The 90s in Deep Ellum was beyond awesome. Man alive, Clearview, Dada, Trees, Video Bar, Blind Lemon, Club One were the places to be. Live music was so good then. We did Bronco Bowl, The Church, Vampire Lounge, The Basement...etc. The bands were great...like Pop Poppins and Pump N Ethyl, MIldred, Reverend Horton Heat, Tabula Rasa....good times.
So cool to find this! 1991 was the year 23 year old me moved to Dallas. I loved it down there in Deep Ellum. And Mildred!!! I loved those Rueffer brothers.
The better part of my youth was spent in Deep Ellum, from '83-'94... Brings back many great memories. At first the scene was small with only two clubs, then three clubs, then four, then it became more and more clubs, bars, restaurants. I can't remember all the bands I went to see, too many along with too many drugs ago. I remember buying pure and legal for a minute XTC/MDMA at clubs, just like ordering a drink. There was a lot of great bands, cool clubs, performance art, Looker Hair Group, fashion, spoken word, poetry(Allen Ginsburg), etc. So, so cool. Those were the days!!!
We probably crossed paths there a few times. I spent a LOT of time in Deep Ellum - even worked there for a time at the Deep Ellum Cafe, next to Clearview. Ahhh the good old days!
Wow, I found this on accident. I had tired to find Alex a year or two ago and had foud out he had died. We were best friends in 6th grade, but lost touch when he moved back to NY to live with his dad. He was a great drummer back then and a great friend. RIP, bro.
Wow so cool to stumble across this. I was way into the scene at this time. Pop Poppins was my favorite band. Saw them and The Spin many times. Loved Ten Hands too. Thanks for the nostalgia!
I feel so old, '87- 89 was the best Deep ellum years. there was like 4 clubs, Theater G, Cleaverview Dada and Prohet, I saw Circle Jerks. Dead milkmen, Dead horse,,, so many down there, I was like 16 btw, ohhh New Bohemians of course, I was skinny enough to squeeze through the back gate of club Dada:P
Pop Poppins were so great! They played at Rik's place in Denton (UNT crowd) many times, such great shows- they were so talented. All at the same time, Tripping Daisy, Deep Blue Something, Brutal Juice. What a special time, only a very small section of humanity will ever have known what is was really like to see these bands in their real element.
Yeah Man, the Video Bar had some great live bands. A few that I saw were NIN, The Cult. It was such a great seen back in the 80's early 90's before I moved to So. Cali and then Austin. The Art seen was vibrant as well w/ Condoit, Eugene Binder Gallery, 500X, Terrell Moore's Gallery etc.. Looker Hair Group(they would do fashion shows in Deep Ellum and the Stark Club). 80's is when real MDMA, XTC was legal and every where. I remember at the Stark you could order X like you would a drink, and they would bring it to you on a cocktail plate. But the music scene in Deep Ellum was the best. At it's prime better than 6th street in Austin. I had a VIP pass for Club Clearview(don't no why but it showed up in my mail one day) OK cool. I did see Tears for Fears at that venue that changed names many times, Bomb Factory was one name it went by. Also saw Tripping Daisy w/ Course of Empire. Trees was another great venue along w/ Club DaDa. Saw REM at the Theater Gallery, they sold keg beer 4or5buck a cup(like a High School kegger) the band Tress opened. Rigor Mortis and End over End played a show there. It's hard to remember all the bands I saw during that time, their were so many. Trees great club that had Nirvana play to an over sold out show, where you can see the video on youtube of Kurt fighting with security(that security guy is the artist that made Al Jourgensen's mic stands out of animal bones). Prophet Bar was one of the first clubs that had the Rev Horton Heat play on a regular basis. The Living Day Lights and Ten Hands and one of my favs the Loco Gringos(RIP Pepe) he was the first casualty that I knew personally that died just before they were about to get signed to a major label. Another casualty of the scene, one that I was friends with and saw just days before his death was Alex(who is the talking head on this video). He wrote for the Dallas Observer. There has been many Generation X casualties such as David Angiano(died a couple years ago) and David Bindler both from the band DaNuMan(white boy Reggae) Jeff Liles was their manager and they were friends of mine from elementary school through High School on. So sad, all the deaths mentioned were all from drug overdoses. We all grew up before "Just Say No' we always said "Yes"... The Toadies were one of the last bands I saw perform just before they got signed and just before I moved away from Dallas for good. I'm leaving out several bands, their were so many... Saw many great bands at The Bronco Bowl(it will be missed), where every seat was a good seat. Saw Jane's Addiction, Peter Tosh, Little Feat, The RHCP, Stone Temple Pilots, Adam Ant, U2. Awesome place, and big enough but not so big that it remained intimate. Saw major bands play there (before they became main stream and hit the Big Time)many moved onto to playing arenas. Damn last time I went to visit Dallas I hardly recognized it. It's changed and grown so much, too much IMO. So thankful for the great times and memories my friends and I had during Deep Ellums hey day. I hear it's practically nonexistent now as well as the art scene. All good things come to an end but it sure was great while it lasted.
