How did you first get into dance music?

got into it from going to raves put on at youth centres by older friends.. then 1st time actually went to a club, was the infamous colliseum in norton

then progressed into becoming a regular @ the empire for many years.. now i really don't have a clubbing home, but i consider promise my adopted clubbing home

And your a valued family member dood ust don't be unloyal n fook off back to that hole in boro

hahah there would have to be an almighty change of direction for both clubs and crowds for me to become an empire reg again. most of us old ones have relocated to promise anyway

lol and who says boro's a town full of retarded smack rats

thats why i don't live in boro.. i live in the suburban hell that is yarm where every 16 year old aint got a smack problem, they got a coke problem

lol yarm is truely uuuber cool :chill: :chill:

your all so bling

Re: How did you first get into dance music?

Err.... I'm not saying I'm an old git, but I was there first !

Gotta go back to those early early days of dance music - C & C music factory, Snap, Chicago house and Acieed!

Yes.... I'm an old git.........

Especially since I dont just remember them - I was DJing and playing them in clubs! eeek !!!

true, true :chill:

My first 'proper' clubbing experience I think was Sound City at the Arena back in Oct '98, anyone else go? After visiting the Empire a few times decided to see what all the fuss was about.....and I've never looked back!!!!!!!!! Was totally amazed by the atmosphere and little things like how far people have travelled...I must have spoke to just about everyone but that was maybe because I had also tried something else for the first time that night

After that went to Godskitchen at the Sanctuary twice in three weeks (the Sanctuary was much better than Code btw!!!) and then went to GC for NYE '98/'99. After that went to GC at least twice a month throughout '99 and '00 and would consider these times to be the most successful clubbing period ever in the UK....IMHO!!! I did visit other clubs but nothing came anywhere near GC!!

Trance Nation 1 got me into Decent Music and to be honest there aint alot of albums that will beat that - in fact theres none IMO its just class..

The first decent club i went to after doin the Ikon/Legends of Newcastle was Foundation for Shindig (ohh how ive changed ehh ) n then i moved onto Gatecrasher where now ive been about 10 times - the rest of the Uk ive been to Godskitchen only the once, Sugarshack a few times and festivals ive been to Creamfields / GCSSS / GKGG. Abroad having went to Ibiza last year i went to Eden x 2 for Judgement Sunday, GK @ Amnesia n Manumission which is an experience n a half tho not so good when ya walkin the 9 miles back coz the fookin taxi cue was as much use as a chocolate fireguard

Fluff*E

Makes U sound old??????

Fu*k me,

I started going to the Rezerections at the Studio in Newcastle in 1990

I can remember wen Old Skool was New, n not just a pile of comercial shite that charted in 92 that has reapered on all these comp CDs !!!!!

Im 27 in case ur all now thinking im 50!!!!!!!!!!

Only look 25 tho!!


Right, wheres me walking stick

LM

Re: Fluff*E

LOL My mam used to go there and Maddisons aswell where the Spirit gym is now.

started goin to raves during the early years of Prodigy, Shamen and Altern8 etc. still had a love of rock thru me dad and started listening to metal and alt stuff to, e.g. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc. By the time I got to uni I had just shaven off my long blonde locks but still listened to rock. However there were 4or5 djs in my halls at uni and i had always been fascinated by ixing dance music. started going clubbing with them, learnt to mix and the rest, as they say, is history.

7 years later and i often wonder where i'd be now if it wasn't for 2 cockneys and a lad from cullercoats who showed me the ways of the dance world by taking me to places such as Back2Basics, The Warehouse and Up Yer Ronson.

Thanx boys!

haha its hard to imagine u with flowing locks

Started going to shindig just before Riverside shut, then went halfs on some decks with a mate and while he was mixing hip hop i started to mix house, then started getting well into the different tunes and styles, wasnt till then till i started going clubbing more often.

aye i can imagine, its hard for me to remember now. u wouldn't think i used to be a long haired metaller who weighed 16 stone, would ya?

lol, u not got any photo evidence that u can post up to show us...lol

i have actually mate, i'll hunt it out and post it later 2nyt coz i don't know how to use fizz's scanner.

u know ashleigh up in edinburgh? she used to be a fair old size too and tiff was about a stone heavier than me!

i was mixin that the other day

how did i get in2 the dance scene.. i was bought the first ministry album when i was like 9.. so i guess that did a bit.... and a certain mr jules as well.