Jericho Tavern

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The Jericho Tavern, a pub in the Jericho area of Oxford, was a main point in the late 1980s and early 1990s music scene which spawned Ride, Radiohead and Supergrass (although their forerunners the Jennifers appeared more frequently than Supergrass). The venue at this point in time was managed by Mac, lead singer of Arthur Turners Lovechild, and sponsor/tolerator of houseband Madamadam. Mac's hands on management style included the breaking of Birdland Drummer Kyle's nose on a riotous 13 January, 1990. Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine played 4 times in 1989/90.

It was bought out in the 1990s by the Firkin chain, who decided to change management claiming they wanted a younger, cooler look. However, by all accounts, the young people never flocked to the Tavern in the numbers that the new owners hoped.

The only real feature still in place from the time that Radiohead were playing is a beam which was installed after a particularly riotous On A Friday (Radiohead's previous name) gig, where the upstairs room shook. Full to past its capacity, the regulars worried that it might collapse. The beam was installed as a precaution.