I was here from day one June 88', the strawberry flavoured smoke, one green strobe light, ceiling and walls dripping with sweat and last but not least Dj Colin Faver absolutely smashing the fuck out of DA POSSE - THE GROOVE. dancefloor missile if ever there was one. Crowd got instantly wiped out! No survivors.. What a tune, what a rave, what a night. Nothing comes close! Priceless ❤️🎶❤️
I loved this man from the first moment I saw The Shamen. Unfortunately (he doesn't care at all), so many people know about The Shamen without knowing how huge a legend and star Mr C is. I somehow missed his gigs whenever he came into my city in the late '90s and early 2000s. And I went on tons of them back then. I hope I will see him next time before he starts his acting career. :) He is just pure GOLD; there is no one like him!!! Cheers!
I think a little more needs to be understood about this argument between who did what first, London or Manchester? Yes, Manchester was one of the first places that played 'house' music at a club or party (or where ever) and Mike Pickering/Hacienda are responsible for the introduction of 'some' of the music around '86 but they were also playing other stuff on those nights that had nothing to do with 'house' music. You could say because of their roots with 'black' music (ie; Northern Soul) that some of the more soulful stuff was being played but there was no 'scene' happening up there. Ecstasy and House were separated from one another and it was only after the guys came back from Ibiza that a 'scene' started to develop after what they had experienced with their introduction to Ecstasy and the DJ Alfredo in Ibiza, Summer of '87 (Trevor Fung was out there the in '86, which is why they went in '87 for Paul Oakenfold's birthday, on his recommendation). Alfredo played music in a non-typical way that we weren't used to in the UK and that's what lit the flame. Also, none of this was exclusive to either Manchester or London. From my own experience, i come from Brighton, which has always been deeply embedded with its own music culture's that included a lot of 'black' music. We used to go to Blues parties and had a big reggae culture in the mid 80's (just like Bristol or Birmingham for example) and it was places and people like ourselves (because we had been into 'black' music and had a rife drug cultures) that we first heard House music and took Ecstasy as well, around the start of the summer of '87. I first to a pill around September of '87 but it had no association with House, at that time. This was happening all over the UK within small pockets, not just London and Manchester. It was those places and people that got it first. Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester (and many, many more place's all around the UK) were all on it, so to speak... We knew nothing of Danny and the boys experience's in Ibiza '87 but we were also kicking in doors of old house's in the early part of '88, more or less at exactly the same time as in London. Probably unknowingly (because of the connection with London) we weren't very far behind, and that was not exclusive to neither London nor Manchester. If you were into drug's and music at the time you would have some kind of introduction to it, wherever you were and that's why it gathered so much speed, so quickly.
Wacky races @ clink, Brainstorm @ kings cross and slaughterhouse @ Smithfield’s were my 3 first parties in June 88…..then became a regular at RIP (ESP))) all word of mouth. That was a great summer.I was working in Bermondsey too…
For those who dont know this exact place where RIP parties began in 88' , I was partying here in 86' when it was called After Hours run by the owner of The Wag Club, Chris Sullivan...
Supper cool to finally get some coverage of the history of dance music. I have been raving since 2009 but would have loved to have been a part of the scene that early.. if only I had been born already haha. Anyways I'm a college student now and I rote a report on your kick starter campaign. Great project guys and I hope it takes off so I can learn more about the history of the scene I love so much.
+Resolution Radiotv Hi, what's the progress on this now then, mate? Also, shame the crowd funding failed for the We Call It Acid film too. What is wrong with people? ;)
Yeah that was a shame wasn't it. I tried to help out with the promo and offered some suggestions but to be honest both our and there crowdfunding failed because asking folk to pay for something they wont get for ages is a bit much in my option. The Mr.C documentary is slow and steady due to Mr.C being in a different country every weekend. We have also been working on a few other projects such as a short film about beatport fraud and a music video for Rui Da Silva. We have been doing another documentary about the trials and tribulations of running an underground event where we follow a brand in Teesside for a year. That is looking really good because we caught lots of great moments such as a guy called Gerald cutting his finger off and drugs scandal. Keep an eye out :)
Logistically it was difficult so I moved onto something else which is nearly done facebook.com/adammcloughlinphotography/videos/497113453966451/?hc_ref=ARTOO6IR-TutXY0MmaF2IOLHqzK46QGKQI61hbaEj3wWHKvcM5r9l8_I_I6u8Uzf4tQ
@@billmarsh1971 Learn about the music and not only the wellknown classics. U have to see the whole picture. It´s not that linear. U can´t say everything from Detroit was techno and everything from Chicago is house. Detroit definitely released house tracks in the 80´s and Chicago definitely released techno tracks in the 80´s. Dig deep and u will discover!!