@@elflaco6654 Fucking Ditto. Did you know Marina? Or Guss. Or name a person. Fucking Mr. LeFoote I know to the fool that gave Pepe the dope that night He had been clean. And they just left him in that chair for his brother to find. I hate that dude. He used to hang at Adams Hat then moved to Cali. Hell it might be you. If so go fuck yourself if not You get it. Too many. I remember losing 3 personal friends and 9 people a knew in one weekend in I believe 92 or 93? Peace bro. You could never explain the experience. Even if u didn't do X it was still surreal. And we self policed!!!!!
I just went to Deep Ellum for the first time on Saturday. I got the feeling it used to be great - it doesn't seem like it is anymore - and I came here to find a video like this.
In 1991, I was 17, in HS. I had my own car and I'd be out in DE all night dealing drugs and doing them and still be home in time to shower and change and get to school. It's the most money I've ever made in my life. #nowdrugfreefor28years
Christian Davis... do you remember Tunnel Werks, 21st Amendment, July Alley... Hellafied Funk Crew... HUGE CUlture of punk and metal... skin heads, with the Doc’s (Doc Martins) Lots of punk/metal homeless runaway street people from all over the country ... I used to work at a coffee bar called Insomnia... Met lots of cool people, lots of LSD (and I mean lots, and I’m sorry, but it was fabulous) it was the wild Wild West, and everything a young teen could love... chaos. It was a beautiful and ugly culture of art and music, that no one hat didn’t experience it could ever fully appreciate... at least there’s still an element of art that remains (I think, from driving by etc.) Cheers
@M S I grew up in Dallas, but for s mail time, I lived ABOVE Ellum in a studio apartment at age 13-15 (87-89). It was on Commerce above the Post Office. I would walk out my back door and sit atop the roof at night and watch the nighttime crowds. Such a cool scene.
I was one of those punk street kids!!! I loved Tunnel Werks and Insomnia ♥️ I used to hide upstairs when the cops came through because I was underage. Such amazing and crazy memories
this is my era -used to drive down for shows from OKC-played lots of shows with Dallas bands -Tripping Daisy, Comet, the Nixons etc. haha miss these days!
I kicked around the Ellum in 92 my band had been sent to Texas on a small tour. Because Capital records said Texas had the toughest crowds to please and they did. We played alor of small towns from New mexico to Austin and Oklahoma it was a blast i was 17. When we got to Dallas we where sent to see a man at a bar called RocknRoll Revolution in the Ellum to play and Record a full length album in his studio inside of this club. That night i saw a band called Dirty Family they where cool. We played Trees and club Exodus (reggae bar ) wich was odd because we where a rock band influenced by faces ,stones meets Alice in Chians and Tad and Janes Addiction and as much Lsd you could handle . we loved The Ellum and decided to make Dallas are base of operations and the grunge thing was huge but we didnt want to be classified and catagorised so we started to be influenced by bands like Bula and. The Committee and The Butthole Surfers. And on the corner by the tattoo shop Tigers i think is where i honed my blues and busking skills and met hundreds of amazing artest and musicians and miss the hell out of it. Thanks for putting this out there
Thanks for this. I graduated HS in 91. Deep Ellum was already changing to a different vibe by then but not bad. We would go from Level V to Industry or Metronome or Adam Hats in the late 80's. The whole DE vibe was more hedonistic at the time. Artists, punks, new wave kids and poets. I heard my first gun shot in 1991 standing outside of Aqua Lounge. The end of the good vibes.....
I started going to Deep Ellum in 2005, it was pretty abandoned back then but definitely still great bands coming through the few places that were open. In the 2010s I watched it blow up into a pretty vibrant scene, though much less alternative more mainstream kind of vibes. Still a good time for sure though. Nowadays (2023) it actually kind of seems like it's starting to empty out again, COVID lockdowns hit a lot of the businesses hard and crime seems to have increased in the area. Last time I was down there I felt a pretty strong instinct to watch my back. Dada is still open, also Adairs, Three Links, and the Freeman. Who knows what the next chapter will be?
