Wheres the longford metal crew?

ArdRi79 · 08-05-2011 07:15PM #1

Ive been living in the town for almost a year and I see a fair few metallers on the street but never in the pub. I put on a rock nite there a while back and even that didnt attract many people.

Wheres the longford metal crew?

Angron · 10-05-2011 10:07AM

Where was the metal night? I reckon a lot of them might be up in college, so spend most of their time in different parts of the country.

And a lot of the metalheads that I know don't tend to go to the pub all that often, I go the odd time, but it's harder as of late with exams rolling around.

ArdRi79 · 11-05-2011 06:32PM

Denny M wrote: »

Where was the metal night? I reckon a lot of them might be up in college, so spend most of their time in different parts of the country.

And a lot of the metalheads that I know don't tend to go to the pub all that often, I go the odd time, but it's harder as of late with exams rolling around.

Yeah pub prices are a pox Denny most metallers in the town being college heads would explain why Im seeing em on the street but not in the locals.

The metal night was on in the redroom before it closed there last year. It wasnt bad, about 30 heads turned up mostly people I met while I was putting up posters or bouncing in from blue. 30 seemed horrifyingly low to me but the foleys were lookin to have me do it in their place... If the heads were around itd be good to have a mini mosh in the beer garden or somethin.

I hear the place had a savage metal scene a few years ago.

garfieldsghost · 11-05-2011 06:52PM

ArdRi79 wrote: »

I hear the place had a savage metal scene a few years ago.

Ha! Where on earth did you hear that? :pac:

ArdRi79 · 12-05-2011 12:10AM

I heard it from a fibbers regular who grew up here in 80s/90s garfieldsghost. He said there used to be a great metal club here that people would travel from the surrounding counties to get to...

Ive heard from other people that the red room was the venue for regular rock gigs with local bands fairly recently. Is that all bollox?

garfieldsghost · 12-05-2011 12:19AM

A bit before my time, but I never heard of a metal club in the town - I can't even think of any places in town at that time that would've hosted one.

As for the Red Room... the bands that played there were the likes of Big Generator and Blue Moose. They'd play the likes 'Thunderstruck' or 'Enter Sandman' and one or two obvious numbers but that would be the height of it. There was a local band called Das Boot that played there a few times, who would also throw in a Rammstein cover here and there.

Deregos · 12-05-2011 10:41AM

garfieldsghost wrote: »

There was a local band called Das Boot that played there a few times, who would also throw in a Rammstein cover here and there.

Loved Das Boot meself . .Here's a link to a live recording of one track.

http://www.myspace.com/dasbootband/music/songs/Back-In-Slacks-14002735

Degsy · 18-05-2011 04:51PM

Are "Epic" still going? They used to do thier share of metal numbers..

ArdRi79 · 31-05-2011 02:05AM

Das boot! Das be savage!

\m/

Theres another metal nite booked for PV's too. DJ's from Fibber Maggees rock bar in Dublin... 25th of June. The Red Room. Are yiz up for it?

garfieldsghost · 31-05-2011 04:30AM

ArdRi79 wrote: »

Das boot! Das be savage! \m/

Theres another metal nite booked for PV's too. DJ's from Fibber Maggees rock bar in Dublin... 25th of June. The Red Room. Are yiz up for it?

Which Fibbers? There's two now!

Doubt I'll be around on the 25th...

ArdRi79 · 31-05-2011 05:47PM

garfieldsghost wrote: »

Which Fibbers? There's two now!

Doubt I'll be around on the 25th...

The original fibbers :P

Ah thats ****e man it wouldve ben cool to meet someone new from Longford. Should be a good sesh anyway theres a few heads comin down from Dublin for it + a few local heads.

Angron · 31-05-2011 05:55PM

I'll probably be around for that anyway.

ArdRi79 · 31-05-2011 06:32PM

Denny M wrote: »

I'll probably be around for that anyway.

Good man yerself Denny M \m/ Sesh on!

ArdRi79 · 03-06-2011 04:17AM

Heres the facebook group for the rock nite

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=134550913288281.

The poster looks savage

Angron · 03-06-2011 06:05PM

Passed on the link to a friend on FB, so that's at least one more going.

ArdRi79 · 04-06-2011 09:40PM

Denny M wrote: »

Passed on the link to a friend on FB, so that's at least one more going.

Good man the Denny \m/

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