52-583: Troxy is a Grade II-listed Art Deco music venue on Commercial Road in Stepney , London . Built as a cinema in 1933, it closed in 1960 and became a training school for the London Opera Centre . In the 1980s the building was used as a bingo hall, and the Troxy was converted to a live events space in 2006. The building is considered a vital part of East London 's history and was Grade II listed in 1990. It has
104-500: A Brits Icon concert fronted by Robbie Williams . A new truss had to be installed above the circle to house the incoming production. This involved working with a structural engineer to test the weight load of the ceiling to make sure it could be done safely. As well as a TV audience of 2.35 million, the BRITS Icon event raised Troxy's profile in the UK music media. In 2017, Troxy was used as
156-765: A cameo appearance in Jean-Luc Godard 's Film Socialisme , which was first screened at the Cannes Film Festival that year. In 2017, Smith appeared as herself in Song to Song opposite Rooney Mara and Ryan Gosling , directed by Terrence Malick . She later made an appearance at the Detroit show of U2's The Joshua Tree 2017 tour and performed "Mothers of the Disappeared" with the band. In 2018, Smith's concert-documentary film Horses: Patti Smith and her Band , premiered at
208-518: A capacity of 3,100. Opened in 1933 on the site of an old brewery, Troxy cost £250,000 to build and when it first showed films had a capacity of 3,520, making it the largest cinema in England at that time. Inside the building the cinema had luxurious seating, a revolving stage , mirror-lined restaurants and customers were served by staff wearing evening dress. To add to the sense of luxury, Troxy staff sprayed perfume during film showings. The cinema showed all
260-613: A cover of Van Morrison 's " Gloria ", and Smith's opening words: "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine", an excerpt from "Oath", one of Smith's early poems. The austere cover photograph by Mapplethorpe has become one of rock's classic images. As punk rock grew in popularity, the Patti Smith Group toured the U.S. and Europe. The rawer sound of the group's second album, Radio Ethiopia , reflected this. Considerably less accessible than Horses , Radio Ethiopia initially received poor reviews. However, several of its songs have stood
312-862: A factory. She briefly attended Glassboro State College, now Rowan University , in Glassboro, New Jersey . In 1969, Smith went to Paris with her sister, and started busking and doing performance art. When Smith returned to Manhattan, she lived at the Hotel Chelsea with Robert Mapplethorpe They frequented Max's Kansas City on Park Avenue , and Smith provided the spoken word soundtrack for Sandy Daley's art film Robert Having His Nipple Pierced , starring Mapplethorpe. The same year, Smith appeared with Jayne County in Jackie Curtis 's play Femme Fatale . She also starred in Anthony Ingrassia 's play Island . As
364-533: A flash. From November 2006 to January 2007, an exhibition called 'Sur les Traces' at Trolley Gallery , London, featured polaroid prints taken by Smith and donated to Trolley to raise awareness and funds for the publication of Double Blind: Lebanon Conflict 2006, a book with photographs by Paolo Pellegrin , a member of Magnum Photos . She also participated in the DVD commentary for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters . From March 28 to June 22, 2008,
416-426: A fugitive heiress. The B-side describes the helpless alienation Smith felt while working on a factory assembly line and the salvation she dreams of achieving by escaping to New York City. In a 1996 interview on artistic influences during her younger years, Smith said, "I had devoted so much of my girlish daydreams to Rimbaud . Rimbaud was like my boyfriend." Later the same year, she performed "I Wake Up Screaming",
468-603: A member of the Poetry Project , she spent the early 1970s painting, writing, and performing. In 1969, Smith also performed in the one-act play Cowboy Mouth , which she co-wrote with Sam Shepard . The published play's notes call for "a man who looks like a coyote and a woman who looks like a crow". She wrote several poems about Shepard and her relationship with him, including "for sam shepard" and "Sam Shepard: 9 Random Years (7 + 2)", that were published in Angel City, Curse of
520-606: A poem, on The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control , an album by The Doors ' Ray Manzarek . In March 1975, Smith's group, the Patti Smith Group, began a two-month weekend set of shows at CBGB in New York City with the band Television . The Patti Smith Group was spotted by Clive Davis , who signed them to Arista Records . Later that year, the Patti Smith Group recorded their debut album, Horses , produced by John Cale amid some tension. The album fused punk rock and spoken poetry and begins with
