FUCK THE BOZOS!!!
Now that the word is out you should all know about the closure of The Intrepid Fox. It has been on the cards for quite a while that the pub may be up for a change but I don't think we knew how much of a change or how soon it was going to be. Personally I'm absolutely gutted that not only this can happen to what I consider the best fucking pub in the world, but that my good friend can just be robbed of something thats been his home that he has lived, breathed and poured his heart & soul into for the past 17 years. And that my friends are left without jobs or guaranteed security. And all they give them is 3 fucking weeks. 3 fucking weeks to pack up all the gear and memories and then leave.
Maybe the people and the pub itself has grown to mean a lot more to me over time, but I refuse to believe that any of you can not say that for one reason or another you don't have good memories from this place. That you haven't met someone important to you now there, celebrated special occasions or just basically had a really good fucking time on 99 wardour street.
I personally have met some of my closest friends here...have celebrated birthdays...have dj'd for as long as I can fucking remember and learned a fucking lot from people..and also been the most wasted I have ever been among the best people around. And I can't believe that it's actually happening to what has become a second home to many of us.
So taking a heads up from Sophi
"We are trying everything we can to stop this happening, including trying to get it listed as it has been a pub for 250 years, but as they waited until the contracts had been signed before telling us because they knew we'd put up a fight our hopes are not exactly high.
Please please please write a letter of anger and complaint to our head office (the ones that sold it) and tell them what you think! I don't need to tell you about the history of that place - it's an institution in the rock music scene! We are in the process of preparing a petition which will be doing the rounds as soon as it is ready.
The address HO is:
The Director
Mitchells & Butlers
27 Fleet Street
Birmingham
B3 1JP
Please if you want to complain do it TODAY. I know how easy it is for everyone to get up in arms but never get round to doing anything about it. My friend is being thrown out of his home and I don't think that's right.
And I urge you to do this IMMEDIATELY we don't know how much of an effect any of our actions will have. But I totally and utterly refuse to allow this to happen and them not to know the amount of anger it builds in the people who give a FUCK about this scene and about us having a place to go. Places like the Fox are all we have left in a dying scene and one of the only place to still hold ideals that should be important to us. No backstabbing, No bitchiness, No fucking bullshit. Dont let them get away with this.
Maybe the people and the pub itself has grown to mean a lot more to me over time, but I refuse to believe that any of you can not say that for one reason or another you don't have good memories from this place. That you haven't met someone important to you now there, celebrated special occasions or just basically had a really good fucking time on 99 wardour street.
I personally have met some of my closest friends here...have celebrated birthdays...have dj'd for as long as I can fucking remember and learned a fucking lot from people..and also been the most wasted I have ever been among the best people around. And I can't believe that it's actually happening to what has become a second home to many of us.
So taking a heads up from Sophi
"We are trying everything we can to stop this happening, including trying to get it listed as it has been a pub for 250 years, but as they waited until the contracts had been signed before telling us because they knew we'd put up a fight our hopes are not exactly high.
Please please please write a letter of anger and complaint to our head office (the ones that sold it) and tell them what you think! I don't need to tell you about the history of that place - it's an institution in the rock music scene! We are in the process of preparing a petition which will be doing the rounds as soon as it is ready.
The address HO is:
The Director
Mitchells & Butlers
27 Fleet Street
Birmingham
B3 1JP
Please if you want to complain do it TODAY. I know how easy it is for everyone to get up in arms but never get round to doing anything about it. My friend is being thrown out of his home and I don't think that's right.
And I urge you to do this IMMEDIATELY we don't know how much of an effect any of our actions will have. But I totally and utterly refuse to allow this to happen and them not to know the amount of anger it builds in the people who give a FUCK about this scene and about us having a place to go. Places like the Fox are all we have left in a dying scene and one of the only place to still hold ideals that should be important to us. No backstabbing, No bitchiness, No fucking bullshit. Dont let them get away with this.