Monday 14 April 2008

Stately Xanadu

The Mayflower Club Manchester, where I spent many a strange afternoon at the dawn of the eighties, watching punk bands, like Discharge, Vice Squad ( ah, Beki! ), Anti Pasti, and even The Damned. This is another photograph from the excellent Manchester District Music archive. The former Corona cinema, was opposite the entrance to Belle Vue, and apart from Punk bands also gave a venue for a lot of Reggae. Joy Division played here, too. The place was black as pitch inside with overflowing toilets and dodgy electricity. I loved it.

1 comment:

Caroline said...

This blog makes excellent reading with a personal slant. You're adding the minute details which are essential for rock history and musical family trees.
Not just for the Retentive Rock Anorak!