Rock City (club)

Rock City
General information
Type	Music club
Location	Nottingham, United Kingdom
Coordinates	52°57′22″N 1°09′16″W / 52.9561°N 1.1544°W / 52.9561; -1.1544Coordinates: 52°57′22″N 1°09′16″W / 52.9561°N 1.1544°W / 52.9561; -1.1544
Completed	1980
Opening	December 1980
Other information
Seating capacity	2450

Rock City is a club in the city of Nottingham, England that focuses on live music.

Overview

Rock City, based in Nottingham City Centre, has a capacity of 2451, and is known for its intimate atmosphere. It has been described by NME as "sweaty, but truly indie". Rock City is divided into two rooms: the main hall and the Basement, with four bars and seating available. It is an all-standing venue during gigs, which take place in both rooms.

The club has a wealth of history, due in part to its lifespan, and is a major club on the Toilet circuit. Typically, Rock City plays host to medium sized gigs, from smaller upcoming bands of the underground scene, to bands that are getting limited chart success but are still too small to play larger venues.

However, on some occasions bigger-name bands still choose to play at Rock City. In the past, performances have been given by: Slayer, Trivium, Deftones, Megadeth, Slipknot, Tool, Nirvana, Fear Factory, Soulfly, Skindred and The Killers (less than a year before headlining Glastonbury Festival).

Rock City's smallest room holds 350 and its largest room holds 1,900.

Club Nights

The venue currently hosts four club nights:

• Wednesday: CRISIS - Exclusive club night for Nottingham's university students.
• Thursday: 2UNED - 2 for 1 student night
• Friday: Love Shack presents...^[1] - Variety of music genres from the 1990s, 2000s and current hits in the main room; older music in the basement.
• Saturday: Hey Hey Hey^[1] - Alternative anthems throughout the night.

Band performances

Rock City puts on a large number of gigs every month,^[2] and throughout its history has played host to a number of notable bands. The following is a select list of notable bands that have played at City:

Anthrax Arctic Monkeys Billy Bragg Blur Buckcherry Buzzcocks Children of Bodom CSS The Darkness David Bowie Def Leppard Dio Disturbed Dizzee Rascal DragonForce Elvis Costello and The Attractions Enter Shikari Franz Ferdinand The Goo Goo Dolls Green Day

Guns N' Roses Iggy Pop Incubus Iron Maiden The Killers Killswitch Engage Korn Lily Allen Linkin Park Lordi Manic Street Preachers Marilyn Manson Metallica Mindless Self Indulgence Motörhead Muse My Chemical Romance Nirvana Oasis Ozzy Osbourne

Panic! At The Disco Papa Roach Paramore Pearl Jam Queens of the Stone Age Radiohead Rage Against the Machine Ramones Red Hot Chili Peppers Scorpions Slayer Slipknot The Smiths Stiff Little Fingers Sum 41 Trivium Tool U2 W.A.S.P. Ziggy Marley

Band recordings

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

The following is a list of recordings made at Rock City:

• At the Gates – Live in Nottingham at Rock City (1996)
• Cradle of Filth – Live Bait for the Dead (2001)
• Cradle of Filth – Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid (2001)
• Enter Shikari - Live at Rock City Bootleg (2009)
• The Fall – BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1989)
• Hanoi Rocks – TNT - The Nottingham Tapes
• Into A Circle – Live (Nottingham Rock City, February 1987) (1987)
• The Libertines – Libertines live at Rock City with Radio 1 (2004)
• Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness (2003)
• Napalm Death – The DVD (1989)
• Play Dead – Caught from Behind: Live in England, France, Germany, and Switzerland (1985)
• Radiohead – The Bends Pinkpop (1996)
• Shaped by Fate – Shaped By Fate tour DVD (2008)
• Tygers of Pan Tang – Live at Nottingham Rock City (1981)
• The Wildhearts – The Wildhearts Strike Back (2004)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.rock-city.co.uk/new_site/club_nights.htm
2. ^ http://www.rock-city.co.uk/gig-guide

http://www.qype.co.uk/place/169179-Rock-City-Nottingham

External links

• Official website
• Official MySpace
• Official Facebook
• Official Twitter
• The History of Rock City on LeftLion.co.uk