Wow....so many memories of deep ellum in the early 90s. Seeing Spin...and poppins, a band I say probably 100 plus times in Deep Ellum, to my first Bob Mould show (night after the infamouse Nirvana Trees show)....it was truly a coming of age place. I miss it but that was the period of time for me. Glad it was there when I was. Thanks for a great vid.
Can't believe how much it's changed. Just had lunch at Brazilian Cafe today. It's sad to see how many of the local shops closed. Would love to see it thrive again...
damn. deep ellum aint tha same no mor. sad. i remember it bein so sick. i remember throwin dozin parties down dere. but now its a ghost town. i hope life comes back soon. memories.
Deep Ellum in the 90s was more than band playing in the small club.. They had a lot of nice restaurants ,tattoo shops and some very nice vintage style retail shops. I always went to Club One on Friday Night... It is sad the Dallas Police messed it up.
Christian Davis... do you remember Tunnel Werks, 21st Amendment, July Alley... Hellafied Funk Crew... HUGE CUlture of punk and metal... skin heads, with the Doc’s (Doc Martins) Lots of punk/metal homeless runaway street people from all over the country ... I used to work at a coffee bar called Insomnia... Met lots of cool people, lots of LSD (and I mean lots, and I’m sorry, but it was fabulous) it was the wild Wild West, and everything a young teen could love... chaos. It was a beautiful and ugly culture of art and music, that no one hat didn’t experience it could ever fully appreciate... at least there’s still an element of art that remains (I think, from driving by etc.) Cheers
This is interesting. I've always thought of deep ellum in terms of the gospel cats, and blazing jazz fusion. I saw the funky knuckles from the street on the way to 7-11 and my jaw dropped. I had to stand there for a while because before then, I had never witnessed that level of skill and intensity... crazy chops for days...North Texas has one of the best music programs in the country. seems a bit ironic for Texas... No offense to y'all! Im from central Texas. still Killer musicians in Dallas. :)
Very well done video of Deep Ellum~! I've been coming down to Deep Ellum since the early 80's, and met my wife at the original Club Clearview in '85. Long live Deep Ellum!
I just found out some sad news... Alex Magocsi, the music writer who appears in my documentary, passed away in New Mexico last year (2006) Alex, you were a kind, intelligent soul- you will be missed. Phil
I was friends w/ Alex. I saw him a couple days before he died. Fucking sad!!! Looking back I wish I could have helped him, instead I was pissed off when I immediately saw that he was high as a kite. We had a memorial in his memory at the AA Friendship Club in Santa Fe. He is missed, much peace Alex...
I would frequent Deep Ellum in the mid 90s with my friends. There was one local band that I wish I could remember the name of because I always loved their music. They did some covers and some originals. Even if I could remember the name, I doubt there would be online music for them, but man it would be nice to relive those old days.
@@jtc9098 nah. They were a small time local band. They never really made it big. The lead singer was a smaller guy with buzzed head and they played all kinds of instruments, including coronet and trombone.
How about The Bomb factory,,,anyone remember that? I honestly liked DE better when you could give a bum 5 bucks to watch your car for you. Damn those were great times. Gone forever, I guess
that was awesome. it brings back lots of great memories seeing those clips of the spin and pop poppins. those were some of my best times ever. any more clips?
I was friends with Alex. We had many fun times back in the day... I saw him just a couple days before he died. He was in a great mood, instantly I knew why he was feeling so good. I knew that look all to well, I also knew that feeling all to well... Hell I think it was St. Patrick's Day, when I saw him that evening in '06. A couple days later I was given the sad news that he died... Today I smile for you Alex. R.I.P.
Pop Poppins was the heart of deep elm! The world wood be a better place with Pop poppins at the helm! I must say I love that they stayed small and perfect!
Why no mention of The Twilight Room (1982). There hasn't been a more authentic, underground scene since. I saw The Exploited and The U.K. Subs play there when I was just 14. Changed me forever. Fucking Legendary. Theater Gallery was pretty cool. Deep Ellum was dark, not really any street lights worked, no hot dog stands, definitely no 7-11. It existed somewhere between no man's land and the end of the world. Loved it while it lasted.
Hey there I started high school and 98 has about 13 or 14 they let me drink down in deep Ellum right off the bat the bouncers straight told me all I just wash the excess of my hands he put on. That place is fun it’s real fun no violence. And will try to look at it now what a disgrace.
Anyone remember Fishdance on lower Greenville? Was a techno dance club but man, if we wanted to mack on some girls it never failed when we went there. Met a French girl there once, we dated for awhile. Let's just say she and her roomate didn't have the same moral code as most Texas girls did at the time....
