Looking for more mentions of The Metronome found a tale of some Australian called Intensified attempting to play a New Years Eve gig there, but then not as the PA wasn't up to the job.
In the same week they mention another gig at the Metronome and another venue called Bottoms, wonder if it's still going and what it's called now..?
intensified.net/band/1990.html1
Not sure where I was new years eve 1990, possibly at the Marquee seeing Love / Hate and Atom Seed.
This is part of my site The 'Gerald that I set up in a fury of excitement when I first moved to Folkestone sometime in 2004. I'd been a frequent visitor for a while before that so I am technically one of those DFLs you get now. This site was updated more frequently with a gig calendar + voting for favourite places + things, + I know it was a handy resource for others who were moving to the area. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though just a couple of miles) it doesn't get as much attention as it used to. Ironic really as Folkestone itself is now becoming the exciting place we knew it was about to become. I am not Gerald BTW, this comes from the name of a pretend paper in an episode of Brasseye or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, and how there is a local paper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are great aren't they? Do contact me if you have something to offer, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on Twitter.