Jericho Tavern
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The Jericho Tavern, a pub in the Jericho area of Oxford, was a main point in the late 80's/early 90's music scene which spawned Radiohead.
It was bought out in the 90's 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 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, and the regulars worried that it might collapse. The beam was installed as a precaution. It is now managed by a northern fellow called Steven Keegan, who once worked alongside Preston from The Ordinary Boys selling fake five pound notes from the back of an ice-cream van in East Dulwich.