572-499: Is also regularly used for MMA fight nights. Since it reopened, Troxy has held concerts by bands such as the Jesus and Mary Chain , Flying Lotus , Jarvis Cocker , Beady Eye , Garbage , Morrissey , Doves , Pixies , City and Colour , Stereophonics , Patti Smith , Siouxsie , and The Cure . Great care was being taken to bring Troxy into the 21st century while preserving its history. The current owners have invested heavily in restoring
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#1732859357580624-450: Is as potent, heady and uncompromising as she has ever gotten, and with Smith's storied history as a musical maverick, that's saying plenty." Metacritic awarded the album a score of 81, indicating "universal acclaim". Also in 2012, Smith recorded a cover of Io come persona by Italian singer-songwriter Giorgio Gaber . In 2015, Smith wrote "Aqua Teen Dream" to commemorate the series finale of Aqua Teen Hunger Force . The vocal track
676-511: Is chronicled in a book of photographs by Stipe. In 1996, Smith worked with her long-time colleagues to record Gone Again , featuring "About a Boy", a tribute to Kurt Cobain , the former lead singer of Nirvana who died by suicide in 1994. The same year, she collaborated with Stipe on " E-Bow the Letter ", a song on R.E.M.'s New Adventures in Hi-Fi , which she performed live with the band. After
728-521: Is housed in four separate rooms. It has four keyboards, one pedal board and 241 stop keys. The organ was originally in the Trocadero Cinema in Elephant and Castle, the sister theatre of Troxy, which opened in 1930. It was much larger than the original Wurlitzer at Troxy, which did not survive intact after the venue closed as cinema. The Trocadero was pulled down in 1963 but the organ had been purchased by
780-502: Is in zone two, and sits between Shadwell and Westferry stations on the DLR. Troxy is located on the A13, also known as Commercial Road. The building is served by the following bus numbers; 15,115, 135, D3, N15, N550, N551 51°30′46″N 0°02′39″W / 51.5128°N 0.04405°W / 51.5128; -0.04405 Grade II-listed Too Many Requests If you report this error to
832-680: The Cinema Organ Society three years previously and escaped the demolition. It was announced it was being moved to Troxy in 2009, bringing the instrument back to the sort of venue it was originally designed for. Rated as one of the finest in the world, the Wurlitzer's console can be moved around inside Troxy depending on the occasion. The use of the Wurlitzer is offered to anyone using the venue for their function, and special events are held so people can hear it played. Troxy has won many awards over
884-692: The East End of London by the Blitz in World War II and the clearance of local slums robbed Troxy of much of its original audience as the giant cinema closed in 1960, with the last film shown on 19 November that year, featuring Donald Sinden in The Siege of Sidney Street . Between 1960 and 1963 Troxy stood empty until the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden, took over and created the London Opera Centre school for
936-565: The Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris hosted a major exhibition of the visual artwork of Land 250 , drawn from pieces created by Smith between 1967 and 2007. In 2009, she contributed the introduction to Jessica Lange 's book 50 Photographs . In 2010, Smith's book, Just Kids , a memoir of her time in Manhattan in the 1970s and her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe ,
988-525: The Lincoln Park section of Chicago , to Beverly Smith, a jazz singer turned waitress, and Grant Smith, a Honeywell machinist . Her family is of partially Irish ancestry, and Patti is the eldest of four children, with siblings Linda, Kimberly, and Todd. When Smith was four, the family moved from Chicago to the Germantown section of Philadelphia , then to Pitman, New Jersey , and finally settled in
1040-481: The NME Awards , with the magazine's editor Mike Williams describing the Troxy as one of London's "oldest, coolest and most iconic venues". The same year Google chose Troxy as the venue for its annual Christmas party for 1,500 guests. Troxy now hosts live concerts and gigs including some of the biggest bands to play in the capital. In June 2016 Troxy hosted the annual Kerrang! Awards for the fourth consecutive year and
1092-741: The New York City -based punk rock movement. Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, " Because the Night ", co-written with Bruce Springsteen , reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number five on the UK Singles Chart . In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture . In 2007, she
