Dublins Best Ever Club (Updated)

Táck · 29-11-2009 01:53AM #1

seeing as its been 3 years since the last poll, and the last poll was more aimed the older crowds clubs, i thought i'd update the list and give it a go again.

please tick the club that you think was or is the best in dublin. not just a flash in the pan good night, but a club that has or had delivered an unforgettable nights or days to you, more then enough times to remember.

i think i've got them all, no doubt someone will pick one or two that i missed. i could only pick 25!

ive included a few before and afters as well, like the tbmc and button factory. imo, they are different. you can leave the walls but once you change the decor, you change the ambiance and once you change that, the night changes. sometimes for the best, sometimes not.

maybe as well, count up how many you've been to. only since i've looked at the poll before i post made me think of so many good nights ive had out!

oh and seeing as over the last 3 years, The Waterfront/Columbia Mills, Olympic Ballroom, The System and Shaft have totalled 2 votes, i think its safe to say they won't be challenging this time round

g5fd6ow0hseima · 29-11-2009 03:20PM

McGruders - I was in it once. It was brilliant, best pub ive ever been in. Hopefully they might open it for paddys day next year, like they did this year gone.

Executive Steve · 29-11-2009 03:33PM

Switch for the nostalgia vote, Twisted Pepper for being very objectively the best club in Dublin over the past year, Traffic for some of the best nights we ever put on, McGruders for anarchic fun...

jonny68 · 29-11-2009 03:59PM

Wheres the Olympic Ballroom and The Waterfront and The Funnel:eek: some of the clubs mentioned shouldn't even be included in that list IMO!!!

ANYWAY Sides DC was undodubtely Ireland's greatest ever club, Sides along with Sir Henrys was the first ever club to play dance music in Ireland and was the catalyst for the dance scene, week in, week out Sides DC was the place to be, unlike other clubs they rarely ever had International guests, instead thye just had resident DJ's.

The Ormond Multimedia Centre woul run Sides a close second.

petrochemical · 29-11-2009 04:53PM

The problem with Sides and The Ormond Multimedia Centre is that they were full of working-class scum.

Ddisco · 29-11-2009 05:14PM

petrochemical wrote: »

The problem with Sides and The Ormond Multimedia Centre is that they were full of working-class scum.

Is this knobjockey for real?

Nolanger · 29-11-2009 05:16PM

How come none of these 'best' clubs ever produced a world-class DJ? :rolleyes:

jonny68 · 29-11-2009 05:18PM

Ddisco wrote: »

Is this knobjockey for real?

just a troll ignore i say...

jonny68 · 29-11-2009 05:19PM

Nolanger wrote: »

How come none of these 'best' clubs ever produced a world-class DJ? :rolleyes:

what a bizzare post:eek:

stomprockin · 29-11-2009 05:25PM

petrochemical wrote: »

The problem with Sides and The Ormond Multimedia Centre is that they were full of working-class scum.

Even more Bizarre!! :eek:

Sides gets my vote

jonny68 · 29-11-2009 06:07PM

Sides DC Video taken December 1993, chances are i was there that night as i used to go pretty much every weekend back then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTTdxj5Q5eE

dubsbhoy · 29-11-2009 06:50PM

petrochemical wrote: »

The problem with Sides and The Ormond Multimedia Centre is that they were full of working-class scum.

there is no such thing as working class scum

anyway Sides DC gets my vote

The Waterfront & The beat club not in the poll but deserve a mention

FensterDJ · 29-11-2009 07:00PM

Switch was amazing, Bassbin on a friday, techno on a saturday, house on a sunday, never had a bad night in there, great crowd, great atmosphere, great music consistently, bit of a kip though but that didn't seem to bother people too much

Táck · 30-11-2009 02:04AM

jonny68 wrote: »

Wheres the Olympic Ballroom and The Waterfront and The Funnel:eek: some of the clubs mentioned shouldn't even be included in that list IMO!!!

oh and seeing as over the last 3 years, The Waterfront/Columbia Mills, Olympic Ballroom, The System and Shaft have totalled 2 votes, i think its safe to say they won't be challenging this time round

you were the originator of the original poll, 3 years ago and im pretty sure the majority of the board hadnt been to more of 2 the clubs, as per the comments in the thread.

