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'''The Roxy''' was a fashionable nightclub on Neal Street in [[London]]'s [[Covent Garden]], known for hosting the flowering British [[punk music]] scene in its infancy. It was started by promoter [[Andy Czezowski]]. The main entrance was on street level where you would walk into a small bar and seated area. Downstairs there was a small stage, bar and dance floor. The intimacy of the club had a feel to it similar to [[The Cavern Club]] in [[Liverpool]] where [[The Beatles]] had performed early on in their career.
'''The Roxy''' was a fashionable nightclub on Neal Street in [[London]]'s [[Covent Garden]], known for hosting the flowering British [[punk music]] scene in its infancy. It was started by promoter [[Andy Czezowski]]. The main entrance was on street level where you would walk into a small bar and seated area. Downstairs there was a small stage, bar and dance floor. The intimacy of the club had a feel to it similar to [[The Cavern Club]] in [[Liverpool]] where [[The Beatles]] had performed early on in their career.


[[The Clash]] headlined the gala opening on [[January 1]], [[1977]]. Other bands that appeared there included [[Generation X (band)|Generation X]], [[Sham 69]], [[X-Ray Spex]], [[London (band)|London]], [[The Adverts]], [[Chelsea (band)|Chelsea]], [[Cherry Vanilla]] (with [[The Police]] as her backing band), [[Wire]], [[The Boys (UK band)|The Boys]], [[The Damned]], [[Slaughter and the Dogs]], [[The Buzzcocks]], [[The Plague (English punk rock band)|The Plague]] and the [[Stinky Toys]]. [[Don Letts]] was the resident [[DJ]] at the club.
In December 1976, Czezowski organised three gigs at the Roxy. The first, on 14th December, was [[Generation X (band)|Generation X]], a band Czezowski managed. The second on the following night was [[The Heartbreakers]]. The third, on 21st December, featured [[Siouxsie & the Banshees]] and Generation X. However, it was [[The Clash]] and the Heartbreakers that headlined the official gala opening on [[January 1]], [[1977]].

Other bands that appeared there in the first four months of the club's life included:

*[[The Adverts]]
*[[The Boys (UK band)|The Boys]]
*[[The Buzzcocks]]
*[[Chelsea (band)|Chelsea]]
*[[The Cortinas]]
*[[Wayne County]]
*[[The Damned]]
*[[The Drones]]
*[[Eater]]
*[[The Jam]]
*[[The Lurkers]]
*[[Johnny Moped]]
*[[The Only Ones]]
*[[Penetration]]
*[[The Police]]
*[[Sham 69]]
*[[Slaughter and the Dogs]]
*[[The Slits]]
*[[The Stranglers]]
*[[The Vibrators]]
*[[Cherry Vanilla]]
*[[Wire]]
*[[X-Ray Spex]]
*[[XTC]]

[[Don Letts]] was the resident [[DJ]] at the club and he was instrumental in encouraging punk rockers to embrace [[reggae]].


In [[1977]] [[EMI]] released an album [[Live at the Roxy]] featuring some of the regular acts who performed there that made the top 20 in the UK. A further live album was released in May 1978 of lesser known acts such as the UK Subs, Open Sore, Crabs and the Bears.
In [[1977]] [[EMI]] released an album [[Live at the Roxy]] featuring some of the regular acts who performed there that made the top 20 in the UK. A further live album was released in May 1978 of lesser known acts such as the UK Subs, Open Sore, Crabs and the Bears.

Revision as of 23:47, 11 November 2007

For other uses, see Roxy.

The Roxy was a fashionable nightclub on Neal Street in London's Covent Garden, known for hosting the flowering British punk music scene in its infancy. It was started by promoter Andy Czezowski. The main entrance was on street level where you would walk into a small bar and seated area. Downstairs there was a small stage, bar and dance floor. The intimacy of the club had a feel to it similar to The Cavern Club in Liverpool where The Beatles had performed early on in their career.

In December 1976, Czezowski organised three gigs at the Roxy. The first, on 14th December, was Generation X, a band Czezowski managed. The second on the following night was The Heartbreakers. The third, on 21st December, featured Siouxsie & the Banshees and Generation X. However, it was The Clash and the Heartbreakers that headlined the official gala opening on January 1, 1977.

Other bands that appeared there in the first four months of the club's life included:

Don Letts was the resident DJ at the club and he was instrumental in encouraging punk rockers to embrace reggae.

In 1977 EMI released an album Live at the Roxy featuring some of the regular acts who performed there that made the top 20 in the UK. A further live album was released in May 1978 of lesser known acts such as the UK Subs, Open Sore, Crabs and the Bears.

Although back in the punk rock heyday of 1977 it was an important landmark London music venue, today it is just another Covent Garden shop selling swimwear.

Trivia

The anarcho-punk band Crass featured the Roxy as the subject of one of their most well known tracks, Banned from the Roxy.

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