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Greg Haver is a decorated producer with a diverse background in engineering, programming, and drumming. His reputation is built on innovative arrangements and versatile production skills.
Notably, Greg has enjoyed a longstanding partnership with the Manic Street Preachers, contributing to the production of their “Lifeblood” album. His influence extends to tracks from their “Know Your Enemy,” “Lipstick Traces,” and “Send Away the Tigers” albums, and he even took on the role of percussionist during the band’s 2002/3 “Greatest Hits” tour. Additionally, he has produced songs for James Dean Bradfield’s “The Great Western” and Nicky Wire’s “I Killed the Zeitgeist” solo albums.
Greg has also worked with a who’s who of artists including Super Furry Animals, Catatonia, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, 60ft Dolls, Derrero, Bullet for My Valentine, The Hot Puppies, Zabrinski, Skindred, The Crimea, Big Leaves, Pink Assassin, Patrick Jones, John Cale, Amy Wadge and The Afternoons.
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Neil Collins is a Cardiff-based writer and co-host of Welsh Music Podcast. He is the author of 'International Velvet: How Wales Conquered The '90s Chart'.
The 1970s and ‘80s were a bleak time for much of Wales: the closure of steel works and coal mines led to mass unemployment while the country’s culture and language was disregarded by politicians and the music industry alike. Some bands even travelled across the Severn Bridge to make sure their records arrived at the London offices sporting an English postmark.
The 1990s changed everything. Wales was already known for Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Male Voice Choirs. But suddenly bands such as Catatonia, Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics, Super Furry Animals 60ft Dolls and Gorki’s Zygotic Mynci exploded into the charts and showed the UK population the breadth of what this small but inherently musical nation could offer. Meanwhile, S4C – the Welsh-language television channel – became increasingly prominent and a new Welsh Assembly was on the horizon. Featuring fresh analysis and new interviews, 'International Velvet' charts the UK in a decade in which ‘Cool Cymru’ won over the masses and shows how it inspired the still-vibrant Welsh music scene into the 21st century and beyond.
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Unreserved seating.
We operate Challenge 25 - please bring ID if you're lucky enough to look u25 : )
Loads of low / no alcohol options eg beer, cider, gin, rum, wine and hot/soft drinks.
Accessible venue. Gender neutral toilet. Free ear plugs at the bar. We accept card & cash.