Gatecrasher Club

Gatecrasher is a dance event first held in Birmingham England in 1993 in the 'engine house'. Its oganisers are Simon Raine, Simon Oates and (until 2004) Scott Bond.

Related Topics:
Birmingham - 1993 - 2004 - Scott Bond

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The night originally took its form from similar local clubs like 'Fun', 'Wobble', 'Miss Moneypenny's' and 'C.R.E.A.M.'.

Related Topics:
Fun - Miss Moneypenny's - C.R.E.A.M.

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Gatecrasher later moved to Bakers nightclub on Broad Street, but became so popular that larger events were organised in other locations in and around the West Midlands.

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The event re-located to Saturdays at The Republic in Sheffield in 1997, possibly due to a massive level of competition in the Midlands for clubs of this kind.

Related Topics:
Sheffield - 1997

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The music style was originally mainly Techno and House oriented. At the end of the 1990s, Gatecrasher was instruemntal in the rise of trance music. The superclub developed a cult following (Crasher Kids) who in turn developed their own style of fashion, identifiable by very fluorescent clothes, dummies and spiky hair. Although this style of dress permeated UK clubs and is still visible today, Gatecrasher discouraged it from their club around 2001/2002, though not for very long due to complaints from clubbers.

Related Topics:
Techno - House - 1990s - Trance music - Superclub - Crasher Kids

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In 2002, the club night became a monthly event due to dwindling numbers and a general decline in the previously hugely popular trance scene. This was also the year that Gatecrasher London (at the Heaven Nightclub) started.

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In 2003, the company completely refitted The Republic, renaming it Gatecrasher 1, as it is supposedly the first of 10 new Gatecrasher venues around the UK. At the same time the actual club night was renamed 'Crasher' as it was often abbreviated to by its fans, before the refit. By late 2003, the event had reduced in frequency again to just bank holidays.

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Gatecrasher has held several succesful large events including Summer Sound System (40000 Capacity), Gatecrasher NEC (15000 Capacity), Crasher N/Ice (at the Nottingham Ice Arena) (7500 Capacity) and Fort Dance in Russia (40000 Capacity). The promoters have also run a massively popular Gatecrasher night at Amnesia in Ibiza.

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The Gatecrasher brand is well known throughout the dance music scene, mainly due to a large number of compilation CDs released under the brand name.

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Gatecrasher now runs events all over the world.

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