how close did a bigger bang come to be called Manhattan Beach. I know mick has said in a few interviews, that was the original idea. I actually just came upon these stage plans that says Manhattan Beach on them
Glad to download the Blueprint pics from that ad. Was in the upper left in E. Hartford (they gave us Bigger Bang guitar pics during the show) and the lower right for E. Rutherford and Hershey.
There is also a Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn. It is east of Brighton Beach and Coney Island. But, these are neighborhoods within NYC, not politically separate towns/cities. Certainly the one in CA is far more well known but as a New Yorker who spent a far amount of time in that part of the city, this is the Manhattan Beach that I think of when I hear it referenced.
Manhattan Beach is mentioned in the ABB booklet. It was the mixing studio or something.... but it was contemplated as a title. There were newspapers reporting it as the name back then. Hell there was even an article that said the name was Neocon.