Thanks for the links, I also interested in the club nights at the time, Juan and Derrick's comments about of the state of the city and the mind set of the people could easily fit Sheffield at the time.
Although I don't remember the gay scene being that big here. Punk was kicking off big style and I don't remember any clubs doing "gay" - although this was probably through a fear more than anything, the gay scene here is still very much seen and not heard here. The Punk clubs played a massive mixture of stuff at the time as there wasn't enough punk records to last a full night, lots of reggae, northern soul and the odd disco track. The crowds where very mixed but that's a reflection of a creative time when faced with living in a city of greyness, because they where the only place something was happening - even if 90% of it was just chat, but you could have a chat with with the Cabs or members of the League, in fact you still can. But going on what I've read so far I'm thinking that Detroit was a little more open than Sheffield, a trip to any working men's club today will prove how little progress has been made. md 11/7/03 11:54 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hey 313ers... > I'm writing a piece on "back in the day" in Sheffield/Detroit (74-82) and > I'm interested in finding out more about Ken and Mojo, who was the first to > champion techno for example? Can anyone point me at any info. > > Md > >
