The best coming of age 21 and under club of the eighties.... The parking lot was cramped and the admission price was expensive (for the time) and the club often became very crowded on weekends after 10PM. A very large club, held about 1500 people. Shellys Longton Stoke-On-Trent, UK. Xanadu Asbury Park, NJ. Bram Stoker curtains draped the walls.
On their "regular" club nights, staff dances were the norm, along with killer drink specials and the occasional pizza slice specials from their kitchen. SPIT was the alternative side to the Uncle Sam's disco. 1235 Miami Beach, Fl. Legendary Chicago club where DJ Frankie Knuckles spun from 1977 to 1982. Some really great cover bands played there back then. He didn't win but is trying to make a movie and thinks what he did with the disco was a benefit to society, an expression of freedom. Cold Water Twin Lobster Tails. Tuesday night is disco and mixed 80s sounds, anywhere from Expose to Gloria Gaynor. The Upstage Pittsburgh, PA. 1980 till present. Strip clubs in king of prussian. Please check out the submission page. Gatsby's/Finney Bones Phoenix, Arizona. At that time Debbie Jacobs' "Hot Hot, Give It All You Got" was the line dance choice for those on the floor and it was hilarious to see people dance in step to the song. Early underground club; artsy and "Euro". Club Encore Renton, WA.
Black Pepper Gravy, Brisket Hash, Two Eggs Any Style. I remember it as punk rock mecca with it's packed and sweaty slampit and constant fistfights between the Suicidals, The Lads and the skinheads. There Was everything your heart could desire in a danceclub and more, and I miss all of you too! Zodiac New York, NY. Strip clubs in king of prussia. Later (post'91ish) the New Goth Contingent (no longer "Batcave" I assume)hit the city and other clubs opened for them. The alternative clubs were dark and they had a majority of cold lights like blue. "HEAVENS" and "ODYSSEY" is a Gay it is frequent by all kinds of people. WREX was the hottest game in town at its peak, I know because I was notorius for being "The Door Lady from Wrex". Not the usual Hoodrats infesting the Gentlemen's clubs near in and around Philadelphia.
Choose Naked, BBQ or Buffalo. The owners changed from a bar disco to the teen approach because their clientelle was African Americans and.. hookers, and since there were not sufficient numbers of either of those in Boise they changed it to a teen non-alcohol format. The Sound Factory N. y., NY. Uncle Sam's Niagara Falls, Canada. Studio 54 of the mid-80s; a block down from SCREAM. It was really popular, but had to reinvent itself several times.
It didn't really catch on... - Power Tools Houston, TX. Later changed it's name to the London Underground, if memory serves. After hours with very serious desperate types, hardcore village bar people, degenerate newsies and jazz musicians, hipsters when hipsterism was dangerous. We're all probably close to his age now! Lots of celebrities pretending not to be/and club-goers that didn't care anyway. Hottest party on Saturday nights for the predominately Hispanic, late teens & early 20s urban NYC crowd. The Fineline Tucson, AZ. Vanilla Ice Cream, Smoked Caramel Sauce, Candied Pecans, Maraschino Cherry. Need to give Funky Monkey a call?
The Bayou Baton rouge, LA. Good industrial/goth/trance club. Oh my god----I used to go here many weekends while in college at Uni of Oregon. But also don't expect a quiet afternoon atmosphere at 11pm Thursday night. They were open well after 2:00 am, and sold popsicles. And can't forget about all those to all party animals from Ohio to Mich. Party on...! I think his name was Donald and he kept up a steady stream of Tones on Tail, Ministry, Cure, ABC, Stephen Tin Tin Duffy and so on.