There is always a speciality lager on in here. A. Le Coq was a firm favourite, apart from the explosive diarrhoea it caused. Read more.
Opening in 1960 on the site of the White City exhibition park, the studios here have witnessed much of the best of British television over the years. It won’t be used for broadcasting after 2013.
Opened as the Gaumont Palace cinema in 1932, this music and comedy venue has hosted everyone who’s anyone over the years, including The Beatles, Springsteen, Bowie, Johnny Cash and Bob Marley.
Whether you want to grab an eyeful of some ropey strippers or an earful of some ropey rockers, there are surprises to found behind at least one door of this pub. Make sure you choose the correct door!
Great selection of beers plus this is one of the best places to be in London on Hallowe'en. It helps if you like it to be Hallowe'en every day of the year.
You can always risk death by getting your photo taken on the zebra crossing but, more importantly, this is where sessions are recorded for Dan P Carter and the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show.
It's where Hard Rock Calling, Wireless and a bunch of other shows happen every summer. You can't beat drinking beer outdoors with your mates and then going back home to sleep rather than in a tent!
The present theatre was opened in 1888, and since 1956 has been home to the subsidised English Stage Company. That year it staged ‘Look Back in Anger’, regarded as the birth of modern English drama.
Marie Tussaud, born in Strasbourg in 1761, made her first wax figure of the great French philosopher Voltaire in 1777. She opened a museum in London in 1835.
The Embassy has plenty of strong links to Iron Maiden and the such and has rock nights on regularly. Worth checking out when the drinks aren't super expensive. (Rarely). Read more.
A lot of metal passes through this refurbished, historical venue. Opeth recorded a DVD here. BMTH hosted one of the biggest hardcore shows ever. Just don't stand behind one of the pillars. Read more.
Billed as "London's first rock 'n' roll hotel" the Sanctum has an awesome roof-top bar and has close links to bands of the likes of Iron Maiden and Gallows. It’s not cheap. Read more.
Home to the industrial/fetish Club AntiChrist, this place has two dancefloors worth of trouble for you to get into. Read more.
Not a huge amount of metal passes through the Barfly but it’s a staple of the toilet club circuit so there’s a fair chance of finding something pretty rocking in here. Read more.
You might have seen some of the all-time great bands play their first London show in here. Choose carefully and you might see the next big thing in the back room. Great pub, great atmosphere. Read more.
2-for-1 cocktails are awesome - especially when some are pretty much just bourbon + ice. Add a healthy slathering of screen print posters and a modern rock soundtrack and you have a very cool bar. Read more.
Stall upon stall of alternative clothing, jewellery and music. Can you leave the market without a polystyrene tray of noodles. Good luck.
Loads of emerging bands pass through here but on Friday nights the Electric Ballroom hosts a goth/industrial/metal clubnight. Obviously, this is the place to be if that’s your bag. Read more.
This is the Camden Underworld. Every metal band ever has passed through these gates at some stage in their career. Go and piss, however, at your peril. Read more.
It's not just a meeting place before descending into the Underworld, it's also a great pub. It's also massive so it's not the best meeting place. Read more.
Shots, cocktails and pizzas are the order of the day in this dark, stylised pub in the black heart of Camden. Good bar selection to get drunk to as well. Read more.
There is absolutely no point coming here unless you like either garlic or shots. Ideally, you’ll love both and you’ll sit down and grab a bite, a beer and a Bloodshot for an essential rite of passage. Read more.
A Lifetime Membership costs £50 and then you can watch films for as little as £1.50. We've seen loads of band documentaries in here but we do miss the plush loveseats :( Read more.
Home to a gamut of gigs and also hosts the pop punk/hardcore clubnight Hot Damn! once a month. Always a laugh.
Run by the British Film Institute, it has easily the biggest cinema screen in the country – 20 metres high by 26 wide, with 12k Watts of digital surround sound.
London’s oldest theatre is in its fourth incarnation. The third burned down in 1809. It is said to be one of the world’s most haunted theatres, so watch out for ‘The Man in Grey’!
Total Rock Radio is the ultimate in online rock radio. Sometimes Thrash Hits even helps make the loud noise happen. Tune in or carry on listening to rubbish. Read more.
Definitely the most metal pub in Camden, you'll be able to catch great bands in here for absolutely free. You can't ask for fairer than that. Read more.
Not only is La Scala home to loads of gigs but it also hosts the monthly emo/hardcore clubnight Facedown. Dare you not to feel too old.
Opened by LWT in 1972, many great chat shows and comedies have been recorded here over the years including Parkinson, Blind Date, The Word, Have I Got News For You?, and... Today with Des and Mel.
London’s most famous modern nightclub was opened in 1991 by Old Etonian the Hon. James Palumbo. It’s modelled on the famous Paradise Garage club in New York, where ‘garage’ music was born.
Slimelight is London's longest running industrial/cyber clubnight and this cavernous, underground former metal works is the perfect venue to party in. Read more.
Pub quizzes on Monday, loads of different bourbons and a monthly Nordic music clubnight.
The beer will give you rabies and every time you see a band here you’re guaranteed to lose some of your hearing. That's why we you’ll see us DJing and putting on gigs in here. Awesome, awesome pub. Read more.
A rock bar with a Scandinavian touch in the heart of London's East End. Great jukebox and a great, happy atmosphere. There's pinball and pool as well. Read more.
The largest dome in the world and the largest single-roofed structure in the world was built amid some controversy for £789 million just in time for the millennium, completed in June 1999.
If you can, sit on the wall to the right of Stage Left. You'll get a great view, above everyone's heads, but you'll be as far from the bar as you ever possibly could be. No beer = sadness. Read more.
