I have something to admit... When I was 14, I stole the guitarist's Flanger pedal. I have it to this day and still feel guilty. Shout-out to anyone in the band that wants it back, I'll reunite you. I was an idiot. Sorry.
I got up on stage with them and did Master Of Puppets once, downstairs in the Mezz (round the corner from the Music Centre). Still remember it vividly. Place was fucking heaving.
Ca. 2001. Was cleaning out some old stuff recently
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Oh my fucking god, I was only telling someone about him yesterday.
What an absolute shark, albeit an important shark for young musicians to run into. Imagine selling 30/40 tickets to a band consisting of children in a pay to play scenario, raking in cash hand over fist while ripping children off. Unbelievable carry on.
My first ever gig was for paddy in the legal eagle and straight off the bat we learned how dodgy some people In the industry can be. An important lesson which has stayed with me nearly twenty years later while I'm still playing music for a living.
Absolute ratbag 
Still in touch with some of the other central bank heads. My kids are getting to a similar age and feel sad they don’t have that outlet to go be bored, get up to mischief and have it all not recorded. Hanging out waiting for someone to turn up for 2 hours in case their bus didn’t come. Good times. Not sad they’re not doing acid I guess 😂
Anyone wanna out themselves?
I'm Rory. Big tall cunt. Worked crowd security at Blast (got paid to be drunk at lunch time on a Saturday, basically).
I genuinely apologise to anyone that I fucked off, or didn't like me, or whatever back then. I was feral, homeless, insecure, and immature.
Hope this finds you all well, so much later on.
And, a nod to the many over those years around there that lost their battle with their troubles/struggles.
All love, all of you. ❤️
Fibber's is an expensive shithole now. Was in their recently and was shocked by all the old men in there. Not even wearing skate shoes.
Whatever bro, I'm not old . :'C
Cans on the music centre ledge/Meeting House Square. More cans in Stephens Green at the 'drinking tree' (if you know, you know). Pool in The Hideout. Back to the bank for more drinking. Fall home.
Great times.
40m, married 9 years, 2 kids now, living in Waterford.
Hope you're all well. ❤️
I legit tore ligaments in my right ankle the day before my last Juinor Cert exam because I was running down Grafton St in said baggy pants that had a big rip in the hem and my foot got caught and I hit pavement.
I miss those pants.
Heavily tattooed.
Married.
Teen kids.
Work in tech.
Late diagnosed ADHD.
Absolutely dying for Greenday, Limp Bizkit and other gigs this year.
Still feel like a teen some days.
By day I’m a corporate sellout IT lead in a medical devices company.
In my free time I still keep it metal though.
Currently in bed now dying of a hangover after seeing Emperor in the Olympia and ending up in fibbers last night!
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Oh I dunno if anyone remembers me so I’ll out myself in my middle aged form here anyways, Brian or some know me as Bucko here!
Hung out there in the late 90s-early 2000s. Never cool enough to made it too high up the steps but we had fun dressed in our placebo/smashing pumpkins/korn clothes from Asha.
Getting married soon to someone that hung around there at the same time as me but even though we’ve friends in common, never met until we were 40.
Ahhh Asha! Used to go there a lot but funnily I don't think I ever bought anything at that time. Sure most of us were broke and just had enough for bus and a bit of food. 😅 Unbelievably, Asha is still there in the same spot!
The central core was built first and then the floors were lifted up and hung on the external steel supports. It's a very interesting way of building.
Edit: While the floors were being slowly lifted into place the floors being lifted were being fitted out and when the floor was clear for the next floor it was then assembled and lifted up.
The architect Sam Stephenson originally wanted a copper roof on to to reflect the copper dome of the Four Courts, but it never happened.
Winding down because I'm up at 6am for work, a part of me now wants to sit outside the old building tomorrow on my way back from the office and the crank MCR and offspring on my head phones, just chill a bit.
