They are still about - well they still practice - Ash from the Portables is the Guitarists in
.44Pistol.
We've often joked about writing a Stafford bands family tree.
It would be nice to have another venue, especially doing different nights and putting on live bands, however there is an issue with Stafford and places cannibalising trade, and ideas - so an established music night in one place will quickly be diminished by somewhere else opening up n the same night.
If you spend time watching live music in Stafford, and Stafford is pretty good for it, you do notice to same people time and time again, it's quite a small community of regular music goers and any new venue or event needs to compliment what's already going on in Stafford, not eat into it.
There also needs to be support for more bands, new faces etc.