Member Since: 3/17/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/eyeswideopenclub
Band Members: Holly and Sarah, plus special guests every month
Previous guests have included: The Horrors, Rob Bailey (New Untouchables/Le Beat Bespoke/Mousetrap), Alessandro (All Saints Mod Holiday/Radio London), Paul Molloy & Mikey Collins, (Friday Street), David Stone (In The Basement/Hit), Figure 5, Neil (All Tore Up), Ian Mackinnon (Get The Records On).
Influences: Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett-era)
The Monks
The Sonics
Les Fleur De Lys
The Blues Magoos
The Standells
Sounds Like:
"The 1960s in Glasgow, for the majority of the population, had a lot more in common with the Broons than the Doors, with LSD, psychedelic freakouts and free love festivals favoured much less than a few pints of heavy and checking out Chic Murray at The Alhambra. Forty years on, club night Eyes Wide Open, who celebrate their third anniversary this week, have more than made up for lost time with an amazingly authentic slice of 1960s musical flavours, albeit it more Soho than Sauchiehall Street. With a monthly playlist containing 1950s and 1960s garage, psych, freakbeat and rock'n'roll, as well a healthy smattering of contemporary sounds, there's also a live interlude featuring some of the best retro-influenced bands around."- The Guardian
"Club nights such as the Eyes Wide Open in Glasgow are the place to be seen, dedicated to the best of 1950s/60s garage and freak beat these are almost walk-in museums, anything but boring, where you can hear the best music and see the best parodies of the past; now." - Cut Out + Keep
Type of Label: None