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Alkatraz Via
delle Conchiglie 23 Fiumicino tel days:
WEEK END admission:
from 23:00 to 24:00 free beer paying 5 euro venue:
? comment
about rock nights: to be checked
Alpheus Via
del Commercio 36 (Ostiense) tel 065747826 days:
all, friday and saturday commercial rock admission:
7.75 Euro women free entry until midnight. venue:
big, three halls with different kind of music, quite cheap drink prices
(5 Euro a pint of beer). Very good for 400 people gigs. comment
about rock nights: commercial night
during the week end. Black
Out Via
Saturnia 18 (S.Giovanni)
tel 0670496791 www.blackoutclub.com days:
thursday (?), friday (gothic dark, rock, crossover, elettrogoth, chemicals-
Indastria), saturday (pop, soft rock, colege punk, chemicals, revival-
Rock Arena)-Starts at 22:30 Closed during
Summer admission:
from 7.75 to 5.16 Euro drink included. venue:
about 500 people in, nice inside, nice lights, more or less cheap prices
for a disco (about 7000 L (3.62 Euro) a glass of beer) Comment
about rock nights: Black Out started to organize,
since this last part of 2000, nice alternative gigs. That increase
< lot the opinion we have about this venue. The problem with the disco
nights is that 3 years ago they had the same tracklist of today. After
6 years since the Green Day "Dookie" and the Offspring "Smash" issue, there's
no reason to dance only and always "When I come around" and "Self esteem".
It is also always present Marilyn Manson and the Prodigy (such a bore!!!).
They never put the 100000 new songs just issued, and also Pogopop (who's
got no memory at all), knows in advance the night track list as it were
a wizard. We don't want to say it's DJs fault, 'cause it seems that the
owner doesn't want too many changes: no news is good news. The people attending
the venue is decreasing & less alternative. We're sorry but it's no
more the rock music "polar star" in Rome, but there's anything else if
you don't want to go to the social communist centers. As Dexter
said, a weekly customer of the venue, pogo is allowed again on the dance
floor. C.S.
Brancaleone via
Levanna 11 (Montesacro)
tel 0682000959 www.brancaleone.itbranca@pronet.it days:
always- Friday:
AGATHA night (chemical, fusion, drum'n bass, acid jazz) admission:
subscribtion ( 3 Euro) venue:
Pogopop has seen better social centers but this one's got a good concert
hall & disco which can guest about 300 people in. Cheap prices for
drinking & food. comment
about rock nights: lot of electronic music,
few or no rock and roll. Well organized nights. Great
concerts here until 2 years ago: Blonde Redhead, Sophia, June of '44, Rachel's.
On friday there's the "Agatha" night, with DJs from Radio Città
Futura. Attended by alternative people. They
prefer Drum'n'Bass, Big-Beat, Chemical. They have a lot of international
guests.You can check their nights taking their flies at the record shops
or checking their web site. Cantina
Lebowsky vicolo
dell'aquila, 14 (campo de' fiori - via dei baullari/c.so Vittorio)
tel./fax 06.68134620 days:
always-cocktails, snacks, shows, videos, vintage stuff... admission:
free entrance venue:
not visited yet comment
about rock nights: the evening cocktail idea
along with good music selection is very good and original. Circolo
degli Artisti Via
Casilina Vecchia 42, (Appio) 0670305686 days:
? admission:
you need a season ticket (4-5 Euro) + the night ticket venue:
quite big, 4 halls comment
about rock night: the organizers of this venue
have an old tradition of alternative rock music in Rome. Lots of historical
concerts were hosted in the old Circolo degli Artisti venue, now they moved
in this new building and Pogopop will check it very soon. Disco rock nights,
in the past, were not so good unfortunately. During the week end
Radio Rock organizes a commercial rock disco. If you like the average rock,
accepted also by the prerock generation, this disco is for you: the tracklist
is always the same, including all the rock hits which are in fashion since
4 years in this jurassic capital. No chanches: from the abused "Should
I stay should I go" to japanese cartoon songs, till the 80th different
version of "Video Killed the Radio Star" etc. etc. If
you are into the real rock and truly punk and if you're not that kind of
obsessed who have fun always with the same music, well, it's not good for
you to spend a saturday night here, even if this disco's having a lot of
success. We got bored everytime. Classico Via
di Libetta 3 tel 065728857 info@classico.it www.classico.it days:
all admission:
you need a season ticket + ticket, depending on the night venue:
quite big, stage and bar in the same floor. Nice and good looking venue. comment
about rock night: the venue has got a great
tradition always hosting good musicians and band. Check the schedule on
the web site. You'll find there also the video recording of the best Classico's
gigs. At the moment the Classico Village
along with Radio Citta' Futura is organizing amazing gigs with indies,
high.pop bands as The Music, Ikara Kolt, Interpol... along with alternative
disco nights. Coetus
Pub days:
always admission:
you get in with a season ticket (5 Euro, but generally in the other venues
it is free), normal-high prices. venue:
quite big, classic slazy pub with tables and a little central stage. Terrible
acoustic. comment
about rock nights: ... DDT via
dei Sabelli 2 (S. Lorenzo) tel. 064958338 days:
THIS
VENUE IS CLOSED admission:
you get in with a season ticket, normal prices to drink. venue:
medium size, about 200 people, with tables and a small dance floor. comment
about rock night: THE DDT has been for 2 or
3 years (since the end of 1994 till the half of 1997) the meeting point
of the roman alternative music youth. True music lovers, antifashion and
creative. It has been the most beautiful rock-punkrock-britpop disco in
Roma. There were two nights, on tuesday (punk-rock,grunge) on wednesday
(britpop and rock) animated by very good DJs/music lovers. Every night
a different set of songs, even not known. Every time they could surprise
the happy people of the venue. Pogo were free and funny. In
the niddle of 1997 the venue changed in bad: why? People changed, music
became boring..... the end of a myth. Nowaday you can find at the DDT a
rock night on tuesday. Last year it was not so bad but the venue is on
decadence, attended by different (shitting) people. We don't know if it
is still opened or not. DUB
CLUB Via
dei Funari 21A tel 0668805024 days:
WEEK END admission:
drink included venue:
still to verify comment
about rock nights: the DJ Diego plays for
you '80s music, gothic, wave, industrial.... mostly for roman gothic people.
Ex
Magazzini Generali Via
dei Magazzini Generali 8 bis tel. 065758040 www.exmagazzini.com exmagazzini@hotmail.com days:
all prezzo:
it depends on the show, generally low prices or free entrance. venue:
very nice, two leves, capacity about 200-250 people, beer and drinks at
good price comment
about rock nights: it depends on the scheduled
show. Saturday POPvenue disco with Fabio Luzietti & Andrea Esu DJs
(Radio Città Futura 97.7 F.M): indie, brit-pop, chemical beat
sound from 60’s to 90’s. C.S.O.A.
Forte Prenestino Via
Delpino (Centocelle)
tel 0621807855 www.ecn.org/forte/ days:
always admission:
by subscrition (3,5 Euro) venue:
Forte is the most beautiful social center in Rome. It's suggestive due
to its location and structure (old military fortress). This center should
be attended by very good graffiti's painters as the walls inside are very
well coloured. It has got two stages, one for the winter in a big room
for about 300 people and one for the summer, on the outside with no limit
space. comment
about rock nights: organizes
their gigs here: from MrT Experience to the Queers, from the Smugglers
and Groovie Ghoulies to Fugazi and hundreds more, and only due to this
it's in the Gotha of the roman music. Very good bands play here (Mano Negra,
NOFX,Half Japanese). Frontiera
Music Club Via
Aurelia 1051 (near Grande Raccordo Anulare) tel 0666180110 days:
this venue is CLOSED admission: venue:
quite big, 1000 people, with balcony, it COULD be beautiful. Very
essential architecture & forniture, no posters on the wall, no writings,
no anything (we don't know why they don't improve this building. A little
bit of passion, damn!!!). But they have a great stage inside with beautiful
lights. Decent acoustic, no seats but the balcony. comment
about rock nights: saturday night is usually
opened by a band (very often, sadly, a cover band). These
cover bands, unluckly, play a little bit more than they should do. They
should play 40-45 minutes, not more, except if the audience asks for more.
Rock disco is not that good here too as the songs and the track listing
are always old and repetitive. But why??? It's owner's fault even here
or it's DJ's fault (maybe they don't listen music at their home)??? Or
they believe that rock people is - lile a dinosaur - still into 5 years
ago music????????? In this venue tehre are less concerts than in the past
and also not publicized at all. This is the reason because there were 40
people for Grandaddies and 60 for H-Blockx (2 years ago they were 600).