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#17328593575801144-616: The 1980s, Patti lived with her family in St. Clair Shores, Michigan , and was semi-retired from music. She ultimately moved back to New York City. In June 1988, Smith released the album Dream of Life , which included the song " People Have the Power ". Michael Stipe of R.E.M. and Allen Ginsberg , who she had known since her early years in New York City, urged her return to live music and touring. She toured briefly with Bob Dylan in December 1995, which
1196-713: The 20th anniversary of Democracy Now , where she was joined by Michael Stipe . On December 10, 2016, Smith attended the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm on behalf of Bob Dylan , winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature , who could not be present due to prior commitments. After the official presentation speech for the literary prize by Horace Engdahl , the perpetual secretary of the Swedish Academy , Smith sang
1248-450: The Dylan song " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall ". She missung one verse, singing, "I saw the babe that was just bleedin'," and was momentarily unable to continue. After a brief apology, saying that she was nervous, she resumed the song and earned jubilant applause at its end. In 1994, Smith began devoting time to what she terms "pure photography", a method of capturing still objects without using
1300-832: The Live UK Music Business Awards. It was also crowned Best Awards Venue at the inaugural Awards Awards. Helping make 2016 a year to remember was being names the bronze winner for Use of Venue at the EVCOM Live Awards. In October 2017, Troxy was also crowned 'Best London Event Venue – 500 to 1,000 attendees' at the London Venue Awards. Troxy is close to Limehouse station which is served by Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and National Rail services. c2c trains, to and from Fenchurch Street Station , to Shoeburyness and Grays in Essex stop at Limehouse . Limehouse Station
1352-633: The Starving Class & Other Plays (1976) . On February 10, 1971, Smith, accompanied by Lenny Kaye on electric guitar, opened for Gerard Malanga , which was her first public poetry performance. Smith was briefly considered as lead singer for Blue Öyster Cult . She contributed lyrics to several Blue Öyster Cult songs, including "Debbie Denise", which was inspired by her poems "In Remembrance of Debbie Denise", "Baby Ice Dog", "Career of Evil", " Fire of Unknown Origin ", "The Revenge of Vera Gemini", on which she performs duet vocals, and "Shooting Shark". At
1404-523: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 768642047 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:49:17 GMT Patti Smith Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author and photographer. Her 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of
1456-469: The Woodbury Gardens section of Deptford Township, New Jersey . At an early age, Smith was exposed to music, including the albums Shrimp Boats by Harry Belafonte , The Money Tree by Patience and Prudence , and Another Side of Bob Dylan , Bob Dylan 's fourth album, released in 1964, which her mother gave her. In 1964, Smith graduated from Deptford Township High School , and began working in
1508-546: The building earned Grade II Listed status with English Heritage . In the 1980s Mecca Bingo took over the venue and bingo sessions were held twice a day, seven days a week until 2005 when the rise of online gambling led to Mecca taking the decision to stop using the building. The venue was reborn as a live events space in 2006, and has continued to be used for concerts and other events ever since, hosting prestigious awards ceremonies, gigs, film screenings including Secret Cinema screenings and sporting events. In 2013 it hosted
1560-536: The filming location for Sky One 's talent contest, Sing: Ultimate A Capella . DICE has been running its ticketing operations since 30 August 2018. One of the unique attractions of Troxy is its Wurlitzer organ, the largest Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ in Europe, which was restored to its original condition in 2015 as the culmination of a six-year project at a cost of £275,000. The Wurlitzer has 1,728 pipes measuring between 16 feet (4.9 m) to 1 inch (25 mm) and
1612-545: The first film it had showed in 1933. The venue has also hosted a number of prestigious award ceremonies and televised events with Plan B and Kylie Minogue both awarding accolades to their managers at the venue. Danny Boyle presented about the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony with The Times at Troxy and Channel 4 hosted its Brexit debate at the venue attended by a host of celebrities including Will Self , Sandie Shaw and Sheila Hancock . In November 2016, Troxy hosted
