Survival Studios to close

[Happy Jack]

I've lost count of the number of bands I've rehearsed with or auditioned for at that place. Scuzzy as it was, I'll miss it.

 

[Silvia Bluejay]

We got the news from their Facebook page: Survival Studios

I'm not sure of the reason why, and they don't mention it in their final post - perhaps to be razed to the ground to build more housing?

[SH73]

Is that a reunion punk band? Very classic looking picture

[Silvia Bluejay]

Classic photo by yours truly, taken after herding a few cats. The band is Mick's Lawmen, currently dormant.

[lojo]

I'm sure I used to rehearse there in the 90s if so it's been going a long time 

[mike f]

I rehearsed there in  the late 90s. Lots of Trace Elliot amplification, you could smoke in the rooms, of which there were fewer, and  then again just a few years ago with the Ashdown amps, cleaner air, more rooms and added sweety machines in reception. Staff were always great, always friendly. Had some good times there. Shame it’s closing.

[discreet]

So didn't survive, then. Sad news.

[chris_b]

I spent way too many nights with countless bands in that place. Maybe condemned by the Council, at last. 

[toneknob]

Bit of a dump though wasn't it. And those Behringer bass stacks

Good falafels from the cookshop next door though!

The whole School Road area has been earmarked for redevelopment into residential buildings.

 

Edited May 30, 2018 by toneknob

[Hobbayne]

I had my first session there back in 1982. It only had 2 rooms and a pool table. The last time I was there they had lots of rooms.

It used to run by a bloke called Simon and his sister IIRC.

[discreet]

52 minutes ago, toneknob said:

Bit of a dump though wasn't it. And those Behringer bass stacks

Nothing wrong with Behringer gear!  I was more worried about being electrocuted because of the extensive damp...

[Skol303]

Anyone know if they're auctioning off the gear?

...too soon? Sorry  

[chris_b]

They'll have to be giving it away, more like.

[discreet]

12 minutes ago, Skol303 said:

Anyone know if they're auctioning off the gear?

Hmm... a Behringer bass rig that's been used and abused by practically every bass player in town since the late 70s... I bid 99p!

[chris_b]

Ask any drummer what they thought about the kits provided!!

[skankdelvar]

12 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

I've lost count of the number of bands I've rehearsed with or auditioned for at that place. Scuzzy as it was, I'll miss it.

Likewise. The various steps and industrial bits nearby were very handy for moody photos, particularly the classic 'up the nose' shot.

Edited May 30, 2018 by skankdelvar

[skankdelvar]

... also when they proudly bought some Marshall VBA stacks which all blew up within about six weeks 

Edited May 30, 2018 by skankdelvar

[Panamonte]

Blimey, I thought the name rang a bell.  I used to rehearse there about 30 years ago.  And did some recording at Triple X studio on the same industrial estate. 

[MattyBoy]

On 30/05/2018 at 14:48, Hobbayne said:

I had my first session there back in 1982. It only had 2 rooms and a pool table. The last time I was there they had lots of rooms.

It used to run by a bloke called Simon and his sister IIRC.

Funnily enough I bumped into Simon a year or so after it closed, he's now working as a postman at my delivery office! We had a good chat about the studios, and he said he'd been able to sense it was coming to an end a while before they closed. He'd been there since the 90s.

[skankdelvar]

@MattyBoy

Ta for the update and if you see him around tell him thanks for the good times