citydreams
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I heard you still dance to it in your hush puppies
Gossips, Dean Street: let's have your memories!
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I still have that old rope dangling from my bedroom ceiling for just such occasions.
citydreams
on the road again
Still going http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/london/event/gazs-rockin-blues/at/st-moritz/
Gaz was DJing at Big Chill Bar last weekend playing only dead bands.
Gaz was DJing at Big Chill Bar last weekend playing only dead bands.
Ed's article on Gossips is what actually introduced me to Urban, after a Google session to find out what happened to the place.
I only went there once, in about 2003/4 on a weeknight, it was dead, but fucking brilliant. It was rather cavernous, tatty and basement like and I was surprised such a place existed in Soho. And with a name like "Gossips" I expected it to be totally shit in a kind of 18-30 way, but circa 1987, but it was a great place.
A good while later, I went back with some pals, but it had been all tarted up and changed to some kind of shitty glossy bar type thing with no soul. I don't remember what it was called then, maybe it was still under the "Gossips" moniker. It's a shame, as it was a good venue that was quite big.
Editor, the Batcave club night started in Brixton didn't it??? I only know of it because it was an early hangout for the largely forgotten band Flesh For Lulu. Did you ever have any run in's with them???
What is Gossips used for now??? I mean that big basement area is some prime real estate, I hope it isn't just sitting there doing nothing.
I only went there once, in about 2003/4 on a weeknight, it was dead, but fucking brilliant. It was rather cavernous, tatty and basement like and I was surprised such a place existed in Soho. And with a name like "Gossips" I expected it to be totally shit in a kind of 18-30 way, but circa 1987, but it was a great place.
A good while later, I went back with some pals, but it had been all tarted up and changed to some kind of shitty glossy bar type thing with no soul. I don't remember what it was called then, maybe it was still under the "Gossips" moniker. It's a shame, as it was a good venue that was quite big.
Editor, the Batcave club night started in Brixton didn't it??? I only know of it because it was an early hangout for the largely forgotten band Flesh For Lulu. Did you ever have any run in's with them???
What is Gossips used for now??? I mean that big basement area is some prime real estate, I hope it isn't just sitting there doing nothing.
G’day Mick and Editor
Hard to image we didn’t meet at some point during those heady days, or rather nights, as I rarely left Soho during the 80’s! For much of the decade I worked in Soho sex shops (mostly Walkers Crt) and a beer at either Gossips, the Marquee or the St Moritz, often all three, after shutting shop was the norm.
I’d usually hook up with staff from the Marquee, many of whom also worked at Gossips – Martini and Helen McCourt spring to mind. Marquee security guy Chuck was another friend who either promoted a night or DJ’d at Gossips if memory serves.
I’ve dug up a few photos from the time but cant seem to post em here.
Hard to image we didn’t meet at some point during those heady days, or rather nights, as I rarely left Soho during the 80’s! For much of the decade I worked in Soho sex shops (mostly Walkers Crt) and a beer at either Gossips, the Marquee or the St Moritz, often all three, after shutting shop was the norm.
I’d usually hook up with staff from the Marquee, many of whom also worked at Gossips – Martini and Helen McCourt spring to mind. Marquee security guy Chuck was another friend who either promoted a night or DJ’d at Gossips if memory serves.
I’ve dug up a few photos from the time but cant seem to post em here.
editor
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Good to hear from you. I went to a Quireboys gig a few weeks back and met up with a few of the old faces.
JetJames
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JetJames
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Quireboys where cool, I used to hang out with Nigel Mogg at Gossips back then, Nigel get in touch if around mate, also looking for Chris Paris who was a guitarist in Pterodactl Presley with me for a while, good mates - but lost contact over the years. Cheers, Steve H.Good to hear from you. I went to a Quireboys gig a few weeks back and met up with a few of the old faces.
editor
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Nig is on Facebook - look him up!
JetJames
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Thanx mate
Matty collins
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Thanks to whoever put this forum up. I'm micks son and love finding out about my dad's history 
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editor
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Good to hear from you Matty! Say hello to Mick from me.Thanks to whoever put this forum up. I'm micks son and love finding out about my dad's history
AlexanderUK
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tamihardclub
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I studied in London in the fall of 1990 and lived for Wednesday nights at Gossips for Hard Club 90. Does anyone know where Turx, Cindy, John, Ford and my favorite goth boys Alan and Anthony are now?
editor
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Ah, I remember the old office well, where Mick counted his millions!
tamihardclub
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I have lots of amazing photos from December 1990 at Hard Club as well and will scan some to post. Editor, who are you, did you go to Hard Club and do you know the people I mentioned? Turx was a bartender and dated Cindy from Chicago.
Philip Knight
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Possibly the same Alan who is now one of the Organisers of Torture Garden but ran Goth night Psycho at Gossips around 1990?
I don't know what happened to Lenny who promoted the Hard Club or any of the others.
Philip Knight
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The article left out Severin's Kiss the fetish night which ran monthly at Gossips during the early 1990's:
Lenny from the Hard Club (Teresa Orlowski) also used to DJ on some of our nights.
Lenny from the Hard Club (Teresa Orlowski) also used to DJ on some of our nights.
Johnny Canuck3
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editor
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The Royal George was one odd pub. Garishly lit and not even slightly rock and roll, but there'd always been an ample quota of coiffured rockers there.
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