Rock Rendez-Vous

The rock Rendez -Vous (also rock Rendez Vous ) was a nightclub and concert venue in Lisbon from 1980 until 1990.

Origin

Mário Guia, former guitarist of the band Beat Ekos, opened on 18 December 1980 in the premises of the former cinema Cinema Universal, in the Santos district, the concert venue under the name rock Rendez -Vous ( RRV ). Inspired by the Marquee Club in London, which he visited frequently, it should be a place of daily concerts of various genres. First concert played there Rui Veloso, since the end of the 70s was considered the "father " of the boom of the Portuguese rock music. 1983 joined the club again, but after a petition he was reopened. He has received over the years for the subcultures in Lisbon a similar status, such as The Roxy Club or the Marquee Club in London a few years earlier.

Activity

Since the beginning of the RRV was designed as a music venue with a daily program, which was offered with cross independent music on weekends disco mode. Between the concerts and during the operation disco music clips and films were shown, which were not yet commonplace accessible in the '80s.

1984, the first RRV - band contest took place, the 1 º Concurso de Música Moderna (CMM ). These competitions are very popular, both among the interested audience that here was a meeting place and new bands met, and among the bands, as these CCM simultaneously gathered a large crowd scene and the attention of the music press of the country. Significant was also the prospect of profit, which consisted in musical instruments or records publications, both equally troublesome things to be procured for independent bands of the time. So waved a contribution to the annual CMM compilations of RRV and own publications for the winners, on which was founded after the first CMM own independent label Dansa Som do.

Later successful bands like Xutos & Pontapés, Mata - Ratos or Sitiados were known by their appearances here.

Foreign bands played here, according to the orientation of the RRV and its audience mainly from the independent sector. Among the variety of punk and new wave bands were Killing Joke, The Teardrop Explodes, The Lords of the New Church, Danse Society or The Raincoats, with from Madeira singer Ana da Silva. Other names were, inter alia, The Meteors, The Chameleons or even the Berlin band jump from the clouds.

The RRV could be rented, including its professional sound and light systems. This allowed other bands and concerts assets, such as various metal festivals, or even punk and indie concerts that resulted, through private and commercial operators outside structures.

End

In July 1990, joined the club after the economic difficulties and the problems with local residents had increased steadily. The building was demolished shortly afterwards and re-erected as an apartment building with commercial premises on the ground floor ( snack bar - café- patisserie pastelaria Restaurante Galão 2). Between 1980 and 1990 about 1500 concerts with over 300 artists have taken place in the RRV.

1994 organized Mário Guia and other officials of the Dansa -do -Som labels elsewhere a renewed competition under the name of RRV, the 10-year anniversary of the event, and broadcast by public television RTP. The Sony acquired meanwhile the naming rights of Mário Guia, and as a double album was released there on 26 April 2000 under the name of rock Rendez -Vous, Noites Que Fizeram História ( "Rock Rendez -Vous, nights made ​​history " ), popular with the tracks that were played at the disco evenings in the RRV.