos all night long so it'll be easy on the pocket ... more details to follow!

--LOS--

Gross Halfwit wrote: »

Hey y'all ... there's a new Rock/Metal night starting up in The Academy in June ... it's going to be once a month on a friday and will play everything from classic rock to the heaviest of death metal ... THERE WILL BE NO EMO/SCREAMO/NU-METAL PUSSY ROCK CRAP WHATSOEVER ... just all the hard rock you can bang your head to.

Please befriend us on http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Dublin-Ireland/Valhalla-Rock-Metal-Club/120336777998300?ref=ts ... it'll be updated real soon with more details cos at the moment it's pretty barren.

And, importantly, there will be drink juicy promos all night long so it'll be easy on the pocket ... more details to follow!

That sounds deadly, Dublin needs something like this!

Passenger

--LOS-- wrote: »

Dublin needs something like this!

Why do we need another Rock/Metal bar in Dublin we have 4 already?

Brux
Fibbers Rock Bar
Fibber Magees
Sonic Temple

They all do drinks promotions, (Brux and Fibbers Rock Bar play Classic Rock and Death Metal and focus on the 'adult' crowd) and they're already quiet enough as it is.

--LOS--

Passenger wrote: »

Why do we need another Rock/Metal bar in Dublin we have 4 already?

Brux
Fibbers Rock Bar
Fibber Magees
Sonic Temple

They all do drinks promotions, (Brux and Fibbers Rock Bar play Classic Rock and Death Metal and focus on the 'adult' crowd) and they're already quiet enough as it is.

Bars are fine but somewhere with more of a club type atmosphere would be good like you see in other countries.

Malice

Passenger wrote:

Why do we need another Rock/Metal bar in Dublin we have 4 already?

Because this one won't be playing Emo, Nu Metal or Screamo. With an elitist attitude like that it'll obviously be great.