mr "c" seems to have forgotton Tunnel Club - at that s-hole the Mitre off Blackwall Tunnell.. which in classic style ended with a massive raid .. helicopters and shutting down the blackwall tunnel whiles "old bill" kicked in the back of speaker cabinets.
Mr C's talking out of his arse: The HAC opened in 1982... Mike Pickering imported the Black music of Chicago/Detroit long before it ever hit the shores of the Thames. The north - particularly the northwest - is, always has, and probably always will be the epicenter of the musical universe!
@@jasonbrown825 No shit... but he's also inferring London-his neck.of the woods in particular-is where the Acid House revolution was spawned; an urban myth of epic proportions!
Yea we know Manchester had a scene mate No one’s denying that... arguing over who started it first is bit silly though as we Wer all originals there from the start.... mr c just talking from his heart and his love for the London scene he probably loves Manchester too
59 years old and lucky enough to have attended both the Hacienda and RIP at Clink Street. What you have to remember is the Hacienda was a legal licensed club and RIP was an illegal Acid House party. The Hacienda was a well run venue and not dissimilar to other venues of that time. The music policy, attendees and venue were tame in comparison to the unadulterated madness and anarchy of a night out in Clink Street. It's like trying to compare chalk with cheese.
Agreed, but this club played the dirty edgy acieed is what i think he's getting at. Pickering was one of the first dj's to play house/garage in the uk.
Resolution Radiotv The hac played Balearic, chicago, even hip hop. R.I.P played straight up 303 squelch all night long! It was more edgier, and illegal ha.
I can remember this north vs south debate raging in the style mags at the time. But! I love this footage, this party looks fucking mental. No woodentops or Chris Rea, that's for sure. To any mancs watching this, this footage doesn't half remind me of The House (RIP) , Konspiracy (especially Salford's room upstairs) and...sheds a tear....the Thunderdome? Oh and to way into the north vs south debate...didn't the hac tour America in 87, playing house to a bewildered black, gay audience?
It sounded like he said that the Hacienda opened in 1987 & was more mainstream. That's odd because as I've read, it opened in 1982 & was mostly a place that concentrated on underground/indie/electronic music, so where he got those ideas, I haven't a clue. What he said has genuinely confused me as I always thought that he appeared to be knowledgeable about these kinds of scenes, especially underground dance music........ Perhaps he immediately realised his mistake because he adds that Hacienda was indie and not acid house, which is a fair assumption but actually it was both and had nights that played House Music, including Acid House, before The Second Summer Of Love. (I was in on the London side of it in 1988, so I can only comment about that with experience/1st-hand knowledge) Then again the north & south have always had this weird competitive thing going on, which I've never understood. Anyway, I'm a bit disappointed by those words. I'm a big boy, though: I'll get over it, ha ha ha ha! ;-)
@@SimonfromAus - Well, ok then. You assuredness is interesting, considering that you don't personally know me or that I was in fact going to Acid House parties in London in 1988. The internet, eh folks? = Ho hum.
@@turnipjuice2626 - Ha ha ha, quite..... I guess it might be a bit different for me because I didn't take drugs back in 1988 when I began going to the Acid do's. ;-)
this is soooooooooooooo wrong, the raves started in Blackburn in 1987!!!! not london in 88 like they claim, there where clubs all over the north west in late 87 early 88 playing house / acid. i was 14 when i sneaked into a club called The Bassment in Birkenhead in mid 88.. its not a London thing as much as they want to claim it
Best times . Still got all the flyer's. Thousands of em.
Mr C is a Priest preaching the gospel of Rave, bringing it to the masses, serving communion.
The last time I went for live music was Mr. C in San Antonio, TX Feb 2020. Good time!
Colin Faver, Trevor Fung, Mr C, British Acid legends. Clink st and Spectrum were the greatest nights ever. Get right on one matey 🙂🙃
I remember this place when you walked in was like a sauna, tge walls was wet and it was litrally dripping from the ceiling, truely amazing times 👍
There was a club in Northampton called Legends, that had a sweaty dripping ceiling. Loved it.