Wow Alex Magocsi is dead, I knew him in the early 90's he would come up to this house in Plano and play drums for a band that was trying to form and make some kinda music. Alex drums, Wayne,guitar who went on to some success with Patrice Pike in Austin. To bad I remember it was like yesterday!
I DID however first learn of Pantera as an up-and-coming band playing local gigs through an underground publication (Anyone else remember SKULL PRESS?) that I picked up IN DEEP ELLUM
Nice documentary video, i'd like to see more of this kind of stuff, and interviews with the people like the mary interview. She was always so damn cool.
I used 2go 2 Deep Ellum often in the early 00's and was just there last week at Rudy's meat market and OMG! .....everythin is gone.....It is a shame that the city was too late to save it...Hopefully they learned their lesson and next time when ppl say they need more police in an area they'll listen.
I am originally from Houston, but would come up here from 88-95 1-2 times a month. I always wanted to move here because the scene was more progressive than Houston in some ways. I have been living in Dallas now for 8 years and love it. Yes Deep is very trendy and preppy, I think because of real estate and all those fucking high rise ( loft ) style shit has popped up. I'm 46 now and have been a Oi/ punk since high school and still am. Wish the old Deep would come back from when I visited.
Hobbs went to Rome , early '87 , I think , when he still owned The Theatre Gallery and Prophet Bar , he went MIA for six months. Rumor had it he got married. When he came back , that was when he announced he'd found Jesus. I had moved around that time ,but , I heard he was making fans at , oh , an Exploited show listen to centuries - old church music between sets . Prophet Bar became a Xian music venue. His followers pulled up to the sidewalk so I could'nt pass, when I came to visit.
Twilite Room deserves a mention , except it was a (Long , scary.) walk from Deep Ellum. It opened in 1983 as Charlie's Liberty Hall . Then became , alternately , Twilite Room , Circle A Ranch , (Ob) Scene. DE did'nt have ANYWHERE to eat , you're right. there was one 7-11 way THE FUCK DOWN COMMERCE , closer to Fair Park. There was ONE place by teh Twilite Room with processed sandwiches , beyond that , the bus stations ! Everything closed at 6:00 and te buses stopped running at 10.
The 90s in Deep Ellum was beyond awesome. Man alive, Clearview, Dada, Trees, Video Bar, Blind Lemon, Club One were the places to be. Live music was so good then. We did Bronco Bowl, The Church, Vampire Lounge, The Basement...etc. The bands were great...like Pop Poppins and Pump N Ethyl, MIldred, Reverend Horton Heat, Tabula Rasa....good times.
Yes!!
Aqua Lounge and Industry too!😊
So cool to find this! 1991 was the year 23 year old me moved to Dallas. I loved it down there in Deep Ellum. And Mildred!!! I loved those Rueffer brothers.
The better part of my youth was spent in Deep Ellum, from '83-'94... Brings back many great memories. At first the scene was small with only two clubs, then three clubs, then four, then it became more and more clubs, bars, restaurants. I can't remember all the bands I went to see, too many along with too many drugs ago. I remember buying pure and legal for a minute XTC/MDMA at clubs, just like ordering a drink. There was a lot of great bands, cool clubs, performance art, Looker Hair Group, fashion, spoken word, poetry(Allen Ginsburg), etc. So, so cool. Those were the days!!!
Right on, bro.
We probably crossed paths there a few times. I spent a LOT of time in Deep Ellum - even worked there for a time at the Deep Ellum Cafe, next to Clearview. Ahhh the good old days!
Wow, I found this on accident. I had tired to find Alex a year or two ago and had foud out he had died. We were best friends in 6th grade, but lost touch when he moved back to NY to live with his dad. He was a great drummer back then and a great friend. RIP, bro.
squizz321 he was a good friend
Wow so cool to stumble across this. I was way into the scene at this time. Pop Poppins was my favorite band. Saw them and The Spin many times. Loved Ten Hands too. Thanks for the nostalgia!
I feel so old, '87- 89 was the best Deep ellum years. there was like 4 clubs, Theater G, Cleaverview Dada and Prohet, I saw Circle Jerks. Dead milkmen, Dead horse,,, so many down there, I was like 16 btw, ohhh New Bohemians of course, I was skinny enough to squeeze through the back gate of club Dada:P
Pop Poppins were so great! They played at Rik's place in Denton (UNT crowd) many times, such great shows- they were so talented. All at the same time, Tripping Daisy, Deep Blue Something, Brutal Juice. What a special time, only a very small section of humanity will ever have known what is was really like to see these bands in their real element.
