SFX

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

ned rierson

anyone ever go to gigs in mcgonagles ?

RayCon

ned rierson wrote: »

anyone ever go to gigs in mcgonagles ?

Lived in it man ... numerous Acid Reign gigs, Ozzy (yes really) , Sabbat, Xentrix, Blur (no .. really), Predator (Irish band) etc etc. , along with Tom Hayse's Metal night every Fri ... loved the place.

SerialComplaint

ned rierson wrote: »

anyone ever go to gigs in mcgonagles ?

I was there for the Pogues first gig in Ireland;
http://budtheweiser.blogspot.com/2010/09/pogues-in-01-mar-85-mcgonagles-south.html

Great night - the bouncers spent the first 15 minutes furiously trying the keep the crowd back from the band, and then withdrew leaving us all to mix.

irlirishkev

ned rierson wrote: »

anyone ever go to gigs in mcgonagles ?

Was only slightly before my time.
I believe The Stone Roses played their first Irish gig there.

holly8

ned rierson wrote: »

anyone ever go to gigs in mcgonagles ?

Public Enemy - Don't believe The Hype!

first hip hop/rap gig in Ireland as quoted by Dave fanning at the time. What a laugh, he NEVER played anything of that genre. Too Much For The White Man (Tuam band)

ned rierson

SerialComplaint wrote: »

I was there for the Pogues first gig in Ireland;
http://budtheweiser.blogspot.com/2010/09/pogues-in-01-mar-85-mcgonagles-south.html

Great night - the bouncers spent the first 15 minutes furiously trying the keep the crowd back from the band, and then withdrew leaving us all to mix.

not the pogues first irish gig. they supported elvis costello on his irish tour in 1984. but it was a great night. the golden horde were the support that night

holly8

ned rierson wrote: »

not the pogues first irish gig. they supported elvis costello on his irish tour in 1984. but it was a great night. the golden horde were the support that night

Were they not Pog Mo Thon/Pogue Mahone then? saw them in Leisureland Galway with Elvis on that tour. Great gigs there in the 80s. Sad to say no more.

ned rierson

holly8 wrote: »

Were they not Pog Mo Thon/Pogue Mahone then? saw them in Leisureland Galway with Elvis on that tour. Great gigs there in the 80s. Sad to say no more.

they had long abandoned the pog mo thon name at that stage.

Mental Mickey

ned rierson wrote: »

anyone ever go to gigs in mcgonagles ?

Twice. Paradise Lost followed by Morbid Angel.

nlgbbbblth

irlirishkev wrote: »

Was only slightly before my time.
I believe The Stone Roses played their first Irish gig there.

No. Definitely not.

nlgbbbblth

SFX first gig

Jesus and Mary Chain - September 1987. Darklands tour "NO ENCORES" posters.

I also saw

Sugarcubes (1989)
Wonderstuff (1989) - jammed.
Wedding Present (1990) - after being postponed twice.
House of Love (1990)
Wedding Present (1991)
Fugazi / Chumbawamba / In Motion (1992)
My Bloody Valentine (1992)
Therapy? (1992)
The Cramps (1995)

McGonagles was great too. Saw lots there from 1988 onwards.

godfrey

I did monitors for Ice T & Bodycount there (and many others). The band was amazing and Ice T was a complete gentleman. He brought his kid on stage for the encore and he screamed 'f**k the police' on cue!! We chatted for about 10mins after the show and he gave me an autograph for my girlfriend (not something I'd normally do as a crew guy). Good times

s8n

Terrible venue but some great memories

Seen the following -

Placebo
Smashing Pumpkins
Ash
Kerbdog
Tool
Deftones
Foo Fighters (Dave was avoiding a leak in the roof at one stage !!!)

peter1892

RayCon wrote: »

Lived in it man ... numerous Acid Reign gigs, Ozzy (yes really) , Sabbat, Xentrix, Blur (no .. really), Predator (Irish band) etc etc. , along with Tom Hayse's Metal night every Fri ... loved the place.

I've told this story before but...Saxon, November 1991 at McGonagles in front of....drum roll........

52 people.

Drummer threw his sticks out at the end & missed the crowd

ndease

RayCon wrote: »

Back in the 80's the SFX hosted ...

Dokken

MagnAcceptum
Marillion
Whitesnake
Queensryche
Def Leppard
Fastway
Gary Moore
Dio
Mamas Boys
Saxon
MSG
Ozzy

I was at most of them ....

I think the same people were at all the metal gigs in the SFX the 80's.Great memories.I think Accept out-shone them all though.

Zwillinge

Am pretty sure I seen Wheatus in the SFX in the early 00s!

Sure I was only a Teenage Dirtbag

Zwillinge

Zwillinge wrote: »

Am pretty sure I seen Wheatus in the SFX in the early 00s!

Sure I was only a Teenage Dirtbag

I took my little sister to that! It was her first "rock" gig at the age of 15

jimmy_presley

Was at Megadeth there March 10th 1995. First ever gig!........and best to be honest!

