Saturday, February 6, 2010

Emo Kids, Come One Come All


Anything resembling politeness goes out the window in the train stations of London on a Friday night. A feeble grandmother would probably get pushed down to her death on the escalators if she dared stand to the left, the space meant for people in a hurry. Me, A and her best friend J headed to the Roundhouse in Camden for the Kerrang! Relentless Tour. As I told H when we got home, the price was right, lots of music for the money but to me it was all crap. I saw lots of bored parents hanging out in the back of the venue. The girls had fun and I amused myself with some photography.


The venue has a history and as you can see from the pictures, it is appropriately named.


2 comments:

The Gnome said...

The Roundhouse was where they used to turn the steam engines around. It was developed as a venue for art and music during the 1960's and was a preferred venue for many hippy happenings. I remember going to see Stomu Yamasht'a and the Red Bhudda Theatre perform their groundbreaking Man from the East. Amazing music and thetre ! And now you rush there for emo music !

J said...

Yes! I read all about that in the hallway of the venue, very cool. I'm sure I was the only person interested in the history that night.