I took over a 1000 pictures of people and bands between 87- 95 or so and kept all the Flyers i could get my hands on. Glad i did.
Do you know the name of the song pop poppins in playing in the video ?
Spent many nights from 83-92 seeing everyone from Ministry to Tears for Fears and Moby at Adam Hats in 1990 at a rave. Video Bar was my favorite.
Yeah Man, the Video Bar had some great live bands. A few that I saw were NIN, The Cult. It was such a great seen back in the 80's early 90's before I moved to So. Cali and then Austin. The Art seen was vibrant as well w/ Condoit, Eugene Binder Gallery, 500X, Terrell Moore's Gallery etc.. Looker Hair Group(they would do fashion shows in Deep Ellum and the Stark Club). 80's is when real MDMA, XTC was legal and every where. I remember at the Stark you could order X like you would a drink, and they would bring it to you on a cocktail plate. But the music scene in Deep Ellum was the best. At it's prime better than 6th street in Austin. I had a VIP pass for Club Clearview(don't no why but it showed up in my mail one day) OK cool. I did see Tears for Fears at that venue that changed names many times, Bomb Factory was one name it went by. Also saw Tripping Daisy w/ Course of Empire. Trees was another great venue along w/ Club DaDa. Saw REM at the Theater Gallery, they sold keg beer 4or5buck a cup(like a High School kegger) the band Tress opened. Rigor Mortis and End over End played a show there. It's hard to remember all the bands I saw during that time, their were so many. Trees great club that had Nirvana play to an over sold out show, where you can see the video on youtube of Kurt fighting with security(that security guy is the artist that made Al Jourgensen's mic stands out of animal bones). Prophet Bar was one of the first clubs that had the Rev Horton Heat play on a regular basis. The Living Day Lights and Ten Hands and one of my favs the Loco Gringos(RIP Pepe) he was the first casualty that I knew personally that died just before they were about to get signed to a major label. Another casualty of the scene, one that I was friends with and saw just days before his death was Alex(who is the talking head on this video). He wrote for the Dallas Observer. There has been many Generation X casualties such as David Angiano(died a couple years ago) and David Bindler both from the band DaNuMan(white boy Reggae) Jeff Liles was their manager and they were friends of mine from elementary school through High School on. So sad, all the deaths mentioned were all from drug overdoses. We all grew up before "Just Say No' we always said "Yes"... The Toadies were one of the last bands I saw perform just before they got signed and just before I moved away from Dallas for good. I'm leaving out several bands, their were so many... Saw many great bands at The Bronco Bowl(it will be missed), where every seat was a good seat. Saw Jane's Addiction, Peter Tosh, Little Feat, The RHCP, Stone Temple Pilots, Adam Ant, U2. Awesome place, and big enough but not so big that it remained intimate. Saw major bands play there (before they became main stream and hit the Big Time)many moved onto to playing arenas. Damn last time I went to visit Dallas I hardly recognized it. It's changed and grown so much, too much IMO. So thankful for the great times and memories my friends and I had during Deep Ellums hey day. I hear it's practically nonexistent now as well as the art scene. All good things come to an end but it sure was great while it lasted.
Aqua Lounge, Clearview. Blind Lemon, 2826. Industry, Club One. Video Bar was my favorite too! Did you ever go to Sparx on Lemmon Ave?
Adam hats ! I had some of my greatest times in there. Xing. So who all did u hang out with. Did u go to the starck or Clearview?
@@elflaco6654 Fucking Ditto. Did you know Marina? Or Guss. Or name a person. Fucking Mr. LeFoote I know to the fool that gave Pepe the dope that night
He had been clean. And they just left him in that chair for his brother to find. I hate that dude. He used to hang at Adams Hat then moved to Cali. Hell it might be you. If so go fuck yourself if not You get it. Too many. I remember losing 3 personal friends and 9 people a knew in one weekend in I believe 92 or 93? Peace bro. You could never explain the experience. Even if u didn't do X it was still surreal. And we self policed!!!!!
i was there also worked at clear view , i lived in a warehouse on Virgil across from tommys and the present city
cafe great times
I just went to Deep Ellum for the first time on Saturday. I got the feeling it used to be great - it doesn't seem like it is anymore - and I came here to find a video like this.
In 1991, I was 17, in HS. I had my own car and I'd be out in DE all night dealing drugs and doing them and still be home in time to shower and change and get to school. It's the most money I've ever made in my life. #nowdrugfreefor28years
Where are you living now?
