Centro Iberico
Centro Iberico, London, in the 1970s was a
, a live venue and a studio.Origins
Centro Iberico was initially established at Chalk Farm early in the 1970s by Spanish Civil War veterans, principal among them Miguel García García, twenty years a prisoner of Franco.[1] Garcia and his comrades were active in the prisoner-aid group, the Anarchist Black Cross. Later, when also known as the Anarchy or Alternative ‘A’ Centre, it met in a parish hall in Holborn, before moving in 1982 to the school building, 421 Harrow Road, Notting Hill.[2][3] [4] Its original political activity would have wound down following the restoration of parliamentary government in Spain, and Garcia's death in 1981.
Bands
The centre in Notting Hill put on
Madonna producer William Orbit began his recording career and Guerilla Records whilst living there.[7]
See also
References
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- ^ Staff. "Shine on: William Orbit". Cold War Nightlife. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.