Night clubs of the 90s
Most are gone long enough to be memoired about [videos]
Michigan
Blind Pig, Ann Arbor
Ohio
Cleveland
The Nine of Clubs was the “progressive” place to be … but by the time the 90s kicked in it became the Alter House, and then it was gone. Featured on the “Lost in the 80s” site: Lost in Cleveland - The Nine of Clubs.
Columbus
Crazy Mama’s (High St., across from the OSU campus) and Mean Mr. Mustard’s were the places to be. Mark Gunderson used to have a page about these places and all sorts of 90s Columbus GenX goodness, long gone [archive] that also included a list of good thrift shops, with descriptions and ratings. [archive]
Cincinnati
Bogart’s
Sudsy Malone’s “Rock ‘N Roll Laundry and Bar,” a club that was in a laundromat…
Bowling Green
Washington
The Store Room was a Seattle club/bar on Westlake Ave with awesome shows and one of the best “grunge” comp CDs ever, Here’s to the Losers (1991?) [ftp (!) review] (The Store Room’s mentioned in Mudhoney’s first newsletter and the CD was reviewed in Review Addict late 1990s)
Crocodile Cafe: The Croc’s closed
Canada
toria.ca/forum/archive/index.php/t-1386.html">Discussion of old Victoria clubs