@@nsmcastillo326 ...up your ass and to the left
its crazy seeing this. My scene was late 90's early 00's. I remember hellafied funk crew and pimpadelics at Trees.
Do u remember the band One Up? They played in deep ellum in the early 2000s. Check my channel. I have their 1st album posted
Deep Elum in the 90’s was amazing. Dallas hasn’t had anything like it since then.
Christian Davis... do you remember Tunnel Werks, 21st Amendment, July Alley... Hellafied Funk Crew... HUGE CUlture of punk and metal... skin heads, with the Doc’s (Doc Martins) Lots of punk/metal homeless runaway street people from all over the country ... I used to work at a coffee bar called Insomnia... Met lots of cool people, lots of LSD (and I mean lots, and I’m sorry, but it was fabulous) it was the wild Wild West, and everything a young teen could love... chaos. It was a beautiful and ugly culture of art and music, that no one hat didn’t experience it could ever fully appreciate... at least there’s still an element of art that remains (I think, from driving by etc.)
Cheers
@M S I grew up in Dallas, but for s mail time, I lived ABOVE Ellum in a studio apartment at age 13-15 (87-89). It was on Commerce above the Post Office. I would walk out my back door and sit atop the roof at night and watch the nighttime crowds. Such a cool scene.
@@kyssedbyfyre915 I remember seeing MC 900 foot Jesus a time or two in Deep Ellum.
I was one of those punk street kids!!! I loved Tunnel Werks and Insomnia ♥️ I used to hide upstairs when the cops came through because I was underage.
Such amazing and crazy memories
this is my era -used to drive down for shows from OKC-played lots of shows with Dallas bands -Tripping Daisy, Comet, the Nixons etc. haha miss these days!
Deep ellum is where I used to go to school lol
I kicked around the Ellum in 92 my band had been sent to Texas on a small tour. Because Capital records said Texas had the toughest crowds to please and they did. We played alor of small towns from New mexico to Austin and Oklahoma it was a blast i was 17. When we got to Dallas we where sent to see a man at a bar called RocknRoll Revolution in the Ellum to play and Record a full length album in his studio inside of this club. That night i saw a band called Dirty Family they where cool. We played Trees and club Exodus (reggae bar ) wich was odd because we where a rock band influenced by faces ,stones meets Alice in Chians and Tad and Janes Addiction and as much Lsd you could handle . we loved The Ellum and decided to make Dallas are base of operations and the grunge thing was huge but we didnt want to be classified and catagorised so we started to be influenced by bands like Bula and. The Committee and The Butthole Surfers. And on the corner by the tattoo shop Tigers i think is where i honed my blues and busking skills and met hundreds of amazing artest and musicians and miss the hell out of it. Thanks for putting this out there
Thanks for this. I graduated HS in 91. Deep Ellum was already changing to a different vibe by then but not bad. We would go from Level V to Industry or Metronome or Adam Hats in the late 80's. The whole DE vibe was more hedonistic at the time. Artists, punks, new wave kids and poets. I heard my first gun shot in 1991 standing outside of Aqua Lounge. The end of the good vibes.....
I started going to Deep Ellum in 2005, it was pretty abandoned back then but definitely still great bands coming through the few places that were open. In the 2010s I watched it blow up into a pretty vibrant scene, though much less alternative more mainstream kind of vibes. Still a good time for sure though. Nowadays (2023) it actually kind of seems like it's starting to empty out again, COVID lockdowns hit a lot of the businesses hard and crime seems to have increased in the area. Last time I was down there I felt a pretty strong instinct to watch my back. Dada is still open, also Adairs, Three Links, and the Freeman. Who knows what the next chapter will be?
Wow....so many memories of deep ellum in the early 90s. Seeing Spin...and poppins, a band I say probably 100 plus times in Deep Ellum, to my first Bob Mould show (night after the infamouse Nirvana Trees show)....it was truly a coming of age place.
I miss it but that was the period of time for me. Glad it was there when I was. Thanks for a great vid.
Love this 90s footage.
Can't believe how much it's changed. Just had lunch at Brazilian Cafe today. It's sad to see how many of the local shops closed. Would love to see it thrive again...
damn. deep ellum aint tha same no mor. sad. i remember it bein so sick. i remember throwin dozin parties down dere. but now its a ghost town. i hope life comes back soon. memories.
I was there! Lived in Plano 1980-1993
Deep Ellum in the 90s was more than band playing in the small club.. They had a lot of nice restaurants ,tattoo shops and some very nice vintage style retail shops. I always went to Club One on Friday Night... It is sad the Dallas Police messed it up.