It used to rain in the basement at Vox in Brixton too
A legend in Acid house..huge ego and throughly nice geezer.RIP @Clink st SE1 and The End @ West Central st WC2 ...Glorious times
This to me was when that acid sound was first heard, I partied hard for 28 years that place has a special place in my heart x
Amen....lol
Give us a story
More Mr C !!
Come back!!!
You inspire you legend!
I was here from day one June 88', the strawberry flavoured smoke, one green strobe light, ceiling and walls dripping with sweat and last but not least Dj Colin Faver absolutely smashing the fuck out of DA POSSE - THE GROOVE. dancefloor missile if ever there was one. Crowd got instantly wiped out! No survivors.. What a tune, what a rave, what a night. Nothing comes close! Priceless ❤️🎶❤️
I loved this man from the first moment I saw The Shamen. Unfortunately (he doesn't care at all), so many people know about The Shamen without knowing how huge a legend and star Mr C is. I somehow missed his gigs whenever he came into my city in the late '90s and early 2000s. And I went on tons of them back then.
I hope I will see him next time before he starts his acting career. :)
He is just pure GOLD; there is no one like him!!! Cheers!
This guy could/can DJ. Mr C and Eddie Richards were the best beatmixers on vinyl money could buy
Evil Eddie?
mr c is a dj, producer, label owner, pop star, business man and a true ambassador for bangin toons
He had a great club in West Central St..The End.With Layo Pushkin.Richard West..shine on you crazy diamond💎
@@rhythm2mysoul. = Eddie Richards, yeah.
:-)
Add me to that list I was DJing at clink Street DJ Easy P exactly that’s where it all started Chicago 1986
Ees + house music = ecstasy ❤
I just saw Mr. C! Like 2 weeks ago! Fantastic!
Nutty’d out here, and Shoom (fitness centre) that summer, also Heaven down the arches at C Cross that summer.
Proper went off TTKK
Great to hear his take on the scene, this is like a dance music history walking tour of London! Awesome
I was there mad days ☺️👍👌
Richard is such a lovely bloke.
Rip colin faver
I think a little more needs to be understood about this argument between who did what first, London or Manchester? Yes, Manchester was one of the first places that played 'house' music at a club or party (or where ever) and Mike Pickering/Hacienda are responsible for the introduction of 'some' of the music around '86 but they were also playing other stuff on those nights that had nothing to do with 'house' music. You could say because of their roots with 'black' music (ie; Northern Soul) that some of the more soulful stuff was being played but there was no 'scene' happening up there. Ecstasy and House were separated from one another and it was only after the guys came back from Ibiza that a 'scene' started to develop after what they had experienced with their introduction to Ecstasy and the DJ Alfredo in Ibiza, Summer of '87 (Trevor Fung was out there the in '86, which is why they went in '87 for Paul Oakenfold's birthday, on his recommendation). Alfredo played music in a non-typical way that we weren't used to in the UK and that's what lit the flame. Also, none of this was exclusive to either Manchester or London. From my own experience, i come from Brighton, which has always been deeply embedded with its own music culture's that included a lot of 'black' music. We used to go to Blues parties and had a big reggae culture in the mid 80's (just like Bristol or Birmingham for example) and it was places and people like ourselves (because we had been into 'black' music and had a rife drug cultures) that we first heard House music and took Ecstasy as well, around the start of the summer of '87. I first to a pill around September of '87 but it had no association with House, at that time. This was happening all over the UK within small pockets, not just London and Manchester. It was those places and people that got it first. Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester (and many, many more place's all around the UK) were all on it, so to speak...
We knew nothing of Danny and the boys experience's in Ibiza '87 but we were also kicking in doors of old house's in the early part of '88, more or less at exactly the same time as in London. Probably unknowingly (because of the connection with London) we weren't very far behind, and that was not exclusive to neither London nor Manchester. If you were into drug's and music at the time you would have some kind of introduction to it, wherever you were and that's why it gathered so much speed, so quickly.
Whirl-y-gig has been going since the early 80s.....
You’re a friggan Legend mate!!!!
Brainstorm!!! Hahaha, good memories, and feel fortunate to have experienced it!
