oh man..this was devastating.
I've known the man who owns the Mill since before he bought it,in fact the band I played in for a while,Zed,were the first band to set up a rehearsal space there.It was always a bit...erm..wierd that NMA set up home in there as I've bin into them for years (the sound of them rehearsing as I walked past the studio was a bit surreal!),but the Mill being a place full to bursting with Bradford musicians,it made sense that NMA would join in...but I've been waiting for this for ages...having been living in a bus again for a while in lincs,I haven't been up to b'ford for a while and when I saw Fluffywytch post summat on facebook about the fire,I rang my mates from the Mill...it's been,and I'm sure is STILL,upsetting and saddening to see the ruined equipment,but all I can think is--the place has been running as a club for years and THANK THE GODS it didn't happen on a night when the place was open.I've seen that place rammed full and we've followed the pattern of local mills burning down for a while wondering when our beloved Mill would get caught up in the bad luck.
JS's post about the band being about more than material posessions is right...I'm so glad no-one was hurt and,as a musician,very sorry to hear of lost instruments...new ones won't feel the same...but it IS just stuff.
Here's to the pheonix rising
