There was a full complement of Granary DJs on hand to re-create the music and the atmosphere of Bristol’s legendary rock club.

From left to right John Mason, Andy Fox, Adrian Copley,  Al Read, Glenn Daniel, Adrian Coleman and Ed Newsom.

The awesome sound system of Panache was turned up to stun and the rock classics that turned you on during the Granary glory years were revisited. Other guys try to imitate us but the originals are still the greatest. A great time was had by all with the exception of Al who emulated crowd surfing without a crowd and spent the following week resting with a damaged foot. Granary reunion gigs are presented by former DJs of the Granary Club along with Andy Fox, the main man from Bristol’s other legenday rock venues Tiffany’s and Roxy’ under the associated title of The Bristol Union of Rock.

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Sunday 18th December 2005

It was titled CHRISTMASSIVE to put all and sundry into a festive mood. It was held at Panache and was a great success. The evening started with a far out and truly cosmic selection of progressive rock tracks introduced by Super-Ed Newsom who was soon joined by Ade the First Copley who enticed the gathered throng on to the dance floor with some classic tracks including Free, The Who and Bad Company. John Mason put in a short set of solid rockers followed by Al Read and Andy Fox who kept the evening rockin’ till the early hours. Here’s to the next one!

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(The Fourmidable)

Sunday 16th April 2006.

took place at the new venue -Joe Public’s underneath Habitat on Queens Road, Bristol .DJ Super-Ed’s early prog rock set was well received as was the truly heavy selection from DJ Adrian Coleman.

Al indulged himself in some well remembered Granary favourites including the NUTZ version of Bob Dylan’s “One More Cup of Coffee”.DJ Andy Fox once again proved that he’s the master of the turntables when it come to classic rock by filling the dance floor.  Good one.

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(The Fifth EleMENTAL)

Sunday 28th May at the Bierkeller in All Saints Street.

It was a good turn out for another get together of classic rock fans. Ed, Andy and Al (The Bristol Union of Rock) took care of business playing a wide range of sounds from the weird and wonderful prog rock of Tonto’s Expanding Head Band (thanks Ed!) to the  guaranteed floor fillers of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Guns and Roses. Our thanks to the team at the Bierkeller for their help and cooperation. Also a big cheer for the night’s guest DJAde the First (Copley) whose big grin lit up the stage and choice of the rock classics filled up the dance floor.

Al Read, Andy Fox and Ed Newsom

Ade ‘the First’ Copley

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(I want your Six)

Many said that this was the best to date, who am I to argue. DJ Super-Ed opened up with examples of prog rock from bands that had played at the club in the early days. Adrian Coleman followed on with Aland Andy Fox rounding off the night. We’ll be back at the Golden Lion in August so watch for details.

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(The Magnificent Seventh)

Sunday 26th August 2007

Held at the Golden Lion on Gloucester Road in Bristol it brought together five of the Granary’s original seven DJs as well as a good number of Gran Fans. The best of classic rock presented in true Granary fashion made this a night to remember and a real reason to make sure that there will be many more of them to come.

The crowd at Gran 7

More crowd at Gran 7

Adrian Coleman

A plays guitar at Gran 7

Ade the First

Andy Fox finds Al’s guitar playing a good laff : Ade the First hangs on to the decks after discovering that there really was alcohol in the beer after all : Adrian Coleman wanders aimlessly about with an empty glass hoping that someone will offer to fill it : Al asks the audience to keep the rhythm going while he changes chord. No pics of prog rock DJ Super-Ed as he wouldn’t let anyone touch his newultra-trendy mobile phone camera .

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(Let’s celebrEIGHT)

The Golden Lion is now the new home of Granary rock in Bristol - Granary fans saw to that on the day before Christmas Eve 2007. A packed venue made it a night to remember. There were DJ sets from ADE THE FIRST, ADRIAN COLEMAN,SUPER-ED, AL READ and ANDY FOX . Photos show Ed steadying himself on the mike stand, the Gran Fans on the dance floor and Andy Fox about to bash Al and Ed’s heads together. Such fun!

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(Have the NINE of your life)

Sunday 23rd March 2008

Another crowded night for the Lion on Sunday 23rd March 2008 as Gran Fans enjoyed masses of classic rock from the original Granary DJs. Super-Ed got the evening off to great start by featuring several live tracks from the recent Led Zeppelin concert, Ade the First drew many to the dance floor, Adrian Coleman followed on in the same classic rock style and then Al hosted the rest of the night with all the DJs picking the best of the floor fillers. The Lou Reed track “Perfect Day” ended a perfect night!

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(Gone but not forgotTEN)

Sunday 25th May 2008

Despite falling head first off of the stage after tripping over a loose speaker cable at the start of the night Al continued through the evening along with the other DJs to ensure that everyone had a great time. A trip to hospital the next day revealed that Al had sustained a broken wrist, five broken ribs and a punctured lung - show biz in ‘arf tuff! Here’s some pictures of the night.