Wacky races @ clink, Brainstorm @ kings cross and slaughterhouse @ Smithfield’s were my 3 first parties in June 88…..then became a regular at RIP (ESP))) all word of mouth. That was a great summer.I was working in Bermondsey too…
Well I never knew that, I've been to the museum and never knew it was a rave scene. Gutted I missed out!!!
For those who dont know this exact place where RIP parties began in 88' , I was partying here in 86' when it was called After Hours run by the owner of The Wag Club, Chris Sullivan...
Wag club
Wardour
I frequented in 1992 onwards
Just missed the acid house era but caught whiff of it nonetheless
Supper cool to finally get some coverage of the history of dance music. I have been raving since 2009 but would have loved to have been a part of the scene that early.. if only I had been born already haha. Anyways I'm a college student now and I rote a report on your kick starter campaign. Great project guys and I hope it takes off so I can learn more about the history of the scene I love so much.
The kickstarter failed but a guy we never knew decided to fund the whole project so where on our way ;)
+Resolution Radiotv Hi, what's the progress on this now then, mate? Also, shame the crowd funding failed for the We Call It Acid film too. What is wrong with people? ;)
Yeah that was a shame wasn't it. I tried to help out with the promo and offered some suggestions but to be honest both our and there crowdfunding failed because asking folk to pay for something they wont get for ages is a bit much in my option. The Mr.C documentary is slow and steady due to Mr.C being in a different country every weekend. We have also been working on a few other projects such as a short film about beatport fraud and a music video for Rui Da Silva. We have been doing another documentary about the trials and tribulations of running an underground event where we follow a brand in Teesside for a year. That is looking really good because we caught lots of great moments such as a guy called Gerald cutting his finger off and drugs scandal. Keep an eye out :)
I Wonderd What Had Happend To That Film They Had A Private Screening In Leeds Years Ago, So It Never Got Relesed Then.
Logistically it was difficult so I moved onto something else which is nearly done facebook.com/adammcloughlinphotography/videos/497113453966451/?hc_ref=ARTOO6IR-TutXY0MmaF2IOLHqzK46QGKQI61hbaEj3wWHKvcM5r9l8_I_I6u8Uzf4tQ
DETROIT HOUSE MUSIC CAME TO SOUTH LONDON
Detroit was the birthplace of techno, house was Chicago.
@@billmarsh1971 Learn about the music and not only the wellknown classics. U have to see the whole picture. It´s not that linear. U can´t say everything from Detroit was techno and everything from Chicago is house. Detroit definitely released house tracks in the 80´s and Chicago definitely released techno tracks in the 80´s. Dig deep and u will discover!!
mr c you legand not seen you a long time
R. I. E. P The End Cov Gards🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿clear Jungle sound!!!
was blackburn the acid house epicentre of warehouse and old factorys?
mr "c" seems to have forgotton Tunnel Club - at that s-hole the Mitre off Blackwall Tunnell.. which in classic style ended with a massive raid .. helicopters and shutting down the blackwall tunnel whiles "old bill" kicked in the back of speaker cabinets.
Good parties there…..tbh there was parties in every hole and dark crevice in these times.A lot of them starting up when others had finished…..
Mr C's talking out of his arse: The HAC opened in 1982... Mike Pickering imported the Black music of Chicago/Detroit long before it ever hit the shores of the Thames.
The north - particularly the northwest - is, always has, and probably always will be the epicenter of the musical universe!
He’s talking about the history of LONDON
@@jasonbrown825 No shit... but he's also inferring London-his neck.of the woods in particular-is where the Acid House revolution was spawned; an urban myth of epic proportions!
Yea we know Manchester had a scene mate No one’s denying that... arguing over who started it first is bit silly though as we Wer all originals there from the start.... mr c just talking from his heart and his love for the London scene he probably loves Manchester too
@@jasonbrown825 fair play.👌
59 years old and lucky enough to have attended both the Hacienda and RIP at Clink Street. What you have to remember is the Hacienda was a legal licensed club and RIP was an illegal Acid House party. The Hacienda was a well run venue and not dissimilar to other venues of that time. The music policy, attendees and venue were tame in comparison to the unadulterated madness and anarchy of a night out in Clink Street. It's like trying to compare chalk with cheese.
My first RAVE at 15 with sister age 13.Taken by brother Tommy Cockles :)
is that dj tommy cockles from bermondsey?
