Public Address | Cafe | Capture: Auckland Rock City https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268866#post268866 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268866#post268866 I did not know that

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]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:05:14 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268863#post268863 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268863#post268863 Dee Ell...
and here's why*...

Ta. I did not know that

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:37:55 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268861#post268861 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268861#post268861 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:33:35 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268860#post268860 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268860#post268860 The Stage Door?
Chants'd be a fine thing...
...to be honest a lot of it was gone before the quakes....

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:17:23 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268858#post268858 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268858#post268858 Blood...
?

Dee Ell...
and here's why*...


*from wowsers to bowsers?
Hmmm, that means the fossil fuel firm, Z, formerly known as Shell, may well really be the old firm, the Great Old Ones, Yogh-Soth-Oth and crew...

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:12:02 +1200 Jonathan Ganley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268856#post268856 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268856#post268856 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:49:40 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268851#post268851 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268851#post268851 the proper pronunciation of my surname

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]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:19:25 +1200 Jonathan Ganley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268848#post268848 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268848#post268848 Chchch now retains very few
of its musical landmarks…
well not many,
if any….

The Stage Door?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LoVNoW3yZ4

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:06:16 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268843#post268843 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268843#post268843 Bragging rites...
and the memory is still blurry
Doug Hood introduced me to Billy Bragg
after the Carlton gig in Chchch, last century,
I remember being most impressed that he
knew the proper pronunciation of my surname...
– but then 'e would, wouldn't 'e...
Lovely bloke,
great night...

as an…

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:01:35 +1200 Jonathan Ganley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268831#post268831 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268831#post268831 Wow! He was so young.

So was Billy ;)

Thanks everyone for your kind words. Now for some out-takes as they come to hand – first up, Mainstreet on Queen St in 1983 and the Gluepot in 1990. The former no longer exists, the latter is unrecognisable.

I like the…

]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:59:59 +1200 Simon Grigg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268536#post268536 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268536#post268536 I've got a list of some at the bottom of this page on my site.

Howick By The Sea was a horrible place. The best of the suburban gigs were often to be found in Church or RSA halls.

Once again (and no I'm not trying to get traffic) some…

]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:53:00 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268529#post268529 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268529#post268529 then Macs arrived

verily

]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:06:44 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268525#post268525 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268525#post268525 (75c at Alfies)

I thought they only served G & Ts. If only I’d known…

Just been thinking of venues around Auckland which weren’t so prominent, but have strange resonance.

In 1992 we ventured to Howick By The Sea, to see The Chills, with Biplane, during the Soft Bomb tour. I…

]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:35:17 +1200 Simon Grigg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268523#post268523 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268523#post268523 It was a long time ago – back then we were sold the blue bottled version (75c at Alfies) or the green bottled ($1) – same beer but the story was the green filtered the light to produce a better flavour.

And that was the sophisticated/trendy end of the market....…

]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:31:24 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268520#post268520 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268520#post268520 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:08:07 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268519#post268519 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268519#post268519 left with a single Steinlager can

act o mercy

]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:07:19 +1200 Simon Grigg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268518#post268518 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268518#post268518 next to Phil Warren

Another Phil Warren connection on this thread. The Hampton Court basement as above, was Phil's last office in the city (he'd been at Ace of Clubs / Six Month Club until it was knocked down for Mayoral Drive) and I spent a lot of time there…

]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:05:28 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268441#post268441 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268441#post268441 So I did and two turned into four into eight and so on until poor Billy was left with a single Steinlager can.

I believe that the craft brewers of New Zealand should make good on this unfortunate incident, for the sake of the country's good name. I'll get onto…

]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:26:43 +1200 Christopher Dempsey https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268437#post268437 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268437#post268437 Wearing Elected Rep hat, and as Heritage Leader for the WLB It would be wonderful to see if we could put up plaques with the information supplied above on each of the sites/buildings...
What do you think?
Doffing said hat.

]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:00:28 +1200 Simon Grigg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268435#post268435 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268435#post268435 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:47:45 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268416#post268416 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268416#post268416 Also, since we're here thanks to Jonathan, I'll link to his post from BB 1987.

Wow! He was so young.

]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:47:04 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268412#post268412 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268412#post268412 New England from the 1992 gig at the Town Hall. That guy singing over it may or may not be me. He also signed my Greetings To The New Brunette 12" in Sounds on Queen Street back in 1987, on his… ]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:30:58 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268410#post268410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268410#post268410 Now this is where we will be on Oct 12. Billy Bragg!!

I made my partner's year when I bought us tickets for his Dunedin gig before she even knew he was coming.

She saw him many years ago and got herself into the after party and he kissed her…

]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:01:26 +1200 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268334#post268334 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268334#post268334 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:32:40 +1200 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268333#post268333 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268333#post268333 Well, this is old and only the stage but from '86 Mount Smart Stadium.

Oh yeah, Bob and Tom.

]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:28:54 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268287#post268287 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268287#post268287 Murray McCully sold us a good one there.

Thanks. Maybe I was trolling. It has all but passed into folklore already, less than a year on. What about Shed 10? The one time I did go there it had... issues too.

]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:26:14 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268286#post268286 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268286#post268286 The Venue of the future?

It's a hard venue to use — it has toilets but not many of the other things you need at a gig or event venue (tills, eft-pos, etc) and people ain't using it. And when someone tries, they have their special liquor license refused by…

]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:22:32 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268282#post268282 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268282#post268282 The Venue of the future?

]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:41:22 +1200 DexterX https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268225#post268225 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268225#post268225 Making a sweeping generalisation Auckland before the reforms of the mid 1980s had fewer people, more bands and more energy – if memory serves me correctly – which it probably doesn’t.

The work ethic ruled. – 10.00 PM closing time on Thursday and you got to stay out in pubs…

]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:07:19 +1200 Paul Capewell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268222#post268222 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268222#post268222 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:14:35 +1200 Jonathan Ganley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268181#post268181 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268181#post268181 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:26:35 +1200 Jonathan Ganley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268180#post268180 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268180#post268180 Thanks for letting us run free with ideas! ... Now, I think I linked to this elsewhere on Public Address a few months ago ... I wonder what John Lennon was saying to Robbie?

__Photo courtesy Auckland Libraries / Heritage Images. Showing the civic reception for the Beatles in front…

]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:22:13 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268171#post268171 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268171#post268171 Another post of historical significance.

Excellent J.

How's that book coming along? ;-)

]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:17:47 +1200 Grant McDougall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268167#post268167 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268167#post268167 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:32:04 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268161#post268161 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268161#post268161 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:20:41 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268160#post268160 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-auckland-rock-city/?p=268160#post268160 Discussion from blog post.

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