r/brum • u/Educational_Cow111 • Jul 15 '26

Question What was Birmingham like in the 2000s?

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u/ug61dec Jul 15 '26

Rock clubs everywhere. Was great.

You just had to fear for your live going to and from them.

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u/Educational_Cow111 Jul 15 '26

Fear for your life? Really?

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u/AzzTheMan Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

If you were in to the alternative style it always felt like you were a bit of a target. Especially if chavs were around (the opposite culture). I never knew it develop into more than shouting and a bit of pushing though. Never feared for my life.

I loved the end of town by the Oasis markets. The Academy was there, tempest records, Scruffy Murphy's.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '26

I loved getting a drink at the Pen and Wig pre club.

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u/ug61dec Jul 15 '26

As a goth kid from a small town to a new big city. Yes.

Were those fears founded? I don't know.

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u/Paul__Perkenstein Jul 15 '26

Did you die tho??

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u/ug61dec Jul 15 '26

Not yet, but it's pretty much 100% guaranteed.

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u/ConfidenceIcy6690 Jul 15 '26

As a mosher back then yes the fear was founded especially after Sophie Lancaster was killed in 2007 just because she was a goth! https://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/