Dear Priory Patrick Goss b e sui t a ble, we h ad to promote it to
craziest I h ave ever seen at Pri o r y.
a n a udi en ce th at sometimes seemed
For th ose wh o don ’t kn ow or h ave
I love yo u , b u t i t ’ s t i m e to sp e nd so m e
m o re i nterested in ch eap vod ka
forgotten , Prior y h as played h os t
ti m e a p ar t .
sho t s t han ex pan d in g th eir cultural
to live acts such as T h e Sun sh i n e
ho ri z o ns .
Un dergroun d , Electric Six , Th e
De ar P r i o r y,
Cour teen ers, Th e Pigeon D etectives ,
I h ave a d i st i nc t m em o r y fro m just ove r a de c a de a go. Me a nd my o ld
But t he ball slowly star ted rollin g.
Late of th e Pier, G ood Sh oes, T h e
ba nd m ate s ra n a ni g ht ca l le d C l ub
Tho m a s Stan ley came on as man ager
Myster y Jets, Sleaford Mod s and
Pla st i x ( ye s, t ha t u se d to b e a t hi ng ).
o f t he ven ue, wh o h as sin ce moved
Ex ample, to n ame j ust a few.
We ha d m ana ge d to ge t a fe w no t a b le
o n to a ver y respectable ven ue in
ba nd s to p l ay l i ve a t t he ve nue whi ch
L o ndo n. We h ad some crazy n igh ts.
Prior y was like n oth in g else D on c a s ter
i s n ow V i n t a ge , i nc ludi ng L a te o f t he
Fo r o ne , T h e Presets from Australia
h ad ever seen . Ever y aud ien ce w a s
Pi e r a n d Kl axo ns. G + J , t he owne rs
(lo o k up ‘ Are You The One’ ) , wh o are
catered for, or at least th at wa s th e
of P r i o r y, to ld m e a b o ut a my ste ri o us
m o st l y forgotten n ow. T h ey were
in ten tion . VIB E n igh ts brough t h u ge
n ew c l u b t hey we re o p e ni ng wi t h
a m a z i ng to see live in th e back room.
h ouse music n ames to D on caster. Hen r y Love domin ated th e Rn B ma r ket
en o u g h ro o m to p u t o n g i g s a nd t he r i gh t b a c k i n g to b o ok t he m . The next
I’l l neve r forget th e n igh t. A girl wh o
an d n ever failed to pull a crowd, even
few m o nt hs, m e a n d Ga re t h Fle tche r
wi l l re m ain n ameless called th e police
on th e most d ismal autumn n ig h ts .
tr i e d o u r ha rde st to b o o k b a nds to
o n a b a nd n amed Trash Fash ion ( look
Heavy rock an d metal n igh ts we re
play.
up ‘It ’s A Rave Dave’) . Th e ban d were
ch ampion ed by D rew from Summer lin
i nno ce nt, but on e of th e members
( n ow an in -h ouse en gin eer at a s tu dio
We wo u ld m e e t i n t he a fte rno o n
ha d a g l ass eye an d h e deligh ted
in Sh eff ield ) an d Loz from W h ile
a n d e m a i l eve r y a r t i st m a na ge r a nd
i n sp o o kin g on e of th e coppers,
Sh e Sleeps ( n ow a world touring
boo k i ng a ge n t we could f i nd. My
‘a cci de ntally’ poppin g it out as h e was
musician ) . W h atever your bag, P r io r y
f r i e nd C a l l am st a r te d do i ng p o ste rs
b e i ng question ed .
d id n ’t j ust th row you th e bon es . I t h osted th e biggest buzz acts it co u ld
to p ro m o te t he ni g ht s. It wa s a lo ng ,
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h a rd st r u g g le to ge t t he cl ub to b e
I re m e m ber gettin g up at 7am to
muster for you to feast on , n igh t a fter
s ee n a s a re sp e c t a ble na t i o na l ve nue .
go a nd flyer outside sch ools, like
n igh t.
Mo st to u r i n g a c t s wa nte d to p l ay
so m e ki nd of n u-rave n eon -pin k sex
u n i c i t i e s, no t a re l a t i ve l y unknown
o ffe nde r with a mullet, to tr y an d get
From tr yin g to turn Prior y in to a
tow n i n S o u t h Yo r k shi re . Whe n we
ki ds to come to our 14+ n igh ts. Some
live ven ue, crossh airs switch ed to
di d ge t a n a c t t ha t we t ho ug ht wo uld
o f t ho se even ts were th e busiest an d
emulatin g th e coolest un i clubs in
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