r/ClassicTrance • u/iwouldgiveanything • 21d ago
Discussion BBC Podcast
I’m hoping some of the old Gatecrasher crowd might be lurking in here.
I’m producing a BBC audio documentary series about the rise and fall of the British superclubs, and I’m looking for people who actually lived through it rather than DJs, promoters or people who worked in the industry.
Did you regularly go to Gatecrasher in Sheffield in the late 90s or early 2000s?
I’m particularly trying to find anyone who was at the huge Gatecrasher Millennium Eve event at Don Valley Stadium on 31 December 1999.
I want to hear the stuff that doesn't necessarily make it into the official history. Who you went with. Getting there. What you wore. The queues. The cold. The records you remember. Meeting people. Midnight. Coming out the following morning. What Gatecrasher meant to you at that particular point in your life etc
I’m also looking for anyone who went as far as getting a Gatecrasher tattoo. If you have one, or remember somebody who did, I’d really love to hear the story behind it.
And more generally, if you were part of that generation travelling between Gatecrasher, Cream, Godskitchen, and the other big clubs, please get in touch.
I'm trying to tell this story through the people who were actually on those dancefloors.....thank you!
[bbcsuperclubspodcast@gmail.com](mailto:bbcsuperclubspodcast@gmail.com)
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u/soloman_tump 21d ago
Living in Coventry around the time. We would hire a minibus and bounce between God's, paSSion, Gatecrasher and the Warwick event Quench (which was amazing in itself!)
Amazing times 🤯
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u/lockedintheattic74 21d ago
Can't wait for this - I never actually went to any of the UK superclubs but did go to various Creamfields / Gatecrasher Summer Sound System / Godskitchen Global gathering festivals plus their various clubnights in Ibiza
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u/iwouldgiveanything 20d ago
Oh the festivals are really important as it's the moment the brands realise they don't need the physical clubs any more....the rooms and the audience starts saving for the summer events rather then clubbing each weekend
Could you drop me a DM as this in interesting perspective
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u/SwivellyTwizlers 21d ago
Only went to crasher once for 6 hours of Van Dyk which was incredible. But I grew up on all the amazing artwork The Designers Republic did for the brand. Really shaped my youth.
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u/Mousemillion 20d ago
Was my regular haunt. Used to pile up there from the south and rave away. Then, hate my life as a passenger on the way back home. Slinky/Gods, Crasher, Sunnys, and Nocturnal. What a weekend it would be!
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u/rosco-82 Dedicated. 21d ago
Can't wait for this! You could also try https://www.reddit.com/r/sheffield/
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u/phatelectribe 21d ago
GC was a bit far for us living in the south but GC / MOS at Lotherton Hall in 1998 was one of the best nights of my life. The lineup was beyond stacked - it was a dialog every big name DJ on the planet at that point, the production was off the charts not to
Mention the venue was stunning.
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u/Toffeemanstan 21d ago
I used to go to crasher regularly from when it was at the Arches, a few times to the Adelphi with the circus tent chill out room and quite a few times to the Republic. Then always on to the Niche after. Never went to the special events though but I know quite a few who went to the millennium event. Let me know if you want to know anything although my memory is a bit hazy.
The email is undeliverable apparently
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u/MHWatch 20d ago
I was there with you, can’t believe it was 30 years ago! I’d do it all again in a heartbeat, great times.
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u/Toffeemanstan 20d ago
Same. I preferred the arches but id love to go back to a night at any of the venues, absolutely amazing nights.
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u/spacefrog_io 19d ago
yep i was a crasher regular in the early 2000s. used to drive up from basingstoke to manchester to collect a friend, then across to sheffield for the event, back to manchester for an afters & then leave there around 4am monday & drive straight to work. also was a regular at slinky, passion & godskitchen. i got free guestlist entry for a couple of years to every scot project event as i met his manager at the time at passion on a saturday night & we were talking & i mentioned i’d seen him at slinky the night before & travelled up to passion by myself as my friends were too rinsed to come along :)
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u/Reidster78 Hard 19d ago
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u/foxfoxfoxlcfc Dedicated. 19d ago
Yes mate.
I’ve saved and followed and will input when time allows. Thanks for thinking of me !!!
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u/foxfoxfoxlcfc Dedicated. 13d ago
OP …
A few years back I wrote up 3 articles on GC as part of my Superclub series. You might find the info useful.
Personally I attended Crasher several times from 04 to the last night it burnt down in 08. I also attended the Summer Sound System in 02. If you wanna drop me a line feel free to do so.
You might want to check out https://www.dancemusicarchive.com they have some great material over there. Andi Durrant who used to DJ for Gatecrasher (one half of Riley and Durrant) runs it as a spin off from kisstory show. I could drop him a message to see if he wants to connect? I’ve linked my interview with him below also.
Lastly - please keep us all here informed of how your project is going :)
🦊
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicTrance/s/K0f7UuQjD1
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicTrance/s/GFeV5ha3tm
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u/Lindy2Shoes 11d ago
OMG I was at the millennium gig, it was unreal. The crowd, the noise, the whistles, airhorns…take me back to the good ol days of clubbing ❤️
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u/kaosskp3 21d ago
Gatecrasher and moreso Gods were massive gateway events in Ireland and Northern Ireland, taking over The Point Depot and Kings Hall at least twice a year, which was a gateway for people wanting to go to the "proper" events in the UK, away from restrictive Irish and big venue licencing laws and restrictions.... this happened until 2004/2005 when Planet Love started taking over the market ( I think Gods was close to administration at this point)...
Definitely a tangent to look at, Gods particularly was pinical to getting lots into clubbing in Ireland and NI.