Colosseum - Best Of All Time??

[Dj Nicksy]

Was The Colosseum The Best Rave Of All Time In The Northeast???

Ur Opnions Please.

Thanks.

[sexykayla]

Was The Colosseum The Best Rave Of All Time In The Northeast???

Ur Opnions Please.

Thanks.
i think jday was da best rave in da northeast, yea coloss was gud but nt as jday nd moneky

[djtonyeldorado]

I Have Many Good Memories About Both Of These Clubs Thats Why It`s Hard To Choose Which 1 Was The Best,when The Colosseum Music Got A Bit To Cheesy I`d Chill Out Or I`d Go And Talk To People Whereas In Judgement Day If The Music Got A Bit To Cheesy In The Main Arena I`d Go Into The Gabba/old School Room.the Only Problem Is We Need Clubs Like Them Now Playing Proper Hardcore Like Rotterdam Music.bass Generator Sort Yourself Out And Jump Back On The Wagon We Need You!!!

[Dj Nicksy]

***djtonyelderado***

We Defo Need Abit Of Hardcore + Bass Generator Back In The Scene. Ive Never Been To The Colo Or Jday :( :( :( :( Due To Been Too Young At The Time But The Tapes And Photos Like Fookin Unreal...the Atmosphere On The Tapes Sound Immence, Sounds Proper Mint.

Wish It Was Like That Nowadays!!!!!!

[Marky_P]

i think jday was da best rave in da northeast, yea coloss was gud but nt as jday nd moneky
lier ya r only 15

[DaveCrozz]

Was The Colosseum The Best Rave Of All Time In The Northeast???

Ur Opnions Please.

Thanks.i have to say there both good club' in some way's . bass genrater is still dj but in scotland at old skool new skool events

[sexykayla]

lier ya r only 15
i can stil get in 4 18

[djtonyeldorado]

i can stil get in 4 18
I was only fifteen when i used to go to the powerhouse when it was at redcar and i lived at middlesbrough but lasses these days let there hair down and can do anything they want even pinch lads clothes,get into pubs and clubs and you`s get away with murder by flicking your eyelids. :)

[sexykayla]

I was only fifteen when i used to go to the powerhouse when it was at redcar and i lived at middlesbrough but lasses these days let there hair down and can do anything they want even pinch lads clothes,get into pubs and clubs and you`s get away with murder by flicking your eyelids. :)
that iz ture but if u seen me no da street u wouldnt think i was 15 wil 16 me b'day soon

[marty]

LOL

Sorry, but I find it funny.......... loads of 15 year olds.....oops...sorry...16 year olds discussing what were the best "rave" clubs in the North East.

The Blue Monkey (with original line-up and owners, etc) closed in 1993, The Venue burned down in 1995 and the Collosseum closed in 1996 didn't it? So......that makes these people about 8 or 9 years old at the time!!!

The "Best Rave" in the North East could have been any of the following places:

Philmores, Saltburn
Eclipse, Stockton
Blue Monkey, Sunderland (best in my eyes before I was DJ'ing)
After Dark, Sunderland
The Venue, Spennymoor
Collosseum, Norton

There were others too, but they were the main ones from 1991 to 1996 or so.

Everyone will have fond memories of certain clubs, so for you lot to decide which was best is a bit daft innit? Obviously, I'm going to say The Venue was best because I worked there.....It was superb!!!! However.....when I was just a clubber/punter/customer, The Blue Monkey was by far the best for me!!! Brilliant atmosphere, brilliant crowd, superb music and no trouble!!

Stockton Eclipse and the later After Dark were both edgy, dark holes full of some right dodge pots, but they were still brilliant in their own way!!!

Marty

[Daz Effect]

We need some older ravers to tell some good stories from the old raves. Even some photos etc.

90% of people who visit this site will only have heard of the Colosseum era as the old original rave. But Rave really starts back in the techno days of the Blue Monkey. First rave in the Sunderland wasn't it? and what about the old warehouse raves of the NRG HOUSE days down on the keyside?

.....someone needs to tell a good story of how it all started.

[Dj Nicksy]

Need Some Old Stories To Tell Everyone What It Was Really Like!!

Please Share!

