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Hardrock Concert Theatre - 1972

Opening night Hardrock 2 & 3 Sep 1972

Artefact added on 17.08.2009 by
bladesy (18) - e-mail
Ashton Archer says: Wasn't Morrissey at one of these concerts? Now it's a B&Q *sigh*bornred says: I'd be surprised if he wasn't there! At his gig at Lancashire County Cricket Club (Move Festival 11.7.04) - which is stones throw from the site of the Hardrock/B&Q - where his fave's the New York Dolls were also on the bill, Morrissey mentioned having had tickets to see them play The Hardrock but the show was cancelled (that gig would have been on Nov 9th Nov 1972 but was cancelled as the Doll's original drummer, Billy Murcia had sadly died 3 days earlier on 6th Nov). Morrissey would have been 13 at the time and only lived around the corner on Kings Road, so it was a short walk from his house to the Hardrock. Therefore I guess he probably went to several gigs there, despite his tender years. I know he was a keen gig-goer and lets have it right, its 1972 and Bowie's playing down the end of your road, you're gonna make it your business to get in, or at the very least hang around outside and make a nuisance of yourself. Think the B&Q needs a blue plaque.bladesy says: <Think the B&Q needs a blue plaque> - well said, a great venue, made a lot of Manchester folk happy, and gave a lot of us a good reason to sneak out of school early to catch the stage door.deputysherrif says: What a great gig. Half of the week it was the Hardrock and then with a flick of a switch, half of the floor rotated and it was a disco! Can't remember the name of the disco because I never ever went. It used to play proper disco music which anybody who ever went to the Hardrock would never listen to.
Can you imagine - dancing to the Tams on a Thursday night and then watching Ten Years After the night after! I think not.
What was incredible about the Hardrock was the free Sunday night gigs - six or seven up and coming bands who to be honest nobody had ever heard of. Can't remember all of the names of course because most of the bands never made it but a couple I do remember were the Sutherland Brothers (they sang a song called Sailing which they had written themselves and which had not yet been covered by Rod Stewart) and a band called Tin Lizzy. They opened with a traditional Irish son called Whiskey in the Jar - wonder what happened to them?
The most memorable thin about the Hardrock was how low he ceiling was for such a large venue, which channelled the sound towards those stood at the slightly higher part right at the back. Guess who was stood just there when they saw Black Sabbath? Guess who's hearing is now totally gone (except for the whistling of course).
Wouldn't have missed amoment of it though...If you'd like to leave a comment, please LOG IN

Hardrock Concert Theatre
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This was located on Greatstone Road in Stretford, and during the 70s played host to most of the major acts such as Santana, David Bowie, Genesis, Hawkwind, Roxy Music and more.

It is now a B&Q. Apparently the building is now pretty similar to how it was when it was a venue. The interior walls were move-able allowing the venue to change size depending on ticket sales.

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