The bandwagon club

The Bandwagon was a club night held on the first Saturday of every month at the Zanzibar club on Seel Street, Liverpool. The Bandwagon night was run by John Robinson and Gary Murphy, members of the now defunct Liverpool band The Bandits.

The Bandwagon was seen as a vital part of the music scene, dubbed the Cosmic Scouse Scene by the NME, which emerged in Liverpool in the early 00s. The Coral, The Zutons, The Stands, The Basement, Tramp Attack and The Hokum Clones were all Bandwagon regulars, who forged their reputations at the famous night. The Bandwagon also played host to The Libertines and Noel Gallagher.

The Bandwagon drew great attention from the media, particularly the NME and was the subject of a feature on Channel Four’s 4music who filmed in the venue on a night when members of The Stands, The Bandits and The Hokum Clones joined on stage to play a cover of Bob Dylan’s Maggie’s Farm.

The Bandwagon club night ended in 2005 when The Bandits broke up. A similar night called Bandwagonesque, now takes place in The Metropolitan on Berry Street, some convert|150|yd away from the previous venue.

A promotional sticker for the Bandwagon club night is found on an entry in Pete Doherty’s journal on an entry detailing a night out he had with John Robinson and Gary Murphy.