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Thursday was Transmission at the Coven in Oxford.
Friday was Final Frontier at Club UK, London.
The weekend was for recovery.
On a more modern note: Detached in Leeds always had awesome DJs.
Rocking nu school techno at its best.
this month's middle aged raver thread
Most memorable club, probably due to going back there more than any other than anything else, was Rage@Heaven on a Thursday night.
Or maybe AWOL@Paradise
Can't decide
Or remember much either (****ing 20+ years ago after all)
Grannies - Portsmouth. Located in the beautiful Tricorn centre.
Even has it's own [url= http://sharemyplaylists.com/grannies-nighclub-the-tricorn-portsmouth-1985-1986 ]Spotify[/url] playlist!
Played in a band there when I met MrsDezB.
*sigh*
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DezB, I remember "Stairway to Heaven" in Tricorn. The tricorn certainly wasnt the gates to Heaven!
Ah, but it was for me, every Friday throughout the 80s 😉
'Optimo' at the Sub Club. Broadened my horizons in countless ways for many a happy year. Music could go from Basic Channel to Nina Simone to The Fall in the space of three minutes.
Also 'Radar' at the Art School, which had a nice line in punishing techno hell.
The Warehouse
The Phono
HiFi Club
The Elbow Room
Northwest as a Teenager
Hacienda
Shelleys Laserdrome (stoke)
Wigan Pier
Pleasuredome in Farnworth
London as a Twentysomething
Turnmills
The End
Cargo
The Cross
The Fridge
Jazz Cafe
Now its a quiet pub at the end of the road....
Where to start?
I remember going to AWOL in the paradise club in Islington, as a wide eyed 18 year old from newcastle in 1993, that was crazy!
Shindig in the riverside (ONLY the riverside, not foundation or digital) in Newcastle. went weekly for about 2 years. saw some great DJ's, met some great people.
Rockshots on a Thursday, Newcastle.
Que Club Birmingham.
Legendary. Especially Atomic Jam & Spacehopper! 😀
This thread made me realise that although I never considered myself a 'hardcore raver' or even a regular club-goer, I did actually go out occasionally during the 1990s and even the 2000s. Some nights were memorable, for a variety of reasons. Some nights were forgettable. some nights I'd like to forget. But overall it was a lot of fun really.
In no particular order:
Astoria
Marquee
Turnmills
Club UK
SW1
Fabrik
Home
Underworld
Bagleys
The End
Cargo
333 Old St
MetalHeadz @ Paradise Club Islington
Ministry of Sound (most overrated)
The Cross
The Fridge
Cool Tan Arts
Bluenote Hoxton
Megatripolis @ Heaven (most mental)
Some mad place under London Bridge
Various other clubs whose names I forget/don't want to remember/am too embarrassed to admit to, plus loads of illegal rave type things held in some field/barn/warehouse in the middle of nowhere, and countless little venues, pub backrooms etc. And I thought I was a lightweight really; I had friends who travelled the globe to party.
I quite like a nice quiet friendly pub these days. I think my glowsticks have faded for good.
My local's got a nice log burner, has a good selection of both beers and snacks, and has the footy on. Thats all my needs catered for nowadays 😀
Metro's in Cardiff before they had working aircon
The Fridge in Shrewsbury
Franki - thats my mate Dave's video of Atomic Jam. He did the Jellytree TV wall of psychedelic TVs!
How about a bit of Jeff Mills "The Bells" for that Atomic Jam feeling
One of my favourite clubs not mentioned on here as its not a raving club was the Dub Club in Tufnell Park - Jah Shaka, Abashanti etc
The Ritz - Doncaster
Joannes 70's night - Sunderland
Ahhhhhh happy days 🙂
Big Lils- Leeds
I guess only Leeds peeps will be aware of just how funny a nomination that is.
I got turned away from Big Lils once for being too drunk!! I always thought being completely arseholed was a prerequisite!
Nice one Tomaso!
I'm in that video from '96, along with my bro. and loads of old mates! 😀
Forget Big Lils, who went to Caspers on Burley Road?
The Coliseum in Halifax - a terrible club but absurdly easy to get into even at 15. Happy Days!
Wrightyson - we must have been in the same venues at the sametime
Krystals, Leicester, uni hunting ground 95 to 98 - one of the best nights ever with Alistair Whitehead as guest DJ. Just epic
Pleasure Rooms, Leeds, back to basics 93 to 95
Lakota - Bristol... 6am curled up in a corner waiting for my mates Dad to stop raving to get a lift home.
Castro's - Bristol... Very friendly, pool table, cafe... Didn't leave until gone 9am.
a night called LIFE at bowlers in trafford park in Manchester late 90s, we used to go once a month or so for 2 years, saw loads of PAs there, incl N Trance playing set you free, strangely can't remember any of the others.
Been to Orbit in Morley a couple times, great set up for a club, that was good.
In later years, sadly no longer, Tangled in Manchester, Oxford Road... one of the DJs that owned/run the night guy has moved to another club down the road next to Oxford rd railway station, forget the name now but we saw Krafty Kuts and A Skillz there in December.
Been to a club in Stoke a few times, the night was Golden but forget the name of the club, think it's been pulled down now. Say Boy George there and Goldie.
When I started doves were a tenner and they were mint, a wrap was a fiver but speed always made me a bit para 😯
The Original Kandi Klub, Bristol in the 90's.
+1 for the Lakota.
Been to a club in Stoke a few times, the night was Golden but forget the name of the club, think it's been pulled down now. Say Boy George there and Goldie.
Pretty sure that was at The Void.
I used to go to North, a Hardcore Techno night, on the Friday.
I also used to go to Bowlers, but for Compulsion.
Forget Big Lils, who went to Caspers on Burley Road?
Yes, to both.
Just had a think and it is really difficult to pick out a top 5, let alone a favourite of all time.
The Bomb in Nottingham for the Tyrant nights with Sasha.
The Emporium in Coalville when Passion and trance was huge.
The End in London on a Wednesday for Fabio's Swerve DnB nights.
Fabric in London for the breaks nights on Fridays.
The Sanctuary in Milton Keynes for Dreamscape.
Heaven in London, can't remember what the night was but it was great.
Victoria Warehouse Manchester for Happy Mondays, I still love a dance in a dirty warehouse even now.
Hacienda
Jilly's
Crystal Rooms, Hereford (Sticky Carpets as it was know locally :D)
Abergavenny Hotel (late 80's had a club in the basement)
Unless i've missed it: Mr Smiths...warrington, and mississipi (sp?) showboat in the same town, cinderellas/rockerfellas chester, Leadmill (sheff watching daisy chainsaw/ sheep on drugs). others in sheff that i cant remember 7th heaven doncaster i think, Hacienda, Mersey view (frodsham) and many other proper grotty dives up to and including Quaffers (god knows where is was as i was pissed up on the way on the bus..)
I'm a student, so the most recent one normally.
Monday - Ritz with Mark Gannon.
Tuesday - The Banshee on Oxford Road, 42nd Street or a gig at Band on the Wall, Boardwalk or the Gallery.
Wednesday - Hacienda or Berlin, maybe DeVilles or the Venue for a warm up.
Thursday - Jilly's, The Banshee, The Gallery or The Boardwalk.
Reggae at Band on the Wall. Maybe 5th Ave or 42nd Street.
Friday - Band on the Wall again or The Venue. Hac now and then.
Saturday - Jilly's, Banshee, maybe The Continental for pulling nurses.
Sunday - That Rock club above the Uni, up the escalator.
Plus Corbieres and The Beer House for a warm up, International for gigs.
Not forgetting the Sporran and the Press Club for afters.
For those with somewhat harder tastes:
Q-Club in Brum, specifically Sundissential.
Storm at The Emporium in Coalville
Gods Kitchen at The Sanctuary in Brum
Bakers over 5-Ways in Brum, though that tended to me very tracey
On a cheesey, bad but good because you are young way:
The Picture House, Stourbridge (met Mrs Lunge there)
Millennium by Merry Hill, my first trip to a proper club
The Dome in Brum, the student nights were incredible
Legends in Northampton, I spent most of my student loan there even though it was £1 a drink.
more memories for the Glesga crew, from my student days
Tin Pan Alley!
The Volcano (as featured in trainspotting)
and, anyone remember that one on sauchiehall st that I think is now the garage or was velvet rooms, had an amazing laser show, closed about 1992 though....
London-
gotta be Chemical brothers at the heavenly social..
regarding turnmills, has anyone ever entered and left by the same exit on consecutive visits? they seemed to mix it up just to confuse the punters.
Jacqueline's in Ross
Gas in Cheltenham
Kandi Klub in Brizzle
Dome in Brum
Once went to the 'U-club' in Frankfurt, that was memorable for being so shite! The beer was flat and overpriced, you couldn't move, the staff were uber-rude as were alot of the punters, we had to clear off before we started knocking heads together 😡
For some reason I never made it to the Omen club in the same city tho, regret that a bit...
Anyone go to the Orbit versus Omen weekends??
In Plymouth:
The original Candy Store / Ritzy's
JFKs
Both on student nights. Awesome times
Rusty Spanner - Looking at your itinerary there, I'm pretty sure we must have bumped into each other at some point fella 🙂
Gods Kitchen at The Sanctuary in Brum
Bakers over 5-Ways in Brum
The Dome in Brum
I'm surprised we havn't met before that night ride.
What was that night called in bakers that Dave Pearce played at every week? I think it was a Saturday night. I used to go to that every week without fail at one point.
A couple of years later I was in Rosie's in Sutton Coldfield at least 3 times a week. That was a proper sticky carpet club but good fun.
Hacienda
Spider Galaxy in Zurich
Labyrinth in Zurich
I_Ache, no idea of the name of the night but I know my mate was called something rather rude by Mr Pearce for putting his pint on the DJ booth. Those nights were very hazy.
banshee in manchester
and some place called zodiac in oxford
i forgot
TNT in Manchester about 14 year ago
Atomic Jam at the Que Club in Birmingham
Orbit in Morley
Sanctuary in Milton Keynes
Bowlers in Manchester
A night we put on in Bentham Town Hall.
🙂