The Greyhound/Blue Orchid

Before there was the Blue Orchid (from 1986), it was The Greyhound – a live music venue in Croydon, where the likes of Deep Purple, Status Quo, Thin Lizzy, The Ramones, David Bowie, Queen, Roxy Music and The Jam played.

Dingwalls

Dingwalls Dancehall was launched as the newly developed Camden Lock’s flagship venue in the summer of 1973 and it became a prominent and popular London live music venue in the Pub Rock and Punk era of the mid to late 1970s.

The Roundhouse

Hosted by a Grade II listed former railway engine shed built in 1847, in Chalk Farm, The Roundhouse opened as a performing arts venue after twenty-five years of disuse, in 1964. Both the psychedelic and the punk eras have witnessed here some of their most legendary moments.

The Venue

The Venue, owned by Virgin Records, was active on 160-162 Victoria Street, between the 1st of November 1978 and August 1984.

Captain Beefheart, Bauhaus, Duran Duran, Iggy Pop (with Nico), the Ramones, XTC, The Smiths, U2, The Fall, John Cale, Devo, and Depeche Mode played here in those years.

CBGB

The most legendary punk (and hardcore) club in the world – the CBGB – was once here at 315 Bowery, in New York City.