Regent Street Polytechnic

While studying architecture at the Regent Campus of the University of Westminster (formerly Regent Street Polytechnic), between 1962 and 1965, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright met and formed a band originally called Sigma 6.

Speakeasy

Opened on 15 December 1966, the Speakeasy Club hosted the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Pink Floyd (who first appeared on 19 September 1967), Love, King Crimson, Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention (October 1967), Yes, Jimi Hendrix (1966), The Beatles, David Bowie, Deep Purple (10 July 1969), and Bob Marley (May 1973, Catch a Fire Tour). Thin Lizzy made their England debut here.

The Flamingo Club

Acts who played at the Flamingo’s in the 1960’s included John Mayall, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Cream, Pink Floyd, The Small Faces, and many others.

Middle Earth

Between August 1967 and March 1968, the likes of Pink Floyd, The Who, The Pretty Things, Jefferson Airplane, Captain Beefheart, The Byrds (with Gram Parsons), Marc Bolan and T.Rex played the legendary Middle Earth club.

De Lane Lea Studios

Major artists such as The Animals, The Beatles, Soft Machine, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, and Deep Purple recorded songs at the De Lane Lea Studios, but not here in their current location in Soho!

Fairfield Halls

In 1976 guitarist Ray Burns and drummer Chris Millar were toilet cleaners at Fairfield Halls. They later became Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies of The Damned. Many stars played the venue in its heyday.

Chelsea Cloisters

Syd Barrett lived into number 902, a large 2 bedroom apartment on the ninth floor, here at the Chelsea Cloisters, off Kings Road in South Kensington since 1973, when Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen moved in one of the ‘cockroach-infested’ flats in June 1977.

Where Syd Barrett Wrote ‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn’

In this location (but not in this building, since the former Seven Dials building was demolished and the place is now called Cambridge Court) Syd Barrett wrote most of the material for the Pink Floyd’s first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

UFO Club

Is there a rock place more legendary than the UFO Club? London’s first psychedelic club started on the 23rd of December 1966 and closed its doors on the 28th of July 1967, but those who lived that era will never forget it.

Marquee Club – Part #2

In March 1964 the Marquee Club moved to its most famous venue at 90 Wardour Street, possibly becoming the most important venue in the history of pop music.