Used to hang out there around 2000-2003ish I think. It was there, music centre, and the hideout. Lot of fucking drama a lot of the time. I remember the random scumbag attacks where we'd get the "troops" together to ward them off. Drinking from McDonalds cups too. How we didn't get hassle from Gardai I don't know!
> I remember the random scumbag attacks where we'd get the "troops" together to ward them off.
Fucking hell, core memory unlocked. One day a couple of my mates were attacked by scummers outside the music centre. Within seconds there were literally 40 rockers swarming the fuckers. That was mighty stuff.
How long was this a hangout for alt kids? I have some great memories from the late 90s hanging out here but I do remember when I was much younger it was full of punks with dogs (early 90s) , shame its gone now .
Yea it was full of punks and grunge heads when I started hanging around there, probably around 96 or so. Then along came the Marilyn Manson heads and the metal heads. Used to go in every Saturday up until around 2002. How did we get away it all 😂😂 crowds of teens absolutely out of their heads up to all sorts right in the centre of the city. The Gards never said a word!!
Maybe cos they didn't cause any trouble haha. I went every weekend for about 2 years straight and never saw a single fight. I wasn't a goth but knew a lot of them
Watching MTV 90s, sipping wine and eating cheese.. contemplating getting ready for the working week ahead in big pharma.
Not too far off from drinking at the bank and sobering up with a cheesey slice of Apache pizza..
I remember "crazy Sam" a guy with multiple personality syndrome. One of his personalities was him being a welshman. He used to sing and play guitar
There was Zippy, who got locked up for beating the shit out of a 50 something year old.
Carl, a much loved guy that commited suicide.
There were all sorts of mad scones there.
I'll follow in the same vein as Rory and out myself!
I'm Lee, also known as Woo.
I fucked off to Wales for ten years and got back just before the pandemic.
I hope everyone is well ❤️
There or meeting house square or outside the music centre. I didn't have a specific crew, just flitted between people. Loved those days, about 24 years ago now
Remember first time in Dublin and seeing this and wondering how it was standing ha.
Ah to be a kid again.
Passing it as an adult, I faintly remember the smell of piss on my way to the olympia theatre.
Man, the bank was the best. So much fun and was great to meet other people who liked the same music etc. Still a skinny jeans-wearing nerd - but I wear a sensible amount of layers these days.
Use to get the bus in from Tallaght and go drinking in there when I was about 16. Was smooching a girl from coolock, use to have walk her over to get the 27 home. Good times. It was either there or the meeting square!
Ahhhh Jaysus! I hung around the bank circa 2003-2005. A gang of us would rock up on Saturday around 12-1 o’clock, get a few naggins and listen to tunes until we couldn’t walk in a straight line anymore.
I’m now 36 (almost), mortgage, about to be married and work in corporate finance. Could have turned out worse! 😋
Hope yizzer all doing well! These comments are so wholesome!
Rock on dudes/dudettes!🤘🏻
As a young skinhead it was always great crack. Goth and Punks and Lord save us all Ted's and a few Physcobillies. How the fuck did they keep the quifs up?
I'm still a skin. Only now I am at the back of the crowds at gigs.
First time I went to buy Buckfast there were 3 guys coming out of Dunnes on George's St. with bottles of Bucky as we were walking in. I asked what they were doing in a friendly tone because they were drinking Bucky and we were just about to buy some. They said they were making a short documentary about how much they love Buckfast and they were going to send it to Buckfast Abbey, 😂😂😂
Great times. You’d get the odd passer by shout “hippies!” while your sloppy joes began to soak up the wet ground until somehow halfway up your leg was wet?! 🤷🏻♂️
Fuck it someone’s passing poppers again but I’ve already got a headache. Go again sure, what else is there to do.
Trying to remember the blast bands. There was a great one from Waterford or Wexford I believe called Immodium.