Yeah, they messed up EVERYTHING.
Liquid Lounge, Trees, Bomb Factory and Club Exodus were my hangouts.
Christian Davis... do you remember Tunnel Werks, 21st Amendment, July Alley... Hellafied Funk Crew... HUGE CUlture of punk and metal... skin heads, with the Doc’s (Doc Martins) Lots of punk/metal homeless runaway street people from all over the country ... I used to work at a coffee bar called Insomnia... Met lots of cool people, lots of LSD (and I mean lots, and I’m sorry, but it was fabulous) it was the wild Wild West, and everything a young teen could love... chaos. It was a beautiful and ugly culture of art and music, that no one hat didn’t experience it could ever fully appreciate... at least there’s still an element of art that remains (I think, from driving by etc.)
Cheers
@@Texasblonde1123 hellafied funk crew!!
Bar of Soap! Hazy Dayz!💥
This is interesting. I've always thought of deep ellum in terms of the gospel cats, and blazing jazz fusion. I saw the funky knuckles from the street on the way to 7-11 and my jaw dropped. I had to stand there for a while because before then, I had never witnessed that level of skill and intensity... crazy chops for days...North Texas has one of the best music programs in the country. seems a bit ironic for Texas... No offense to y'all! Im from central Texas. still Killer musicians in Dallas. :)
man, I remember hanging out at on the rocks, seeing bands like mojo, wild child, and magic box.
Very well done video of Deep Ellum~! I've been coming down to Deep Ellum since the early 80's, and met my wife at the original Club Clearview in '85. Long live Deep Ellum!
Damn! Club Clearview! Memory serves me a rewind!
I just found out some sad news... Alex Magocsi, the music writer who appears in my documentary, passed away in New Mexico last year (2006) Alex, you were a kind, intelligent soul- you will be missed. Phil
I was friends w/ Alex. I saw him a couple days before he died. Fucking sad!!! Looking back I wish I could have helped him, instead I was pissed off when I immediately saw that he was high as a kite. We had a memorial in his memory at the AA Friendship Club in Santa Fe. He is missed, much peace Alex...
el Flaco 66 I have a lot of pictures from that time,
I would frequent Deep Ellum in the mid 90s with my friends. There was one local band that I wish I could remember the name of because I always loved their music. They did some covers and some originals. Even if I could remember the name, I doubt there would be online music for them, but man it would be nice to relive those old days.
Was it Tripping Daisy?
@@jtc9098 nah. They were a small time local band. They never really made it big. The lead singer was a smaller guy with buzzed head and they played all kinds of instruments, including coronet and trombone.
Great band and had some wicked trombone solos!
How about The Bomb factory,,,anyone remember that? I honestly liked DE better when you could give a bum 5 bucks to watch your car for you. Damn those were great times. Gone forever, I guess
Ah, the good old days
that was awesome. it brings back lots of great memories seeing those clips of the spin and pop poppins. those were some of my best times ever. any more clips?
Alex, been thinkin about you tonight. Rest in peace bud.
I was friends with Alex. We had many fun times back in the day... I saw him just a couple days before he died. He was in a great mood, instantly I knew why he was feeling so good. I knew that look all to well, I also knew that feeling all to well... Hell I think it was St. Patrick's Day, when I saw him that evening in '06. A couple days later I was given the sad news that he died... Today I smile for you Alex. R.I.P.
Robert Dodd
Robert Dodd , I'm not the only one.
Pop Poppins was the heart of deep elm! The world wood be a better place with Pop poppins at the helm! I must say I love that they stayed small and perfect!
Ellum,Greenville Ave. is pretty much gone now.
Why no mention of The Twilight Room (1982). There hasn't been a more authentic, underground scene since. I saw The Exploited and The U.K. Subs play there when I was just 14. Changed me forever. Fucking Legendary.
Theater Gallery was pretty cool. Deep Ellum was dark, not really any street lights worked, no hot dog stands, definitely no 7-11. It existed somewhere between no man's land and the end of the world. Loved it while it lasted.
I saw Stickmen with Ray Guns open for the Dead Kennedy's there. It was "RAD"!!! One of the first punk concerts me and my punk friends went to.
I too went to twilight room / circle A Ranch / The Scene. No me mention! It was legendary.
Wow, this is cool!
Hey there I started high school and 98 has about 13 or 14 they let me drink down in deep Ellum right off the bat the bouncers straight told me all I just wash the excess of my hands he put on. That place is fun it’s real fun no violence. And will try to look at it now what a disgrace.
