Jez Collins
West End Bar
Another great venue recently demolished. The West End Bar was situated on St Chads Island, just across the road from Snow Hill Station and around the corner from the Thistle Hotel. This was a much vaunted place back in the 1980s and 1990s serving the soul, rare groove, funk and hip hop crowd downstairs while… Read More »West End Bar
Quads
Late 70s new wave band who were very popular in Birmingham and played by John Peel on his show, particularly this single, released on Big Bear Records in 1979 ‘There Must Be Thousands”. [nggallery id=50]
021
Formed in 1979, 021’s original line up included the 16 year old Tony Simpson and fifteen year olds Simon Palmer, Ian Kemp, Mark Thomas and the even younger 14 year old Punk Ian Richards. Hailing from Shirley and Olton the band played first gigs at the nearby Langley School, with an eclectic set that matched… Read More »021
World Service
Formed in 1988 by Andy Wickett, ex of The Xpertz, Duran Duran and TV Eye, they were the first British band to tour North Africa and the Sahara regions picking up music and cultural influences on the way and would go on to support Duran Duran in the 1990s. Nick Aletti, a member of The… Read More »World Service
Scorn
Scorn was an English electronic music project. The group was formed in the early 1990s as a side project of former Napalm Death members Mick Harris and Nic Bullen (the latter as one of the founding members of the band in 1981). Bullen left the group in 1995 and the project continued on until the… Read More »Scorn
Silent Partners
Tony Simpson has written in to the archive about Silent Partner, a new wave band from Solihull who were active in the mid 80s gigging extensively around Birmingham, Liverpool and London. Would love to know more about them. Here is a video for signature track Silent Partner.
Symphony Hall
Built as a home for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony Hall is widely recognised as one of the best acoustically engineered halls in the world. Popular music has become more of a feature at Symphony Hall over the years with groups delighting in the rich sound available. Ron Brinsdon has sent in… Read More »Symphony Hall
The Hummingbird
So much music. We really do need you to send us your memories and memorabilia to make this page glow. Ron Brinsdon sent in these tickets from gigs he went to at the Hummingbird
Bob King
Bob King have been a DJ for almost 45 years. He sent a link to his site to the BMA. This is the beginning, for the full story go here: This is the story of Bob King, a Disc Jockey from way back . It is also an Archive of Music which Hypnotised a Generation… Read More »Bob King