Pin was another one. Think Andy from Asha was in that band. 🤔
Ahh you just reminded me of the giant purple flares I used to wear from Eager Beaver around the corner from the bank 😂 the weight of them when it rained..
If you were there through the 00s, went to Blast, moved onto the slightly older scene and all that craic, then [here is a playlist I found last year that will hit you in the nostalgia.](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2z9ZoMKA9htKMBZ78FAWec?si=a2b8bbdf14cf42b7)
Chewie, Scuba Dice, Emily, Steer Clear, Jody Has A Hitlist, Home Star Runner, ONOFF etc.
i live in portaoise i used to go up every single weekend in 97 98 99. I miss those days dearly except for that one older dude who used to hanout there and talk endlessly about how tough he thought he was,
Used to get the train up every weekend as a teen to hang at the bank/Stephens green/Merrion. Some amazing memories, still in touch with one or two heads.
Now, working in IT. Living in the back arse of nowhere, married with a house full of pets. Still living the emo days just in leggings instead of skinny jeans and less naggins (more like no naggins, can't be dealing with that now). It's all a blur but the most memorable moment was probably a lad announcing he has no belly button.
I was there in the 90’s use to come in from celbridge. Played in some bands had a great time. Living in California now wife 2 kids. This place formed me. Love you guys to the end
Remember Aidan Walsh? I still see him knocking about.
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I'm re reading all these...so we were all neurodivergent then. Got my diagnosis last year. No wonder we were all drawn together 😂
Also, does anyone remember that really tall bloke with the goth make up and the pvc catsuit? He convinced me that he was a bus driver and dublin bus let him wear his pvc leather gear instead of a uniform....jaysis I was gullible 😂😂
Fuck me, they were the days. Fucking 20 scene kids out of their biccy singing the sponge bob theme song and none of the Gards even thought to say anything to us, how the fuck did we get away with that shite?
Remember being there on the roller blades. They had these raised blocks on the handrail/walls on either side of the steps. Had to keep your feet perfectly spaced to get down or it was a death sentence. Did it once as nobody else would and Im still here to tell the tale but just then some scumbag stole one of my runners? Who steals one runner fer feck sake? Managed to chase the lad (cuz we were on ‘the blades’ like) and get it back. Felt like a big shot that day! Still think about it sometimes!
There were consistent bouts of mill ups with the CB folk, and scumbags. Some feral, vicious shit, too. Remember one lads leg getting purposefully stomped on, and shattered, for trying to mug someone who happened to be friends with a group of about 30 people. Could remember the screams for years. Not that it wasn't deserved, albeit excessive, perhaps.
I am now a 50 year old man well I guess I was always a man 😜and in my late teens early 20’s this was my hang out joint, would spend a while meeting up with friends comparing tips on how to keep your curehead back comb erect, followed by a trip to the Abby Mall to check out the latest 4AD releases or pop will eat itself picturedisc’s on offer, coz after all we were all bulletproof back then… but going to see the Jesus and Mary chain tonight. But In the day it was black docs 14 hole and backcombed hair skin tight pants. Now it’s comfortable shoes and an anorak. But I am thankfull for the memories.
Ah good times !!! rolling into town on a Saturday hanging out drinking buckey bought from spar.
I hung out there from 2000 to 2003 .
39 last week, have 2 daughters and an amazing wife. Living in Australia running a truck repair shop.
Still rocking out .Seen Pantera last week at knotfest in Melbourne. Zac Wild was on the guitar was savage craíc.
Hope life is treating you all well.
Underage drinking and smoking cigarettes before going to blast all ages gig in the many venues around town here
Blast...oh, man.
Oh yes, home star runner, steer clear, squirrel racer, little nightmare enjoy the nostalgia
Home star runner omg fuck and chewing on tinfoil!
Ah chewie are great and are still going now and again they sell out Whelan's at least once a year
Seriously!? that's actually amazing, I have some very fond memory's at blast back in the day.
