How good was the Hacienda?

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Had some good nights at the Hac but i thought "the state" in Liverpool was better


What was the club round the corner from the Hac called. You went down stairs to it and you could buy reefers off an old black fella in a trilby who sat at the end of the bar.

The Venue?

Could be. It was just round the corner from the Britons

No, the Venue was between the Hac and The Ritz on Whitworth Street West (now a snooker club I think)

 

[Mike D]

than a tourist honeypot full of self-important wannabes.

Funny then that you ended up a regular on here ... ;)

I hated the Hacienda whenever I went there.

Your just plain odd though Billy

 

[stonie]

Not meaning to hijack but whilst on this topic has anybody read this...?

If so would you recommend?

Great read

 

[Banned Tosspot]

Rose tinted glasses.

The place was a shithole and violence wasn't far away.

 

[Swales lives]

Had some good nights at the Hac but i thought "the state" in Liverpool was better


What was the club round the corner from the Hac called. You went down stairs to it and you could buy reefers off an old black fella in a trilby who sat at the end of the bar.

hahaha JACKIES - crazy little place.

 

[Rascal]

Had some good nights at the Hac but i thought "the state" in Liverpool was better


What was the club round the corner from the Hac called. You went down stairs to it and you could buy reefers off an old black fella in a trilby who sat at the end of the bar.

hahaha JACKIES - crazy little place.

Thats it. Mental place yes. :)

 

[The Flash]

Ive moved on now to listening John Digweed and Sasha for my electronic dance music fix.

Haha! That's me sticking the Northern Exposure album on later!

Nice one flb!

 

[shadygiz]

i had some top nights and some crap nights in the hac....i used to go 3 or 4 times a week

initially the good points were obviously the DJ's and people....i saw madonna and the smiths play there and i think new order but that may have been me on one.

bad points were queuing for ages, mashed up then being turned away for the wrong colour trainers or something daft.

then it started turning a bit shady and guns started being brought into the club....thats when i fucked it off and went elsewhere

 

[bluehousemusic]

Was it worthy of it's legendary status? It looks brilliant in the video below!

Although as a teenager I was into the music and the clothes, I was too young and too far away to go.

I eventually went it was for a half empty indie night when it was on it's knees in the mid 90's. It was good for a nosey at the club inside, but as far away from the clips below as you could get.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th5AObhdJfs[/youtube]

Certainly the greatest club I've ever been, i was an every Friday night regular from late 88 till about 1992, (with a few weeks ban when the doorman had to clean the place up in early 1990) and also Void on a Wednesday, the odd indie night on a Thursday and then some Saturdays. Met friends for life, nothing will ever recreate the buzz of that place, old young, rich and poor black and white grooving to the most hypnotic beats. Twas fucking mental, the cries of one more at 2.10am, all the top faces, that brilliant fanzine freaky dancing. Back to your mates or blackburn raves after. Only Joy In August 1989 done by the the brothers could compete

Ok I was late teens, earlier twenties, but I feel privileged to have been right at the heart of one of the best music scenes ever, all generations claim there time was the best, but that was a hell of gaff. The design everything about it was class. People from all over the country getting on. Fucking getting the rushes now

Sadly I think the meat heads wrecked it by early 1991, possibly earlier. Jumped up divs thinking they are 10 men, hey ho

Oh and it was £1.50 when I started going, although NYE was £25 or something, cans of breaker, crucial brew and lucozade for peanuts.

 

[Davs 19]

It was a shit live venue, the sound just didn't carry well.
I used to go on a Thursday for the indie nights and they were all right.

One aspect that never seems to get a mention is the bouncers were wankers. You never knew if you were going to get in or not.
They would walk down the queue and you'd say to yourself ''oh fuck, here we go...''
If they walked past you, you breathed a sigh of relief... otherwise you got the dreaded ''sorry mate, not tonight''. You'd argue like fuck with them as to 'why not' but it never got you anywhere.... if there was a good number of you, say 6 or 8, they'd left 4 in and fuck the others off.... it was just so random.

You must have looked well dodgy MES ;.) Straight in, every week, no hassle. They could sniff a bad 'un out .........

 

[andyhinch]

Rose tinted glasses.

The place was a shithole and violence wasn't far away.