GRANARY LIVE AT THE LION with LOST ELEVEN

Friday 20th June 2008

A different Granareunited on Friday 20th June with a “Live at the Lion” event. LOST ELEVEN are a fine rock,country rock and blues band fronted by Roger Slade (also of FLASH HARRY : at least 9 appearances at the Granarybetween 1981 and 1985) and Steve Webb (Al’s partner in running the Plastic DogAgency in the 70’sas well as fronting both ORIGINN and SQUIDD, progressive rock bands with 13 Granary appearances between them).

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(back with an EleVENGEANCE)

Sunday 24th August 2008

We rocked through the night with a packed Lion and also took a little time out to remember that it was 20 years ago that the club closed. Everybody was chuffed toreceive the gift of a special Granary compilation CD. Al Read, Ed Newsom, Ade Copley and Adrian Coleman played face melting classic rock to the throngon the dance floor and we all agreed it, once again, was the best yet!

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(The Glorious Twelth)

Sunday 28th December 2008

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Granary Club’s first rock gig backin 1968. The BBC were present to film the eventfor a special feature on their “Inside Out” series. Every one was treated to a Granary Key Ring asa momento and the Granary DJs did their stuff and provided one and allwith a night to remember. Al Read will notforget it as he tripped over a stray handbag and was taken off to hospital with a broken hip!  After anoperation to replace the hip joint and several weeks recovery Al is said tobe looking forward to the nextGranareunited gig but insists that handbags will be banned.

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(You should be so lucky, lucky, lucky)

Sunday 12th April 2009

Perhaps it was the publicity surrounding the BBC TV “Inside Out” feature which gave us one of our biggest audiences to date.Al was extremely careful and survived the event without falling, tripping or crowd surfing without a crowd. As always DJ Super-Ed opened the proceedings with a mix of classic/progressive rock. Ade Copley followed on with a stomping set of well known goodies, Al once again attempted a few comedy one-liners but found that it was safer to do what he does best and play some classic tracks. Good stuff continued with ace DJ Adrian Coleman and the the team came together to fill the dance floor with rock anthems and air guitars. Ain’t no stoppin’ us now!

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(We’ll give you what fourteen!)

Saturday 20th June 2009

Granary reunion nights are usually held on the Sunday evening prior to a Bank Holiday Monday but on this occasion the original date would have  coincided with the England versus West Indies cricket clash at the Gloucestershire cricket ground which is just around the corner from the new Granary home of the Golden Lion. A huge influx of Jamaican cricket fans at the close of match may well have created a clash of musical taste so we moved to the closest available Saturday. Many Gran Fans liked the move to a Saturday a the night proved to be another rocking success. There was also a bonus with the unexpected arrival of missing Granary DJ John Mason. Hopefully John will be able to return at our next reunion and give us the benefit of a set of his choice of classic rock.

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SUNDAY 30th AUGUST 2009

We’re really pleased with the turn out of Granary fans and friends at our re-union nights.

This one was as good as the last and it gives us plenty of reasons to carry on giving Bristol the chance to really indulge in some good old fashioned rocking every now and then.

Here are some pictures taken during the night which gives you a pretty good idea of the electric atmosphere.

Al Read and Ade (the First) Copley

(Super)-Ed Newsom

Adrian Coleman

Gran Fans at play

The atmosphere builds

Just imagine how good he would be with a guitar

GRANAREUNITED 16 - A Night of ROCK Classixteen

Probably the best to date with a full club and many reports from Gran Fans of a truly great night.

Photographs from the Granareunited gig on Sunday 27th December 2009 can be viewed as a slideshow on You Tube via the following link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZQCPr3pycs

I know we keep saying “It was the best yet” but this one was truly as good as it gets. The Lion was packed and the place rocked in true Granary Rock Disco style. Our thanks to your generosity when the bucket went round as the cash helps keep the rock nights going, paying for the upkeep of the web site and also helped to buy the DJs a well-earned pint and a packet of pork scratchings.

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DJ Ed Newsom started off yet another great evening with a selection of tracks featuring some of the ‘pub rock’ bands that appeared at the club in the 70’s. Ade the First and Adrian Coleman played some of their favourite tracks whilst Al Read reminded all that the Granary book had nearly sold out with less than 20 copies remaining. Air guitars were to the fore when the four Granary DJs joined together to present a couple of hours of pure classic rock which finished up with the crowd chanting for more. A blast of AC/DC’s “Whole Lotta Rosie” brought the night (but not the chanting for more) to and end. It don’t get better than this!

Al happily allows Gran Fan to feel the quality of his Granary T-Shirt

Al points out to Ade the First that the amps will go up to 11

“What’s that on the ceiling?”  the crowd cry.

“Where do we plug these guitars into?” the girls want to know.

And a great time was had by all