Stratus Dance Club 1978-1987 (music, people, video)

[LaJollaEast]

The Bacchanal - now there's a blast from the past!
In college I went there to see The Psychedelic Furs, The Motels, Wall of Voodoo and Romeo Void and probably a few other bands I have forgotten!

My husband took me to see The Pixies there in 1989 and it was amazing.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by LaJollaEast

The Bacchanal - now there's a blast from the past!
In college I went there to see The Psychedelic Furs, The Motels, Wall of Voodoo and Romeo Void and probably a few other bands I have forgotten!

My husband took me to see The Pixies there in 1989 and it was amazing.

One of my favorite songs, Romeo Void "Never say never". Serious jam. I was into New Wave/Punk then and it was my hangout . SD had no real clubs like Denver did though for that. Trax was a serious New Wave/Punk club.

[joosoon]

Originally Posted by hitman619

After Dark night Club i think it was called.

That's the one I couldn't recall.
After Death was the official, unofficial name.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Anyone remember Baxters on Balboa Ave? That was my other haunt.

[malcorub16]

Originally Posted by hitman619

But Yea, Pre Stratus Night Clubs the only other teen club in town was up in Escondido. After Dark night Club i think it was called.
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It was mentioned in the comments of the video I watched that the one in Escondido was called the Ice House.

[hitman619]

Originally Posted by malcorub16

It was mentioned in the comments of the video I watched that the one in Escondido was called the Ice House.

There may have been another night club called the ice House, sounds familiar but the one i Remember most in Escondido was after dark. My cousin worked as a bouncer at the Casa de ore Club before it closed. After Dark bought out or either took over Stratus teen night clubs in the late 80's.
After Dark switch From new wave to strictly R&B Hip hop, which was all the the kids were dancing too by the late 80's. I met my first wife at the Santee Roller Rink on Dance night.


https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...697-story.html after dark night club.

April 27, 1988 12 AM PT Times Staff Writer
Escondido After Dark, a popular teen-age nightclub, was ordered closed Tuesday by city authorities who cited numerous building-code violations that they said threatened the health and safety of patrons.
Dan McFarland, Escondido city building director, said the club on East Valley Parkway previously had been cited several times for crowding--allowing more than 299 people into the building--but had never been padlocked.
Violations, reported to the city inspectors by an unidentified complainant, include unlicensed electrical wiring and unsafe construction on raised platforms where patrons sit.
City inspectors visited the club at 1981 E. Valley Parkway last Friday, and the building was posted and padlocked Tuesday after the report of their findings.The club is normally closed Mondays and Tuesdays, so the closure will not affect it until tonight, McFarland said.


After a meeting Tuesday afternoon with the nightclub’s owner, Charles Mitich, his attorney, Jeff Cheyne, and a contractor, McFarland said the city will cooperate with the club’s management in its efforts to lift the closure order in time to open tonight as usual.
He said, however, that much work must be done to bring the building up to city code standards. Hazardous electrical wiring includes “a total morass” of connections and too many extension cords and wires taped together, posing a fire hazard, McFarland said.
Poorly constructed platforms built without permits and of substandard materials must be removed and electrical deficiencies must be corrected before the club will be allowed to open, McFarland said.



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[Astral_Weeks]

I am a Gen X'er who grew up in Los Angeles so my initial ventures into S.D. nightlife didn't occur until the late 80's and early 90's when two close high school buddies attended college in San Diego.

That said, before my time, two highly influential musical icons spent some of their teenage years in San Diego: Tom Waits and Frank Zappa.

Waits was the doorman for a time at the Heritage coffee house/folk club in Mission Beach in the late 60's and early 70's. Soon he was performing his early material on the Heritage stage.

Tom Waits - Heritage

His "San Diego Serenade" was released on his second album (1974). Though that tune is more pure schmaltz as compared to the more experimental/avant-garde material he became known for in the late 70's and 80's.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hbC-_79p7I

[phinneas j. whoopee]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

The Bacchanal

https://www.cinemaspartan.com/bacchanal/

The Butt Canal.

[phinneas j. whoopee]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

One of my favorite songs, Romeo Void "Never say never". Serious jam. I was into New Wave/Punk then and it was my hangout . SD had no real clubs like Denver did though for that. Trax was a serious New Wave/Punk club.

The Underground in PB, a little later.

[Axxlrod]

This is the strangest thread that just keeps going and going.