That's what I liked about it and the bollards on the dance floor, you could use them to pick yourself up again

 

[Lavinda Past]

It was arse. Vastly overrated and full of dickheads (Bluemoon posters excepted, of course)

 

[rushts]

where in town was the thunderdome?

Oldham Road in Miles Platting.

Yesterdays in Alderley Edge it wasn't.

Fuck me it was rough in there and that's coming from a Wivvy boy. Ah the memories.... used to drink cans of Red Stripe in there.

Hac was alright, though it ended up like matchday at the swamp with all the tourists/coaches

 

[andyhinch]

I can't really remember any nights in there, just incidents

 

[Anonymous]

89-91 I used to go regularly and thought it was absolutely brilliant. However, rapidly disappeared up its own arse and then degenerated rapidly into a gangland saloon.

Thunderdome on Oldham Road was also another very, very decent venue! :)

 

[Swales lives]

Was it worthy of it's legendary status? It looks brilliant in the video below!

Although as a teenager I was into the music and the clothes, I was too young and too far away to go.

I eventually went it was for a half empty indie night when it was on it's knees in the mid 90's. It was good for a nosey at the club inside, but as far away from the clips below as you could get.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th5AObhdJfs[/youtube]

Certainly the greatest club I've ever been, i was an every Friday night regular from late 88 till about 1992, (with a few weeks ban when the doorman had to clean the place up in early 1990) and also Void on a Wednesday, the odd indie night on a Thursday and then some Saturdays. Met friends for life, nothing will ever recreate the buzz of that place, old young, rich and poor black and white grooving to the most hypnotic beats. Twas fucking mental, the cries of one more at 2.10am, all the top faces, that brilliant fanzine freaky dancing. Back to your mates or blackburn raves after. Only Joy In August 1989 done by the the brothers could compete

Ok I was late teens, earlier twenties, but I feel privileged to have been right at the heart of one of the best music scenes ever, all generations claim there time was the best, but that was a hell of gaff. The design everything about it was class. People from all over the country getting on. Fucking getting the rushes now

Sadly I think the meat heads wrecked it by early 1991, possibly earlier. Jumped up divs thinking they are 10 men, hey ho

Oh and it was £1.50 when I started going, although NYE was £25 or something, cans of breaker, crucial brew and lucozade for peanuts.

That's how I remember it too, I loved the place and had the best of times. I was 21 when the whole acid house kicked off, perfectly timed after the demise of The Smiths and right on time for Public Enemy, Mondays, Roses, De La Soul etc.

The Hac was the hub, but Manchester as a whole was buzzing off it's tits, all the other clubs mentioned on here (Konspiracy, Thunderdome) played huge parts. I feel blessed to have lived through that era, I'll never see it again.
And I've nothing but fond memories.

 

[waterloo blue]

Had a bad case of the shits in there once,I'd been to cleaner bogs in the third world.
Thunderdome,jesus that was rough,took a mate in there that didn't touch pills,just drink.
He said it was like the last days of the roman empire,I'd could neither deny or concur as if I ended up in there all hope was gone.
House,great call,took my cousin from Ireland there and she'd never seen or heard anything like it.

 

[bluesoup]

Used to go there between 88-91 then, rarely afterwards. The Place was big enough to move around and mix up your night - it was like one big social club; Good music, Cafe, Traitor bar, upstairs balcony, main area and back stage...

They had different nights so you could pick between an indie night or a dance night. Liked it in those days because it was different to the many traditional discos all over Manchester (e.g. Piccadilly 21) so it was quite a novelty at the time and offered something different.

During the 90's it went downhill and started filling up with people that used to scare the shit out of me, travelling ravers / scroats on E's and trying to be trendy students.

I only went again to a few special / birthday nights after that because the place lost its soul to drug scene.

Saw a few good acts there too and I remember well jamiroqui doing one of his first gigs there. He was an unknown support act in those days!

Boardwalk around the corner was okay too in a fashion. Doesn't really get a mention.

 

[tiggsywiggsywoo]

I never went but from what I've heard it was average.

 

[Ammy]

Absolutely worth all the hype :)
Shaped my youth completely, I spent most nights in the Hac, managed to sneak in, massively underage, as my best mate's brother was a dj.
Nude, Hot, Temperance, Flesh...best memories