Executive Steve · 30-11-2009 06:18AM

Nolanger wrote: »

How come none of these 'best' clubs ever produced a world-class DJ? :rolleyes:

Rubbish tbh, Bassbin alone produced four world class DJ's; granted only Zero T is still in the game fulltime on the global DnB circuit, but he's as big a name as any in modern DnB... Rohan was a very highly regarded dj in DnB circles...

Executive Steve · 30-11-2009 06:19AM

Táck wrote: »

you were the originator of the original poll, 3 years ago and im pretty sure the majority of the board hadnt been to more of 2 the clubs, as per the comments in the thread.

The Funnel deserves a mention though.. Had some proper mental nights in there...

Táck · 30-11-2009 09:14AM

Well vote for it in posts then, if it's the clear winner people will still see it. If you and Johnny Are the only voters it looks like the pod and or tripod was and is better! Ha!

jtsuited · 30-11-2009 09:15AM

i remember when i was 17 going to bassbin in switch with a load of people i had just met in college. much as i'm not a fan of dnb, the bassbin guys certainly knew how to do it in there. Had a great night.

Zascar · 30-11-2009 12:53PM

I'm too young to remember most of the really old skool clubs - but I do wish I could have experienced what so many people talk about nearly years on. I voted for the RedBox. It was the first proper club I went to when i was 18 - I still to this day remember how excited was walking up those metal steps and walking into the main room and feeling the bass of that fantastic Turbosound system. For a good few years afterwards it was my staple – I went there all the time. I also went to plenty of others like POD, Mono, Switch, Kitchen, Temple, etc etc – but none have lasting memories like the RedBox. Whether it be big name superstar DJ’s or even just the residents, we always had a great time there. I didn’t even drink back in those days I’d be driving and just have a couple of redbulls, but still danced almost every minute I was in the place.

Executive Steve · 30-11-2009 02:15PM

Voted for Switch, after much soul searching...

The only club I ever came across that you could go literally go to 7 nights a week and it would always be great, and definitely the place where i probably lost more braincells than any other club ever...

djhaxman · 30-11-2009 05:52PM

Glad to see a few votes for the Temple of Sound. Being from the sticks originally I didn't get to Sides or the Asylum but heard great things about them. I had my 21st birthday in the Temple of Sound though, Stuart McMillan from Slam played a great set that night (what I can remember of it

) so that place will always be one of my favourites.

Tripod isn't anywhere near as good as the old Red Box, the sound in there used to be unreal, it was the best rig in the country imo.

djhaxman · 30-11-2009 05:59PM

Oh, and I want to give a mention to the Metropolitan, they used to get some really big names in there and we had some great times, the first night Speedy J played he took up nearly half the club with all his equipment! He played Krekc too so that was me happy out.

Some great nights in there and the atmosphere was class for such a small venue. When Electric City moved to Wax it wasn't the same, I hated that place.

D Audio Tripper · 30-11-2009 09:43PM

The Temple Theatre for me, it shaped a generation. Had some of the best nights of my life in there and met some of the coolest people, 1500+ people every wkend going nuts with an atmosphere second to none at the time

The old Redbox deserves a mention, it was so packed one night it was like a sauna inside, like it was pissing rain with everyone's condensation and sweat dripping from the roof.. pretty sick, but at the time no one cared, made for a better vibe if anything - I'll never forget that night!! Savage sound system as well

Also Club Mono, widened my musical tastes - always a nice relaxed vibe in there too

Last but not least, McGrudders definitely deserves a mention.. well 'Mixed Salad' to be precise. Anyone who's been will understand

dubsbhoy · 30-11-2009 10:50PM

Then there was the Irne ( i think thats the spelling, what a dump)

The Mansion House - (Great venue, great system - crap music)

Does anyone remember the owenr of the olympic ? he used to go around in a tux? looked like something of the munsters.......scard the fucck outta me

jonny68 · 30-11-2009 11:01PM

dubsbhoy wrote: »