Going Out To The Hardcore Mental Ravers!!!! :d

[Buzz Hooligan]

na, monkey is the boy

[sexykayla]

LOL

Sorry, but I find it funny.......... loads of 15 year olds.....oops...sorry...16 year olds discussing what were the best "rave" clubs in the North East.

The Blue Monkey (with original line-up and owners, etc) closed in 1993, The Venue burned down in 1995 and the Collosseum closed in 1996 didn't it? So......that makes these people about 8 or 9 years old at the time!!!

The "Best Rave" in the North East could have been any of the following places:

Philmores, Saltburn
Eclipse, Stockton
Blue Monkey, Sunderland (best in my eyes before I was DJ'ing)
After Dark, Sunderland
The Venue, Spennymoor
Collosseum, Norton

There were others too, but they were the main ones from 1991 to 1996 or so.

Everyone will have fond memories of certain clubs, so for you lot to decide which was best is a bit daft innit? Obviously, I'm going to say The Venue was best because I worked there.....It was superb!!!! However.....when I was just a clubber/punter/customer, The Blue Monkey was by far the best for me!!! Brilliant atmosphere, brilliant crowd, superb music and no trouble!!

Stockton Eclipse and the later After Dark were both edgy, dark holes full of some right dodge pots, but they were still brilliant in their own way!!!

Marty


wot ur u like? u wil never find out if ive been ur nt its ur word by im

[djtonyeldorado]

Need Some Old Stories To Tell Everyone What It Was Really Like!!

Please Share!

Going Out To The Hardcore Mental Ravers!!!! :d
WHEN I FIRST WENT TO POWERHOUSE, ADRIAN STREET WAS ON THE DECKS, EVERYONE WHO WAS IN THERE WAS HAPPY AS F**K,FRIENDLY,THEY WOULD BUY YOU DRINKS,THATS HOW GOOD THE ATMOSPHERE WAS IN THE POWERHOUSE IN THEM DAYS.I`D SEE JASON BUSHBY WALKING ABOUT SORTING THE LIGHTNING OUT - CAN`T REALLY RECALL HIM PLAYING ON THE DECKS,I TALKED TO MIKEY B AND DIDN`T HAVE A CLUE WHAT I SAID TO HIM OR WHAT HE SAID TO ME BUT I REMEMBER TALKING TO HIM FOR ABOUT 10/15 MINS,I ALSO REMEMBER DJ EXCEL THEY HAD TO GET A BEER CRATE FOR HIM TO STAND ON TO PLAY ON THE DECKS,IT WAS THEN WHEN I FIRST STARTED TAKING PILLS £10 FOR 1 WHICH I DONE HALF AT A TIME AS THEY WERE MUCH STRONGER BACK IN THEM DAYS AND THERE WAS ONE LAD WHO USED TO SAY TO ME THERE 33% CHANCE OF DYING OR F++KING UP AND THAT CHANCE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TONIGHT - HE WAS ONLY HAVING A LAUGH WITH ME, HE WAS A SOUND LAD WHO I USED TO SEE IN THE HOLGATE AT AYRESOME PARK WHEN I USED TO GO WITH DJ CULTURE HE`S SEEN ME IN SOME STATES AS WE USED TO LIVE TOGETHER BACK IN 93/4/5 NOT TO SURE ABOUT EXACT YEARS AS I`M NEARLY 26 NOW.I REMEMBER 1 TIME WHEN I WAS AT THE FRONT OF THE DANCEFLOOR IN FRONT OF THE DJ/MC AND THE LAD WHO I WENT WITH HIS FEET WERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME BUT HIS HEAD WAS MILES AWAY (PROBABLY DUE TO ME TRIPPING OUT ON POPPERS AS THERE WAS A LAD IN THERE WHO`D ALWAYS COME AND FIND ME AND GIVE ME HIS POPPERS,ID HAVE A BLAST AND GIVE HIM THEM BACK AND LOOK AT THE LIGHTS)NEXT THING I KNOW SOMETHING NUDGED ME IN THE BACK(EVEN THOUGH HIS FEET WERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, I RECOGNISED HIS TRAINERS THATS WHY I KNOW THEY WERE HIS FEET AND I TURNED ROUND AND QFX WERE GETTING READY FOR THERE LIVE PA - I THINK THAT WAS THE NIGHT I WAS TALKING TO MIKEY B.I WILL LET YOU KNOW SOME OF MY MEMORIES OF THE COLOSSEUM WHEN I`VE GOT TIME TOO MANY.HOPEFULLY THIS WILL GET OTHER PEOPLE TO MENTION THERE MEMORIES. :)

[Dj Nicksy]

***dj tonyelderado***

sounds like u used to have a wicked time. like it how it was much friendlier back then, so friendly that people bought u drinks! sweet!

keep the coming people! :D

[Buzz Hooligan]

Yeah Marty Who R U ?

