Willies wine bar, Là Luna, Naked Angel, Paradiso, Banana Court and Cuba street haunts. Wellington in the 80s-90s … brilliant

Shout out to the one like Clinton Smiley '

The Arena was owned by Ray Johns and had "Don the Rock Morocco." on the door. Uso Sid Hunt stepped out Don after he disrespected uso "DJ Sa" at Hatters Cafe in Courtenay Place. Ray picked up a sign and then it went outside and Don bit Sid's ear. Sid knew Ray as Sid's father was a wrestler from Porirua.

Raw and Kos. Wellington people are good people. Absolutely Positively Wellington.

RAW and KOS are NZ hiphop pioneers and wellington royalty. glad you got the OGs on this Shae! peace and hiphop

Tatou nightclub where it all happened was originally owned by Danny McGrath and Jim Barlow. Managed by Andre and head doormen "Big Joe" Smith, Davy Kuresa and Glen Jarvis "Rookie." I think I still owe a tab, what tab. Thanks uso Joe Smith

@michaelquillan5325

2 ай бұрын

Those were the days awesome memories great people good times cheers

@mikedavid6681

2 ай бұрын

I visited from chch and vividly remember rolling up to tatou and thinking he was the biggest doorman i had ever seen. Great night

@seanrota3359

Ай бұрын

Joe Smiff, Big Davey...........all the brothers working the doors

@ladyvanilla06

6 күн бұрын

And then there was the Minister! Tatou was a movie.

@seanrota3359

5 күн бұрын

Some late nights there! Big Joe, Davey and the one and only Stormin Norman

Fully into this series your doing Shae! I reckon you should consider doing repeats of each city but with different cats each time. People from different scenes and eras, DJs, promoters, party people, whatever. There's so many legends from back in the day and I'd love to hear more of their stories. Especially their favourite late night/early morning food spots. No better vibe than getting weet-bix or marmite on toast and a gumboot tea at Kenny's after a rave :)

@shae_sterling

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeremy! I've actually already filmed a follow up for Auckland with another DJ and have heaps more on the way! Standby!!! Thank you for the support!

Yeah Bro! DJ Raw & Kos, going back in time, Diva, La Luna, Vespa, Ecstasy, Tatou, Claires, Exchequers, Chips, Arena and of course Dr Johns. Ray Johns, Godfather of the Night Clubs of WLG.................special appearance by Kosma from the Greek Mafia! and of course photo of Choe Smiff....chehoooooo! good times

This venue was originally called Judder Bar (Vulcans Lane in Auckland) and was the first bar owned in Wellington by Mike Hood and Mike Brown. The door featured Norm "the Storm" Taniwha and Johnny "G" Godinet. The uso Leonard, an OG doormen from Auckland came and showcased those "Aucks styles.". The Vespa lounge which was owned by Rodney Haddon RIP brother, showcased a number of well know Wgtn house DJs "Andy B and Danny Boy" Eric Mooiji was the last man standing at the door. Great memories!!!

@seanrota3359

Ай бұрын

Chonny & Stormin lol

@seanrota3359

5 күн бұрын

Johnny G and Stormin, many years kicking around with those two, some late nights there

Studio Nine is where Mark Greig (OG whose still doing it for more than 40 years) is the most respected Mark!! worked the door with Dion Taniwha. The other venue where the food market was the Lord Nelson

Wow another great tour. I was the house sound tech at Indigo from 1999 to 2004... we were aware of the venue's history and stuck out some pretty tough times at the early stages. The sound system in the late 90s was, frankly, pretty terrible - just a bunch of stuff that Andy wasn't using anywhere else I think. We gradually improved it and it was a fairly decent Nexo set-up by the time I left (about 12k). On the really big nights we had a lot more people in there than we should have. I got to mix some great local and international acts while I worked there. We were also pretty enthusiastic supporters of electronic music, several of the staff including myself were also Radio Active DJs, and live DJs as well. Great work guys!

@jadeowenhamblyn4405

Жыл бұрын

Also the Artemis bar! next to La Luna... ah wow

Was really awesome to watch this as i had worked many of these bars when i was young along some OG doormen, Cedric Williams and his brother Tim. Mark Greig, Brian, Big Joe Smith, Davey Kuresa, Johnny Godinet, Andrew Gibson, Toa, Eddie Nansen, Soull Ramese and many more. Few other bars to mention, Loaded hog bond street, Club Nouveau then became Club, Big easy and a few other others. Cant beat em days and hats off to the uso's Koz and Raw, def pionners of Welly hip hop

Doc Johns,what a childhood,chuckle

Great seeing Kos163 again and DJRaw thanks for the vlog

Jungle,Lower Hutt,nutha spot

@mikebarton

Жыл бұрын

Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time... 😉😉

Sandwiches was named after the track by Detroid Grand Pubahs - Sandwiches.