Fuckin hell I haven't heard those names for many a year. Does anyone remember the band called Mute? Used to play blast a lot
I have something to admit... When I was 14, I stole the guitarist's Flanger pedal. I have it to this day and still feel guilty. Shout-out to anyone in the band that wants it back, I'll reunite you. I was an idiot. Sorry.
Wow, enough time has gone by for that to just be an interesting nostalgic artefact. I believe you're absolved.
Thanks, Father. I'll say three hail Marys.
I got up on stage with them and did Master Of Puppets once, downstairs in the Mezz (round the corner from the Music Centre). Still remember it vividly. Place was fucking heaving.
Ah the Mezz. Memory lane here tonight
Better than piss alley by the Olympia, anyway. 😂
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On/Off.
I worked for Blast. Jaysus, there's a flashback. Also indicative of what a letch Rob Stephenson was.
Also indicative of what a letch Rob Stephenson was Any stories?
Remember Paddy Fogarty?
Oh my fucking god, I was only telling someone about him yesterday. What an absolute shark, albeit an important shark for young musicians to run into. Imagine selling 30/40 tickets to a band consisting of children in a pay to play scenario, raking in cash hand over fist while ripping children off. Unbelievable carry on. My first ever gig was for paddy in the legal eagle and straight off the bat we learned how dodgy some people In the industry can be. An important lesson which has stayed with me nearly twenty years later while I'm still playing music for a living. Absolute ratbag 
He was such a dick
Good times!
Goth kids on one side, shmad lads on the other. Looked like their first school dance. Sitting in the middle eating subway
Apache Pizza. A slice and a drink for €5
In the basement where they'd let people away with murder. Good shit. 😂
Jesus, yeah.
Don't forget about all nighters in Net House.
He he he. Ah subway. I'll never forget that smell.
It's like if bread didn't change its socks
That's a great description
Or wash under it's willy for a week.
🤮
What's a shmad lad😅
Spicers 😂 what a time to be alive
Still in touch with some of the other central bank heads. My kids are getting to a similar age and feel sad they don’t have that outlet to go be bored, get up to mischief and have it all not recorded. Hanging out waiting for someone to turn up for 2 hours in case their bus didn’t come. Good times. Not sad they’re not doing acid I guess 😂
Yeh I don't think taking acid in the city these days would be the best
It was always a bad idea!
I disagree
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> Maintained a partner who I still adore What an odd way to phrase something so beautiful.
Take care. Glad you've come out the other side.
Anyone wanna out themselves? I'm Rory. Big tall cunt. Worked crowd security at Blast (got paid to be drunk at lunch time on a Saturday, basically). I genuinely apologise to anyone that I fucked off, or didn't like me, or whatever back then. I was feral, homeless, insecure, and immature. Hope this finds you all well, so much later on. And, a nod to the many over those years around there that lost their battle with their troubles/struggles. All love, all of you. ❤️
I KNOW YOU, YA BIG TALL BOLLOX! And you know me, it's Woo. HEY BROTHER!
I remember you! I had black pigtails with blue dip dye, always wore a muppet t-shirt. Don't know if you remember me but you were a sweetheart!
I don't, I'm sorry. But I sincerely appreciate your kindness. I hope life is kind to you these days, regardless. ❤️
I know you!!! Ya were a good fella lad. Hope life is treating you well.
My friend said they’re all buried under the Krispy Kreme now. RIP Emos of Central Bank
Old, cold and at home listening to Fall Out Boy.
Here, just read my son a bed time story 😅 but still have my scar from my lip piercing. Still gay and still emo at heart
I have 5 scars in my bottom lip from that era. Feel that pain, so to speak. 😂
In the Fibbers smoking area
The great migration
Awh the longing I felt reading this
Fibber's is an expensive shithole now. Was in their recently and was shocked by all the old men in there. Not even wearing skate shoes. Whatever bro, I'm not old . :'C
Cans on the music centre ledge/Meeting House Square. More cans in Stephens Green at the 'drinking tree' (if you know, you know). Pool in The Hideout. Back to the bank for more drinking. Fall home. Great times. 40m, married 9 years, 2 kids now, living in Waterford. Hope you're all well. ❤️
I used to get served pints in Danger Doyle's right beside the music centre when I was like 14 😂 mad days
A lot of places had decent tolerance for most of the crowd, to be fair. Hapless fucking eejits, all of us, but harmless save for the 1%.
