our metal band is organising a tour and we aren't to sure of the best places to go. we need to know the best venue in your town that a metal band is suited to (where other metal bands already play?) .
towns- auckland, hamilton, new plymouth, tauranga, taupo, napier, palmerstone north and wellington.
please post -the approx. crowd capacity
-approx. no. of people that ussually turn up for a metal gig there.
-the best night of the week for a metal band to play there
-the address & phone no. (if you can get it)
cheers!!!!we'll see you soon!!!
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mmm ok hamilton.... try soundproof for ...
mmm ok hamilton....
try soundproof for an r18 gig. thats gonna hold about 100-150 ish i dont know. it's wuite small.
for an all ages gig, youthzone or the meteor, both can hold large amounts of people (maybe 300 - 500 people, i dunno)
best night: definately try a friday or saturday, you'll usually get a pretty good turn out
not too sure on the addresses though, sorry
Valve in Wellington is definetly a good ...
Valve in Wellington is definetly a good place for metal bands. Depends on what sort of metal you play (nu-metal, hardcore, etc) cause they have metal nights with about 3 bands sometimes or you could headline on a thursday call the place up.
i think the valve legal capacity is ...
i think the valve legal capacity is about 100. its a skanky little pit of despair, perfectly suited to a dirty metal night. greg, the owner, loves a bit of metal and cxoud help you get other bands to fill up a lineup. the place usually fills up.
indigo has been known to put on metal nights, the capacity is between 350 and 450, depending on who you speak to, and also has a good resource for bands to play on the sam night. the crowds are usually between 50 and 150 for an unknown band, with more people turning up if they get to see a local band too.
underground arts occasionally puts on gigs, as does thistle hall, but the hall has a curfew of midnight-ish and steve at underground has to get a special license to throw a gig, plus neither are booze-selling venues. underground can fit about 100-150, thistle hall, cant remember.
i am super-typo-chick. hear me roar. ...
i am super-typo-chick. hear me roar. *roar*
Auckland = Voodoo Lounge, but Ive heard ...
Auckland = Voodoo Lounge, but Ive heard its quite hard to get into - you gotta have the "X" factor, if you know what I mean.....
Or Masonic is always good, Bossuns, King's Arms, Rock Shed, Kiwi Tavern......just a few....
I know ALOT of shitty bands that have ...
I know ALOT of shitty bands that have played at the Masonic- so yeah if you try there your bound to get a gig.
ahahahaa... so true....
ahahahaa... so true.
Hey five bands for $5, I aint ...
Hey five bands for $5, I aint complaining - better than listening to Ja Rule....
no x-factor envolved, you just have to ...
no x-factor envolved, you just have to talk to alex, the band organiser and dj on thursday nights. his no: 021 215 0588 bands only play there on thursdays, unless it's special, in which case you can have it on wednesday hehehe. yeh, if you book early enough, you can ask him to suss out other bands for you to play with, and it'll be a good idea to send him a demo of a coupla songs so he can get the gist of what you sound like.
otherwise, there's always cafe 223 if you're desperate, and if you're organised and can pay the setup fee, you can play at the KA but you have to organise the support bands yerself.
there's also the roadhouse in papakura,
and if you're looking to setup an AA show you can contact the guy at stages through manashevitz@hotmail.com but it costs quite a bit to setup and all, and they just let out the floorspace, and you're left to organise everything yourself
Yeah, Soundproof in H-Town is the go. ...
Yeah, Soundproof in H-Town is the go. It's in the main drag, Victoria St. Paul "Axe Attack" Martin hosts a metel show there a lot.
i think masonic is a good gig, boyd may ...
i think masonic is a good gig, boyd may have some crap bands there, but all bands have the right to there piece of the live music cake, at least somewhere out there gives most a go once at least and of all the crap some good bands shine through and do prevail
but otherwise not worth playing at...
but otherwise not worth playing at
ever heard of Mr Lemon, Fur Boy?...
ever heard of Mr Lemon, Fur Boy?
i think so, but i read so many gig ...
i think so, but i read so many gig guides, band names just pass through my grey matter.
why do you ask?
oh, just that they were one of the ...
oh, just that they were one of the bands picked by Shihad end of last year in a comp they had going to tour with them - and they play at the Masonic quite a bit.
so its not all bad there....
yup Pacifier chose Mr Lemon as their ...
yup Pacifier chose Mr Lemon as their best support band for their tour end of last year and they won stuff from the Rock Shop.
[ http://www.misterlemon.co.nz ]
masonic used to have good gigs playing ...
masonic used to have good gigs playing there. hell, the best show i ever went to was there. but since then, a lot of bands have left the place alone, i guess due to the 12 o'clock curfue and the annoying location. since then only half arsed shows have been held there, and if you're not well established you aren't going to have much of a crowd.
the venue doesn't make the show. the band does.
In New Plymouth, I think the best place ...
In New Plymouth, I think the best place to play would be The Mill (www.themillbars.co.nz)
- 2 Courtenay Street, 06 7581935
The best nights to play would be either Thurs,Fri or Sat.
Not sure of the crowd capacity.. maybe 100-200??
Theres quite alot of people in NP that love metal gigs so you guys would be sweet.
[ http://www.themillbars.co.nz ]
cheers everyone this is helping ...
cheers everyone this is helping heaps!!!!!!
so far we have sussed playing auckland - kings arms w/ subtract for support, hamilton- soundproof paul martin has said he is keen to d.j. before we play we may also have support from someone? any takers??? palmy- possibly the stomach ??? is there a bar that would be more suitible (ya gotta have piss to drink!), and thanks INCUBABE it looks like we're gonna have to do "the mill" know of any metal bands from up there that might wanna play?? we were thinking of getting in touch with sticky filth.
we are gonna do either valve or indigo in welly's (greg has been wanting us to play there for ages ,but indigo is a more attractive venue ,so we dunno?)
is there any good places in tauranga??
keep the info coming guys!!!!!!!!!!!
p.s. the tours gonna start late april through into may (nz music month!) if youre in a metal band or know of one post your info and ya'll can jump on the band-wagon. hopefully we're gonna hire a bus!!!
i think my place is good enuf! alsong ...
i think my place is good enuf! alsong as u bring the booze, noise and lots of money (after all u gotta pay to play here) its sweet :P
hey stevo, If you guys are keen to play ...
hey stevo, If you guys are keen to play napier, drop me an email: molokazine@hotmail.com
in Rotovegas the only decent place to ...
in Rotovegas the only decent place to play, if you want around 300/500 people is the Ace Of Clubs.
you can play @ bars and stuff but if you want a fair no of people you have to play Aces.
could you post a contact number/email?...
could you post a contact number/email?
hey, If you guys need some metal ...
hey, If you guys need some metal support and maybe wanna play some of our gigs give me a buzz
amyghost@hotmail.com
we need a band to support us in new ...
we need a band to support us in new plymouth and palmerston north.
is anyone keen or know of someone who would be??
they've gotta be metal or punk style or similar
Theres a decent band here in New ...
Theres a decent band here in New Plymouth called Agent but I don't know any contact details sorry.
- www.geocities.com/agentband
Sticky Filth would be wicked but I don't think they've played much gigs here in a while..
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