Rock City (club)
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| Building | |
|---|---|
| Type | Music club |
| Location | Nottingham, United Kingdom |
| Construction | |
| Completed | 1980 |
Rock City is a club in the East Midlands inside the heart of the city of Nottingham, England in the United Kingdom that focuses on live music.
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[edit] Overview
It has a capacity of 2450, and is known for its intimate atmosphere and sticky floors. It has been described by the NME as "sweaty, but truly indie". Rock City is divided into three rooms which are the main hall, The Basement and The Rig, with five bars and seating available. However, it is an all-standing venue during gigs.
The club has a wealth of history due to its 25+ year long lifespan, and is a major club on the toilet circuit. Typically, Rock City is the host for medium sized gigs, from smaller upcoming bands from the underground to bands that are getting limited chart success but are still too small to play much larger venues.
However, on some occasions largely popular bands still choose to play there; eg. Deftones, Megadeth and The Killers, less than a year before headlining Glastonbury. Rock City's smallest room holds 350 and its largest room holds 1,900.
[edit] Band Performances
- 36 Crazyfists
- A
- AFI
- Airbourne
- Alkaline Trio
- The Alarm
- Alexisonfire
- All That Remains
- Alter Bridge
- American Head Charge
- A Perfect Circle
- Apocalyptica
- Army of Freshmen
- Atreyu
- Ash
- Basement Jaxx
- The Beat
- Biffy Clyro
- Big Audio Dynamite
- The Black Keys
- Black Tide
- The Bluetones
- The Bloodhound Gang
- Bowling For Soup
- Blur
- Boysetsfire
- Bring Me the Horizon
- Cannibal Corpse
- Charged GBH
- Children of Bodom
- Chimaira
- Coal Chamber
- Cradle of Filth
- CSS
- The Cult
- The Cure
- David Bowie
- Deftones
- Def Leppard
- Dir en Grey
- Disturbed
- Dodgy
- DragonForce
- The Enemy
- Electric Six
- Enter Shikari
- Faith No More
- Fear Factory
- Feeder
- The Feeling
- Finch
- Fish
- Franz Ferdinand
- Funeral for a Friend
- Gallows
- The Gaslight Anthem
- Gaye Bykers on Acid
- Glassjaw
- The Goo Goo Dolls
- Green Day
- Groove Armada
- Guns N' Roses
- The Hives
- The Hoosiers
- The Human League
- Hundred Reasons
- Idlewild
- In Case of Fire
- Incubus
- Iron Maiden
- Job for a Cowboy
- Justice
- The Killers
- Kill Hannah
- Killswitch Engage
- Korn
- Linkin Park
- Lordi
- Less Than Jake
- Madness
- Manic Street Preachers
- Marillion
- Megadeth
- Metro Station
- Mindless Self Indulgence
- Motörhead
- Mr. Bungle
- Mr. Scruff
- Muse
- My Ruin
- New Found Glory
- Nirvana
- Oasis
- Ocean Colour Scene
- Opeth
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Paramore
- Paul Weller
- Pearl Jam
- Pendulum
- Pitchshifter
- Placebo
- Panic at the Disco
- Queens of the Stone Age
- The Raconteurs
- Radiohead
- Rage Against the Machine
- Rancid
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Reel Big Fish
- R.E.M.
- Robbie Williams
- Rodrigo Y Gabriela
- Rolf Harris
- Roni Size
- Rosetta Stone
- The Virgin Prunes
- Gene Loves Jezebel
- Saxon
- Sheep on Drugs
- Simple Minds
- Soil
- The Sisters of Mercy
- The Stone Roses
- Slayer
- Slipknot
- The Smiths
- Soulfly
- The Stranglers
- Stiff Little Fingers
- Suicide Silence
- The Subways
- Sum 41
- System of a Down
- Thunder
- Trivium
- Turisas
- Tygers of Pan Tang
- U2
- Underworld
- VNV Nation
- We Are Scientists
- Zebrahead
[edit] Band Recordings
- TNT - The Nottingham Tapes — Hanoi Rocks
- Live at Nottingham Rock City — 1981 — Tygers of Pan Tang
- Caught from Behind: Live in England, France, Germany, and Switzerland — 1985 — Play Dead
- Live (Nottingham Rock City, February 1987) — Into A Circle
- The DVD (Napalm Death) — 1989 — Napalm Death
- BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert - 1989 - The Fall
- Live in Nottingham at Rock City — 1996 — At the Gates
- The Bends Pinkpop — 1996 — Radiohead
- Live Bait for the Dead — 2001 — Cradle of Filth
- Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid — 2001 — Cradle of Filth
- Altars of Madness — 2003 — Morbid Angel
- Libertines live at Rock City with Radio 1 - 2004 - The Libertines
- The Wildhearts Strike Back - 2004 - The Wildhearts
- Shaped By Fate tour DVD - 2008 - Shaped by Fate

