SFX

Nolanger · 27-12-2011 6:26pm #1

Is there an SFX (Dublin) gigography listing all the bands/events who played there over the years?

karaokeman · 29-12-2011 11:26am

I'm not sure, try emailing whatever company owned the venue.

Motley Crue · 29-12-2011 11:49am

All I know is that Megadeth played there in 2001, so did Slayer come to think about it, I'm afraid I know little else - having said that there's a Facebook site called Classic Dublin gigs with a lot of ticket stubs from the more high profile, heavier, bands who played the Top Hat and the SFX

therecklessone · 30-12-2011 1:07am

Slayer played it in 1994 with Machine Head and Downset supporting,

Sepultura played in 1992 (with Paradise Lost?)

iron Maiden, Tool, Fear Factory, Anthrax, Body Count, Therapy?, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Deftones, Smashing Pumpkins, Type O Negative (with Stuck Mojo), Pantera, and Korn all played at various points.

RayCon · 30-12-2011 10:24am

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

Dokken
Accept
Magnum
Marillion
Whitesnake
Queensryche
Def Leppard
Fastway
Gary Moore
Dio
Mamas Boys
Saxon
MSG
Ozzy

I was at most of them ....

scudzilla · 30-12-2011 10:57am

RayCon wrote: »

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

Dokken
Accept
Magnum
Marillion
Whitesnake
Queensryche
Def Leppard
Fastway
Gary Moore
Dio
Mamas Boys
Saxon
MSG
Ozzy

I was at most of them ....

That's a coincidence, i seen most of them exact same bands in the 80's in The Manchester/Liverpool area as grew up in North Wales.

Just wish i'd have kept all my old ticket stubs but i just didn't think for tomorrow in them days.

Would have loved to have paid at least 1 visit to Top Hat as heard so amny good things

green day rule · 30-12-2011 11:12am

I think the chilis played in the early 90's

therecklessone · 30-12-2011 11:21am

green day rule wrote: »

I think the chilis played in the early 90's

Forgot that one, support from Moby playing mostly Animal Rights material.

Also Stone Temple Pilots and Alice in Chains.

NIBBS · 30-12-2011 12:17pm

Motley Crue wrote: »

All I know is that Megadeth played there in 2001, so did Slayer come to think about it, I'm afraid I know little else - having said that there's a Facebook site called Classic Dublin gigs with a lot of ticket stubs from the more high profile, heavier, bands who played the Top Hat and the SFX

yeah, that's my mate Luke's page, plenty of ticket stubs and photos there now......

the list is much longer than that lads.......

Manowar (loudest gig ever at the time I believe)

Metallica supported by Anthrax in 1986
Anthrax supported by Testament in 1987

@therecklessone - yep was Paradise Lost supporting Sepultura that night, cracking gig, Seps were on speed that night, sped up versions of Beneath The Remains songs was just brilliant......

I've been to a Nicko McBain drum clinic in there too.....was good craic...
pretty sure Maiden played there too on the X tour and couldn't sell it out....

you'll have no joy getting info from the previous owners as it was the nuns that owned it before it became Apartments......

RayCon · 30-12-2011 12:36pm

NIBBS wrote: »

yeah, that's my mate Luke's page, plenty of ticket stubs and photos there now......

Yeah some of them ticket pics are mine !

NIBBS wrote: »

the list is much longer than that lads.......

Manowar (loudest gig ever at the time I believe)

Metallica supported by Anthrax in 1986
Anthrax supported by Testament in 1987

I've been to a Nicko McBain drum clinic in there too.....was good craic...

Yip ... forgot about those ...

EyesClosed · 31-12-2011 3:20pm

http://www.setlist.fm/search?query=sfx

here you go, seems to be a good few here

Lumbo · 31-12-2011 8:20pm

green day rule wrote: »

I think the chilis played in the early 90's

Sure did. Rollins supported. I liked RHCP's back then.

irlirishkev · 31-12-2011 8:29pm

Inspiral Carpets in 92, supported by The Frank and Walters
ASH in 92
The Stunning in... 94 maybe?

nxbyveromdwjpg · 31-12-2011 9:48pm

Nine Inch Nails, Moby (back in his rave days), Body Count, Foo Fighters, Machine Head, Therapy?, Pantera, Sepultura, Alice in Chains.
I too wish i had kept my stubs

jack presley · 31-12-2011 10:01pm

I saw the 4 of us there in 89 I think

Edit - and the Black Crowes in 95/96

RayCon · 31-12-2011 11:28pm

nm wrote: »

Body Count

How did I miss that

Econoline Van · 01-01-2012 2:05am

I was at the Top Hat once........ but unfortunately it had mutated into The Fun Factory, was a kids play area and I was about 10 years old.

Lumbo · 01-01-2012 8:49pm

nm wrote: »

Nine Inch Nails, Moby (back in his rave days), Body Count, Foo Fighters, Machine Head, Therapy?, Pantera, Sepultura, Alice in Chains.
I too wish i had kept my stubs

I was at a few of those gigs. Someone should have told Moby that scumbags on E's don't like Acoustic guitars.

