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,...
by Malcolm Pheby | Nov 15, 2017 | 1970s, Manchester, Music
Variety was the spice of life in the Manchester music scene of the 1970s. From Elkie Brooks and Vinegar Joe to the Hollies, 10cc and the Stranglers – the decade had it all. The Laronde club on Cheetham Hill Road was an unlikely setting for the birth of a music legend....
by Malcolm Pheby | Oct 22, 2017 | 1960s, Manchester, Music
When legendary record producer Mickie Most got a call from his friend Harvey Lisberg to see a new band in Bolton, he had no idea he’d soon be into something good. Something very good. The band were Herman’s Hermits. Most became their producer and their first single...
