Scene Here: Liverpool - Special Edition for Rough Trade Liverpool
Special edition screen print researched and designed in collaboration with the customers of Rough Trade Liverpool.
A new ambitious print that maps the connections between the venues, bands and individuals at the heart of the music scenes in the city of Liverpool and its surrounds from the 1950’s to the present day.
Featuring both large and small, old and new venues and the bands and scenes that have thrived around them. Including the world famous Cavern club which will forever be synonymous with the Beatles and Merseybeat bands including Gerry and the Pacemakers and Liverpool’s first female rock and roll band The Liverbirds: the legendary Eric’s and post-punk bands Big in Japan, The Teardrop Explodes, Echo & the Bunnymen, Wah! Heat, OMD and Frankie Goes to Hollywood; The Timepiece and the seminal funk and soul DJ Les Spaine; the much loved and massively missed Picket which hosted early gigs by local lads The La’s; The Zanzibar and bands like The Coral and The Zutons who played the club's Bandwagon night and helped coin the phrase 'cosmic scouse scene'; The Kazimier and its creative community including musicians and visual artists Stealing Sheep; and new community focused venues like Future Yard across the water in Birkenhead and Quarry in the North Docks who are both supporting local emerging talent.
Also featuring clubs that, although less well known, have been just as important in the history of Liverpool’s music scenes including The Rialto, Palm Grove, Kirklands, Mr Pickwicks, the Sink Club, Cosmos and the Mardi Gras.
Not forgetting the dance clubs that shaped Liverpool’s nightlife in the 1990s and beyond including Quadrant Park, The State, 051, Cream, Garlands and more recently the Baltic's District and 24 Kitchen Street which hosts iconic nights by Sonic Yootha and Girls Don’t Sync.
In total the print features 240 venues, 250 bands and other institutions like Liverpool College of Art who spawned (amongst others) the new wave group Deaf School, record stores like the adored and revered Probe, record labels, radio stations, fanzines, festivals including Larks in the Park and Africa Oyé and individuals who have all played a part in making Liverpool the world’s most famous city for music.
The print has been developed with input from the customers of Rough Trade Liverpool who were asked to contribute to the project instore, with additional research from interviews with individuals who have been at the heart of Liverpool’s music scene since the 1950s.
This is the first edition print from an ongoing mapping project. Think we have missed something out? You can still contribute at Rough Trade Liverpool.
- Magenta and white screen print
- 170gsm Olin Black matt paper
- H50 x W70cm
