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walking every day there would be some days I would probably not even leave the building. Winning British Music Pub of Te Year was amazing, It’s an awesome feeling when the industry recognises it and pats you on the back. We don’t get it right all the time, but we do what we do. Winning the award once was brilliant, and then a second time was unreal. What do you put the wins down to? First time around we were up against some amazing venues, but the sheer fact that we had bands on seven nights a week set us a bit above those that were offering music on the weekends alone. Having the PA installed, the lighting and sound engineers also raised us into a different league, it bridged the gap between pub and venue. Te second time we won it, B2 was coming into its own and saw us offering music seven nights a week over the two venues. Tere was no other music pub like it in the UK. Te award itself is really a tribute to our staff, customers and bands, its those guys that won it really, where would the Brickies be without those guys? just a building…. You’ve had some notable performances in the venue over the years, but there was one particular ginger lad that has passed through and performed… could you have predicted then, the massive success that Ed Sheeran would have? Ed always had something special, he was so talented and mesmerising to watch. He had a knack of capturing you and holding your attention. It was very clear even from the days of our acoustic tent at Brickfest that he was on a path to big things. We always knew he wasn’t going to be around for long and low and behold the next year he was a superstar. Who else are you super proud to have welcomed on to the Brickies stage? We’ve had some awesome bands pass through on their way up including You Me At Six, Don Broco, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Janet Devlin, King Blues, Sonic


Boom Six and Deaf Havana to name a handful. We’ve also had some great classic acts on our stage too such as Te Animals, Oliver Dawson Saxon, Hawklords, Te Cutting Crew, and Te Quireboys (which was surreal as I used to have a poster of them on my bedroom wall when I was 15. Ten 20 odd years later he’s sitting in my mums living room eating lasagne, watching Eastenders before their show!) You strengthened your reputation a few years ago with the addition of B2, which particularly gives a space for up and coming bands to play, and more hardcore and niche offerings – it’s obviously important to you to support that embryonic talent… Yes more than ever these days, more and more schools don’t offer music as an option, it’s so important to us to offer somewhere where young people can come and play and develop their musical individuality. At the end of the day, these talented young people are the future of the Norwich music scene and it is our responsibility as venues to nurture that talent. Who knows? one of them might be the next Ed Sheeran or You Me At Six. What do you think of Norwich’s music scene at the moment? Its abundant and thriving. Tis year’s Metal To Te Masses competition plays host to 25 bands battling it out to win a chance to play at the infamous Bloodstock festival. Tere must be 15 bands taking part this year that are new names to me. Tis just goes to show how rich in music Norwich is It’s not until you head to other cities that you realise how very musical our fine city really is, and how good all the venues are. What is the future for one of Norwich’s most treasured music venues? We plan to keep offering the best music we can to our customers, thats for certain. Brickfest is our main event 38 bands in one day really isn’t enough is it?


Brickfest has become such a successful event that we have had to stop letting in by 5pm for the last three years, we physically cannot fit more customers in. As the building belongs to the Pub Co any physical expansion are out of our hands, that said, we would never want to risk losing the feel of Te Brickmakers, it has quite a unique atmosphere and so much history, What’s in our future, well as long as in another 5 or 10 years down the line we are still doing what we do now and doing it well then we’ll be more than happy. Charley, you’ve balanced being a musician with running the business; have those two worlds always run together smoothly? No of course not, In the early days of Pure Passion back in the 90’s we would give 3 to 4 times a week and rehearse on the days we weren’t gigging. Taking on the pub meant a compromise was in order and quite a large one. I’m lucky though because I love my job, I’m passionate about music in all forms which means the compromise is worth it. We gig a couple of times a month, this usually coincides with my days off and luckily Pam and Em are there to hold the fort when I’m off playing rockstar for the night. Because there are three of us running the pub, it means there are always two others that can be on hand when life takes over, which it does occasionally We’re also fortunate to have an awesome bunch of sound engineers that can cover me when I’m gigging. To be fair, I couldn’t go and gig without them, especially Clive who is my number 2 at the desk. It’s important for me personally to keep playing, it’s a constant reminder of why I do what I do, my love of music and generally blowing off a bit of musical steam. Nothing beats that buzz of rockin’ out with a Les Paul! You are personally always busy with side musical projects, as well as Pure Passion – what have you got going on at the moment? I’ll be totally honest here, I’ve had to make myself slow down a bit. I got to the point about a 18mths ago where I had taken on so much it was starting to affect my health. Basically, I had to learn to say no, it’s not something i’ve ever been very good at, especially where music is concerned but it was essential for me to stop and take stock.


KEVIN MADDAMS


Read the interiew in full at outlineonline.co.uk OUTLINEONLINE.CO.UK / APR-MAY 2018 / 21


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