For those about to rock…

On the night that the Astoria and Astoria 2 close their doors for ever, I’m taking a little trip down memory lane to 1995. Back in the days when I was a freelance photographer I photographed The Amps featuring Kim Deal at the Astoria 2.
I saw my first gig at The Astoria (Voice of the Beehive), and possibly the best gig I’ve ever seen at the Astoria 2 was the Foo Fighters up close and personal.
It’s a sad day for the London music scene that these venues are to close and even if they live up to their promise of replacing them with a more modern music venue there will be nothing to match the sticky floors and pints in plastic cups of The Astoria.

More here…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7827999.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Astoria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria_2