Best Live Venues in Adelaide

[Ian]

No question.. my fave adelaide venue definitely "The Drive"
('specially 1980 Kiss and 1986 midnight oil and Jet Last year) great atmosphere in the open air...

KISS played at Adelaide Oval in 1980, not Memorial Drive

[Ian]

Bring back the bridgeway!

Bridgeway was always a great place, fantastic atmosphere.

One of the best shows i saw there was Barnesy in the early 90's, when he still knew how to put on a show, ie drink a whole bottle of vodka and scream his lungs out !!!

A couple of hours standing by the speakers.................a couple of days without hearing (they were great shows though)

[Leaping Lindner]

Duncan Hall? @ Wayville- TERRIBLE sound. saw INXS there once and the tinny sound ruined my ears for about 2 weeks.

That would have been the 94 show where Urge Overkill supported them. A mate went and said the sound was shirthouse. The promoters said they'd have the sound problem sorted out for the BDO which was a few weeks later......they didn't.

[MatteeG]

That would have been the 94 show where Urge Overkill supported them. A mate went and said the sound was shirthouse. The promoters said they'd have the sound problem sorted out for the BDO which was a few weeks later......they didn't.

Thats the one- Sister Havana was pretty new on the scene as I recall....

rsemmler- I saw my mates band at night train and it was pretty good. Mind you there were 50 people max, not sure how it goes with a reasonably full house. itchywoolpants went and saw LA Guns there and thought it was great, but he is biased...

[Dogwatcher]

Ahhh - Urge Overkill a blast from the past!

[Rucciangelo]

Best venues now for live music in no particular order IMO.

The Gov, HQ, Grace Emily, The Wheatsheaf, Maryanne Reserve Mannum.
I've played a couple of these venues.
Like others I saw so many bands in the late 80's and early 90's at the Tiv.
I reckon Mickey Finn was right up there with Noiseworks and Charlie Musselwhite as the picks.
Big pity the pubs make more money out of Pokies, well and truly buggered up the live music scene.

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Ah yes the Tiv, saw the Divynals there live back in 81 on their first tour over here, still the best live act I've seen. Also saw Birthday Party, Oils, Machinations, Angels, Dave Warner, Hooks, Ariel & various others back then at the Tiv.
For the ancient & decrepit Lark & Tinas in Hindley St. Stumbled in there very pissy one night, paid the $4 or something like that to get in & was delighted to see The Saints start up their first set.
Now I see that some of these reformed bands charging $100 for a show at the Thebby, sad.

[Lunchcutter]

No question.. my fave adelaide venue definitely "The Drive"
('specially 1980 Kiss and 1986 midnight oil and Jet Last year) great atmosphere in the open air...

KISS played at Adelaide Oval in 1980, not Memorial Drive

my apologies ian, you are correct, my memory is a bit hazy after all i was only 11! (my 18 yo bro took me - was wild!!)

[Leaping Lindner]

Ah yes the Tiv, saw the Divynals there live back in 81 on their first tour over here, still the best live act I've seen. Also saw Birthday Party, Oils, Machinations, Angels, Dave Warner, Hooks, Ariel & various others back then at the Tiv.
For the ancient & decrepit Lark & Tinas in Hindley St. Stumbled in there very pissy one night, paid the $4 or something like that to get in & was delighted to see The Saints start up their first set.
Now I see that some of these reformed bands charging $100 for a show at the Thebby, sad.

Shiek! Please never mention how you saw the original Saints for $4 or I'll be forced to kill you.

[Punk Rooster]

Cannibal Corpse/Bolt-Thrower/Carcass- Cartoons/The Venue
Kreator/Pungent Stench- Le Rox
Metallica/Kiss/Slayer/Pantera- Ent Cent
Pungent Stench- The Tivoli
MC5/Suffocation/The Mess Hall- Fowlers Live
Dead Moon/Blooduster- Enigma Bar
Morbid Angel- Old Lion
Fear Factory- that place at Pooraka....?
Machine Gun Fellatio/Rollins Band (yawn)/Mark of Cain/H-Block 101- HQ
Impaled Nazarene- In-Zone
Cradle of Filth/Danzig- The Palace (Melb)
Misfits- Corner Hotel (Melb)

Will update this as i remember, with ratings...