- Music
- 26 Jan 06
Kevin Shields objects to noisy neighbourhood
Oh, the irony! That well-known abuser of ears, Kevin Shields, is one of the people opposing the granting of a late licence to the Room 68 bar in the Hampstead area of London.
Angered by the existing noise levels, the ex-My Bloody Valentine man told his local paper, the Camden New Journal: “As a musician I really object to being forced to listen to music I don’t like while someone else makes money. The worst are Dido remixes.
“It’s a classic case of they don’t give a damn. When I built a studio in Camden I spent £70,000 getting it soundproofed. They pump their music out at 120 decibels.”
Shields’ claims are rejected by Room 68 manager Danny Gates who insists that, “We don’t allow entry after 11pm. If we get live or amplified music like a DJ it’ll be once in a blue moon – Christmas, New Year, Valentine’s Day, or if we hire a room out to private parties they might want a DJ. But that will be less than once a month.”
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