Anyone One Know Why Ark Ended?
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coz it was crap???
full of teeny ravers saying "whats your name..where you from...what you on??"
Basics, Ronsons & HT's were the best nights in Leeds
Faversham weas a laugh as well
the first one or two year's were ok but the rest were crap but each to their own i say .
i got told a tale last year dont know " HOW TRUE " it was that the ark was just a copy of the gallery with a diffrent name and place as rob started at the gallery i think if i remember rightly .
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mate I was a regular as basics, ronsons and went a few times to HT. however ark had the best atmosphere of all of them, and slating it for having kids there is being a bit "in my days it was better". not true at all, some of the best nights of my life there.
I used to go when I was at School, I went to various ark nights, at least 15 between 93 & 96 and never particually like it.
used to have a laugh on the 1mile trip to thw toliets at the Poly (i Thinhk it was the poly)
The last one and probably final straw was the ark & Fantazia at the merrion centre in late summer 96 TDV, luvdub & Anne Savage (I seem to remember)
when my mate got thrown out for giving someone some chewing gum...WTF
Lol I've been going to gigs there for over 20 yrs and I still get lost going for a piss :$
it was so bad you went about 15 times?
anyway my point is you are coming across as a "keep it all exclusive" type, and yet without kids comign through ontot he scene it woudl have eneded much earlier than it did already, everyone has to start somewhere.
not that it was that young a crowd, and give me an enthusiastic crowd anyday rather than a load of chin strokers mumbling about the good old days which certainly happened at Hard Times. Had some good nights at HT, but it could be dull on occassions.
anyway my point is you are coming across as a "keep it all exclusive" type, and yet without kids comign through ontot he scene it woudl have eneded much earlier than it did already, everyone has to start somewhere.
not that it was that young a crowd, and give me an enthusiastic crowd anyday rather than a load of chin strokers mumbling about the good old days which certainly happened at Hard Times. Had some good nights at HT, but it could be dull on occassions.
Alot of bulls**t been said here.
Hmmmmm pretentious people, i cant understand why u come on here if u dont like the rave scene and how it was.
In my opinion, Ark was by far the best event in leeds at that time, deffo had the best music/DJ's,acts and production.
Iv spoke to rob tissera on this subject in a 3 hour long convo
right these are the main reasons the ark ended, their was other factors too but the main reasons were as follows:
1.Rob tyrell (main promoter) said the numbers were slightly down each event towards the end, not a great deal but he could sence a shift was happening in the club scene so pulled the plug while it was on top unlike other events such as the gallery and life at bowlers who dragged it out till death and ended up with poor events
2. rob tyrell (the main promoter) had his retail shops which by this time were making far more revenue than the club night, (i cant remember the actual percentages but i know it was alot more) those were his very words!
3. Rob tyrell had had enough, he had been running events for many years and wanted to concentrate on his clothing line, and take it one step further, he could only do this by loosing the rave tag which was associated with drug taking, hence the reason the ark logo changed at the same time.
All good things come to a end.
another problem the was with the venue (university), they stopped letting them use the balcony and other issues were becoming more of a problem too, i think it had something to do with the uni having a refit,
also, the carbon copy tale of the gallery is the most amusing thing iv heard this year hahahah, Rob tyell was doing events well before Gallery. which started with a event called Dream
Hard times was great too
B2B and UYR were also good but the atmos was nothin compaired to Ark and the people their were very much more up their own ass hahaha
all good events tho, sadly missed
Hmmmmm pretentious people, i cant understand why u come on here if u dont like the rave scene and how it was.
In my opinion, Ark was by far the best event in leeds at that time, deffo had the best music/DJ's,acts and production.
Iv spoke to rob tissera on this subject in a 3 hour long convo
right these are the main reasons the ark ended, their was other factors too but the main reasons were as follows:
1.Rob tyrell (main promoter) said the numbers were slightly down each event towards the end, not a great deal but he could sence a shift was happening in the club scene so pulled the plug while it was on top unlike other events such as the gallery and life at bowlers who dragged it out till death and ended up with poor events
2. rob tyrell (the main promoter) had his retail shops which by this time were making far more revenue than the club night, (i cant remember the actual percentages but i know it was alot more) those were his very words!
