So grateful for this bit of history, you two! I was more in the punk scene so get someone from HLAH to do that tour :D (You had Matterhorn correct - you can see in the shot the frieze on the top of the building that shows coffee and a mountain)
The 80s were a fabulous time to be a young person in Wellington. Friday nights would start at the Romney Arms (bottom of Plimmer Steps). They often had live bands. The restaurant was on the mezzanine so you could eat and not miss any of the downstairs fun. We'd then go up Plimmer Steps to Exchequers. I remember there were small basketball hoops on either side of the dance floor. It was quite risky descending Plimmer Steps in high heels and after a load of drinks. Later we changed to Spats. IIRC, there was a club in Bond Street too, before it became TGI Friday. Went to CandyOs, downstairs in Manners Street a few times. Arena once or twice. It was jam packed and you had to rub against people to get anywhere (to the loo or bar, for example). I recall there were flaming torches outside the entrance.
Thanks for mentioning Aaron tokona, he was in music class at Naenae, I played with his youngest brother tuma in a band, fond memories of Aaron practicing satriani for hours after school the best muso gone too soon
Your ol’ lady, on K. Road wz Margret Cook. I heard back in the early 50’s she wz a dancer at the Civic Theatre. Another Auckland icon. Thank u guy I so enjoyed the ckio
I remeber the powerstation when it was called the Galaxy. Saw the angels play there in 87. Still the loudest most raucus gig I have ever been to . Was truely epic.
The Shakespeare 80's, early 90's had live music. Gary Powell band, Al Young blues band. The Star Hotel. Use to be a club on Quay St had live bands mid 80's. What was the club up Victoria St on 3 or 4 levels mid 80's? Had the girls in cages! Midge Marsden had a great show at the Gluepot NY E 1990. Still got the t shirt . I'm showing my age!
Growing up in Kura in the 80s , Friday night would The Farmer til 10pm, The White House til 11, then the Forge. Then Work on Saturday morning. Saw Dr Feel-good at the Forge then the Gluepot that same week.
The Gluepot upstairs, the corner bar. Drinking with Islanders in the public bar. Java Jive around the corner in three lamps. Shane Wills use to play there. Uncle's food bar! Early 90s
shihad is the band ive seen most live. i have devolve and kiljoy on vinyl! best tour imo was blue light disco tour. live @ ministry in chch they opened with inter-connecter and no gap straight into lala land. best opening ever.
Great video! I've always been curious about the Polynesians in particular and how they were able to navigate and explore the vastness of the Pacific Ocean in those times
4D and the most famous DJ that was there is Scott Blackwell … many a HOT 103 Dance Party was held there! As it comes to Palladium I was charmed to DJ there a few times! The best light show in NYC with Vari-Lights (moving lights) that were originally designed by Genesis … and funny story one of the light designers for Genesis actually worked the lights in Palladium. Also Club MTv which I also worked on a bit was recorded there. They would come in and setup on Sundays and tape Monday and Tuesday while the club was closed. Great memories!
3:22 Up on the right of screen, that white barrer I was standing there waiting to enter the Auckland town hall for the 9th May 2001 Pantera concert. Still the best show I've ever seen. Dimebag was every bit as good as people say... 4:47 I remember seeing Parkway Drive on their first time out of Australia. There were maybe a few hundred people for the entire gig at the kings arms. It got shut down because of sound curfews in the area. Still a great gig though.
I saw Shihads first gig at the BNU soccer club rooms in Brooklyn Wellington. Metallica and Motor Head covers, Ace of spades I think they played. Punks and skins slam dancing, this was the late 80's if I remember correctly. Johnny was always very approachable at parties or if you saw him on Cuba street. Top lad. I remember I saw him at a mates party about ten or so years ago and I rolled a big fat joint. He told his misses off for hogging it and told her to hurry up and pass it on, fucking funny as fuck.
This out of Taiwan is a total fabrication, by a PROPAGANDIST Peter Bellwood. The establishment controls the info now and it is orchestrated such as the mythical Linguistic studies, dna disinformation. Polynesians are not from Taiwan.. Funny how there isnt an island bro/sis spreading this garbage altho theres plenty that believe this NARRATIVE..
Love this. I remember (accidentally) finding myself at a shoot for one of Shihad’s videos a couple of decades ago - very cool. More of these videos please 👏🏻
looking at evidence archaeological, linguistic, cultural, and genetic evidence, most of it leads back to the west. That doesn't rule out the possibility of journeys from South America, and with DNA showing a very small interaction from South America.
This out of Taiwan is a total fabrication, by a PROPAGANDIST Peter Bellwood. The establishment controls the info now and it is orchestrated such as the mythical Linguistic studies, dna disinformation. Polynesians are not from Taiwan.. Funny how there isnt an island bro/sis spreading this garbage altho theres plenty that believe this NARRATIVE..
Loved this. Resonated so much with me and my clubbing days in Leeds. I was on the dance floors of basics, mint, speed queen, ronson for years. Some of the best years of my life. The people were absolutely amazing. Nowhere came close to Leeds back in the day 🙌🏻
I worked at the Gluepot for the last 3 years. Your interview is in the corner bar, the vista bar (public bar) was down a lot of long corridor. The stones played upstairs two weeks before I started. Dave Dobbin played Bliss as the last song on the last night. The manager and some of us staff moved to the powersation after it closed to build that as a venue.
I stayed just around the way from the Gluepot on Pember Peeves Ave and Shelly beach Road for about 6 months back in 1984....... Twelve Tribes of Israel was just down the Road.......
The bar top from bar ontop of Code,the met bar? the green jade looking bar top was moved to a bar in grey lynn which was named back then as radarz bar. Now known as The greylynn tavern.
You would've walked into the toilets the way you fullas entered the building where the Kings Arms was. The front side facing the road was the 'public bar'. And then they had the other bar out the back with the stage at the southern end. There was also an entrance on that end out to a carpark. That's France St South for everyone else who is wondering where it is.
