RIP Prince of Wales

[Outatune]

I just got some very sad news. The Prince of Wales pub will no longer be featuring live music. For those of you who don't know it, local bands from Electrico to the Great Spy Experiment cut their teeth in that small pub in Little India.

The drum kit has been sold off, and it looks like the rest of the gear is on the block.

I've played four gigs there and always had a good time.

Very sad. It was one of the few venues left in Singapore where indie bands could get a stage to themselves for an evening... and not have share it with 10 other bands and sell their own tickets.

RIP POW. I raise a pint to Malcolm for his support of the local indie scene over the past years, and wish him luck moving forward.

 

[gkinsingapore]

Yeah pretty sad.

There is no real alternative to the POW

 

[HeartRockSingapore]

though I've not been to POW, but that was the very first name I heard where indie bands get to perform. I know Marine Cove is no match for POW but maybe we can stand in a a while until the next "POW" resurface.

 

[GrimBrody]

POW?!

whoa...Fatskunks was given weekly acoustic slots apart from the random live n loud sessions there when we first started out. We helped Malcolm set up that drum set when he first bought it.Straight out of the box together without the lugs.haha.

but at the same time, once gigs get too loud, the foreign workers living opposite POW in the shophouses will call upon the cops and everything had to be stopped.
that sucked.


To Malcolm and Jessica(his dog)
Thank you.

 

[KissMyAxe]

Eventhough I've always gone to Mustafa instead of POW in little India, the loss could still be felt as I've always supported local bands. Now they have one less place to gig.

 

[gkinsingapore]

The original drum kit was 'decommissioned' about 5 months back. After all that time and special treatment from all of those drummers it was practically unplayable.

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

Darn, despite it having (in all honesty but with no intention to hurt) rather disappointing sound it still had that vibe, and I was looking forward to have a chance to play there.

Now local bands have to be forced to try elsewhere :?

 

[AgingYouth]

Er, Gas Haus and HOME Club?

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

Well I've been to Gashaus but not Home Club. Where is home club? any links?

 

[Outatune]

www.homeclub.com.sg

 

[AgingYouth]

www.google.com

In any case, POW had placed many acts on its stage. However, there were certain things which left many bands very unhappy with them. Notice the lack of bands performing there from the start of 2006.

 

[gkinsingapore]

The big difference between POW and Gashaus is that you get paid appropriately for your efforts. And to be honest the general standard of the bands at POW was on another level to Gashaus. Home club I've never been to.

I've played at the Gashaus a few times, received no money, bought a crowd in the door then been presented with a bill at the end of the night. In addition to that, the "don't touch my hard core house eq settings and change them to suit live music" soundman was impossible to work with. We were trying to build a crowd in there and he was going 'who cares if one side of the PA doesnt work and you cant hear anything but drums bouncing off the side of the back wall"

The POW was always a much better gig, better vibe, better sound (from a far inferior system - that outta tell you something about the Gashaus) and better bands.

Dont get me wrong, I think what the Gashaus is doing is terrific for young bands that wouldnt be able to play anywhere else but as an alternative to the POW?...nah...totally different league.

 

[BrainFailure]

noooooooooooooooooooooo...
i love POW!!!!!!!!!
pretty sad now

 

[BrainFailure]

i've been to all the 3,POW,Gashaus and Home.
POW is my fave...but dun like gashaus at all.well it's just me.