![]() It's not a very rock'n'roll start to the story, and Parkes is in many respects an unlikely impresario. As we went through Brixton, the HGV driver would say to us, 'Lock your doors, boys.'" "Me and my brothers were quite serious showjumpers and we used to do it five times a year from where we lived in Lincolnshire down to Hickstead. "My only knowledge was driving a horsebox through there," he explains. Parkes, who these days has the same sort of craggy handsomeness as Paddy Ashdown, knew a little of Brixton's reputation when he bought the Astoria, but not much. By the time Parkes sold up in the mid-90s, for £2.5m, he had somehow managed to entice the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Avid Bowie and a fledgling Radiohead down to SW9. "I was naive in a lot of ways," he admits, "but I did not at any time question that this venue would become successful." And he was right: within two years, the concert hall – now renamed the Brixton Academy – had hosted gigs by the Clash and "a leftfield Irish band with a decent cult following" called U2. ![]() Please contact the modteam for further clarification.None of this fazed Parkes. Conspiracy AMAs Conspiracy Round Tables Featured Documentaries Non-reddit resourcesĭue to the documented and observable manipulations that users and organized groups have been able to accomplish, the account age to be able to participate in /r/conspiracy is 60 days. ![]() Got any other subreddits you think should be listed here? Send a message to #conspiracy.
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