Then there was the Irne ( i think thats the spelling, what a dump)

The Mansion House - (Great venue, great system - crap music)

Does anyone remember the owenr of the olympic ? he used to go around in a tux? looked like something of the munsters.......scard the fucck outta me

i dunno what nite you went to at The Mansion House mate but the msic there was amazing, one of the very few places to play Rave/Hardcore at that time at one of their few Raves until the Lord Mayor at that time copped onto exactly what these nites really were

dubsbhoy · 30-11-2009 11:04PM

jonny68 wrote: »

i dunno what nite you went to at The Mansion House mate but the msic there was amazing, one of the very few places to play Rave/Hardcore at that time at one of their few Raves until the Lord Mayor at that time copped onto exactly what these nites really were

If you were into rave and happy hardcore then you were in the right place, remember the bomb scare there when 2 unlimited played? - that freaked a lot of people out

a147pro · 01-12-2009 01:10AM

Switch for the debauchery. Was anyone there the night Underworld played the Point? Jesus they absolutely rammed the place that night, Fire regulations burnt up. Everyone was doing drugs everywhere, they served till around 4.30 and then did take out. I came home about a week later.

Kitchen on a Tuesday was when I first got properly into techno. Vodka promotion, you could literally have a full night out for around £15, without drugs. £3 in with a flyer, which included a free curry (!) followed by 2 quadruple vodkas. Nightlink home. Jesus. Great music. Pretty sure I p*ssed in the river a few times. Sorry if that ruins it for anyone.

But the best was the Red Box, simply for the venue. When full with the right person playing it was just unbelievable, perfect setting for a DJ in a club (the only place I've ever been better was the End in London), amazing sound system. I remember being there one night, Johnny Moy warming up. Had been in since early enough but the place was just starting to ram and I was walking accross the floor looking for people during the night, I remember him playing tracks like Da Funk and Rollin and Scratching, people loving them, then walking through the crowd as the bass kicked in in It Doesn't Matter by the Chemical Brothers, the connection between the bass and the crowd was mad. Think Digweed played later and finished up with Kym Mazelle, Was that all it was, from the second Renaissance CD, which more or less got me in to proper dance music and it was amazing to hear it then. Being up in the balcony for a live PA by Laurent Garnier, watching him play the breakdown in crispy bacon twice and seeing it literally tear up the floor below me...

Like someone above, I'll always remember the bass passing through you as you walked on the stairs outside, unbelieveable.

Táck · 01-12-2009 04:54AM

tis interesting to see everyones opinion about the best clubs and everyone is indeed entitled to their opinion. but its funny to see pod and or tripod winning it but yet nobody mentioning any good particular night there. apart from the voting, the redbox, switch the temple and the kitchen seem to be the leaders.

maybe the younger members of the board are keeping quiet becasue after they look thru the list they realise that the pod and or tripod is probably the only club they could vote for.

francois · 01-12-2009 10:32AM

dubsbhoy wrote: »

Then there was the Irne ( i think thats the spelling, what a dump)

The Mansion House - (Great venue, great system - crap music)

Does anyone remember the owenr of the olympic ? he used to go around in a tux? looked like something of the munsters.......scard the fucck outta me

his name was Liam Ryan-odd chap, his background was in the old showband promotion thing

geuro · 01-12-2009 10:37AM

i voted for the Kitchen - a great club - but I would have voted for the Funnel if it was on the list..

dubsbhoy · 01-12-2009 11:40AM

Táck wrote: »

tis interesting to see everyones opinion about the best clubs and everyone is indeed entitled to their opinion. but its funny to see pod and or tripod winning it but yet nobody mentioning any good particular night there. apart from the voting, the redbox, switch the temple and the kitchen seem to be the leaders.

maybe the younger members of the board are keeping quiet becasue after they look thru the list they realise that the pod and or tripod is probably the only club they could vote for.

I got asked to leave the pod one night for........."Dangerous Dancing"

Hated the place after that, it's not like i was waving around two shotguns, didn't even touch off another clubber........I hate bouncers with a passion.

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