Grid. · 01-01-2012 11:33pm

Was at the Black Crowes there in '95.

Irish Halo · 01-01-2012 11:44pm

darryn wrote: »

http://www.setlist.fm/search?query=sfx

here you go, seems to be a good few here

Probably some overlap here too - http://www.last.fm/venue/8886609+SFX/events

peter1892 · 02-01-2012 12:24am

Gigs I saw there:

Judas Priest, 1991
Extreme, 1992
Pantera, 1993
Therapy?, 1993
The Almighty, 1994
Anthrax, 1996
Iron Maiden, 1996
The Verve, 1997

As I recall, the only gigs from that list that were sold out were Pantera and also Extreme - and that was moved from the Point! Therapy? were doing two nights so the second one wasn't a sellout, The Almighty played to about 200 people, Maiden, Priest they were maybe half full. The Verve played to fairly good crowd but a year later they were headlining Slane (great in the SFX, poor at Slane).

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

therecklessone · 02-01-2012 12:46am

peter1892 wrote: »

It seemed like it was a big church hall with a huge stage...maybe it was.

It was!

My abiding memory was the sweaty walls...

ned rierson · 02-01-2012 10:04pm

Echo and the Bunnymen
New Order
REM
Pogues
Damned
Wonder Stuff
RHCP
The Clash
The Smiths
Pretenders
House Of Love
Wedding Present
Therapy
Fugazi
Foo Fighters
Green Day
The Cramps
Soul Asylum
Big Audio Dynamite
That Petrol Emotion

Great venue. Bouncers were always sound. No prob bringing in a few cans.

holly8 · 02-01-2012 11:25pm

ah yes, just talking about this t'other day.
Was at New Order & That Petrol Emotion gigs there.
I could be wrong but think The Tom Tom Club may have been there too.

Anyone on here remember The Ramones in the TV Club (Camden St?), early 80s. Supported by The Golden Hoarde ?

ned rierson · 03-01-2012 9:06pm

holly8 wrote: »

ah yes, just talking about this t'other day.
Was at New Order & That Petrol Emotion gigs there.
I could be wrong but think The Tom Tom Club may have been there too.

Anyone on here remember The Ramones in the TV Club (Camden St?), early 80s. Supported by The Golden Hoarde ?

tom tom club gig was in mcgonagles.
i was at the ramones gig in the tv club (harcourt st)

ned rierson · 03-01-2012 9:09pm

holly8 · 04-01-2012 1:27am

ned rierson wrote: »

tom tom club gig was in mcgonagles.
i was at the ramones gig in the tv club (harcourt st)

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

holly8 · 04-01-2012 1:35am

holly8 wrote: »

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

Ramones played 2 nights??? in a row? love the ticket stubs, wish i kept mine.

always rem outside that night as Joey Ramone was coming out side door of TV Club into big black limo (limo? dublin 1980s??) was someone shouting out in a pure Dub accent behind me " Hey Joey, Get A Bleedin' Haircut!!!"

SerialComplaint · 04-01-2012 12:12pm

ned rierson wrote: »

Echo and the Bunnymen
New Order
REM
Pogues
Damned
Wonder Stuff
RHCP
The Clash
The Smiths
Pretenders
House Of Love
Wedding Present
Therapy
Fugazi
Foo Fighters
Green Day
The Cramps
Soul Asylum
Big Audio Dynamite
That Petrol Emotion

Great venue. Bouncers were always sound. No prob bringing in a few cans.

Yes, we share a lot of our music heritage. Some great gigs there in the early and mid 80s, with very little fuss or drama. I remember the very hippyish Waterboys supporting the Pretenders. I remember buying a £6 ticket for Simple Minds around 1983 from a tout for £9 - possibly the only time I've ever bought from a tout.

D-FENS · 04-01-2012 4:28pm

First gig i ever went to was Jesus Jones in the SFX, '90 or '91 it was.
Seen Therapy with Ash as support around '95, then Ash on their own the following year. Megadeth around the same time too.
First time seeing the Verve was there too, '97 as someone already said.

violenza · 04-01-2012 6:33pm

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

ned rierson · 04-01-2012 7:54pm

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 · 04-01-2012 9:31pm

Howard Jones
Simple minds
Imagination
thomson twins

nxbyveromdwjpg · 04-01-2012 10:09pm

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 · 04-01-2012 10:21pm

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 · 04-01-2012 11:53pm

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 · 05-01-2012 1:02am

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 · 05-01-2012 12:21pm

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 · 05-01-2012 1:06pm

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 · 05-01-2012 1:12pm

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 · 05-01-2012 1:25pm

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 · 05-01-2012 3:32pm

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 · 05-01-2012 3:33pm

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jack presley · 05-01-2012 3:47pm

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 · 05-01-2012 4:24pm

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 · 05-01-2012 4:51pm

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 · 05-01-2012 11:23pm

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 · 06-01-2012 12:22am

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 · 06-01-2012 9:43am

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 · 08-01-2012 6:58pm

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

irlirishkev · 08-01-2012 7:10pm

Here it is... (was)

SFX

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