Is it so difficult to attach 10 posters beside the most known record shops????
Instead of selling them at 1000 L each at the end of the concert attended
by 60 people (not due to the name of the group - that after are sad about
roman audience - but due to the fact that romans didn't know of their concert).
Who organizes gigs at Frontiera should know that when we told around that
H-Blockx played (60 people, we just told you) everybody answered us: "H-Blockx
played? And when?". C.S.
Hai visto Quinto? Via
(Prati Fiscali)
tel days:
always admission:
by subscription (2.5 Euro), drinks are cheap but limited. A small beer
bottle costs 1 Euro. venue:
it's a large ruined room near a park. No painting on the walls, only politic
symbols & writings. Classic social center, more lived than well kept. comment
about rock nights: punk-hardcore-straight
edge concerts. Avail and Squirtgun played here. Organization is not so
good. Guest bands have to do by their own and they're penalized 'cause
nights go on in a totally anarchic way. We
think that "Hai Visto Quinto?" people should learn a bit more for more
experienced social centers. If you don't treat well the bands they will
not come back in Rome and this is a miss for everybody!!!
Heavy
Metal Rock Cafè Via
dei Querceti 21 (Colosseo) tel 06 7009694hm_rock_cafe@hotmail.com days:
THIS
VENUE IS CLOSED admission:
free entrance, you pay just during a concert, you can eat and drink at
normal prices. venue:
it is wonderful. It is the most beautiful alternative venue in Roma. Huge,
with megavideo, great stage in the middle. It is a pity they are all involved
only in Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Black Metal, Grind progressive, Gothic
and Speed... comment
about rock nights: until May 2000 the gigs
were organized by Baffo, the roman prince of Metal now we don't know. You
can consider it a very good Video Pub. Kaos
Club Vicolo
del Leopardo, Trastevere tel. 06 days:
thursday and saturday admission:
5 EURO venue:
still to visit it. comment
on the rock night: they have both hard-core
nights with international guests and concerts and sixties disco. Il
Locale Vicolo
del Fico 3 tel 066879075 days:
always admission:
2.5 Euro -5 Euro it depends from the group playings. Normal price for drinks
(4-5 Euro) venue:
nice. The stage is on the right of the main door, more or less a big pub
with a stage, 100 people audience size. Mostly attended by pretty fly pretending
rockers. comment
about rock nights: everyday a gig but very
few are good.. mostly roman bands and one or two in a month an italian
band more or less alternative. Jailbreak Via
Tiburtina 870 days:
everyday admission:
cheap venue:
still to check comment
about rock nights: live music: from classic
rock to punk. Dance floor for happy parties.
Jungle Via
di Monte Testaccio 95 tel. days:
WEEK END admission:
free until 23.00, 5 euro venue:
still to check comment
about rock nights: gothic music with the well
known dj Diego plus other four djs that help him during the dancing night.
Info
Locanda
Atlantide Via
dei Lucani 22 b days:
all admission:
low quotes. venue:
nice and cheap comment
about rock nights: NO NEWS ABOUT THE VENUE Mentelocale Vicolo
S. Francesco, Palestrina (50 Km SE Roma) on via Prenestina, tel 0338/7353486
Mentelocale@hotmail.com To
go there: from Roma, take Via Prenestina or Via Casilina, then you take
the Grande Raccordo Anulare (G.R.A., the ring of Roma) and from there you
can take the Highway Roma/L'Aquila and exit at Tivoli. Otherwise you can
take the Highway Roma/Napoli and exit at S. Cesareo. When you're in Palestrina
you must go towards Museo-Tempio Fortuna Primigenia-Convento di S. Francesco. days:
always but close on Tuesday admission:
free but with ARCI card, quite cheap prices (beer 3-4 Euro) venue:
very nice. Digged in the rock like a cavern, it's a nice pub with a stage.