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1664-480: The first museum exhibition of her photography in the U.S., Camera Solo . She named the project after a sign she saw in the abode of Pope Celestine V , which translates as "a room of one's own", and which Smith felt best described her solitary method of photography. The exhibition featured artifacts that were everyday items or places of significance to artists Smith admires, including Rimbaud , Charles Baudelaire , John Keats , and William Blake . In February 2012, she
1716-533: The iconic venue. In April 2007, Smith's cover of " Gimme Shelter " appeared on her tenth album, Twelve , an all-covers album released by Columbia Records . In July 2008, a live album by Smith and Kevin Shields , The Coral Sea , was released. On September 10, 2009, after a week of smaller events and exhibitions in Florence , Smith played an open-air concert at Piazza Santa Croce , commemorating her performance in
1768-607: The latest major releases and had a floodlit organ which rose from the orchestra pit during the interval, playing popular tunes. Troxy was designed by George Coles , the architect of many art deco cinemas in London. The first film shown at the cinema was King Kong , which is now celebrated by graffiti on the side of the building. Big names from the film and music industry were regular sights at Troxy, with stars such as The Andrews Sisters , Gracie Fields , Petula Clark , Cliff Richard and Clark Gable visiting it. The damage inflicted on
1820-570: The release of Gone Again, Smith recorded two further albums, Peace and Noise in 1997, which included the single " 1959 " about China's invasion of Tibet , and Gung Ho in 2000, which included songs about Ho Chi Minh and Smith's late father. Smith was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for two songs, "1959" and " Glitter in Their Eyes ". A box set of Smith's work up to that time, The Patti Smith Masters .
1872-520: The same city 30 years earlier. Smith recorded a cover of Buddy Holly 's " Words of Love " for the CD Rave on Buddy Holly , a tribute album tied to Holly's 75th birthday, which was released June 28, 2011. She also recorded the song "Capitol Letter" for the official soundtrack of the second film of the Hunger Games ' series The Hunger Games: Catching Fire . Smith's 11th studio album, Banga ,
1924-481: The test of time, and Smith still performs them live. She has said that Radio Ethiopia was influenced by the band MC5 . On January 23, 1977, while touring in support of Radio Ethiopia , Smith accidentally danced off a high stage in Tampa, Florida , and fell 15-feet onto a concrete orchestra pit , breaking several cervical vertebrae . The injury required a period of rest and physical therapy , during which she says she
1976-459: The time, she was romantically involved with Allen Lanier , Blue Öyster Cult's keyboardist. During these years, Smith was also a rock music journalist, writing periodically for Rolling Stone and Creem . In 1973, Smith teamed up again with musician and rock archivist Lenny Kaye, and later added Richard Sohl on piano. The trio developed into a full band with the addition of Ivan Král on guitar and bass and Jay Dee Daugherty on drums. Kral
2028-493: The training of opera singers and professionals, which was based there from 1963 to 1977. Its purpose was a rehearsal space, using an extended stage to create exactly the same dimensions as the Royal Opera House stage. The team made changes to the internal and basement areas of Troxy, creating multiple rooms for the orchestras to use as well as the stage. The Royal Opera House continued to use Troxy until 1990. The following year
2080-520: The venue as much as possible to its original glory while making it suitable for modern audiences. Troxy was the first venue in EMEA to permanently install the JBL VTX A12 loudspeaker system. In 2009, Troxy screened its first film for more than 50 years, showing Secret Cinema's Bugsy Malone , complete with live music and custard pie fights. The venue marked its 80th birthday in 2013 by showing King Kong ,
2132-677: The years. In 2013 it was named Venue of the Year at the Eventex Awards and won bronze in the Unusual Venue category at the M&;IT Awards in the same year. 2014 was a busy year for awards as Troxy was overall winner of the Eventia Best Venue Team and was named overall winner of Best Venue Team at the Live UK Music Business Awards, which it repeated in the same category in 2016. Also in 2014 Troxy