U Act As If U Know The Score,

Reveal Urself

[markmayhem]

Yeah Marty Who R U ?

U Act As If U Know The Score,

Reveal Urself



HA HA HA!!

Marty is one of the original north east rave Dj's!!
Anyone with the slightest bit of common sense knows that dont they!? :rolleyes:

[andy_m]

lol @ sexykayla

your profile say's your bithday is October 4, 1988

that would make you 9 years old when the colossium closed back in 97 :D :D

i can't recall seeing any 9 years old there :eek:

[Flounders]

haha just shows tha people dicussing the old school is ful of daft kids like, the mon key is the boy n say who is dj marty! if u knew summmit ud know the likes of him adrians treet bushby etc wer the boyos, im only 17 but have a massive collection of venue powehouse coloseum etc tapes and prefer them to n e other rave, i go to the monkey n powerhouse over18 but wud prefer a oldschool tape n e day!! well never get the old days bk which is a shame! respect to the old boyos!

[JayJ]

i wudnt know wot any ov the old raves were like proply as i havnt experienced been 2 1 ov them myself, plus i was 2 young:( (17 now) all i hav is tapes. but from wot my sister tells me, they were excellent and really enjoyed them (especially the rezerection nd JudgementDay).
shame thes nowt on like that now... :( why??

[Buzz Hooligan]

FAO mark mayhem, ahem did yee get a wig re-shaping voucher for yee birfday?

all the best mate ;)

[sexykayla]

lol @ sexykayla

your profile say's your bithday is October 4, 1988

that would make you 9 years old when the colossium closed back in 97 :D :D

i can't recall seeing any 9 years old there :eek:
fuk u dick head

[MC_Sonic]

ha ha. your just a lying bitch :D :D :D

[ukbands]

Need Some Old Stories To Tell Everyone What It Was Really Like!!

Please Share!

Going Out To The Hardcore Mental Ravers!!!! :d

what would you like to know? The blue Monkey sunderland in 1989 -1992 ?

The Venue in Spennymoor ? the venue in South Sheilds ?

Had many a good night in the Empre around your neck of the woods but it was strictly no shirts off from what I remember.... :5430:

[ALEX.]

Id like to know why you have dug a thread up from 2 nd a half years ago lol

That sexykayla lass was a blatent numskull, nd wats the crack with buzz hooligan?

[ukbands]

It came from a Google search mate, just joined up to answer some guys question, he was asking about the old school, I sampled most of the venues around the northeast and others around the country.

Coliseum was ok but not even close to the blue Monkey in Sunderland, it was in a class of it's own. The Venue in spennymoor was not bad either

[Daz_Stockton]

ill at that 'sexykayla' the 9 year old collo sessioner.. and ppl moan at 15-16 year olds at over 18's haha

and ano wots the crack wiv buzz hooligan

[walker]

what the fuck man this threads fuckin confusing as fuck!

sexykayla, and buzz holigan........ wtf marty is one of legend dj's in the north east rave scene :17429: :17429: :17429: sort it out man!

[johna]

makin me laugh this like, Can't believe some peep's don't know there north east rave history,

[Quinny]

am ill @ this thread nd tht lass sayin tht pmsl ...

[stetheboro]

The Colosseum was good for the first few weeks of opening, back when it was called Club Fiesta/Sunrise. After a while though it became the same everytime that you went. Same tunes, same DJ's week in week out. There was nothing special about going, you knew excatly what you were going to get. This was a shame as it had the potential and crowds to become one of the finest venues in the UK.