3. Rob tyrell had had enough, he had been running events for many years and wanted to concentrate on his clothing line, and take it one step further, he could only do this by loosing the rave tag which was associated with drug taking, hence the reason the ark logo changed at the same time.
All good things come to a end.
another problem the was with the venue (university), they stopped letting them use the balcony and other issues were becoming more of a problem too, i think it had something to do with the uni having a refit,
also, the carbon copy tale of the gallery is the most amusing thing iv heard this year hahahah, Rob tyell was doing events well before Gallery. which started with a event called Dream
Hard times was great too
B2B and UYR were also good but the atmos was nothin compaired to Ark and the people their were very much more up their own ass hahaha
all good events tho, sadly missed
thank you Brad for clearign that up, totally agre with you 100% that it was teh bhest night. the other Leeds nights were good, but not a patch on the ARk. see you soon mate
Ark
Had a laugh reading this, it had potential to turn into one of the old Zone type rants, 'it was the best/no it wasn't' etc
went to most nights in and around Leeds from 89 to about 96 and Ark was up there with the best of them, the early ones 91'92 were ace, also went to basics uyr etc and had good nights
again being a carbon copy of the gallery was a bit dodgy as yes i remember nights before the Gallery became huge
at the end of the day its always gonna be different strokes for different folks
Tino
Had a laugh reading this, it had potential to turn into one of the old Zone type rants, 'it was the best/no it wasn't' etcwent to most nights in and around Leeds from 89 to about 96 and Ark was up there with the best of them, the early ones 91'92 were ace, also went to basics uyr etc and had good nights
again being a carbon copy of the gallery was a bit dodgy as yes i remember nights before the Gallery became huge
at the end of the day its always gonna be different strokes for different folks
Tino
each to their own yer the early arks were good but not " thee best rave's ever " and yer your right after 94 witch was realy the end of the rave movement but some people will disagree but that's you prerogative yes their was a shift in the dance scene so may be it was a good idea to pull the plug on it while it was on top .
and as for the gallery and bowlers you are right they did milk it witch was a shame as the gallery did hold some good avents but when they moved downstairs back into old Ricky's with the " gallery two " about 94/95 i think as it was called and then the " powerhouse " may have been the other way round memorie not was it was it was't the same and as for bowlers never realy liked that place myself some how .
like i sead it was a tale i was told by Si middle of last year in a conversation about the old rave scene we were on about the old gallery owner and the ark owner rob tryell and how rob tessira started out at the gallery and then went on to start ark with rob tryell i thought it was a bit dubious myself as i can remember the dream rave got the flyer some were but didn't know who add organized it like i sead thought it was a bit iffy myself .
the shop was good too in the early years up stairs in the corn exchange sold some good clothes , tapes your ark tickets ect we've got one in castleford at xscape ok for the younger people .
good point about back to basic's they did some goods nights too and yes were up their own arses but they never started out like that it was just the way they went it's just basics been basics .
www.myspace.com/arkclothingcom
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yeah was a shame they milked gallery how they did, should have ended it earlier like ark did, go out with a bang n all hahaha
Rob Tissera didnt start with Gallery, Dream was actually promoted by Rob Tyrell and Rob Tissera, and this was well before Gallery started, the two robs were really close friends at this time, so obviously when the Ark started, it wouldnt be long till tissera was their.
do u remember the Breakfast club too?? that was also tyrell. i have the flyer in storage, they did different colour flyers for the same event, pretty mad
Ark was so different to anything else in leeds at the time, it really did have a great production and attention to detail was wicked.
The shops were cool, alot different now as i said before they made the switch into a normal type shop, not a ravers mecca anymore haaha, respect must be payed to them for doing what they did and getting to where they have got now
Tyrells afterpartys were mental btw... he had a mad house in the outskirts of leeds, the DJs would all be back their gettiong absolutly blastered and carrying on the party, suppose it is silimlar to what go's on today, anyone who was lucky enough to get a coke sniffing mirror etched with the Ark logo font was a special person tho!! iv only ever seen 1. only a handfull were made.
yeah was a shame they milked gallery how they did, should have ended it earlier like ark did .