Why is C talking to someone next to the camera iso with the guy asking the questions..?
The place doesn't get the respect it deserves.
Clink street was the place ,totally mad but good night .
Longest answer to a question ever.
3:21 "This is where I cut my teeth Dee-Jay-ing..." Why did nobody tell him about using the stylus? Mind you, a little puff will do for the fluff.
This is slightly before my time I used to go Bagley's, Chunnel club, Turnmills etc. Sadly all gone
Nice fella
Mad as a bag of Spiders
Mr C
the summer of sirens🙂
Wooft. Mr C chat on fyah
Mr. C seems like a historian here. "Gather round! And next I'll take you to where DJ Pierre had a jobby"
'This is where i cut my teeth' Sorry i had to laugh!!
You never saw the thunderdome in Manchester, the heavyweight acid club of UK, it never gets mentioned because it was real underground
Obviously Mr C didn't go to HOT at the Hac in 88 then, or Nude, which had been playing house since 1986
Agreed, but this club played the dirty edgy acieed is what i think he's getting at.
Pickering was one of the first dj's to play house/garage in the uk.
He refers to underground acid house. The Hac was a more more civilised affair.
Resolution Radiotv
The hac played Balearic, chicago, even hip hop.
R.I.P played straight up 303 squelch all night long!
It was more edgier, and illegal ha.
captin weestain ua-cam.com/video/sDyxyRcZWBA/v-deo.html
Little embarrassing, i see you know of Pixinc.
I can remember this north vs south debate raging in the style mags at the time. But! I love this footage, this party looks fucking mental. No woodentops or Chris Rea, that's for sure. To any mancs watching this, this footage doesn't half remind me of The House (RIP) , Konspiracy (especially Salford's room upstairs) and...sheds a tear....the Thunderdome? Oh and to way into the north vs south debate...didn't the hac tour America in 87, playing house to a bewildered black, gay audience?
Hacienda chicago house flyer 1987. London always revises history. Its easy when the media is based there. images.app.goo.gl/kfHj2ngbEe4qRVBg9
Ebeneezer Goode!
lets not forget Lambeth Bridge
those football hooligans were not true fans
Yo Francis I know you shephall crew🖐️
It sounded like he said that the Hacienda opened in 1987 & was more mainstream.
That's odd because as I've read, it opened in 1982 & was mostly a place that concentrated on underground/indie/electronic music, so where he got those ideas, I haven't a clue.
What he said has genuinely confused me as I always thought that he appeared to be knowledgeable about these kinds of scenes, especially underground dance music........
Perhaps he immediately realised his mistake because he adds that Hacienda was indie and not acid house, which is a fair assumption but actually it was both and had nights that played House Music, including Acid House, before The Second Summer Of Love. (I was in on the London side of it in 1988, so I can only comment about that with experience/1st-hand knowledge)
Then again the north & south have always had this weird competitive thing going on, which I've never understood.
Anyway, I'm a bit disappointed by those words.
I'm a big boy, though: I'll get over it, ha ha ha ha! ;-)
You weren't even there, you read about it so let me call you a waaambulance
@@SimonfromAus - Well, ok then.
You assuredness is interesting, considering that you don't personally know me or that I was in fact going to Acid House parties in London in 1988.
The internet, eh folks? = Ho hum.
A lot of these acid house/rave dudes seem forgetful or confused about the timelines... What on earth could it be!
@@turnipjuice2626 - Ha ha ha, quite.....
I guess it might be a bit different for me because I didn't take drugs back in 1988 when I began going to the Acid do's.
;-)
He talks a lot of shit does mrC
don’t worry about it
It was all ME
utter bollox m8 camden was playing acid in 87 these ppl talk bollox Shoom was better than clink in 88
It's a little harder to take this interview seriously when the guy interviewing him looks younger than the years they are talking about...!
Top DJ , but I wouldn’t like to get cut on those teeth!
this is soooooooooooooo wrong, the raves started in Blackburn in 1987!!!! not london in 88 like they claim, there where clubs all over the north west in late 87 early 88 playing house / acid. i was 14 when i sneaked into a club called The Bassment in Birkenhead in mid 88.. its not a London thing as much as they want to claim it
You know the difference between a licensed club and an Acid House Rave? you plum!
What the fuck is he wearing?
Speak too much