It's Crazy Ray!
Anyone remember Tunnel Werks??
Anyone remember Fishdance on lower Greenville? Was a techno dance club but man, if we wanted to mack on some girls it never failed when we went there. Met a French girl there once, we dated for awhile. Let's just say she and her roomate didn't have the same moral code as most Texas girls did at the time....
Wow Alex Magocsi is dead, I knew him in the early 90's he would come up to this house in Plano and play drums for a band that was trying to form and make some kinda music. Alex drums, Wayne,guitar who went on to some success with Patrice Pike in Austin. To bad I remember it was like yesterday!
Are we just going to ignore the fact that they didn't mention anything about Pantera
M S Ah that’s a bummer :/
M S yea see I’m pretty sure I was supposed to be born back in like 78’ or something but instead I’m a stupid 2000s kid >:(
I DID however first learn of Pantera as an up-and-coming band playing local gigs through an underground publication (Anyone else remember SKULL PRESS?) that I picked up IN DEEP ELLUM
I think it's funny how this is the only thing that comes close to the greatest metal scene ever, and its not even about metal.😭
Nice documentary video, i'd like to see more of this kind of stuff, and interviews with the people like the mary interview. She was always so damn cool.
Damn I was only one year old in 1991!!! lOl
I used 2go 2 Deep Ellum often in the early 00's and was just there last week at Rudy's meat market and OMG! .....everythin is gone.....It is a shame that the city was too late to save it...Hopefully they learned their lesson and next time when ppl say they need more police in an area they'll listen.
It's strange that Dallas is very preppy now.
I am originally from Houston, but would come up here from 88-95 1-2 times a month. I always wanted to move here because the scene was more progressive than Houston in some ways. I have been living in Dallas now for 8 years and love it. Yes Deep is very trendy and preppy, I think because of real estate and all those fucking high rise ( loft ) style shit has popped up. I'm 46 now and have been a Oi/ punk since high school and still am. Wish the old Deep would come back from when I visited.
@@rubberduky1829 Yeah, I have been to Houston. I guess I compare Dallas to Austin which is now the hip place in Texas.
that's all big cities now
@austinsagangsta Jeff Liles is making things happen in Oak Cliff.
Hobbs went to Rome , early '87 , I think , when he still owned The Theatre Gallery and Prophet Bar , he went MIA for six months. Rumor had it he got married. When he came back , that was when he announced he'd found Jesus. I had moved around that time ,but , I heard he was making fans at , oh , an Exploited show listen to centuries - old church music between sets . Prophet Bar became a Xian music venue. His followers pulled up to the sidewalk so I could'nt pass, when I came to visit.
juice bar
Gringo Mary!!!!! Where are you now?
I agree first club club 1 2003
90s early00
Big Al
Kids from the burbs?Like none of them were city kids?
I want know what the girl in the Melt shirt thinks of Deep Ellum now? What about her kids?
Her grandkids probably like the bubble tea spot....
Twilite Room deserves a mention , except it was a (Long , scary.) walk from Deep Ellum. It opened in 1983 as Charlie's Liberty Hall . Then became , alternately , Twilite Room , Circle A Ranch , (Ob) Scene. DE did'nt have ANYWHERE to eat , you're right. there was one 7-11 way THE FUCK DOWN COMMERCE , closer to Fair Park. There was ONE place by teh Twilite Room with processed sandwiches , beyond that , the bus stations !
Everything closed at 6:00 and te buses stopped running at 10.
You used to be able to buy ANY drug in Deep Ellum with the exception of heroin.
I was there from 91 thru 1998.
what do you mean used to?
Who knows the name of the song that pop poppins is singing ?
The name of the song is "I Like Love".
@@originalm3233 thank you so much!
@@jacobmorones3121 No problem, there are multiple uploads of it on youtube to listen to.
Chumley's!
bluebirdvintage It was Dave's Art and Pawn Shop. I saw rev Horton heat in 89 there over a bottomless watermelon ice tea.
I used to work at chumleys doe a short period...lol
what does she mean by "russell found god"?
If you don't know, then you weren't part of that scene.
No shit, that's why he's asking.
Russell Hobbs, of the Prophet Bar and later, the Door Clubs.
The story is he took some acid and went into a closet and found god. He told me that were all dead and that was the last time I talked to him.
D. b. Sounds like he found a demon in the closet 😬
ALEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only band that matters in dallas is pantera
@7:26 lol. I went to video bar when I was underage
Why he look like It Smells Like Shit💩 when he's happy telling history 🤔