A friend of mine text me back last march 10th, 2012 (by pure coincidence) to tell me he had arrived in some pub and the megadeth tribute band, Langer 18 were playing! What were the odds.........17 years later to the day!! I had to text him a pic of the ticket stub to prove it!

SteelyDanJalapeno

SFX gig listings, some crackers in there

http://www.songkick.com/venues/43110-sfx-theatre/gigography

SubBusted

For rap fans this was the SFX back in 1986!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J0f_aiJHj8

Mike Litoris

Saw Sepultura there in 90 or 91. I remember a G'n'R type band supported them and got boo'd for nearly every song.:p

Mike Litoris

RayCon wrote: »

Lived in it man ... numerous Acid Reign gigs, Ozzy (yes really) , Sabbat, Xentrix, Blur (no .. really), Predator (Irish band) etc etc. , along with Tom Hayse's Metal night every Fri ... loved the place.

Man that brings back some good memories. 1st ever gig was D.R.I in 89. Remember getting refused from more Thrash Bash's for being drunk than anything.:p

edellc

Seen kula shaker and the verge there in 97 and then worked there when they turned it into a theatre in 99, still held gigs there though and teen discos...meet my OH there too while working there and still going strong
Funniest thing to happen was we painted the auditorium blue, and a teen disco was held a few days later when it was closing time all the girls had blue backs...the place was a sauna and all the snogging against the walls left then distroyed ...bit mean to laugh but it was quite funny at the time

UsedToWait

Saw James in the early 90's.. for some reason the venue was seated with those fold up seats like it was the local parish hall pantomime...
As soon as the band came on, the crowd got up, folded the chairs and they were passed back over peoples heads to make a dancefloor

CriticofScience

Nine Inch Nails were bloody good there in 1994.

alastair

Gigs I recall going to in the SFX:

The Smiths
U2
Pulp
The Sugarcubes
Therapy?
Portishead

CriticofScience

alastair wrote: »

Gigs I recall going to in the SFX:

The Smiths
U2
Pulp
The Sugarcubes
Therapy?
Portishead

Therapy? '93 supported by Kerbdog and Pet Lamb

corm500

I saw Meatloaf there in I think '84. Stage set was a huge motorbike. Good gig from what I remember.

windowcleaner

I remember seeing Fugazi in the SFX - a Hope Promotions gig. Amazing times. Place was booked out by MCD so even gettinh the hell for the gig was a triumph.

CriticofScience

Smashing Pumpkins in '96...ended up int he 13th Floor on O'Connell Street after it....Dazed was the name of the night as I remember.

argentum

used to be on duty with the St Johns there in the 80's..a few more that I was at
Howard Jones
Nick Kershaw
Imagination

nlgbbbblth

windowcleaner wrote: »

I remember seeing Fugazi in the SFX - a Hope Promotions gig. Amazing times. Place was booked out by MCD so even gettinh the hell for the gig was a triumph.

with Chumbawamba and In Motion? 11/5/92 for £4.50

Pudsey64

Went to see Ultravox there. A long time ago.

bureau2009

I saw

• Depeche Mode
• Meatloaf
• Status Quo

in the SFX in the 80's.

Pighead

Seen Suede play there in 94/possibly early 95. Touring the Dog Man Star album. Hell of a gig.

Vaxxine

Tool in '01, my first time seeing them, amazing

DaveyCakes

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

SFX first gig

Jesus and Mary Chain - September 1987. Darklands tour "NO ENCORES" posters.

I also saw

Sugarcubes (1989)
Wonderstuff (1989) - jammed.
Wedding Present (1990) - after being postponed twice.
House of Love (1990)
Wedding Present (1991)
Fugazi / Chumbawamba / In Motion (1992)
My Bloody Valentine (1992)
Therapy? (1992)
The Cramps (1995)

McGonagles was great too. Saw lots there from 1988 onwards.

The Wonder Stuff was my first real gig. I was supposed to go to the Wedding Present with a load of mates from college but I got a horrendous throat infection and had to stay home - and missed a stinker by all accounts. MBV were LOUD!

nlgbbbblth

DaveyCakes wrote: »

The Wonder Stuff was my first real gig. I was supposed to go to the Wedding Present with a load of mates from college but I got a horrendous throat infection and had to stay home - and missed a stinker by all accounts. MBV were LOUD!

That Wedding Present gig eventually took place on the 15 January 1990. Freezing cold. I enjoyed the gig. Power of Dreams supported. The Weddoes started with Don't Talk, Just Kiss [which was about to come out on the Brassneck 12" EP] and ended with What I Have Said Now? Think they played three songs off George Best.

MBV extremely loud. I took the earplugs that they were giving out on the way in. A very long mid-section to You Made Me Realise. Not too many left by the end.

sentient_6

Megadeth in 2001 and it was my first proper gig.

HASTIS

MY BAND HASTIS PLAYED THERE 29th OCTOBER 1994 WITH CHARLY LOWNOISE AND MENTAL THEO, THE FOURTH DIMENSION (FROM KERRY) AND THE NUTTER AS PART OF THE THUNDERDOME CITY TOUR.

https://soundcloud.com/hastis