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Putting bands together in Cork?

  • 08-04-2010 2:43pm
    #1
    Sandvich
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    In general I don't see a ton of adverts for bands in Cork, at least in my sphere of interest. The only bands or musicians I would like to maybe be involved with, I don't feel I'm anywhere near skilled enough. I'm not a "bad" guitarist but my style is mostly fairly simple. For example I don't think I could really be in a metal band, though I would like to play in a band with some metal influence, heavy riffs etc.

    I'm wondering where I can go in Cork in general to find musicians, get involved in the music scene. If I could make more friends with some degree of musical overlap it'd be a lot easier to set up a band since there's less expectations, and I'd get a better idea of who's out there and what I can do. Especially now that Plug'd is gone, the whole scene seems to be a bit dead.


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  • #2
    Malice
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    As someone who's newly-moved to Cork I'd be interested in this info too :).

    Who or what is Plug'd?


  • #3
    J.S. Pill
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    Plug'd records on Washington street probably.

    Not sure if it's even open anymore (I'm too poor to have a vinyl collection)

    As regards finding inexperienced musicians, keep an eye on notice boards in music shops and maybe around UCC. Maybe try peoples republic aswell


  • #4
    Sandvich
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    Malice_ wrote: »
    As someone who's newly-moved to Cork I'd be interested in this info too :).

    Who or what is Plug'd?

    Welcome to Cork!

    Plug'd was a shop on Washington street that sold CDs and Vinyl, it was the only independant music shop in Cork. It was where a lot of the music involved people used to come to pop in for a chat. Sadly it's gone now indefinitely. It's pretty sad that "Independant" stuff takes the biggest hit in a recession, mainstream culture in Ireland blows.


  • #5
    Malice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    Sandvich wrote: »
    Welcome to Cork!
    Cheers :). I found Fred Zeppelins (well a mate showed me where it was) so it's definitely an improvement on the last place I lived in terms of being able to go for a beer or two and have decent music playing.


  • #6
    J.S. Pill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭J.S. Pill


    Malice_ wrote: »
    Cheers :). I found Fred Zeppelins (well a mate showed me where it was) so it's definitely an improvement on the last place I lived in terms of being able to go for a beer or two and have decent music playing.

    You'd also like the Quad (near the Beamish brewery) - Decent music and tends to have a way better female to male ratio than Fred's.

    Oh and welcome to Corcaig


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