fibbers,dublin

mick121 · 14-06-2017 09:32PM #1

What's the story with fibber magees these days.I used to go there a lot about 25years ago and feckin loved it.moved to the west,no more fibbers

Atoms for Peace · 14-06-2017 09:37PM

When the last one leaves,
And the last note fades,
And the last dream's been put away,
Shut the light off, shut the light off,

buried · 14-06-2017 09:53PM

Do you rmemba fibbers, oohhh I bet you do, before you'd go to fibbers you'd drink a bottle of buckfast at home, dya rememba buckfast? the wine the glasgow celtic monks used to make?? You'd drink that then go in to town and up to fibbers door then the fookin 400 tonne bouncer at the door wouldn't let you in because of your brass hand?? Oooh I rmember that I truly do

14-06-2017 09:55PM

I was in Fibbers (Parnell St) after the Depeche Mode gig in November 2013. Used to go there a lot from 1991 - 1995.

14-06-2017 09:56PM

Still there. Still the same old fibbers it always has been.

14-06-2017 09:57PM

Never a great place to go for a dump.

bodice ripper · 14-06-2017 10:02PM

Some absolute loon decided that it needed better lighting. They were wrong.

Donald Trump · 14-06-2017 10:02PM

Fibbers, dublin?

Lying shower of bastards the lot of them there

Donald Trump · 14-06-2017 10:03PM

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Never a great place to go for a dump.

You should write guides for the Lonely Planet books

Either that or restaurant reviews

14-06-2017 10:04PM

One of my most memorable nights in Fibbers was hearing Body Count for the first time.

The DJ (long haired guy, used work in Borderline) played this

"Tell us what to do
F**k you"

I recall it was around March 1992 or so.

Achasanai · 14-06-2017 10:05PM

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Never a great place to go for a dump.

Blocked up sinks and blood everywhere last time I was there. This was in the late 90s though.

Grayditch · 14-06-2017 10:10PM

Fibbers is grand. Usually full of cover bands and after-show parties for rock gigs. Decent spot.

Esel · 14-06-2017 10:13PM

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Never a great place to go for a dump.

So, *not* a shithole then?

Donald Trump · 14-06-2017 10:16PM

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

I was in Fibbers (Parnell St) after the Depeche Mode gig in November 2013. Used to go there a lot from 1991 - 1995.

Fibbers hispter

:P

eviltwin · 14-06-2017 10:19PM

I was a regular in Fibbers from about 1994, brilliant spot. It was never the same for me after the smoking ban though. I loved everything about the place, the bar staff, tiny dance floor, the endless graffiti in the loos, the gate and staircase downstairs. Great times.

JupiterKid · 14-06-2017 10:27PM

eviltwin wrote: »

I was a regular in Fibbers from about 1994, brilliant spot. It was never the same for me after the smoking ban though. I loved everything about the place, the bar staff, tiny dance floor, the endless graffiti in the loos, the gate and staircase downstairs. Great times.

I was a regular at Fibbers from the summer of '93 to about '97. Basically my years in college. Looking back it was a bit of a dump - but it was OUR dump.:o The stuff you could get away with in the beer garden was great!:cool:

They always, without fail, played Temple Of Love from the Sisters Of Mercy every night. Also Iggy Pop's Passenger was a regular tune too.

Anyone remember milling off to Supermacs for a late feed to soak up the booze after Fibbers?:D

14-06-2017 10:29PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

I was a regular at Fibbers from the summer of '93 to about '97. Basically my years in college. Looking back it was a bit of a dump - but it was OUR dump.:o The stuff you could get away with in the beer garden was great!:cool:

They always, without fail, played Temple Of Love from the Sisters Of Mercy every night. Also Iggy Pop's Passenger was a regular tune too.

Anyone remember milling off to Supermacs for a late feed to soak up the booze after Fibbers?:D

That's right Temple Of Love! It was re-released in 1992 so got played for years afterwards.