Well organized, it's attended by rock people of this little town and from
other towns around and also from Rome. comment
about rock nights: we attended different gigs
here and they went well 'cause well announced with flyers in roman record
shops. Musillo via
Labicana 29 tel 067008040 days:
? admission:
around 5 Euro or less. venue:
still to visit it. comment
about rock nights: no news about the
nights
Palacisalfa Viale
dell'Oceano Atlantico 271/d (EUR) tel 064747668 days:
by program (see in record stores) admission:
it depends from the concert or the night.... beer 5 Euro) venue:
it's a place made for concerts. About 2000 can stay in there, maybe more. comment
about rock nights: actually they organize
concerts more or less good, even if the most of them are from italian bands
not so good. About rock nights, it's very nice the "Toretta
Stile"
disco with DJ LuzyL e CorryX generally on saturday night or before holidays.
Lot of fun and full of young people ...www.torettastile.com
check it out.(5 Euro)
Palaeur Via
Cristoforo Colombo (EUR) venue:
it's a Sport Hall made for basketball or volleyball. All the "great" gigs
are made here. Panik Via
dei Serpenti 32 (metro Cavour) days:
week end Stigmata
e Coresect admission:
5 euro included one drink venue:
still to check comment
about rock nights: well known gothic Djs. QUBE Via
di Portonaccio 212 days:
all admission:
Free, normal prices to drink venue:
big, 4 dancefloors with several different DJs. comment
about rock nights: commercial music nights
organized
SKORIE
INDUSTRIALI Via
Premuda 3/a (metro Ottaviano) tel 06 39751163 Skorie
Industriali days:
all admission:
free, cheap beer and food venue:
very post industrial, dark and metallic..... comment
about rock nights: very good music always
SONAR Via
dei conciatori 7c days:
friday admission:
cheap venue:
to be checked comment
about rock nights: DJ
AMPTEK (radio citta' aperta 88.90) the resident DJ plays techno elektro
metropolis music. International famous DJs are hosted. SONICA Via
Vacuna 98 days:
all admission:
free venue:
nice comment
about rock nights: punk rock hard core nights Transilvania
Horror
Rock Cafe' Via
Merry del Val 13/A (Trastevere) days:
all admission:
free- you pay to drink venue:
horror atmosphere due to Dario Argento owner (famous italian horror films
director). The venue is big, lot of smocke, high volumes and in classical
horor style: skeletons, hanging bodies, blood, tombs everywhere. Pictoresque
place. The really boring thing is the loooooooong line you have to do before
entrance, with a stupid big guy that selects people witout any kindness. commento
alle serate rock: gotich night. Vecchio
Mattatoio Via
Monte Testaccio 23 days:
all admission:
3.5 euro. low drink prices venue:
very simple. commento
alle serate rock: we don't like reggae hip
hop kind of music so we can't have an opinion about. Sometimes they organize
punk rock gigs. Velvet via
Cairoli 29 (Piazza Vittorio) tel 062283511 days:
THE
VENUE IS CLOSED admission: venue:
very nice, even if it's too distinct the separation between the dance fllor
and the bar. In Pogopop opinion, this is the reason why the people after
the concert leaves the dance floor instead of remaining dancing. comment
about rock nights: historical gothic-dark
wave venue. But on friday there's the pop night, mostly sixties oriented
and specialized in intellectual brit-pop. You can find often here gigs
for about 100 people. Stage is really small but this avoid the audience
dispersion. Velvet organize also big attended gothic concerts but the bands
need to play at the Alpheus (Death in June for example). Check out its
web site if you'd like to know more. Villaggio
Globale Lungotevere
Testaccio (Testaccio), tel 0657300329 vglobale@rdn.it days:
always admission:
by subscribtion 3,5 euro, beer 1.55 Euro, the bottle. venue:
at the back of the ex Mattatoio, it's better of the "Hai visto Quinto?",
but still far from "Forte Prenestino". Open
air concerts in winter too. Not good to pogo during gigs due to the stone
ground. comment
about rock nights: lots of concerts were organized
here, from Donnas to Dickies, till the historical fake of Rage Against
the Machine. Myth tells that about 20000 people came to Rome from the whole
Italy and island (and Pogopop saw them!!!) to attend the free concert of
this crossover group, cancelled 10 minutes before due to the stormy weather
(????). A part from this unforgettable story, concerts are well organized,
even if the venue is scattering.
VOICE Via
dei Conciatori 7/C (Quartiere Testaccio) day:
? price:
5 euro venue:
still to check comment
about rock nights: still to check ZOOBAR Via
di Monte Testaccio 22 (Testaccio, ex mattatoio) day:
Tue-Fri price:
3-5 euro venue:
Open dance floor comment
about rock nights: no news about the venue.
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