I perfered the original Afterdark or Hysteria by a long way

[Renegade Master]

I can only comment on the 1s i've been to and its hard to choose between the JDay and the Afterdark 2. The Judgement Day was amazing for the atmosphere and you also had a selection of rooms to go in (Main Room, Asylum Trance room, Gabba room and Old Skool Room) so you could never get bored. But i think the Afterdark just pips it for me cos i loved the German Trance and the Makina when it first started getting played - it was a fresh sound and i used to rush off me nappa to tunes like Monstersound and Start 2 Party. Also the the MCs were unreal at the 'Dark so it was perfect for me.

[scott h13]

I dont know how people can say o the best 1 is bla bla when they havnt even been to it or o the best 1 is bla bla cos thats the only 1 they have been to ever.


Ross has the right fame of mind people can only judge from what clubs they have been to not by a pack of tapes they have built up at skool ive been to 99% of them and worked in 80% of them and they are all good in different ways there is no real no1 its just down to personal favs.


And that whos marty anyway had me rolling it was whos g-force not long ago you can tell the kids who know fuck all from the people who do.


Whos techno-t???? does anybody know answers on a skool jotter please.

[SPOONIE]

techno t ????? does he do tattoos or summit lol

i agree with rossi. ad2 pips the jd for me aswell. used to get such a buzz every saturday about goin, yes it was a shit tip and full of wankers but when the place was full and kickin off ive never experienced anything like it since.
the jd was good but a didnt enjoy it as much as an all nighter.

a wish me mam had had me 5 or 6 years earlier so i could have experienced the venue though, or the house of god in many peoples eyes haha

[THE SAJ]

wish i cudda been old enough to go to em all :( av only been to the ones that been kickin about now like monkey and hangar n tha coz am only 18

[Dj RoB ST]

colo or jd best i went to, first was blue monkey b4 it changed over to colo, was really good time for the tuneage as well watchin it change so much and speeding up, only got to jd at the union once but was unreal and everyone was up for the crack like and was a banging night, also found it at the colo everyone well up for it and friendly as fuck, if u never cracked onto someone and tried to keep ur self to ur self, u wud always get someone try to crack onto u and see who u are where u from wot u had haha. gud shit

probs go for colo coz i has some unreal times in there, and the colo judgement days were beasts too, after dark 2 was cany but always 2nd fiddle to the colo , never really came into its own till the colo closed, thing a will goto colo, when it closed so did the north easts links to the hardcore scene i think, slowly the acts coming down started to dry up, end of the era of pas and big uk djs coming down, always used to be 2 or 3 on a month at colo and had a wkd big venue, loads of places to be and kcik off and chill

[dj_force]

Yeah Marty Who R U ?

U Act As If U Know The Score,

Reveal Urself

are u for real hes a legend class dj

[Lloydy]

btw lads this thread is 2 years old

[dj_force]

never noticed lol

[buzzin]

never been to any ov thm to young only 18, but me m8s used to be at the judydays evry week n it sounds lyk it was amazin, evry1 sweet atmposhphere eletcric seen videos ov the venue tht lukd unreal

wen the time machene is finally invented a no wer my 1st few stops wil be.. jugy day, venue, collo, dark lol

[dj sensation]

Aye Ad Say The Best Days Were The Old Skool Ones Used To Listen To The Colosseum In Secondry School Lol Sitting At The Bck Of The Class Walkman On Lol , Haha Sexy Kaylz Dissing One Of The Orig North East Legend Djs What Planet She From :8862:

[JOHNSTER]

i have just read up to the second page of this thread and wrote this am not going to continue nuff said!!!! pmfsl rollin ..................

[spud]

collo was gud , alot of times id get tapes from there and id be like mint - lets see wot tunes are getting blasted out - lets see if ive got any of them on vinyl - i did have yet sum of the sets djs had played the same records which did disapoint me but then id get sum special unreleased tapes from leenny dee whos sets were out this world

[Flounders]

cnt believe this thread as croped up after 2years!

a cnt judge cos av never been as a sed in me earlyer post 2year ago but ive always preferd the older stuff...but now im older ive seen that u cnt go on about the "oldskool" that was then this is now you need to move forward av moved more into the hardstyle hardcore scene etc.

[Ben Murray]

Av Only Listened To Audio lol but Imo collo , always quality tunes wacked out

*Edit* 2 Years :O lmfaooo :|:|:|

[davey howe]

i agree im only 16 lyk cant really judge which is best club but while i have liked it probablys new monkey lyk

[Lee]

that daft lass shud be slapped lol

[Jay FX]

Haha i only found this thread by doing a google search for Philmores but anyway..

