Talk:Batcave (club)

Closing?
The Article speaks as if the Batcave is closed, but there's no date in the closing section. Does anyone know when the Batcave closed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FCC8:AC83:D800:7D6D:A04F:860E:4877 (talk) 17:52, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Untitled
The Batcave did not start at a location in Dean Street, Soho, but rather at The Gargoyle Club in Meard Street, Soho just around the corner from Dean Street.

More regular than Robert Smith (in the early days) were Steve Severin, Souxsie and Marc Almond.

A key element of the early Batcave was it also showed films and occasionally had caberet acts.

The idea was originally sugested to Ollie Wisdom by Rusty Egan who also suggested the venue.

So, when did the Batcave close then? The article speaks of it in the past tense but never says when or why it closed.


 * The Batcave club closed in the middle of 1985. Shortly after, Specimen split up. And the Gargoyle Club was in the Dean Street 69. The Meard Street is only an alley on the other side of the building. --Ada Kataki (talk) 16:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)


 * This is Dave Exile, former M:Alice /Tenebrae DJ (see "Second wave of goth at same venue" below). Just to clarify the confusion over Dean Street and Meard Street, Gossips (formerly The Gargoyle Club) was at the intersection of the two. Although the actual entrance to Gossips was in Meard Street, its postal address was 69 Dean Street. The venue was sold in 2004 (not 2006 as stated below), and reopened as The Soho Lounge, a mainstream club. This failed, and the main part of Gossips is now someone's flat. DaveExile (talk) 22:47, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Second wave of goth at same venue
In June 1995, goth came back to the same venue (renamed 'Gossips' at the time, but with the same manager: Mick Collins) in the form of their Wednesday night's 'M:Alice Underground' and soon adding a monthly Friday 'Tenebrae Tarentella'. Running successfully for over 10 years with promoter Batman (aka. The Cockney Gargoyle) and DJ Ben, later being joined by DJ Dave Exile in around 2000. In 2006 the venue, like so much of Soho's alternative culture, was sold, redecorated and targetted towards a more mainstream clientel signalling the end of M:Alice and Tenebrae —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.177.163.227 (talk) 11:10, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Also see

 * Gargoyle Club
 * The Comedy Store (London)

Gargoyle basement address : 4 Meard Street
Z75SG61Ilunqpdb (talk) 06:21, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Mandrake
 * Billy's
 * Gossip's

Famous regulars?
In my experience as a member (from early days in Dean Street), there were no famous regulars. Contrary to the latter-day mythology pushed by some for reasons of their own, famous faces appeared rarely. Martin Stower (talk) 23:24, 11 February 2024 (UTC)