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Old 27-02-2009, 12:18
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Gossips, Dean Street: let's have your memories!

I'm doing a feature on the much loved home of all things goth, rock and roll and bluesy, and the home of Alice in Wonderland, After Dark, Buttz and Spike and the Batcave.

Anyone got any anecdotes or pics?

(Batcave thread here: http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/sho...d.php?t=250236 )
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Old 27-02-2009, 19:51
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Lordy. There's some *shocking* pictures about to go up in this feature.

80s big hair ahoy!
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Old 27-02-2009, 19:54
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Gossips - is that where Gaz's Rockin Blues used to be?

That was a weird crowd back in the 90s - minor actors that you remembered being in Grange Hill and glamorous prostitutes
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Old 27-02-2009, 21:01
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I only went once. The Fuzztones put me on the guest list for a gig they did at Alice in Wonderland. Spent the night drinking Jack Daniels with them and half the Damned. It all got a bit messy

As anecdotes go, I realise the above is a bit shit

I do remember the bloke from Dr & the Medics who was DJ playing an English psychedelia type tune with the lyric "daddy always said to eat up my bacon rind/the traffic lights are changing somewhere in my mind". Anyone know what it was?
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Old 28-02-2009, 01:15
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I forgot I saw the Damned play there. And the Mission too.
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Old 28-02-2009, 19:34
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I enjoyed the few times I went there - less of a club, more a goth after-hours drinking den, very relaxed and fun.
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Old 28-02-2009, 21:49
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Here's the article - http://www.urban75.org/london/gossips-club-london.html








And Gossips today:

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Old 03-11-2009, 20:22
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hello everybody i am mick who ran gossips for all that time

It is amazing to see all these limks to my club Gossips of Dean Street



thanks very much to (the editor) for setting up this forum


he did many drum sessions for me with a lot of bands and was the best drummer i ever used


i am living in france now with a familly i never thought i would ever have.

Please send me photos or e-mails to remind me of those great days


lots of love to you all what a great time we all had!!!!!

astralmick at aol dot com <broken, FM>

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Old 03-11-2009, 20:34
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Hi Mick
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Old 03-11-2009, 20:45
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not sure this is spam tbh.

wasn't/isn't Ed a drummer?
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Old 03-11-2009, 20:49
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http://www.urban75.org/london/gossips-club-london.html
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Old 03-11-2009, 20:52
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What a terribly rude reception. Hi Mick, please excuse the animals, they haven't been fed.
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Old 03-11-2009, 20:55
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It's not spam. He's not selling anything, for a start, and seem to know Ed quite well.
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Old 03-11-2009, 20:56
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Bloody hell peeps this isn't spam!

Do any of you actually read anything on here?
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Old 03-11-2009, 21:12
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Hi Mick
Great to see you here - and I'm glad you found my article!

I'll remove the clueless spam comments, because that's no way to greet a bona fide poster, you rude feckers.

Mick used to run the Gossips Club in Soho home of the Batcave, Gaz's Rocking Blues and other great rock'n'roll nights. It was ace! Vic Reeves got his big break there. Dr & The Medics, The Quireboys, Sisters of Mercy, The Mission were regulars there. I played there a few times too!

Other threads about the club here:

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/sho...d.php?t=281548
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/sho...d.php?t=281548
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Old 03-11-2009, 21:17
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Jesus gives you the thumbs up Mick:

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Old 04-11-2009, 09:50
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Well, we def would have met at some point. I was in that place all the time.

*waves at Mick*
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Old 04-11-2009, 11:35
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hello everyone

i never realised my club was so well known

it's great to see the photos of the old place and so many familier faces

So sorry the club closed but the leases ran out and were not renewable due to the change of use for 69 Dean street to be an hotel


Am living in france now

if anyone would like contact me, my e-mail adress is

astralmick@aol.com

be nice to hear from you all.
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Old 04-11-2009, 11:37
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Didn't you do this yesterday?
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Old 04-11-2009, 11:42
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I'm doing a feature on the much loved home of all things goth, rock and roll and bluesy, and the home of Alice in Wonderland, After Dark, Buttz and Spike and the Batcave.

Anyone got any anecdotes or pics?

(Batcave thread here: http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/sho...d.php?t=250236 )
hi editor this is mick collins

iran the club for 26 years

what do you wabt to know


if i can remember i will tell you
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Old 04-11-2009, 11:46
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He definitely did. I say we kill this guy.
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Old 04-11-2009, 11:47
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Mick - the editor has replied to the thread you posted yesterday - http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/sho...93#post9902093
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Old 04-11-2009, 11:56
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I've never heard of your club.
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