SFX

ned rierson

holly8 wrote: »

OMG Ned?? is that u? or is it Dee Dee??

not me. it is indeed dee dee. the picture is in monte melnicks book about da brudders

argentum

Howard Jones
Simple minds
Imagination
thomson twins

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violenza wrote: »

Some great memories from the SFX such a shame it's gone!!!

Forgot about that Foo Fighters gig, i was at that one too. Great stubs.

Irish Halo

peter1892 wrote: »

It seemed like it was a big church hall with a huge stage...maybe it was. Good memories though!

SFX - St Francis Xavier hall

poundhound

I've seen Kings X, Queensryche, Alice in Chains, Suede, The Black Crowes, Iron Maiden and Stone Temple Pilots there.

I remember going to the Nicko McBrain drum clinic there in 1989. When he came out on stage he looked around and said, "Jesus, this is some toilet".
Little did he know Maiden would be playing there 6 years later.

U2 also filmed the video for Pride there.

holly8

ned rierson wrote: »

not me. it is indeed dee dee. the picture is in monte melnicks book about da brudders

ah hah! thanks for that!

peter1892

Irish Halo wrote: »

SFX - St Francis Xavier hall

Indeed - in fact I was once reprimanded by an elderly gentleman who reminded me that it was the 'Saint Francis EX-avier Hall' (say it in a Dublin accent!) and not the 'SFX'

Just as well I didn't tell him I was going to see a band called 'Judas Priest' - on an Easter Sunday as well...

PTH2009

What do parish halls get nowadays ???

Richie Kavanagh/The local Kids Choir

Must of been cool to be a concert goer in the 80's, early 90's

eoin1981

was in it once. counting crows mar 2000. good gig but a little short.

does anyone know where exactly the sfx building is/was. i looked for it one day but wasn't too sure. is it around temple street/temple theatre area?

Mental Mickey

Been to a few gigs there over the years.

Slayer - twice I think(nearly got f***ing mashed to pieces at one gig during Raining Blood)
Sepultura
Pantera - with COC supporting.
Paradise Lost(met them after the gig - they were cool, but totally wasted).


Also saw bands such as Machine Head(headlining and supporting Slayer - same gig as the Downset one), and Tool. Saw a load of other bands who I can't remember atm.

peter1892

eoin1981 wrote: »

does anyone know where exactly the sfx building is/was. i looked for it one day but wasn't too sure. is it around temple street/temple theatre area?

Here it is:
http://g.co/maps/pzzpk

Go into street view, have a look around and you'll see a modern office/apartment block - that's the site of the SFX.

peter1892

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jack presley

I remember being shocked in how small the place was when I went there for the first time at age 14. My only other experience of a gig had been as a 10 year old going to see Chris de Burgh at the RDS Simmonscourt with my mother (yes, I am still scarred).

So from that and from seeing concerts on tv and videos I was expecting this massive hall but when I walked in the place was tiny, even smaller than my school hall. Anyone know the rough dimensions of the standing area or what the capacity was?

I didn't go but I also remember some wrestling event there some time in the 90's. It wasn't WWF but one of the smaller brands. I presumed they took the stage out but even then, with the size of the ring there must have been room for only a few rows of seats. Anyone gonna own up to being at this?

delbertgrady

I've just seen the Smashing Pumpkins ticket in the earlier posted photo. They played two shows in the SFX in 1995. Ash supported them one night, and I think Whipping Boy did the other. The last event I was at there was Chad Smith's pre-Slane "drum clinic" with Taylor Hawkins and Mark Richardson.

Nea

Ah great memories of the SFX and the offie on the corner beside it.
Fecked up my leg crowd surfing in there too.
I saw some great bands there and tbh most of the gigs were great, it was an awful kip all the same.

Alice In Chains
Pantera
The Almighty/Warrior Soul
Korn
Anthrax
Megadeth
Machine Head
Placebo
Paradise Lost
Type O Negative

RayCon

My funniest memory of the SFX was being at Mamas Boys gig back in 85-86ish and a bloke in front of us in the crowd had a denim jacket with :

"Whitestick - Forevery and every" on the back .... to make matters worse, it was written in black marker on yellow gaff tape that had been stuck onto his jacket.

It was either his mates winding him up or a very low IQ individual

ned rierson

RayCon wrote: »

My funniest memory of the SFX was being at Mamas Boys gig back in 85-86ish and a bloke in front of us in the crowd had a denim jacket with :

"Whitestick - Forevery and every" on the back .... to make matters worse, it was written in black marker on yellow gaff tape that had been stuck onto his jacket.

It was either his mates winding him up or a very low IQ individual

give me a break. i was young

jack presley

RayCon wrote: »

My funniest memory of the SFX was being at Mamas Boys gig back in 85-86

Was that when they were supporting Thin Lizzy on the Thunder and Lightning tour? I used to have a great recording of that gig. It was broadcast on Radio Nova or some station like that.

Midnight organ

Where was the sfx? Been looking through some amazing sets that got played in that venue..wow :0

irlirishkev

Here it is... (was)

Midnight organ

Tanks for that! Asked my Dad about it and showed him this picture and I got a full nostalgic history on the place haha..so cool!

Mental Mickey

irlirishkev wrote: »

Here it is... (was)

What street was it on?

irlirishkev

peter1892 wrote: »

Here it is:
http://g.co/maps/pzzpk

Go into street view, have a look around and you'll see a modern office/apartment block - that's the site of the SFX.

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holly8

Midnight organ wrote: »

Where was the sfx? Been looking through some amazing sets that got played in that venue..wow :0

WOW is right!! the good ole days

ned rierson

handy off licence across the road. great times

RayCon

jack presley wrote: »

Was that when they were supporting Thin Lizzy on the Thunder and Lightning tour? I used to have a great recording of that gig. It was broadcast on Radio Nova or some station like that.

Nah although I was at one of those Lizzy gig in the RDS (my first ever gig *sniff*)

Mama's Boys played a couple headliner shows in the SFX during the 80's .. was at 2 of them at least ... Power and Passion Tour was definitely one of them cos I had a sweatshirt from it ...

eoin1981

irlirishkev wrote: »

Here it is... (was)

excellent. when was it taken?
Its all apartments there now.

irlirishkev

eoin1981 wrote: »

excellent. when was it taken?
Its all apartments there now.

No idea actually - Google found that for me!

p

Ahh the SFX, that brings me back.

Saw Offspring(Jan 99) & Kula Shaker(Jan 97) there iirc.

Some gig listings here:
http://www.last.fm/venue/8886609+SFX

Buford Tannen

Nea wrote: »

Ah great memories of the SFX and the offie on the corner beside it.
Fecked up my leg crowd surfing in there too.
I saw some great bands there and tbh most of the gigs were great, it was an awful kip all the same.

Alice In Chains
Pantera
The Almighty/Warrior Soul
Korn
Anthrax
Megadeth
Machine Head
Placebo
Paradise Lost
Type O Negative

Was at a few of those gigs myself

Does anyone remember the sepultura gig there i think around 92,that was a rough crowd