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2184-604: Was a guest at the Sanremo Music Festival . Also in 2011, Smith was working on a crime novel set in London. "I've been working on a detective story that starts at the St Giles in the Fields church in London for the last two years", she told NME , adding that she "loved detective stories" and was a fan of British fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and U.S. crime author Mickey Spillane in her youth. Also in 2010, Smith made
2236-556: Was a refugee from Czechoslovakia who had moved to the US in 1966 with his parents, who were both diplomats. After the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, Kral decided not to return. Financed by Sam Wagstaff , the band recorded their first single, " Hey Joe / Piss Factory " in 1974. The A-side was a version of the rock standard with the addition of a spoken word piece about Patty Hearst ,
2288-425: Was able to reassess, reenergize, and reorganize her life. The Patti Smith Group produced two further albums. Easter , released in 1978, was their most commercially successful record. It included the band's top single " Because the Night ", co-written with Bruce Springsteen . Wave (1979) was less successful, although the songs " Frederick " and " Dancing Barefoot " received commercial airplay. Through most of
2340-464: Was an immensely influential New York City live music venue for much of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. At the CBGB show, Smith took the stage at 9:30 p.m. (EDT) and closed her show a few minutes after 1:00 am. Her final song was "Elegie", after which she read a list of punk rock musicians and advocates who had died in the previous years, representing the last public song and words performed at
2392-482: Was her first album on Columbia Records , which later became a sister label to her Arista Records , her previous label. Smith curated the Meltdown festival in London on June 25, 2005, in which she performed Horses live in its entirety for the first time. This live performance was released later in 2004 as Horses/Horses . On October 15, 2006, Smith performed a 3½-hour tour de force show to close out at CBGB , which
2444-849: Was highly commended in the Best Venue Space category at the Event Magazine Awards, an event it hosted. Troxy was a finalist for Best Venue at the Evcom Live Awards 2015, and a finalist in the Best Venue Category at the Event Production Awards in the same year. In 2016 Troxy was awarded the Mark of Excellence in the London Venue Awards and named winners of the Best Venue Teamwork Theatre/Concert Hall at
2496-605: Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . In November 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids , written to fulfill a promise she made to Robert Mapplethorpe , her longtime partner. She is ranked 47th on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time , published in 2010, and was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2011. Smith was born on December 30, 1946, at Grant Hospital in
2548-479: Was published. The book won the National Book Award for Nonfiction later that year. In 2018, a new edition of Just Kids , including additional photographs and illustrations, was published. Smith also headlined a benefit concert headed by bandmate Tony Shanahan, for Court Tavern in New Brunswick, New Jersey . Smith's set included "Gloria", "Because the Night", and "People Have the Power". In 2011, Smith announced
2600-423: Was recorded in a hotel overlooking Lerici 's Bay of Poets. On September 26, 2015, Smith performed at the American Museum of Tort Law convocation ceremony. On December 6, 2015, she made an appearance at the Paris show of U2 's Innocence + Experience Tour , performing " Bad " and " People Have the Power " with U2. In 2016, Smith performed "People Have the Power" at Riverside Church in Manhattan to celebrate
2652-442: Was released in 1996. In 2002, Smith released Land (1975–2002) , a two-CD compilation that includes a cover of Prince 's " When Doves Cry ". Smith's solo art exhibition Strange Messenger was hosted at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh on September 28, 2002. On April 27, 2004, Smith released Trampin' , which included several songs about motherhood, partly in tribute to Smith's mother, who died two years earlier. It
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#17328593575802704-410: Was released in June 2012. American Songwriter wrote that, "These songs aren't as loud or frantic as those of her late 70s heyday, but they resonate just as boldly as she moans, chants, speaks and spits out lyrics with the grace and determination of Mohammad Ali in his prime. It's not an easy listen—the vast majority of her music never has been—but if you're a fan and/or prepared for the challenge, this
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