most or all Hydrant gigs moved/cancelled...

[fataddick]

Surprised there hasn't been a thread about this (at least not one I can see), but apparently at the weekend the new manager of the Hydrant announced she wasn't going to put gigs on any more. She wants to turn it into a wedding reception venue, apparently! Several staff have reportedly walked out and most promoters have pulled their gigs from the venue and moved them elsewhere. In many cases (eg punk legends Chelsea, ska band The Slackers and chap hopper Professor Elemental) no alternative venue could be found, so dozens of gigs have been cancelled altogether. The pub's telephone is disconnected, their website has gone, and there is talk that it may have closed (or be about to). Anybody heard anything about any of this? I'm just going on what I've picked up via friends on Facebook, but it sounds like a right shitstorm.

 

[Oscar]

Would me making the point that there is no smoke without fire (Hydrant) help in any way at all?

 

[Nibble]

I heard all sorts of stuff, none of it verifiable. The place is a grothole anyway, it's always closing down. Cos it's shit.

 

[Albumen]

Terribly kept beer, sound was always bad, so much potential for upstairs though.

 

[albion534]

I heard all sorts of stuff, none of it verifiable. The place is a grothole anyway, it's always closing down. Cos it's shit.

This!

Wouldn't know where the hydrant actually is even if you paid me!

 

[Nibble]

This!

Wouldn't know where the hydrant actually is even if you paid me!

It's on Preston Circus. You can easily find it as it usually has teenagers playing really bad metal music really badly and really, really loudly. It's usually full of ghastly poor people and I believe has a slightly more upper class upstairs where bands that had limited success in the early 70's do gigs for drug money. Occassionaly the rather studenty, badly written Prof Elemental plays there. It's all a bit shit mate.

 

[Braders]

Terribly kept beer, sound was always bad, so much potential for upstairs though.

was just saying that on the bus earlier , great shame mind.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

i can't think of anything worse than having a wedding reception on london road

 

[The Large One]

i can't think of anything worse than having a wedding reception on london road

I can. But I'd have to try.

 

[Albumen]

They should aim for the hen night market instead, the firemen are only next door.

 

[ali jenkins]

i can't think of anything worse than having a wedding reception on london road

Having it in the middle of preston circus would be worse

 

[Nibble]

I once worked in a Little Chef on the Dorking roundabout. Some travelling folk has their wedding reception there. Cost them a pretty penny too. Heating up 120 frozen omelettes was the highlight of my little chef career.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

As a small music venue it was fine. Shame that another small venue has biten the dust.

 

[Badger]

I've walked past there many times and never had any desire to go inside, it just seems to have really REALLY loud and bad heavy metal music and some slightly odd looking kids standing outside.

 

[JBizzleBeard]

As a small music venue it was fine. Shame that another small venue has biten the dust.

Exactly.

 

[Bozza]

[MENTION=449]Biffer[/MENTION] might know more about this.

 

[shoreham moonraker]

the word homophobia i have heard is being bandied about

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Poo Pee Pants does that mean The M3T3ORS gig has gone ! and the south coast Psychobilly festival on the 21st !



Damn & Blast, I was looking forward to those gigs, not for the venue I dont care about just the gigs.

 

[Albumen]

As a small music venue it was fine. Shame that another small venue has biten the dust.

But it could be so much better. Sod the micropub, sort it out!

 

[fataddick]

Poo Pee Pants does that mean The M3T3ORS gig has gone ! and the south coast Psychobilly festival on the 21st !

Meteors has switched to the Haunt. Any Punker Bunker gigs booked at the Hydrant, Buz has switched to either the Haunt or Prince Albert if they were available the same night. The ones where neither was available have been cancelled. Don't know about the psychobilly festival.