Rob Tissera didnt start with Gallery, Dream was actually promoted by Rob Tyrell and Rob Tissera, and this was well before Gallery started, the two robs were really close friends at this time, so obviously when the Ark started, it wouldnt be long till tissera was their.
do u remember the Breakfast club too?? that was also tyrell. i have the flyer in storage, they did different colour flyers for the same event, pretty mad
Ark was so different to anything else in leeds at the time, it really did have a great production and attention to detail was wicked.
The shops were cool, alot different now as i said before they made the switch into a normal type shop, not a ravers mecca anymore haaha, respect must be payed to them for doing what they did and getting to where they have got now
must have my wires crossed thought tessera started out @ the gallery yer it was a shame the way they dragged it out but i don't think that club was the same after the death of the owner and the atmosphere could be well good in their too .
yer respect were respect is due ark were good in their way if you were into them and their raves but they are only a clothes shop brand now nowt special .
think i remember it it's the colored flyers that as rang a bell .
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What Bullshit fella?? there's only 3 comments
coz it was crap??? (Everyones entitled to their opinion. I went about 15 times inc the Fantazia / Ark ones I think I remember one good night, April 95 in Blackpool altohugh the organisation was horrendous with them making everybody queue across that bridge with a gale force wind and sleet for 2 hours freezing are bollox off...it took me about and hour to warm up inside)
full of teeny ravers saying "whats your name..where you from...what you on??" (come on...everyone knows it was like that???) you used to get that asked about 15/20 a night in Ark)
It felt like a mile walk to the toliets as well...especially if you were trollied which I normally was to try and make it more exciting / fun)
firstly Fella, why go 15 times if it was shit, im sure their was many other places u could have gone, it was the 90's, and we were spoilt for choice, so u coming on and slaggin it off is a load of bullshit in my opinion, i mean, come on.... if it was so bad u would have stopped going right?????, unless ur one of those types that slags stuff of but then goes anyway, the kind of person the scene dont need tbh.
Also if u went whilst u were going to skool, u would fit in ok right?? hahahah blimey...!!!
other things that were bullshit, (that i can remember without reading everything again) was the bit about it been a carbon copy of Gallery etc (not aimed at wez as he was jus passing on info), that was just silly.
quote you here fella
"coz it was crap???"
Its like me saying rock music is crap, just coz i dont like something does NOT mean its crap, id just not go to a rock concert, do u understand what im saying??
Again, why go at least 15 times if it was crap????? dont get that at all. strange....
and (quote you again)
"Faversham weas a laugh as well"
Says it all really dont it?
Everyones entitled to there opinion, I went to Zone a few times and I though that was crap, I couldn't get my head round the music there as it jsut sounded horrendous..like Euro tosk with awful vocals, rapping & poor production (that "Karma" tune summing up how bad i thought it was)
Various reasons I'd go???
1> I'd go if all my mates were going and no one was up for anything else
2> before I had a car I'd go whereever some one would drive
3> if a coach went i'd go as there'd be 45 people I mostly knew
4> good Dj's.......the music was alright (always liked the ARk sounds as always played the harder trancier house that was about at the time like Quench "dreams" & stuff on Skinny malinky (like the one that sounds like rollo goes camping)I even liked Anne Savage before she started playing that hard ouse crap
the sound and lighting was pretty good as well
a lot of stuff spoiled it though in my opinion
the bouncers for a start were crap...I mean "no chewing gum" FFS
full of scallies / young kids
The bloody fire alarm used to go off constantly which would mean you'd queue up from 7.30 not get in till 9.30 and then get lobbed out for an 1 hour and then it finished at 2???
finisihing at 2
I also like putting nice clothes on (I always have)
If I go out I don't want to be surrounded by people in Tracky bottoms?? & glow stick FFS
I know B2B was up its own house but I used to spend most of my nights in the bassment dancing to Justin Robertson / Claude Young / Sven Vath and the like
also used to love the Orbit
If I go out I don't want to be surrounded by people in Tracky bottoms?? & glow stick FFS
I know B2B was up its own house but I used to spend most of my nights in the bassment dancing to Justin Robertson / Claude Young / Sven Vath and the like
also used to love the Orbit
