All you rockers compain there is nowhere to go , then where there is , you dont go!!!

well said! Was nice to meet you :)

Cool to meet both of you........:clap: :clap:

No one seems to want to go out in the week anymore.....the mid week hangover is an essential experience......
But I will be there tonight and next week.

Rock nights dont have a cat in hells chance of surviving unless they are well patronised, so its make or break......ok its not at all been advertised except on this forum, but SPREAD THE WORD....everyone send TEN txt messages now to everyone you know about it and get them to come down.

Actually I DID do that, thinking could bring a tribe of people down, but....it seems weekends only for most people these days..... the usual excuses, the most popular run along the lines of..

"babysitters" (Ok valid one)
"got to get up for work in the morning" (not an excuse)
"buses are crap at night" (debate this one)
"saving for my 2006 holiday" (wtf??????)
"got no money" (possibly a good excuse as a one off)
"the bitch hit me with a take-away" (needs further investigation)

I braved the weather on the bike - ponds forge roundabout was like a skating rink !

With the turnout last night, Im wondering if my new venture is a good idea ?

As Goldenfleece said, everyone moans that there isnt anywhere to go for a decent rock night, and when there is, they are all tucked up at home.

I was dissapointed at the turnout at the moorfoot on saturday, there is usually a lot more there - ok, the quireboys at the corp may have had something to do with it.

Could also have been that a lot of people thought that as i was standing in for the regular DJ - (Buffy) that it would be crap.

Wrong again :D

I had people in hysterics - in fact one forum member (who shall remain nameless) nearly wet herself :hihi:

There are good rock DJ's in Sheffield, there are decent venues as well - put them together and you have a decent night.

All you lot have to do is get off your arses !

With the turnout last night, Im wondering if my new venture is a good idea ?All you lot have to do is get off your arses ! [/B]

It IS a good idea......
the problem for Westway is the total and complete lack of promotion....word of mouth takes a while to spread and have any effect.....and it can be so slow sometimes as to be too late to make a night actually work.

The complete lack of budget for promotion of these 2 new nights, in what is actually a decent venue with great potential, does not give any real indication of the success of other nights which ARE subject to proper promotion budgets. You get what you pay for in effect.......

Let me tell you now if I had the lease it would KICK......and be rammed.....

Originally posted by Dj_Shadowman
I braved the weather on the bike - ponds forge roundabout was like a skating rink !

With the turnout last night, Im wondering if my new venture is a good idea ?

As Goldenfleece said, everyone moans that there isnt anywhere to go for a decent rock night, and when there is, they are all tucked up at home.

I was dissapointed at the turnout at the moorfoot on saturday, there is usually a lot more there - ok, the quireboys at the corp may have had something to do with it.

There are good rock DJ's in Sheffield, there are decent venues as well - put them together and you have a decent night.

All you lot have to do is get off your arses !

I thought the Quireboys was Friday and that was why we had fewer folks at The Nelson!

If you can make some room for our lot with the funny hair and strange boots, I'm sure there's enough folks about to make your venture a success. :D

If you can make some room for our lot with the funny hair and strange boots, I'm sure there's enough folks about to make your venture a success. :D [/B]

Hey I love funny hair and strange boots and you would be most welcome to take up residence.....

Yes nice to meet you to goldenfleece and abagnall

Hopefully once people get wind of what a great night it is it'll fill up a bit. All the feedback I've read on here about the night has been positive so hopefully any rockers reading this who didn't go will give it a chance.

See you all (and more SF people) next week I hope :)

Originally posted by geckoqueen
Yes nice to meet you to goldenfleece and abagnall

Hopefully once people get wind of what a great night it is it'll fill up a bit. All the feedback I've read on here about the night has been positive so hopefully any rockers reading this who didn't go will give it a chance.

See you all (and more SF people) next week I hope :)

How was last night, did not quite make it down town in time for cheese school rock

what what what ?? What was this then ? Im not online at home at the mo, due to moving house, so i really can't keep up with this forum. I get a few mins a day t have a quick lookie at the mo :( Anyone care to enlighten me or link to the relevant thread ??

Ta :)

New rock night at the Westway on Tuesday nights , started a couple of weeks ago, was really quiet this week but i guess not many people know about it yet. Spread the word, cool venue and great music!!!!!!


