Batcave (club), the Glossary
The Batcave was a weekly club-night launched at 69 Dean Street in central London in 1982.[1]
Table of Contents
46 relations: Alexander McQueen, Alien Sex Fiend, Bauhaus (band), Brilliant (band), Christian Dior, Dark cabaret, Dean Street, Deathrock, Do it yourself, Electronic music, Fashion Institute of Technology, Foetus (band), Garage rock, Gargoyle Club, Glam rock, Goth subculture, Gothic rock, Jimmy Pursey, Jon Klein (musician), List of industrial music genres, London Recordings, Marc Almond, Metropolis Records, New wave music, Nick Cave, Nightclub, No wave, Olli Wisdom, Patti Palladin, Post-punk, Psychedelic music, Punk rock, Reggae, Robert Smith (musician), Rockabilly, Rupert Thomson, Sex Gang Children, Siouxsie Sioux, Soho, Sounds (magazine), Specimen (band), Steven Severin, Synth-pop, Test Dept, The Cure, The Face (magazine).
- Club nights
- Former music venues in London
- Goth venues
- New wave music
Alexander McQueen
Lee Alexander McQueen (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier.
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Alien Sex Fiend
Alien Sex Fiend are an English gothic rock band, formed in London in 1982. Batcave (club) and Alien Sex Fiend are 1982 establishments in England and goth subculture.
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Bauhaus (band)
Bauhaus were an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978.
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Brilliant (band)
Brilliant were a British pop/rock group active in the 1980s.
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Christian Dior
Christian Ernest Dior (21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE.
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Dark cabaret
Dark cabaret is a musical genre that draws on the aesthetics of burlesque, vaudeville and Weimar-era cabaret, with live performances that borrow from the stylings of goth and punk.
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Dean Street
Dean Street is a street in Soho, central London, running from Oxford Street south to Shaftesbury Avenue.
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Deathrock
Deathrock (or death rock) is a rock music subgenre incorporating horror elements and gothic theatrics. Batcave (club) and Deathrock are goth subculture.
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Do it yourself
"Do it yourself" ("DIY") is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things by oneself without the direct aid of professionals or certified experts.
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Electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation.
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Fashion Institute of Technology
The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) is a public college in New York City.
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Foetus (band)
Foetus is a solo musical project of Australian musician JG Thirlwell.
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Garage rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals.
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Gargoyle Club
The Gargoyle Club was a private club on the upper floors of 69 Dean Street, Soho, London, at the corner with Meard Street.
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Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by male musicians who wore flamboyant and feminine clothing, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter, and female musicians who wore masculine clothing.
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Goth subculture
Goth is a music-based subculture that began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s.
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Gothic rock
Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. Batcave (club) and Gothic rock are goth subculture.
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Jimmy Pursey
James Timothy Pursey (born 9 February 1955) is an English rock musician.
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Jon Klein (musician)
Jonathan David Klein (born 9 April 1960) known professionally as Jon Klein and sometimes as John Kline, is an English guitarist and producer, best known for being a member of Siouxsie and the Banshees for seven years, from 1987 until 1994.
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List of industrial music genres
Industrial music is a form of experimental music which emerged in the 1970s.
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London Recordings
London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent.
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Marc Almond
Peter Mark "Marc" Almond (born 9 July 1957) is an English singer best known from the synth-pop/new wave duo Soft Cell and for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image.
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Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records is a record label founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1993 by the late Dave Heckman.
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New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s.
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Nick Cave
Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, writer and actor.
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Nightclub
A nightclub is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment.
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No wave
No wave was an avant-garde music genre and visual art scene that emerged in the late 1970s in Downtown New York City.
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Olli Wisdom
Oliver John Wisdom (8 March 1958 – 23 August 2021) was a British Goa and psy trance musician, and clothing producer, who lived in London.
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Patti Palladin
Patti Palladin is an American singer and musician of the punk rock and post-punk / new wave genres.
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Post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of music that emerged in 1977 in the wake of punk rock.
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Psychedelic music
Psychedelic music (sometimes called psychedelia) is a wide range of popular music styles and genres influenced by 1960s psychedelia, a subculture of people who used psychedelic drugs such as DMT, LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin mushrooms, to experience synesthesia and altered states of consciousness.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.
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Reggae
Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.
Robert Smith (musician)
Robert James Smith (born 21 April 1959) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and the co-founder, lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the Cure, an alternative rock band formed in 1978. Batcave (club) and Robert Smith (musician) are goth subculture.
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Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music.
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Rupert Thomson
Rupert Thomson, FRSL (born November 5, 1955) is an English writer.
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Sex Gang Children
Sex Gang Children are an early gothic rock and post-punk band that formed in early 1982 in Brixton in London, England.
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Siouxsie Sioux
Susan Janet Ballion (born 27 May 1957), known professionally as Siouxsie Sioux, is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
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Soho
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster in the West End of London.
Sounds (magazine)
Sounds was a UK weekly pop/rock music newspaper, published from 10 October 1970 to 6 April 1991.
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Specimen (band)
Specimen are a British band founded in the 1980s.
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Steven Severin
Steven Severin (born Steven John Bailey; 25 September 1955) is an English songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer.
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Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument.
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Test Dept
Test Dept, sometimes credited as Test Department is a British industrial music group from London, England, that was one of the most important and influential early industrial music acts.
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The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex.
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The Face (magazine)
The Face is a British music, fashion, and culture monthly magazine originally published from 1980 to 2004, and relaunched in 2019.
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See also
Club nights
- Bang Face
- Batcave (club)
- Beat cinema
- Blow Up (club night)
- Bootie (club night)
- Death Guild
- Dirty Water Club
- Electrowerkz
- F Club
- Le Phonographique
- Megatripolis
- Nag Nag Nag
- Numbers (record label)
- Percolate (clubbing brand)
- Propaganda (indie club night)
- Starkers!
- The Warehouse Project
- Vague (club)
- Wonderland (event)
Former music venues in London
- Batcave (club)
- Bull & Gate
- Dingwalls
- Earls Court Exhibition Centre
- Fishmongers Arms
- George IV, Brixton
- Hammersmith Palais
- Harringay Arena
- Kingsway Hall
- London Arena
- The 2i's Coffee Bar
- The Camden Head
- The Clarendon Hotel, Hammersmith
- The Establishment (club)
- The Kashmir Klub
- The Old Vic Tunnels
- The Roxy (Covent Garden)
- The Speakeasy Club
- Wembley Stadium (1923)
- Windsor Castle, Maida Vale
Goth venues
- Batcave (club)
- Death Guild
- Electrowerkz
- F Club
- Le Phonographique
- Phantasy Theater
- QXT's Nightclub
- The Castle (Ybor City)
- Xmortis
New wave music
- 2 tone
- 40 Watt Club
- 77: The Year of Punk and New Wave
- Batcave (club)
- Blitz Kids
- CBGB
- Club Babyhead
- Cold wave (music)
- Dark wave
- Heatwave (festival)
- Kino discography
- Lost 80's Live
- Metropolis Video
- Minimal wave
- Mod revival
- Neo (nightclub)
- Neue Deutsche Welle
- New Romantic
- New Wave Theatre
- New York Rocker
- New wave music
- New wave music in Yugoslavia
- New wave of new wave
- O'Banion's
- Second British Invasion
- Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (film)
- Sophisti-pop
- Synthesizer
- The Roxy (Covent Garden)
- Two-tone (music genre)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batcave_(club)
Also known as Batcave (London nightclub), Batcave club (Soho, London), Batcaver.