by Malcolm Pheby | Apr 20, 2018 | Manchester, Music
iNostalgia looks back at how the Beatles and the Rolling Stones took Manchester by storm. There was one massive question dividing the music world throughout the Swinging 60s. Did you love the clean-cut Beatles with their matching suits and hair-cuts or the rebellious...
by Malcolm Pheby | Apr 15, 2018 | Manchester, Music
iNostalgia remembers how Manchester lit the spark of the punk rock explosion in the late 1970s. It was described, quite simply, as the gig that changed the world. The date was June 4th, 1976. The venue was Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall. The group on stage were...
by Malcolm Pheby | Apr 3, 2018 | Manchester, Music
The Hacienda in Manchester was once described as the coolest club in the world. iNostalgia looks back at the wonder years. It’s hard to imagine someone less likely to open the trailblazing Hacienda nightclub than stand-up comedian Bernard Manning. After all, acid...
by Malcolm Pheby | Feb 22, 2018 | Manchester, Music
What started life as a tiny room with egg boxes lining the walls became one of the most influential recording studios of the 1970s and 80s. Nostalgia remembers the Stockport phenomenon that was Strawberry Studios. What do music giants 10cc, The Smiths, Neil Sedaka,...
by Malcolm Pheby | Jan 27, 2018 | 1980s, Music
Many of Manchester’s most historical gigs took place in the 1980s. iNostalgia finds out what made the decade so special for live music in the city Variety really was the spice of life for the Manchester music scene of the 1980s. Home-grown talents The Smiths and New...
by Malcolm Pheby | Dec 4, 2017 | Music
Liverpool may have been famous for its Merseybeat, but it was more than matched by the Manchester Beat! iNostalgia remembers homegrown bands and celebrated visitors to the city in the Swinging Sixties. While Merseybeat was at the height of its fame in spring 1965,...