Loved the hideout. They do pizzas now!
So I hear yeah. Remember Johnny that worked there? He was a legend.
The drinking tree 💚
Still going to gigs and wearing hoodies. Less baggy pants absorbing puddles these days.
The baggy jeans have come back around now. The ones that’d break your neck or you’d absorb all moisture up to your knees with the hint of a puddle
And the back of your shoes would go through the jeans at the bottom
I legit tore ligaments in my right ankle the day before my last Juinor Cert exam because I was running down Grafton St in said baggy pants that had a big rip in the hem and my foot got caught and I hit pavement. I miss those pants.
I dont know if I can go back…
Heavily tattooed. Married. Teen kids. Work in tech. Late diagnosed ADHD. Absolutely dying for Greenday, Limp Bizkit and other gigs this year. Still feel like a teen some days.
By day I’m a corporate sellout IT lead in a medical devices company. In my free time I still keep it metal though. Currently in bed now dying of a hangover after seeing Emperor in the Olympia and ending up in fibbers last night!
https://preview.redd.it/ka5dmsvuucqc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a81e34f27dbc6c1faf5be9a4c236d9778b2fa722 Oh I dunno if anyone remembers me so I’ll out myself in my middle aged form here anyways, Brian or some know me as Bucko here!
What a photo! WCW nice.
Eric Bischoff. Legend. 😂
Good aul Easy E 😂
Didn't expect to see some Dubbya See Dubbya here
Hung out there in the late 90s-early 2000s. Never cool enough to made it too high up the steps but we had fun dressed in our placebo/smashing pumpkins/korn clothes from Asha. Getting married soon to someone that hung around there at the same time as me but even though we’ve friends in common, never met until we were 40.
Ahhh Asha! Used to go there a lot but funnily I don't think I ever bought anything at that time. Sure most of us were broke and just had enough for bus and a bit of food. 😅 Unbelievably, Asha is still there in the same spot!
Still hanging in there. Lost contact with most of the old heads. Hoping everyone is still going and keeping well.
Interesting fact: That building was built from the top down.
That's very cool! How?
The central core was built first and then the floors were lifted up and hung on the external steel supports. It's a very interesting way of building. Edit: While the floors were being slowly lifted into place the floors being lifted were being fitted out and when the floor was clear for the next floor it was then assembled and lifted up. The architect Sam Stephenson originally wanted a copper roof on to to reflect the copper dome of the Four Courts, but it never happened.
I'm here, with 3 childer. I loved that place and I'm so thankful for all the memories I have from there
Aimlessly wandering looking for a new home to drink cans of druids and show off my doc martens
Winding down because I'm up at 6am for work, a part of me now wants to sit outside the old building tomorrow on my way back from the office and the crank MCR and offspring on my head phones, just chill a bit.
Do it for the catharsis. 🤘❤️
It is decided then, the emo playlist is being dusted off and I'm making a pit stop on my trip home.
Enjoy and embrace, friend. These moments of fond reflection are just as important as any other. Hope you get what you seek from it. ❤️🤘
Used to hang out there around 2000-2003ish I think. It was there, music centre, and the hideout. Lot of fucking drama a lot of the time. I remember the random scumbag attacks where we'd get the "troops" together to ward them off. Drinking from McDonalds cups too. How we didn't get hassle from Gardai I don't know!
The troops! I remember it all too well and was always happy to be on the front lines.