:) :clap:

Where is that and what gets played? (I mean apart from just saying 'Rock', obviously)

New rock nights also starting at the Red House on Solly Street.
Tuesday night Rock Quiz with Buffy, Friday night rock show with Splodge.

Looks like Tuesday nights will be taking off in the rock world!

Pauline BHG and SilentStatic, you might want to read this thread
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70868

Goldenfleece, sorry you didn't make it. It was great fun - I love cheese night adm tere was some great classic rock, a vaguely remember Billy Idol being played :D

Originally posted by geckoqueen
Pauline BHG and SilentStatic, you might want to read this thread
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70868

Goldenfleece, sorry you didn't make it. It was great fun - I love cheese night adm tere was some great classic rock, a vaguely remember Billy Idol being played :D

Ill be there next week come blizzards, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, nuclear incidents, etc......and on Tuesday I expect as well, come snowstorm, tempests, ice age revival, supernovas, etc.......

I suspect that in the event of an new ice age I might have to give it a miss!
How many S/Fers can we get down next week?

You need to let the students know (provided you want them there of course!)- they can provide you with a lot of business.

Try handing flyers out on the concourse around lunchtime on the day its on, you'd be surprised how many of us don't make plans til the last minute! :hihi:

Originally posted by sallie
All you rockers compain there is nowhere to go , then where there is , you dont go!!!

they were all sat at home suppin coco:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

disckoheaven there are no flyers - its all word of mouth untill there's an advertising budget.

I have posted it on the Hallam Rock music forum, if someone could do the same at the posh uni maybe we could get more students down?

I'm from posh/proper uni!

Would you be able to make a poster, even if its just b&w a4 from a standard printer?

If you could I'll put some up round uni, and can do at work as well if you like!

Unfortunately we don't have quite the same degree of online forums and stuff (not that posh hmm!) so could be a bit of a problem spreading the word electronically!

I'll have a word with the landlord :)

Ok cool, probably best to PM me if you manage to sort anything out, I'm away most of this weekend, and when I get back will probably be very lazy about reading through old threads! :P

Originally posted by geckoqueen
I'll have a word with the landlord :)

I am sure he will delighted. Free publicity is always a godsend.
A count of 40 bodies next Tuesday at least......or am I being optimistic? Eternally....

Does anyone go to that BEDROOM rock night on Mondays? Is that still running?

Originally posted by goldenfleece
I am sure he will delighted. Free publicity is always a godsend.
A count of 40 bodies next Tuesday at least......or am I being optimistic? Eternally....

Yes, yes it is :) I know he's got a busy few days but I have suggested the posters to him.

In the meantime its just a case of plugging the forums. It is a shame 'the posh one' doesn't have the forums though :(

Originally posted by geckoqueen
Yes, yes it is :) I know he's got a busy few days but I have suggested the posters to him.

In the meantime its just a case of plugging the forums. It is a shame 'the posh one' doesn't have the forums though :(

Where is this 'forum' for students? URL?

Its part of the Hallam email system so no URL sorry

University of Sheffield has online message boards etc as well - you'll need to be a student to post though.

Originally posted by SilentStatic
University of Sheffield has online message boards etc as well - you'll need to be a student to post though.

Any volunteers?

Originally posted by sallie
All you rockers compain there is nowhere to go , then where there is , you dont go!!!
no idea what your talking about.

maybe if we knew something was happening we could make the choice if to go! :suspect:

not everyone reads every thread on here and if you posted something about some kind of rock night then it passed me by, and a few others by the sound of it.

Originally posted by MTheo
no idea what your talking about.

maybe if we knew something was happening we could make the choice if to go! :suspect:

not everyone reads every thread on here and if you posted something about some kind of rock night then it passed me by, and a few others by the sound of it.

The details are here, I did post them earlier in this thread :)

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70868

I hope now you know you'll pop down and say hello?

Originally posted by MTheo
no idea what your talking about.

maybe if we knew something was happening we could make the choice if to go! :suspect:

not everyone reads every thread on here and if you posted something about some kind of rock night then it passed me by, and a few others by the sound of it.

The details are here, I did post them earlier in this thread :)

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70868

I hope now you know you'll pop down and say hello?

i rehearse on wednesdays and see my best mate on a tuesday.. so looks like i wont be making an appearance... for once in my life my time is actually pretty much chockablock!

:cool: rroooooccckkkk