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The Local Music Scene in Wokingham, Berkshire*

Wokingham, Berkshire Record Shops and Venues

Record Shops

• In answer to a previous email, Mark One Records sadly packed up in 1993. We called it a day when the last recession was in full flight. Thank you to all our old customers (who must be getting older by the day!) Mark and Keith x
• no record shops, but sound machine in readig is a really good specialist shop
• reading
• RM Music used to be good before it turned into Wishes N Kisses, tesco is the cheapest for CDS!
• what ever happened to mark one?
• RP has closed so now you have to go to woolies ! On the up, i saw one drum n bass compilation in there the other day ..
• there is nothing now in wokingahm now that r p music has gone
• Well RP music has closed and now theres bugger all except WHSmiths (who only have chart CD's and Woolies which isn't that great anyway, especially if your looking for an obscure band, I asked for Sepultura and the lady looked at me as if that was some sort of disease...)
• R & P on Peach Street. In the vein of the old Mark One, which used to be next door to Woolworths and is now (yet another) mobile phone shop. (16/01/03)
• Not too many music shops in town, best bet hop on the quick bus or train ride to Reading which is just down the road.
• Not too many music shops in town, best bet hop on the quick bus or train ride to Reading which is just down the road.
• RP music sells badges to! everybody loves badges!
• RPM where owners of mobile discos go to get the latest venga boys re-mixes. And actually a quite good selection of other stuff slightly cheaper than your HMV's of this world. Apart from when they have a sale on, seems to be all the time these days.
• The best record shop in town has to be rp music, which says a lot about this place really
• not bad i spose still there better than woolies n smiths at least they know what there on about rather than the old dears n no hopers at woolies n smiths.used to go to abcd`s in bracknell but they were useless now there closed-no suprise there
• ive goin rpmusic a a lot and i think they r ok .me and my friends think they got better than they used to be.they always get the new stuff.
• Bah! decent shops in wokingham.... you've got to be kidding!
• Bargains galore in the charity shops.
• RP music wokingham not to hot at getting things in on time but got a good selection of badges and pictures also if u time it right u can get the advertising posters free.
• I use RPMUSIC they got alot better lately do loads of secondhand music now and t-shirts n stuff used to go to reading to that dodgy bloke in the arcade but not anymore i dont get ripped off at rpm
• RPMusic, small, but not bad
• RPMusic, excellent for djs wanting latest releases, also sells cheasy old tunes that dont exist in any other recoird shop in the country
• there is one but it dont matter cos no one whos got a life buys music
• RP Music sells CDs at prices that are too high - you can usually get them for a pound or two cheaper at Woolies, which, given that I buy loads of them, really adds up. Oh, you can always go and see the shifty bastards in the market who sometimes have loads of CDs. Too much Celine Dion and Michael Bolton illegal copies for my liking! For GREAT MUSIC, go to Reading to the SOUND MACHINE. There are two of them... on in the mall where Argos is, only it is upstairs. To get to the other, go out of the station, walk straight towards town but take a left down the HARRIS ARCADE after 200 yards. CD's are 12 pound or cheaper, even brand new ones, and they have loads of great LPs and deleted stuff at fabulous prices. Brilliant! Oh, and the bloke in the Harris Arcade in the furry jacket is an encyclopoedia. I mean it. Anything! I have tested it!
• RP music is quality, on a saturday u can visit them when they r all caned!!
• RP Music is excellent and Wokingham's idea of a record shop. Bracknell's idea of a record shop is one that sets out to find the young mother with the record number of kids by different fathers.
• RP Music is good as you don't have to into Smiths and ask the old lady for "Smack My Bitch Up"
• A record shop called RPMusic appeared in'95 but frankly it's disappointing. The prices are nothing to get excited about and it doesn't seem to cater for any particular marke t- dance, indie etc.