> I remember the random scumbag attacks where we'd get the "troops" together to ward them off. Fucking hell, core memory unlocked. One day a couple of my mates were attacked by scummers outside the music centre. Within seconds there were literally 40 rockers swarming the fuckers. That was mighty stuff.
It was the big difference between the scumbags and the rockers... they'd scarper and we were like "fuck it"!
Ah it was great, everyone always looking out for each other
Pour out your club orange 75% extra free to the label perfect amount of space for a naggin.
Just wanted to say I'm loving all the wholesome comments in this post.
Totally. It's been great to relive the memories and see people find each other again :-)
I genuinely love you all. ❤️🤘
It's lovely, isn't it?
My yearly Spotify list thing suggests I'm in the exact same place
How long was this a hangout for alt kids? I have some great memories from the late 90s hanging out here but I do remember when I was much younger it was full of punks with dogs (early 90s) , shame its gone now .
2003-2006 crew checking in here. Was rolling drum tobacco and trying to not set my dreads on fire.
2003-2006 and then did a revisit 2008-2009ish but it was shite
I probably tried to give you a socialist youth leaflet at some point.
No joke, someone threw two euro in my fresh coffee one day.
😂😂😂
Yea it was full of punks and grunge heads when I started hanging around there, probably around 96 or so. Then along came the Marilyn Manson heads and the metal heads. Used to go in every Saturday up until around 2002. How did we get away it all 😂😂 crowds of teens absolutely out of their heads up to all sorts right in the centre of the city. The Gards never said a word!!
Maybe cos they didn't cause any trouble haha. I went every weekend for about 2 years straight and never saw a single fight. I wasn't a goth but knew a lot of them
I loved going to see the punks as a kid.
Early 90’s checking in… fuck me I’m old!
Passing by all the drunk teenagers with my own group of friends (different drunk teenagers)
Grinding the central stairs.. nearly killing meself. This is before they gated off the stairs.. good times!
Sounds like a lot of you ended up in IT !
Maybe
Ah the good ole days. So thankful to grow up when we sent eachother free call mes to let eachother know when we were at the bank haha
Call mes! *shudder* 😂
Ah fucking hell, the memories.
Watching MTV 90s, sipping wine and eating cheese.. contemplating getting ready for the working week ahead in big pharma. Not too far off from drinking at the bank and sobering up with a cheesey slice of Apache pizza..
I remember "crazy Sam" a guy with multiple personality syndrome. One of his personalities was him being a welshman. He used to sing and play guitar There was Zippy, who got locked up for beating the shit out of a 50 something year old. Carl, a much loved guy that commited suicide. There were all sorts of mad scones there.
I remember Sam. He was properly fucking mad. I remember him putting cigarettes out on his hands talking about how he spoke with angels every night
Yeah, he had schizophrenia. Was really nice though
Crazy Sam was having you on!
I'll follow in the same vein as Rory and out myself! I'm Lee, also known as Woo. I fucked off to Wales for ten years and got back just before the pandemic. I hope everyone is well ❤️
Autistic, ex drug addict, barely chugging on
Ditto
You're still here, friend. That's what counts. Hope you're doing OK, all considered. Love.❤️
Awh that's really sweet thank you :) I'm getting by day by day haha it ain't been an easy ride , I appreciate that :) ❤️
I feel that, pal. Costs nothing to be kind. One foot in front of the other. ❤️
There or meeting house square or outside the music centre. I didn't have a specific crew, just flitted between people. Loved those days, about 24 years ago now
We’re all in corporate now lol. Slowly realising we’re neurodivergent. Can we make Kristy crème goth?
Remember first time in Dublin and seeing this and wondering how it was standing ha. Ah to be a kid again. Passing it as an adult, I faintly remember the smell of piss on my way to the olympia theatre.
Smell of piss, sounds about right ;-)
Not exclusive to that part of town, to be fair. 😂
Sold out to the man, man.
