We went to Detention in the Lemmy, and it was a bit rubbish

Advertised as being “Exeter’s Brand New Alternative Night”,’Detention’ attracted students who either straight up hate mainstream music or who are beginning to get just a little  bored of the chart-dominanted nights out.

An empty dancefloor at 9pm

Unfortunately, some of us got our hopes up a little too much.

After hearing of the legendary Saturday night Lemmy queues, we (rather eagerly) arrived at 9 to get stamped, then got back to our flat for pre-drinks, which is an effortful 15 minute walk from campus up a couple of hills.

However, when we went back later for the main event, there was not a queue in sight. In fact, it was rather empty inside…probably because everyone was at Timepiece.

The event in full swing

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The flyer promised Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Frank Turner, Paramore and Fall Out Boy.

But the music played went from two extremes; starting off with Enter Shikari, Limp Bizkit and A Day To Remember then rapidly jumping to more “pop rock” like Sum 41, Blink 182 and You Me At Six.

At least the DJs seemed to be having a good time.

Two frshers share an intimate moment.

But we were looking forward to it a bit too much, and the ‘club-drunk’ atmosphere wasn’t really there.

Whether a week-day at The Lemmy will ever pick up is anyone’s guess (but we’re willing to bet no).