Philmores was the kiddie back then simple as.
Check Jimmy G's profile about it. I couldn't sum it up better myself. Club Havana was great but the music was just starting to learn,wereas when phillies kicked in and Bushby brought the Italian sound to the northeast my Weekends changed forever.
I can still picture the place to this day and the walls realy did drip with sweat!!!
How the fuck 1500 got crammed in i do not know but we had room to dance(just) and room to smile the entire night. I seen legends play at that place. SOR being one,shaft,dream frequency,kicks like a mule are all pa's that can never ever be repeated!
Faces i'd love to see again,certain tunes kicking in,certain ramblings on the mic by jimmy or mecca or power.

I could rant all night about the place but i need to eat these chicken wings before they cold haha.

Oh and bump*

[cockboy]

lol this is an old thread

[Hype]

The Colosseum was good for the first few weeks of opening, back when it was called Club Fiesta/Sunrise. After a while though it became the same everytime that you went. Same tunes, same DJ's week in week out. There was nothing special about going, you knew excatly what you were going to get. This was a shame as it had the potential and crowds to become one of the finest venues in the UK.

I perfered the original Afterdark or Hysteria by a long way

so how many times did you actually go because there was a different line up every week and if you remember one or two weeks it would be club nite where all residents played then others it would be clubscene nights where all top bands and dj,s mc's from around the country would perform, I have worked around many clubs and real big events and for me there was no place lke the colo evan for myself mcing in fornt of ten thousand people up at judgement day at scotland

[cocooma lover]

was a good club and had a fair few top nights but no where near the best rave club

[Ironman]

Creased at that lass saying she went to Collo when she would of been 9 hahaha.

[dj-energy]

haha rollin at tht lass lyk

never went but for the music tht was getin played at tht time am goin with colosseum... the energy in them sets was unreal, techno-t was in his prime around tht time aswel same with daz attack his dj'in sets were unrealll

[STICK]

Creased at whoever brought this thread back up get with the times man, memorys are in the past ...

[Dj Nicksy]

fuck me! dont even remember doin this thread haha wellit is 5 years old! lol:8856:

[House-man]

The "Best Rave" in the North East could have been any of the following places:

Philmores, Saltburn
Eclipse, Stockton
Blue Monkey, Sunderland (best in my eyes before I was DJ'ing)
After Dark, Sunderland
The Venue, Spennymoor
Collosseum, Norton



Stockton Eclipse and the later After Dark were both edgy, dark holes full of some right dodge pots, but they were still brilliant in their own way!!!

Marty

agreed :541:

[DJ REACT]

was the best all night weekly rave i've ever been in. had some ov the best nights ov me life in there. especialy when ultrasonic were on and die witness

[Jay FX]

Creased at whoever brought this thread back up get with the times man, memorys are in the past ...


That would be me,read again on page 5 i think of how i found this thread.

[micwasere]

:8856:

That would be me,read again on page 5 i think of how i found this thread.

:5163:

[Hype]

never been to any ov thm to young only 18, but me m8s used to be at the judydays evry week n it sounds lyk it was amazin, evry1 sweet atmposhphere eletcric seen videos ov the venue tht lukd unreal

wen the time machene is finally invented a no wer my 1st few stops wil be.. jugy day, venue, collo, dark lol

sorry kid but the judgement day was only on once a month son socheck ya m8s crack

[John_Galbraith]

Judgement Day I think was the best rave.

Line-ups a million times more diverse and exciting.

The Colosseum tapes, once you heard one set - you've heard every set.

NRG, Selector C, Attack, Charlie etc all mint DJ's. Really good - but let's be honest once you heard one of thier set's, you've heard them all from the Colosseum.

Might sound harsh, but that's just my opinion,

[BounceMaster]

kicks like a mule

just scored the bouncer off ebay £5. RESULT!

:541:

[Jamey Culture]

was the best by far... a was there every week nothing topdddd it simple as

[cocooma lover]

no where near as good or as mental as phillmores or the venue but still a top club

[Dj Nicksy]

cringing at my posts lol i was only 18 .. :1772: