by Blaster » Fri Dec 19, 2003 6:24 am
Here's some of my memories!!
I also went to Malibu on Long Island. The Halloween Parties were fun. Other Long Island Clubs :
"Spit" was a slight notch above Malibu, but on most weekends initially it was not Spit, but "Uncle Sams" & played more mainstream dance music.
On the nights it was "Spit" the Uncle Sames lights were off, interior design changes, The front entrance closed, & the Rear entrance was lit up & became the "Front" of Spit, kinda cool.
"BeBop" was also a good scene in the early 80's. It was located on the lower level of "Escapes" disco. Upstairs was a disco, & Downstairs was also a large new wave club. The bottom was dark, & it was funny to climb the stairs to "visit" the well lit White Disco, & then back down into BeBop... I still have a postcard from Escapes advertizing a night that a relatively unknown "Madonna" would be performing there...
There weas also a club called "Reds" across from Spit for a while. It was OK but didn't last too long.
In New Jersey...
The Meadowbrook in Cedar Grove was a Huge club into cutting edge music of the time. It was a ballroom in the 20's & 30's. Many 80's acts played there.
Aldo's Hideaway in Lyndhurst was a small club but had a great music scene. I was actually there about 6 years ago & they still had a weekend night of 80's style new music. Don't know if they are still hanging on.
The "Soap Factory" in Palisades Park was a very Early new music scene club (78-80). It was actually a "Soap Factory" at one time. They started out as a disco in the 70's, & there was even a syndicated "Soap Factory Disco" TV show on for a few years. Clips from the show are still used occasionally on VH-1 & similar retrospective shows. I probably first got turned on to many then "unkown, import & independent" artists like Gary Neuman, New Musik ("Straight Lines"), Mi-Sex, The Rubinoos, The Records, Face Dancer, STIFF Artists, ect at the Soap Factory.
In NYC
There was Privates between about 1978-1980/81. It was a really cool Large club on the upper east side, & many artists would go there themselves. Revillos, Blue Angel & loads more were always at the bar or wherever.......