RECOVERY LET ME TAKE YOU BACK TO APRIL 1997 THE ORIGIN OF RECOVERY STARTED IN NEWCASTLE AT A LOCAL GAY SCENE BAR CALLED HEAVENS ABOVE THEN AS IT GREW IN SIZE IT THEN MOVED TO ROCKIES BAR . THE IDEA WAS BROUGHT TOGETHER BY ALAN ANGUS & STEPHEN WILSON THE CONCEPT WAS TO HAVE A DAY TIME RECOVERY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS. DURING THIS TIME PEOPLE WERE EMBRACING ROCKSHOTS WHICH WAS HOSTED BY A GROUP OF CLUB PROMOTERS CALLED " NICE " A HEDONISTIC CLUB EVENT WHICH HAD A BETTER AFTER PARTY THAN THE MAIN EVENTS ORGANISED. IN THE BEGINNING RECOVERY WAS A LARGE GROUP OF FRIENDS JUST KEEPING THE PARTY GOING FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE. THEN WITHIN WEEKS IT BECAME BIGGER AND BETTER. THE SUMMER OF 1997 WAS OFFICIALLY THE SUMMER OF LOVE AGAIN IT WAS THE FIRST EVER NORTH EAST EVENT THAT WAS CATERED TO A MULTI DIVERSITY CROWD. RACE,CREED & SEXUALITY WERE JUST LABELS. FUN WAS THE AGENDA SOMETIMES TOO MUCH FUN RECOVERY WAS A PLACE TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS & EMBRACE THE MUSIC YOU WER
