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.jpg) A photo of the pub from 2012, closed and converted to a residential property. | |
| Location | 234 Royal College Street, Camden Town, London, NW1 |
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| Capacity | 150 |
| Closed | 2002 |
The Falcon, later The Camden Falcon, was a pub and music venue located at 234 Royal College Street, in the London Borough of Camden, North London.
It went from hosting low-key gigs in the late 1980s to becoming one of the most influential music venues of the 1990s.[1] During this time it was owned by Baxter Mitchell and Alexis Hunter.[2]
The Barfly originally started as a series of concerts there, with disputes with the local authorities about crowd capacity eventually leading it to move to the Monarch in nearby Chalk Farm.[1]
Bands and musicians such as Blur (then named Seymour), Pulp, Lush, Slowdive, Inspiral Carpets, Suede, The Stereophonics, Feeder, Doves, PJ Harvey, Travis, Muse, Catatonia, and Coldplay all played there early on.[3][4][5][6][7]
The Sundays and Lush played their first concerts there (on separate occasions) in 1988.[8][9]
Ivo Watts-Russell signed Lush and Pale Saints to 4AD after seeing them both on the same bill there in 1989.[10]
Simon Williams first approached Coldplay about releasing on Fierce Panda Records upon seeing them play at The Falcon in 1998.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Talling, Paul (2008). Derelict London. Random House. ISBN 9781905211432.
- ^ Morris, Lynda (11 March 2014). "Alexis Hunter obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Allen, Carl (2016). London Gig Venues. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445658209.
- ^ a b Williams, Simon (2023). Pandamonium!: How (Not) to Run a Record Label. Nine Eight Books. ISBN 9781788707299.
- ^ Owens, David (2011). Cerys, Catatonia And The Rise Of Welsh Pop. Ebury Publishing. ISBN 9781448116362.
- ^ Allport, Robin (30 January 2014). "Slowdive: Some Comebacks Matter More Than Most". Clash. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ Sturdy, Mark (2009). Truth And Beauty: The Story Of Pulp. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857121035.
- ^ Young, Rob (2006). Rough Trade. Black Dog. p. 121. ISBN 9781904772477.
- ^ Sonya Shelton (December 1994). Angela M Pilchak (ed.). Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 13. Cengage Gale. ISBN 978-0-8103-5737-2. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via Light From A Dead Star.
- ^ King, Richard (2012). How Soon is Now? The Madmen and Mavericks who Made Independent Music 1975-2005. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571278329.
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