Comments on: Our Bonding Warehouse: music venue, 1990s

By: Mat Lazenby

Mat Lazenby — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:08:08 +0000

Hello, we’re creating some new artwork the space now it is to be used as publicly accessible creative co-working space, would love to use some of the old flyers for this do you have others? Mat

By: Simon Wood

Simon Wood — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 03:20:19 +0000

Yep, we spent a lot of time at the bonding warehouse in the early 90s, including doing a show there as No Fit State in 92 I think. We only did a couple of others, one being at the John Bull. We were loud! Other bands (and also friends) at the time were Malton lads the Jazz Woodbines, Chutzpah, No Sleep Til Bedtime…bigger bands in York were the Buttermountain Boys and God’s Little Monkeys. Lots of other bands that I simply can’t remember the names of.

By: James

James — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 18:31:01 +0000

I think I saw one of the my first gigs there, either that or The Spotted Cow, in 1990. I lived in Newton Terrace so it was quite literally around the corner. I walked past it every morning crossing Skeldergate Bridge to get the Park & Ride bus (50p!) out to York Sixth Form College. That stop was a much nicer walk than Blossom Street.

I very seldom got to that larger back room; most of the evenings I had there were in the front bar (the bridge end). I was thrown out at least once because some of us were underage (I wasn’t…)

It was also colloquially referred to as The Bondage Whorehouse, at least among college mates…

By: Christopher Styles

Christopher Styles — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 18:13:47 +0000

That last photograph: “Bonding Warehouse interior, June 2011. Photo: Graham Stewart” is the “big room” and was the venue for “Smash It Up” and other seminal Saturday night clubnights. The “Afterlife” gothic event took place in there a couple of times before moving to the De Grey Rooms in 1998 (ish). The photo is taken from the doorway that led into the room from the main bar and looking towards the windows overlooking the river. At the far end there was the small stage where bands played. It surely was “ours” once upon a time. . . !

By: drake

drake — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:48:37 +0000

it must have the internal dimensions of a TARDIS !

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 21:56:35 +0000

The understairs cupboard archive is an ephemera sanctuary, and has a ‘no-cull’ policy. I’ve got loads more to bore everyone with :)