Clubs (Dance Music) and Music Bars

• Best clubs are in Reading Town Centre - Forum, Barracuda, Yatess
• come on DJ Pete Morgan the best in Wokingham
• VBAR - better when it was the vic ! although new landlord quite a laugh
• eternity is one of the best nites out in the south of england! this is mainly due to the fact that every thursday, friday and saturday you will find a tall monkey like person usually dancing to chesney hawkes' "i am the one and only" and then making himself sick outside to then go home and wet the bed. not only that but you will never meet a harder reading football club supporter (also known as stretch or monkey boy), unless you see him running away outside the ground week in week out! 'i'm not bein funny or anything' but........... some1 needs to kick him in!
• Eternity - frequented by folk that look like they should be at home revising! and the music's shite. (16/01/03)
• GOD BLESS ETERNITY! sick off all these twats slagging it off. So its a bit rough but if u dont get involved then your not involved!, they all take the piss out of it but they know that when they've had a skinfull they'll end up there!,plus wouldnt be the same without a riot at 2.00 every friday and saturday.
• Why do people go to eternacheese..WHY!!!!!!!!!!
• AZTECS is now ETERNITY....Linked to Firstbowl, its not as bad as everyone makes out! It's a challenge to get the staff to smile but you could have fun trying!! Bowling, drinking, pool and a 'Pub to Club' deal...Late night drinking hole on Thurs, Fri and Sat!! Some sexy bouncers too! Clintelle has changed a bit in the last few months...Less MAJOR assholes, just minor ones! Crap DJ has moved to Ianapa that %**& for that! He's been replaced by young london DJ's...mmmmm! 2002
• clubs are shite full of pikeys and 2 small
• first bowl is classic. IT HAS BOATS and booze after closing! Eternity - ropey might as well get a cab to the infinitely better sindlesham mill (note: I'm taking the piss)
• Please somebody, any body, get rid of shiternity, sorry eternity. The only club in town with the most horrendous bar prices, which everyone hates but everyone goes to on a friday or saturday when they get back from Reading. Why is it still here? Stop going and will have to close down! Then maybe someone else will take it over and make it all better!! We can dream!!
• Eternity aka, Phoenix plasa, aka... damn i have forgotten what it was called before then, but that place has had more names that i have had.... well yeah you know what I mean =)
• Enternity, formerly known as Aztecs. Every Friday and Saturday you will see a really big man with funny ears called Scott Trusty. Be warned he's a bigger bear than Bonehead
• I've seen a lot of comments about Eternity Nightclub and whilst I agree with many things in the past I just want to set the record straight. Eternity's new security are far better with no entry policies for the young, the drunk and those out for a fight. The music policy has now changed, House and Garage on a Friday and Commercial Dance and Party on a Saturday. Before, the club would be virtually empty the place is now packed to the roof with clubbers, the busiest being a Saturday - all making for a good night out. Drinks are well priced, entrance is free B4 11 and £3 thereafter - not a lot for a club and if you don't fancy going in early there is a great little pub thing going on in the bowling alley, also on Saturday's many things are given away including, drinks, CD's and other little freebies. Don't take my word for it, go and check Eternity out, especially on a Saturday where the new DJ is much better than anyone before and the night is great fun with a good atmosphere. A good night out without the grief and cost of a trip to Reading.
• ETERNITY - Well known for its intelligent bouncers, good music & numerous cheery barstaff. Work it out.
• Aztecs used to be the only one - I don't think there are any now - first bowl is shit too.
• quite possibly the worst club in the country, eternity is the ultimated shithole, if you want to fight this is the place to go. 90% of the clientel are male gypseys looking to fight with rivals from winnersh, bracknell, etc. the 10% of females in eternity are mainly russian shotputters anyway. avoid this place at all costs.
• Eternity
• Not clubs ,but searching for that g8'crashable party in the town and surrounding area's. Oh yes you have found it and its full of young-Stars From the local schools [and whats that in their hands] yes their all fucked on Smirnoff Ice and too many spliffs. Oh and its that dj again and he's pissed too, spins a few tunes then puts the strobe on. Calls himself dolphie ?
• eternity is ok in wokingham...the only club first bowl 0wns fuck u haters
• dance music ahhhhhhh
• Avoid Eternity. It is a bowing alley.
• Eternity is the ultimate in 'nice' not really happening but 'nice' the DJ's are shit, maybe one day we will see DJ pistol Pete Organ Morgan
• Oheonix club is now Eternity
• Aztecs has been transformed with a can of paint to be called Eternity. After you've been there for five minutes, you'll know where the name came from. Do not go there unless you are a) under 18 b) desperate c) very, very drunk
• Aztecs no longer exists, it is under new ownership and called 'Eternity'. Apparently it is supposed to have gone all classy - like to see how long that lasts for.
• Aztecs is fab, get there early and play pool badly, and annoy the squaddies who will start a fight and weeny bouncers will throw them (and you) out. The fact there are plenty of young girls will attract some men.
• Aztecs!.......Absolute PANTS! Its more like Kindergarten! Same music, same people who haven't obviously got a life! And as for the Squaddies, WANKERS! Stick 'em on the front lines then we'll see how hard they are!
• The bloke that wrote about Aztecs is lying. He is obviously biased as he sometimes works there: it is absolute shit and is full of young girls and squaddies.
• Aztecs (in the Phoenix Plaza) - Its really great on Saturday nights. They have an excellent DJ, Max Jelfs (my best mate) and I sometimes DJ there as well. Now they have a wicked Electrovoice soundsystem it is much better. The manager, PETE SAUNDERS, is a lovely bloke. Just remind him of the drinking game at Southport.

Live Music Venues

• loadsa places in reading, the agincourt in camberly is well ood as well
• The gig house (chaverspoons) is your only option
• the vbar again when peter and stacey frequent the place
• Reading - once every summer ! READING FESTIVAL ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
• FUCK ALL - GO TO READING
• gigs at the Hacienda (!) and st crispins
• Tim Justice at Leathern Bottel when it was the best pub in Wokingham before it went down the pikey-pan
• First bowl has karaoke on thursdays - no australian allowed
• Quite often the local 'bad boy' BMX teens will gather around a portable stereo whilst smoking draw and putting tags on the walls of the old tesco's building.
• Aztecs is the mutts ears if your a right mad head like me, the musics bangin and everyones 'avin it canal barge! The DJ's know how to R-R-R-ROock the floor, I luv it and I love goin right proper mad on the weekend.......Get right on one matey
• crap? if your looking for a bit of live music the best your get is the beer kela @ bracknell tuesday night other than that its, some dodgy little 'kev' trying to do their bit at mixing in eternity-(best fucking shed ive ever been to any way)
• whats with the music stuff life aint just about music
• It's called London. Get on the train.

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