@shae_sterling

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Great bit of info thanks!

Ecstasy Plus where Big Eddy (RIP), Joe Smith, and Davy Kuresa worked the door. Later on, Wellington Sports Cafe, owned by Nick & Pano Focus, and then the planet lol

When i was in my prime Rain was my go to club and shooters

Damn what a blast down memory lane, the mid 90s was my prime and all of those clubs were a big part of it. Great viewing 👍

Sandwiches Club was a great venue uso Lu Pua was the doorman and a great host

@TheKidBjam

Жыл бұрын

Lu still around these days, think he still lives on ellice street mt vic.

Matterhorn doormen were Brian (OG grandmaster) who was there for some 20 years (beginning to the end) and was a great host and never saw him throwdown, even though he could fuck you up. A legend!

@seanrota3359

5 күн бұрын

Yeah Bro was at school with Brian

Diva was where "Big Al" managed the door he wore a suit and was a great host

loved dj raw, cxl, pmoney, sirvere

Thanks Shae, this was a great stroll down memory lane. I used to be a doorman at Clares in the late 80s and all these great clubs were my life in those days. One thing I'd like to say is that Kos and Raw don't give themselves enough credit for their part in making the scene. Mad respect to them.

@mranderson3927

2 ай бұрын

I thought of you as soon as they rolled up to Clares Oli

@olibrooke-white2128

2 ай бұрын

@@mranderson3927 chur!

@seanrota3359

5 күн бұрын

Clares was one of my favourites, would go there see my cousin DJ Koa

Now I feel old

Chips nightclub, the bouncers wore white shirts, and Frankie Stevens used to wear his shirts rolled up. A good man now, but not during that period, lol

@speill3826

Жыл бұрын

Ah, trying to remember the names of the two main guys on the door at Chips. Hard dudes, but good humour. Who were they.. ?

@djdale.5806

Жыл бұрын

I remember lol

My list of clubs in chronologicaly order: Clares, Naked Angel, Massive, Escape, Metro, La Luna,Tatou, Pheonix, Studio 9, Shopping, Mercury, Subnine, Sandwiches, there were also the barclubs in between Judderbar/Vepsa, Hummingbird, Paradiso, Ponderosa- was good times went through all the genres of music a these places from Acid House at Clares, Jungle at Studio 9, Trance at Tatou and everything in between that. Great to see the old haunts :)

Paisley Park & Metro? Can remember Frankie Stevens on the door at metro saying “I don’t care if it’s your brothers or your uncles, but I need to see some ID” good old days of paper drivers licenses with no photo. Cheers for the walk down memory lane guys 👍

@avpr1574

9 ай бұрын

I remember the dutch guy who ran Paisley Park circa 1990

@JamesDio-yu5yd

10 күн бұрын

Paisley park good times

Semi MCs used to play at Extacy plus every 2nd month, Terry would fly em in and place would pack out with crowds out on the road, place had big windows that open straight out to the street

Nice shout out RAW to Andre Upston! The man is an absolute legend in the music industry. Has engineered so many studio recordings for local and international acts without much recognition. Was also a great DJ back in the day. I moved to Wellington in 1992 from Sydney where I had worked in clubs since 1997. I think if it wasn't for Andre, Steve Hill & Clinton I probably wouldn't be living here in Wellington today . Also loved the Auckland episode. Just missed the shout out to Kevin "The Hat" , best bartender in the world (RIP). Nice to see a cameo of Steve Hill on K Road as a passer by. Thanks Joe Smith for sending me the link MA USO4LIFE . keep up the great work Shae! This is awesome!

To good Kos and Raw.

Mean brother Kos. Brought back a few memories. I met my wife at La Luna. That was an awesome club. You were also a good league player brother.....

