GRANAREUNITED 16 (A Night of Rock Classixteen)
October 29th, 2009 / Author: AlThe Christmas Granareunited extravaganza will be on Sunday 27th December and with the next day being a Bank Holiday there’s every reason to party party party!
AL READ IS QUIZ MASTER ONCE AGAINOctober 29th, 2009 / Author: AlWhy not come along to Al Read’s next pop quiz at the Prom Music Bar. ‘Tis a gert laff !
GRANARY ON HTV LOOKBACK 2000October 29th, 2009 / Author: AlGRANARY ON HTV LOOKBACK 2000
Back in 2000 HTV did a feature on the Granary with some interesting stuff about the buildings history as well as an interview with Al Read by Polly Lloyd about the rock years. You can watch it on You Tube using this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5fSzQEF-Hs
GRANARY T-SHIRTS AROUND THE WORLD - NUMBER 1October 29th, 2009 / Author: AlWherever you go, make sure you’re wearing a Granary T-Shirt. Here is rock guitarist Prashant wearing his.The location is Central Park, Sector 34, Noida (just outside Delhi) India. Watch out for Number Two in the series - where will the Granary T-shirt go next? MAGNUM at the Granary 1985September 19th, 2009 / Author: AlPhil Martin was a regular visitor to the club from 1982 through to the closure in 1988 and remembers the rock nights with DJ Adrian Coleman at the turntables. On Saturday 2nd February 1985 the group on stage were MAGNUM. That was the third out of the five appearances they made at the Granary. Phil took his camera along on the night and took the following pictures. Thanks for letting us see them Phil.
MAGNUM also used artist Rodney Matthews of Plastic Dog Graphics to design many of their album covers. Find out more about how Rodney started at the Granary and went on to international fame as a fantasy artist at DJ ADRIAN COLEMAN PICTURES SURFACESeptember 14th, 2009 / Author: AlFrom the depths of the Granary Archives some long lost photographs have been unearthed showing the Club’s final DJ Adrian Coleman at work in the disco booth along with the much loved Granary DJ Glenn Daniel. Glenn tragically died from a heart attack several year ago. Glenn took over the disco when Al Read left in 1982 and it was Glenn, Adrian and DJ John Mason who looked after the rock on record through to the last night in 1988.
AL READ WANTS ANSWERS TO HIS QUESTIONSSeptember 14th, 2009 / Author: Al
Al is QuizmasterJuly 28th, 2009 / Author: AlAL plays quizmaster at the PROMOnce every couple of months Al Read is the quizmaster at the Tuesday night pop quiz at the Prom music bar. It’s always a fun night out and I’m sure you’ll enjoy taking part. It’s just £1 each to enter and you can make up a team of up to 6. Identify the music clips, answer the music trivia questions and fill in the title or artist blanks on the quiz sheets. There are cash and goodie prizes (not only for the clever clogs but also for the team that comes last!). GRANAREUNITED 15 (Fifteeny Meeny Miney Momentous)Al and Ed invite you to the next Granary reunion evening on Sunday 30th August when original Granary DJs will spoil you with non-stop classic rock just like they did at the Granary Friday night rock discos back in the 70’s and 80’s. Our new home at the Golden Lion will be decorated with Granary memorabilia and both the Granary book and Granary T-shirts will be on sale at special sale prices. Admission is FREE and, as the next day is a Bank Holiday, you’ll have plenty of time to recover!
TOPLESS ALL GIRL GROUP PLAY GRANARY SCANDALJuly 6th, 2009 / Author: AlTOPLESS ALL GIRL GROUP PLAY GRANARY SCANDAL The LADYBIRDS : Thursday 22nd March 1973 : £200 Pop music researcher David Andrews of Weston Super Mare unearthed a picture of the LADYBIRDS, a Swedish cabaret outfit that usually performed without their outfits! In March 1973 they were booked to play a week at the Webbington Country Club just outside Bristol with their short set of current pop songs. They contacted the Granary to ask if they could do a gig at the Gran as they wanted a chance to perform a selection of material of a more rock genre. As they were also happy come on stage in their usual outfits (white leather bikini bottoms only) we thought it would be worth a try (for artistic purposes only). They weren’t musically up to much but no-one seemed to care and the girls were well received. One of the band rewarded the lads in the front row, who had been cheering all the way through the set with a brief full frontal as she whipped off her briefs. She, however, was not so happy about the fact that one of the lads made off with her white leather bikini bottom as a trophy. Upset as it was part of the outfit she needed for her gig the next day at the Webbington something had to be done in a huury. Al was a bit of a dab hand at tailoring having been involved in menswear retailing for some years (the Plastic Dog offices were upstairs from the Park Street shop that Al ran) so overnight, using the remnants of an old white leather jacket, Al made an acceptable replica of the missing brief. The young Ladybird lass was very grateful!!! No sooner was this article was published, than the following message was entered on the Granary Guest Book by Marianne Dow in the USA: “Your readers might enjoy my article and pix of the Ladybirds Topless All Girl Band @ http://tinyurl.com/ladybirds-band on my Burlesque Babes Blog which is about vintage Burlesque Queens and Strippers from the 1950s and 1960s era.” And then another picture turned up and, this time, in full colour  The LADYBIRDS : Thursday 22nd March 1973 : £200
MORE GRANARY BAND PHOTOSJune 3rd, 2009 / Author: AlGran Fan Aiden Naughton has sourced more photos for us. Blues Band S.A.L.T. appeared 6 times between June 1976 and May 1978 and are pictured here backstage at the club prior to one of their Gran gigs.
Rock band WEAPON played at the club twice, Saturday 10th January 1981 and Saturday 8th August 1981. One picture shows them with Les Pearce who, about this time, had moved up from door man to club manager.
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Vocalist Bob Catley - are you in the crowd?
Bob Catley and Tony Clarkin
Bob Catley
A shot from the balcony
Glenn Daniel on the left, Adrian Coleman right. The posters advertised BANG WALLACE who played the club on Thursday 27th September 1984.
Adrian on another night with the “Granary Home of Rock” banner on display behind the band’s lighting rig.
