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Club 1018
10 Avenue and 18 Street, New York, NY
It used to be the old Roxy.
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well, I guess Ill be first.When I first started clubing (at 16) I went to places like the Funhouse, Broadway96,Infernos,loft ect. It seemed like a progression with time and music.David Morales djayed at Infernos(mid town),when they got shot ,I mean shut down(samething) everyone there went to follow David at 1018s, Big space,good music and a mission to get in.To all my homies from Queens- big ups.
I WENT TO 1018 FOR ALONG TIME AND HAD MANY PICS TAKEN OF ME BY AGUY WHO WE CALLED PEE WEE HERMAN I ALSO WAS A FREIND OF STAN THE MANAGER WE HAD LOTS OF FUN UP IN THE VIP ROOM. BUT I WAS BETTER KNOWN FOR HANGING AT THE WORLD THATS WHERE ME AND MY WIFE MEET ON 10-29-86 THERE WAS NO BETTER PLACE TO BE IN THE FALL 1986
I remember seeing one of my favorite hardcore shows ever at Club 1018. It featured the Bad Brains, Circle Jerks, Vernon Reid's Living Color and possibly Leeway, I am not sure about them.
Possibly 7/15/87??
I went to 1018 (the Roxy) back then,Big L. I remember it was usually empty (because, like u said, it was a mission to get past the bouncers...although, I never had any problem). Because it was so huge and so sparsely populated, the air conditioning froze you to the bone. We would always go in to have a drink and dash around the block to Traxx. The bouncers at Traxx were our "sistahs" and we could have anyone we wanted come in. Hell, I even walked in carrying a loaded gun one night and nobody cared.
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I worked at 1018 as a bartender when it first opened. Worked there until 1990 or so. It was an exciting and interesting place to work. If you survived the shootings and stabbings. Cops started busting the drug dealers and closing down the place after a while.
Savage, if you're reading this contact me dude!
I was a bouncer there from the day it opened up. Used to work fridays and saturdays, and special events. although i couldn't stand one of the promotors, vito, he did produce some of the best music there and shows. (gay)stan was a trip, as well as the owner with his hawaii shirts !!! i remember the summer nights would be filled with so many fights, we had to run back and forth to stop them like it was a full court basketball game.
I never could get past the bouncers from some reason. I looked pretty young I guess, but was 23 when 1018 opened. and I worked at traxx around the block and even with my traxx ID I couldn't get in. I helped build (well, I painted the some of the walls and helped carry one of the bars in) at traxx and worked there in the coat check from the very beginning. I think max was the name of one of the managers, anyway, I don't have many memories of 1018 other than finishing work at traxx, going around the corner and standing around trying to get inside 1018, then I'd end up going back to traxx & partying there or palladium or another small club called Moonshadow (I think). I actually lived on 18th street and 8th ave to be closer to the clubs there. wow, good memories.
Wow - I loved 1018, and Stanley - I think he was the manager - he hosted parties upstairs - such a great guy, and was very nice to me I think I was 18 or 19 at the time, Stan talked about the old days of clubs - and I was always mesmerized. RIP - Stan we miss you.
One of the things I loved most about 1018 - it was on 10th ave and 18th street - hence the name - but they also would not open their doors until 18 minutes after 10 - I think it was on their invites - my friends used to think I was making this up, so I would call the club, on speaker phone, and ask what time they opened that night and they would always say: "10:18" - before caller ID!!!! lol
Roxy, 1018, Roxy... Spent alot of years there, from Rollerskatin, then to B-Boy Breakdancin w/ Afrika Bambatta DJ'in. and seeing Float...this guy who was the head-spinning king back in those days.
1018/ The World SAT nights me CRAZY ED /JAZAI AN LYDIA LEES CREW from Brooklyn . Big shout BAMBATTA , TKA, NOEL RSC FLASH , FARMERS BLVD JA QUEENS AND "EL BARRIO" I HAD 10 EXCELLENT YEARS
I was good friends with lydia lee love and worked with her at canal jeans. I was there for her first performance at 1018 along w/Noel and several other artist. It was a fun place. Anyone who knew Lydia and worked at canal jeans e-mail me. Peace
P.S. Emeril City was a cool place as well.
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