Tony pene awesome doctor johns, wow what cool video ❤

First r18 gig i ever went to was at san fran bathhouse,(was 14 at the time) , it was verse two (scribe and ladi 6) , i was hanging outside cause my mum, brother and his mates went up earlier, the man Dulu (footsouljahs manager) comes up to me, "wtf you doing out here ,your cousins performing, hurry up come with me" , even got a shoutout from ladi onstage lol 😎🤣

I remember DJ Raw come to my school and DJ'd there. That would have been 20+ years ago. Mans been around for years and still looks the same lol. Good to see him!

super cool...loved going down memory lane

Ace of Spades uso, DJ Raw and DJ Laina. Kia ora Shae thanks for a great trip down memory lane

Another awesome roll down memory lane Shae - I've been lucky to go to many of the venues in both your Auckland and Wellington "lost" tours. This brought back some fantastic nights, when no one was worried about being videoed or posing for the 'gram on their smart phone!!

Martin Joiner and Gonzo were awesome.

Used to drink at Spats 3 nights a week.Ray Johns was an awesome guy.Then moved on to the Arena when it opened.Amazing times.

That was really cool, brought back so many memories. I feel lucky to have worked and partied in so many of those clubs back in the day

La Luna where Simon Pele and Phil Smith worked the door and many a fight outside, and the Soul bar owned by Danny McGrath

Alfies nightclub where the bro "DJ Wayne" from Hutt Valley

Alot of my firsts went down in those doors 💙 Thanks for the trip down memory lane

Nice to see Wellington

Great video thank you for sharing !!!!!!

Some old history alright! I grew up listening to DJ raws mixes... Enjoyed the watch. ( fellow greek )

Now this is cool !

Studio 9 Lee scratch perry and Mad professor toured 2005!

God Bless you we so needed this Channel of old Clubs man.. what the hell happened to NZ?

Hi Guys great video you given us the history of nightclubs in Old welly was there in 83 through to early 90s certainly has had been fabulous eras days to go out and dance thank you churooo cheers Bros👍👌👏👐

awesome to hear about my fathers legacy!! chur as :)

Ex Chequers! Tee Pee was legendary there. Still remember his set lists lol. Multi genre for sure. He even mixed up some of the Stock Aitken Waterman classics in his sets as many of us did. I was in the Navy serving on HMNZS Wellington at the time regularly visiting Wellington our home port. First thing on my mind was always the clubs. While back in Philomel I was Djing in our naval sports bar(junior rates wets) at that time. Was great to see other Djs I aspired to using the same formula.😊

Kia ora uso KOS is the legendary duo of DJ Raw and KOS 163. Just need Fiso (Flowz) and Ali Siloata to turn up and it's the legendary hip-hop group and Welli finest "Footsouljahs"

@TheKidBjam

Жыл бұрын

Can't forget shogun aswel, they could all turn up except Ali, he's doing a pretty long lag in rimutaka, good dude regardless though.

@seanrota3359

5 күн бұрын

Da Footsouljahs! yeaaah Fiso running with the boys

Hi Shae, I loved your video of clubs from Auckland. I'm 25 and I just moved to Wellington and I wish I could have seen the club scene in its heyday.

@shae_sterling

Жыл бұрын

Yeah was an amazing time. I caught the second half of it. Was really cool!

The era of companies running the doors was First Contact by Darryl Stonnell. Previously C15 Associates which was primarily a Maori and Pacific crew who had been working directly for the owners at all the major Courtenay Place venues for 20 years prior to Certified

Good luck, motel, hope brothers, no mention of Havana bar…….sandwiches shut at 7am. I would play from 4 till close every fri and sat night for the last five years it was open. Miss those days

You the man Rawski, would have been good remembering the Bouncers who worked there. Uso Sam was the guy on the door at Naked Angel

Sunset nightclub and later Stacks nightclub owned by Trevor Holder where Tone Fiso worked the door

@seanrota3359

5 күн бұрын

Tone Fiso, wow that's going back, another brother from College. His Brother John had an altercation with Ray Johns way back.

I’m just surprised that you didn’t interview any of the owners of those bars. Paul from Naked Angel. Danny from Tatou Tim from Matterhorn and San Fran. Also really appreciated the shout out to Jason aka Clinton Smiley. ❤

Omg...yes iwas one of those,'Checkers (plimmer steps)-Tp Tony pene Dr John's.-Tp&R Bell

Kia ora shae love the content! Are you gonna do a Christchurch one?

@shae_sterling

Жыл бұрын

Def in the works!