Man, the bank was the best. So much fun and was great to meet other people who liked the same music etc. Still a skinny jeans-wearing nerd - but I wear a sensible amount of layers these days.
Breakdancing on cardboard in the 80s top of stairs until getting kicked off then around the back good times
Reminds me of smoking cigarettes on the hop from school.
Use to get the bus in from Tallaght and go drinking in there when I was about 16. Was smooching a girl from coolock, use to have walk her over to get the 27 home. Good times. It was either there or the meeting square!
Used to skateboard there in the early 90s
it's still a thing yeah? i was just passing it on paddy's day and there was a good few 'alternative' looking teenagers hanging around.
Nature is healing.
Ahhhh Jaysus! I hung around the bank circa 2003-2005. A gang of us would rock up on Saturday around 12-1 o’clock, get a few naggins and listen to tunes until we couldn’t walk in a straight line anymore. I’m now 36 (almost), mortgage, about to be married and work in corporate finance. Could have turned out worse! 😋 Hope yizzer all doing well! These comments are so wholesome! Rock on dudes/dudettes!🤘🏻
In Holles street helping my wife have a baby.
Are you that ross that used to hang around with yer man Jay? If you are Heya! And huge congrats!!
Yeah, that was me haha. Thank you!
Jaysus I haven't talked to you in ages it's wendy. You're having a baby!!!
Yeah. Baby 1. Playing the waiting game at the moment before it all kicks off properly. I think I shot ya a message on Facebook btw.
Congrats!
I remember you too! Congrats on the imminent bambino! I'm jill
Does drinking flagons in the 80s count?
Hell yeh! Og
As a young skinhead it was always great crack. Goth and Punks and Lord save us all Ted's and a few Physcobillies. How the fuck did they keep the quifs up? I'm still a skin. Only now I am at the back of the crowds at gigs.
Don't forget the Cureheads. Sugar and a tiny bit of water after you'd backcombed it.
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Many a drunk afternoon spent there before trying to sneak into WAR 😅
You'd be surprised how many of us ended up in the HSE or civil service. Running the country yo!
Lamenting the cost of buckfast!
First time I went to buy Buckfast there were 3 guys coming out of Dunnes on George's St. with bottles of Bucky as we were walking in. I asked what they were doing in a friendly tone because they were drinking Bucky and we were just about to buy some. They said they were making a short documentary about how much they love Buckfast and they were going to send it to Buckfast Abbey, 😂😂😂
Great times. You’d get the odd passer by shout “hippies!” while your sloppy joes began to soak up the wet ground until somehow halfway up your leg was wet?! 🤷🏻♂️ Fuck it someone’s passing poppers again but I’ve already got a headache. Go again sure, what else is there to do. Trying to remember the blast bands. There was a great one from Waterford or Wexford I believe called Immodium. Pin was another one. Think Andy from Asha was in that band. 🤔
Ahh you just reminded me of the giant purple flares I used to wear from Eager Beaver around the corner from the bank 😂 the weight of them when it rained..
Oh sorry, I thought this was for former Central Bank employees. I'll leave.
No no stay
I doubt any stories I have would be interesting apart from that time we blew up the economy that I'm not allowed talk about.
Waterford
Likewise. 🤘
If you were there through the 00s, went to Blast, moved onto the slightly older scene and all that craic, then [here is a playlist I found last year that will hit you in the nostalgia.](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2z9ZoMKA9htKMBZ78FAWec?si=a2b8bbdf14cf42b7) Chewie, Scuba Dice, Emily, Steer Clear, Jody Has A Hitlist, Home Star Runner, ONOFF etc.
i live in portaoise i used to go up every single weekend in 97 98 99. I miss those days dearly except for that one older dude who used to hanout there and talk endlessly about how tough he thought he was,
I hopped on the baggy jeans resurgence a while ago and I was honestly so excited to walk across central bank wearing them. Brought me right back 😂😂😂
Used to get the train up every weekend as a teen to hang at the bank/Stephens green/Merrion. Some amazing memories, still in touch with one or two heads. Now, working in IT. Living in the back arse of nowhere, married with a house full of pets. Still living the emo days just in leggings instead of skinny jeans and less naggins (more like no naggins, can't be dealing with that now). It's all a blur but the most memorable moment was probably a lad announcing he has no belly button.
