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Many music industry launches were held at the club including the Download Festival featuring Ozzy, Green Day, Billy Idol and Snow Patrol. Both MTV and the club closed with the Marquee citing licensing problems with Westminster Council.
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- Rolling Stones (12 July 1962) The band’s first ever gig. No Charlie Watts or Bill Wyman at this stage; the line-up was founder Brian Jones, with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Ian Stewart on keyboards, Dick Taylor on bass and nobody can remember who, if anybody, was on drums.
- The Who (24 November 1964) The West London Modfathers kicked off the first night of a 23-week Tuesday night residency, billed as “Maximum R&B”. The volume, aggression and attitude of the shows set the template for future generations of angry young bands with guitars.
- Pink Floyd (13 March 1966) Beginning on this date, ‘The Pink Floyd Sound’ became the house band for the Spontaneous Underground, a series of anything-goes Sunday afternoon happenings at the Marquee, featuring music, poetry, anti-conjuring acts, free haircuts and near-naked audience members rolling in mounds of jelly.
- Jimi Hendrix (24 January 1967) It wasn’t Hendrix’s first UK gig but it was the most high profile he’d played so far, and so everyone turned up. Hendrix was a bag of nerves before going on and rightly so – waiting for him in the audience were the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Eric Clapton and just about every musician on the London scene.
Jan 23, 2024 · During the late 1960s, The Marquee Club hosted iconic residencies that solidified its status as a rock mecca. Bands like the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, the Who, King Crimson, and Pink Floyd graced the stage, leaving an indelible mark on music history. The eclectic lineup included lesser-known gems like Mabel Greer’s Toyshop ...
Apr 9, 2024 · By February 1973, Queen were recording their first session for BBC Radio 1, at Maida Vale Studios, for the Sounds Of The Seventies programme. With Radio 1 producer Bernie Andrews, they taped four ...
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Dec 5, 2022 · The Marquee even had a recording studio that produced a string of hits, from The Moody Blues’s Go Now! in 1965 to Dead or Alive’s You Spin Me Round three decades later, launching the career of ...
8.0/10 [4] Alive in Studio A is a heavy metal album released by Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson in 1995. The album does not include new songs but instead re-recordings of songs from Bruce's first two solo-albums Tattooed Millionaire and Balls to Picasso with his new band line-up. This line-up would record the next album, Skunkworks.
