Plasticman wrote:Rudeski Damager wrote:Plasticman wrote:mos dan wrote:Plasticman wrote:Most grief I have experienced was at Sidewinder in Swindon last year. Some people just go there on a hype trying to look cool / hard.
Thats not my scene at all. On the other hand the Dirty Canvas nights at the ICA gallery were all very chilled out and aggro-free.
that wasn't my experience of swindon at all, but i know u and charles saw a different vibe..
http://dazeddigital.com/incoming/item.aspx?a=259
dirty canvas is great and the promoters are doing a lot to find a better venue than the ica, because frankly... it's too chilled out. the hype at sidewinder is unmatched imo.
that time out piece is totally on point, and i should know because they nicked the story off me and gave it to one of their staff writers to write.
I think I just had a bad experience.... just never in my life had I been waiting at a bar for a drink only to be purposefully barged into then squared up to by somebody who has nothing to say to me other than "FUCKING SMILE THEN"..... to which I replied "What is there to smile about? I'm waiting for a drink mate?"
And this comes from somebody who goes out in Croydon nearly every weekend.
I've never been a target for trouble in my life.... I'd like to think I was giving somebody a reason to start on me... I was just minding my own business waiting at the bar staring at my own reflection in the mirrors behind the optics on the bar.
The thing I hated most about it was the fact the guy backed down when he realised there were a few people with me.... he only started cos I am a short guy standing on what he thought was "my own".
The music on the night was decent.... although Bristol was 100 times better a few weeks later
Oi I was there Plastic.
U Know someone got shanked in V.I.P. that night?
Whole place was on a hype.
I didn't even know that
I've always avoided VIP areas at any rave or event - I like to get a feel for the music the same way the punters do
Although I do recall spending a little time there after my incident at the bar in room 2. Its quite ironic that I would say the main reason I avoid the VIP areas is because I don't like to feel like i am part of some kind of "elite" group at any event. Unfortunately for me I spent my time there purely because it was the only place in that venue I felt safe - as I was surrounded by people who actually have respect for me.
I remember walking thru the dance thinking it was screwface city.
Bristol a few weeks later was a complete breath of fresh air - spent the whole of Newham Gens set in the audience and loved it. The only hostility I felt was upstairs at the back bar, that was until Big Narstie stopped me to chat, after that all the watchful eyes seemed to switch off. Still - nobody should ever feel that people are staring them down.
I just hate the fact it goes on - seemingly for no reason. I've never got involved in any kind of music dramas so I can't understand why anyone would have a reason to do me something? Sidewinder are looking to do another event in Bristol in June so I'm hoping they get a nice crowd there and not half of Swindon's beef-seekers. I'm looking to drop a full on dubstep set if i am booked, just to see how it goes down. I reckon the more twisted Coki & Skream-esque stuff is as good as grime to the untrained ear.
Yup.
It weren't just some crowd causing it either. It was people who were there with some of the Meridian man. Artists who were meant to be performing on the night.
There was even a pregnant white woman and her husband(?) shooting up in the rave.
Certain artists were snorting white off the tables.
Thing I don't understand is how you're not going to allow people in who are wearing a Hood, have that much security on the door, but still let people in with leng and shanks etc. Why would u pay 20 pound 2 rave, travel to Swindon and sit on a sofa with 15 man screw facing everyone.
I'm suprised u missed it tho, my man in VIP fought off about 5/6 others until the champagne bottles & chairs started flying in. Next thing there were about 15 feds in the place and a stampede in the main room.
Rave still carried on though, but vibes were swag.
Yh Big Narstie is cool still. He was just vibing by himself in the crowd by the bar.
Do u have any info of whos performing @ the bristol one? I don't think it will put people off. If there is a Sidewinder, the goons will be there