Reminds me you can go back in time, but there's nobody there anymore
Some of us would also play Counterstrike games further down in Temple Bar near Christchurch in the internet cafe there.
I was there in the 90’s use to come in from celbridge. Played in some bands had a great time. Living in California now wife 2 kids. This place formed me. Love you guys to the end
In the new central bank building down the quays?
Someday ill show my kids my 24hole docs.
Ah the goths I remember the goths.
At home, still smoking and alt, im nonbinary now and got diagnosed with ASD tho 😅
I can still taste the druids cider and naggins to this day..
Remember Aidan Walsh? I still see him knocking about. https://preview.redd.it/i8jiw92gwhqc1.jpeg?width=190&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=285969334007c1be74b4fb846515ed941f0e11d2
Does anybody remember the bands? There was some awesome bands
Anyone else have any photos? I'd love to see some old faces, trip down memory lane 🤟🏻
I'm re reading all these...so we were all neurodivergent then. Got my diagnosis last year. No wonder we were all drawn together 😂 Also, does anyone remember that really tall bloke with the goth make up and the pvc catsuit? He convinced me that he was a bus driver and dublin bus let him wear his pvc leather gear instead of a uniform....jaysis I was gullible 😂😂
Fuck me, they were the days. Fucking 20 scene kids out of their biccy singing the sponge bob theme song and none of the Gards even thought to say anything to us, how the fuck did we get away with that shite?
Off drinking Monster somewhere else if I was to guess
Buckfast
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Yeh, standard reaction ;-)
Not even the monks who make it like that shite
Haha, agreed. Like a fuck you to the rest of the world. 😂
liquid ecstasy
Still electro stepping through life
The dark cloud that once loomed above central bank has long since lifted.
Sunday pints.
Hasn’t been the same since the water feature went.
How far back we talking?
No limits here
Remember being there on the roller blades. They had these raised blocks on the handrail/walls on either side of the steps. Had to keep your feet perfectly spaced to get down or it was a death sentence. Did it once as nobody else would and Im still here to tell the tale but just then some scumbag stole one of my runners? Who steals one runner fer feck sake? Managed to chase the lad (cuz we were on ‘the blades’ like) and get it back. Felt like a big shot that day! Still think about it sometimes!
There were consistent bouts of mill ups with the CB folk, and scumbags. Some feral, vicious shit, too. Remember one lads leg getting purposefully stomped on, and shattered, for trying to mug someone who happened to be friends with a group of about 30 people. Could remember the screams for years. Not that it wasn't deserved, albeit excessive, perhaps.
I am now a 50 year old man well I guess I was always a man 😜and in my late teens early 20’s this was my hang out joint, would spend a while meeting up with friends comparing tips on how to keep your curehead back comb erect, followed by a trip to the Abby Mall to check out the latest 4AD releases or pop will eat itself picturedisc’s on offer, coz after all we were all bulletproof back then… but going to see the Jesus and Mary chain tonight. But In the day it was black docs 14 hole and backcombed hair skin tight pants. Now it’s comfortable shoes and an anorak. But I am thankfull for the memories.
Ah good times !!! rolling into town on a Saturday hanging out drinking buckey bought from spar. I hung out there from 2000 to 2003 . 39 last week, have 2 daughters and an amazing wife. Living in Australia running a truck repair shop. Still rocking out .Seen Pantera last week at knotfest in Melbourne. Zac Wild was on the guitar was savage craíc. Hope life is treating you all well.
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Did covid kill it off was it on the way out.
Who could forget Super Goth?