@alexbrunt897

Жыл бұрын

​@@shae_sterlingPalladium and Baileys 818....DJ Dale... Rob... Brent ...Greg... good times back in the 90s

@shae_sterling

Жыл бұрын

Confirmed and booked.. standby!!!!

Awesome video. A suggestion, 'Dunedin pubs and clubs'... possibly Marc Ellis as a guest if you can!?

10:49 That worker jumps out of the truck......crack up fulla

so good

Slowboat Records founder Dennis played in a band at Hotel St George "Soul Fillets" where the head bouncer was Keith Bullock and a group of Fijian men who were awesome fellas

shuld have got hold of some old time archive pics of the clubs back then to really bring on the memories..

good stuff

RIP Sammy's i remember coming out at 6 am and watching all the runners pop out. legit ten years ago. good times

Dr Johns was where David Marshall and Jeff Spencer sometimes worked on the door. Ray Johns was the original owner and then Billy Martin. It's where a young man was beaten by a "bouncer" and died in hospital 10 days later in 1986. RIP Alexander John Taniwha 😇It's interesting that years later Ray opened up his last bar in the same location some 30-odd years later called "The Big Easy" where Davy Kuresa and Big Martin managed the door.

Naked Angle was a club night but the venue was used a lot for the live Punk scene

Rare none windy day!!!

Red Square too

lol traffic guy was funny !

Vespa was the place to be when everything else closed for the night lol shout out to Nathan who was one of the bar managers back then and RIP to Rodney Haddon the owner who has since passed away. The memories!!! 🎉

Metro was one I would visit on the odd weekend in Wellington.... in the Mid City.... DJ Cory... wonder what happened to him???

Wahlee building at 220 Hobson street in Auckland if you want an old wooden building.

Can add Club 121 to the list officially now

Trojan house deserved a shout out 😂✌️

I remember the grand/shooters coyotes and even studio9 lol then realised oh shit high octane shae sterling lol you still own the skyline that was buit? Hows your brother. Banzai!!! 😂

staunch ao!

Candyo's

They forgot the legendary Visionz lol

@cheeseisdelicious111

8 ай бұрын

😂

Vertigo - Blow - Tattoo

Jack Nichols was the name of the DJ when Frank Stevens ran CHIP's in Willis Street he had a click in his neck that made it list to port. RIP Jack.

Awesome video shae, what was the record store that was importing drugs in the records? I think they used my dad as the courier service

@definedphotography

Ай бұрын

23:25 Troubador - was in the ground floor of James Smiths (possibly somewhere else before that?) I used to buy records off Mu (Fat Freddy's) who worked there

The Patton brothers (Louis) ran this door at Claires

Love not lost birdcage also

Also you missed out Spats

Thats Crazy Don Muraco was doing doors, Mustve been on a tour doing wrestling for Vince or something, whats that early 80s?

@KylieMackLA

Жыл бұрын

Late 80's - not sure when he left but I remember 6th and 7th form so he was there at least '89 + '90. All this time I thought his name was Don the Rock lol

@VKM33

8 ай бұрын

Full wrestling name was The Rock Don Moraco billed from Hawaii. I remember taking a pic with him as a kid in the late 80s in Porirua, massive smile and a gentleman. US Wrestlers would often do shows in NZ back then.

Paradiso Bar was owned by Dae Lee. Harry and his brother worked the door

Paisley Park was missed?!

Kosma "the Greek" how was Hollywood brother?

The lab dj reece b early 2000z by the bungee

Thanks great content . However Ray Johns was a brutal man.

Did you use to the host in the high octane videos back in the day about the cars

@shae_sterling

8 ай бұрын

That was my brother Ketzal ;)

FYI Franky didn't own chips he ran it . Mr Turner from Turners steak house owned it.

@cheeseisdelicious111

8 ай бұрын

That place was delicious

Ecstasy plus was not owned by terry! It was owned by a group and set up by george spandithakis, who did la luna.

@KylieMackLA

Жыл бұрын

There was five of them, but Dave and Terry were really the only ones we'd see in the club regularly (I was coat check 92-93).

@moderndesign5282

Ай бұрын

@@KylieMackLA My first ever club night and I was 16 😅 this was towards the end of 1992, remember the employed professional (I guess) dancers up in some kind of high up podiums. It was a Saturday and was told it was a the meat market night because that’s when all the lower and upper hut people would come into town.

Hey hey hey how's it going Shae

@shae_sterling

Жыл бұрын

It is going good my friend!

i liked tattu or tattoo not sure how it was spelt