Other tunes played a lot
loads of grunge - Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Megadeth

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 14-06-2017 10:35PM

Achasanai wrote: »

Blocked up sinks and blood everywhere last time I was there. This was in the late 90s though.

If I blocked up the sink and there was blood everywhere after taking a dump, I'd be visiting the doctor :eek:

eviltwin · 14-06-2017 10:41PM

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

That's right Temple Of Love! It was re-released in 1992 so got played for years afterwards.

Other tunes played a lot
loads of grunge - Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Megadeth

Fibbers always played great music. I can still remember that being my introduction to Rammstein, System of a Down and Disturbed.

Are Am Eye · 14-06-2017 10:44PM

Early 90s Zoo club, Sides ?

mick121 · 14-06-2017 11:07PM

NewbridgeIR wrote:

One of my most memorable nights in Fibbers was hearing Body Count for the first time.

NewbridgeIR wrote:

The DJ (long haired guy, used work in Borderline) played this

NewbridgeIR wrote:

One of my most memorable nights in Fibbers was hearing Body Count for the first time.

Yup and I miss the moshing when rage against the machine came on.ah happy days

mick121 · 14-06-2017 11:09PM

JupiterKid wrote:

I was a regular at Fibbers from the summer of '93 to about '97. Basically my years in college. Looking back it was a bit of a dump - but it was OUR dump. The stuff you could get away with in the beer garden was great!

JupiterKid wrote:

They always, without fail, played Temple Of Love from the Sisters Of Mercy every night. Also Iggy Pop's Passenger was a regular tune too.

JupiterKid wrote:

Anyone remember milling off to Supermacs for a late feed to soak up the booze after Fibbers?

Ah yes the simple things in life

Arghus · 14-06-2017 11:10PM

First pub in Dublin I saw people drinking Buckfast in. "What is this magic?", I thought.

mick121 · 14-06-2017 11:10PM

Are Am Eye wrote:

Early 90s Zoo club, Sides ?

Was zoo club the ground floor and the pink elephant upstairs?

Grayditch · 14-06-2017 11:29PM

Don't forget My Girlfriend's Girlfriend and Ich Bin Ein Auslander.

Seve OB · 14-06-2017 11:33PM

Fibbers, where the DJ had to stay in a cage all night long

Good times in there alright

Day Lewin · 14-06-2017 11:43PM

Dreadful loos.

14-06-2017 11:56PM

I had the runs there once.
Had to get a taxi home halfway through the night.

harry Bailey esq · 15-06-2017 12:56AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Still there. Still the same old fibbers it always has been.

Your dead right,it will never change.Its always gonna be a magnet for moshers and biker's. I'm neither,it's Fred Perry,puma Suedes,Ikon shoes and a skinhead cut all the way for me,not the first thing that would come to mind if somebody asked you to do a photofit of a fibbers punter,but I've been getting locked,smoking spliffs and playing pool in there since I was 15 years old.Wouldn't change it for the world. To the poster who said they were refused entry by a 400lb bouncer,it was definitely for good reason,most of the drinkers in there are metalers with a sprinkling of goths.Neither subset are notable for adhering to basic personal hygiene standards to be fair.

Outlaw Pete · 15-06-2017 01:40AM

Before Fibbers became Fibbers it was called Top Cats and that was the first night club I was ever served in.... God I'm old :P The place was full of 13 to 21 year olds and was raided within a few weeks of being open as a result. It then became La Mirage but I was transitioning to being a rocker and so didn't go back there as I'd had enough of drinking with my mates (who all had step haircuts and were into The Housemartins and stay press trousers) and so started drinking downstairs in Brogan's (was called The City Hall Inn back then) and Bartley Dunnes etc..... but downstairs in Bruxelles was were I settled for many a year in the end with the odd night drinking cocktails in the Zoo Bar of course.

Good times.

Riddle101 · 15-06-2017 01:43AM

Used to go there with my mates every Thursday night a few years back, during my college days. €2 pints on Thursday. Good times. They remodeled the place I think, and that's why it's lost interest over years. At least that's why my friends don't go anyway. We go to Gypsy Rose now.

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