Gatecrasher
is an international clubbing brand made famous by the Gatecasher (later Crasher) dance music events held at the Gatecrasher One nightclub in Sheffield, England during the late nineties and early 2000s. The event picked up awards such as "Club Of The Year" at the Ericsson Muzik Magazine Dance Awards in 1998. The promoters were Simon Raine, Simon Oates and (until 2004) Scott Bond. As of 2009, there are two permanent Gatecrasher venues, located in the cities of Birmingham, and Leeds. A third venue in Nottingham remains closed under refurbishment due to a fire at a neighbouring building, however this is due to re-open in September 2009 [1]
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History
Gatecrasher was first held in
Birmingham in 1993 in the 'engine house'. The night originally took its form from similar local clubs such as '
Fun', 'Wobble', '
Miss Moneypenny's' and C.R.E.A.M.
The club 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.
The event relocated to Sheffield holding nights at
The Leadmill,
The Arches, and The Adelphi. In 1997 Gatecrasher bought
The Republic nightclub for £875,000
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The music style was originally mainly
Techno and
House oriented. At the end of the 1990s, Gatecrasher was instrumental 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 fluorescent clothes, dummies and spiky hair. Although this style of dress permeated UK dance clubs up to 2003, Gatecrasher began to discourage it from their club around 2001—2002, in an attempt to move the club more "up-market" and develop a following among a different audience. This successfully remodeled the image of Gatecrasher as perceived by the general public.
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
Heaven started and attempted to emulate the success at the venue where city rival Sundissential were based 4 years previously. However unlike Sundissential who secured a Saturday night residency at the Aquarium in Old Street after a 8 month residency at Heaven, Gatecrasher's dismal door takings and attendance saw them depart London within a few weeks never to return to the Capital.
In 2003, the company rebranded The Republic and completely refitted it, renaming it
Gatecrasher 1, as it was supposedly the first of ten new Gatecrasher venues around the UK. At the same time the actual club night was renamed 'Crasher', the abbreviated name already used by some of its fans before the refit. However, by late 2003; and reflecting a widespread decline in UK club attendances, the event was being held only on special occasions such as
Bank Holidays.
On
18 June 2007, Gatecrasher One caught fire and partially collapsed. The nightclub was demolished and the optimistic press release from Gatecrasher had confirmed they would be returning to Sheffield. Investigations into the causes of the fire are still ongoing.
Since the fire at Gatecrasher One, Gatecrasher have held one-off events at the
Magna Centre near
Rotherham and
Carling Academy in
Sheffield.
Spin-off successes
Gatecrasher has held several extremely successful large events including Summer Sound System (40,000 Capacity), Gatecrasher
NEC (15,000 Capacity), Crasher N/Ice (at the
Nottingham Ice Arena) (7,500 Capacity), Gatecrasher Sound System (
Australia) and Fort Dance in
Russia (40,000 Capacity). The promoters also ran a popular Gatecrasher night for one season at Eden in
Ibiza during the summer of 2000. This was revived for 2006/7 with the award winning "Gatecrasher Ibiza Live" parties held once again at Eden (nightclub), San Antonio.
In
2005, the company opened a new nightclub in
Leeds under the name Discotheque. On the
23rd April 2008 Discotheque was relaunched as Gatecrasher Seven.
In September
2008, Gatecrasher opened a 2400 capacity '5 million pound superclub' on
Broad Street in Birmingham at the former site of the Works nightclub.
Past resident DJ's
- Judge Jules
- Scott Bond
- Matt Hardwick
- Riley & Durrant
- Eddie Halliwell
Discography
The popularity of the Gatecrasher brand is partly due to a large number of compilation albums released. The first seven albums were released on the
Sony offshoot label
INCredible.
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| 1998
| Gatecrasher Black
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| 1999
| Gatecrasher Red
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| 1999
| Gatecrasher Wet
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| 1999
| Gatecrasher Disco-Tech
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| 2000
| Gatecrasher Global Sound System
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| 2000
| Gatecrasher National Anthems
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| 2001
| Gatecrasher Discotech Generation
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| 2001
| Gatecrasher Digital
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| 2002
| Gatecrasher Experience
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| 2002
| Gatecrasher Digital Trance
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| 2003
| Gatecrasher Resident Transmission
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| 2003
| Gatecrasher Resident Transmission 2
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| 2004
| Gatecrasher Presents Crasher Live in Amsterdam & Kuala Lumpur
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| 2005
| Gatecrasher Classics
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| 2005
| Gatecrasher Classics 2
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| 2006
| Gatecrasher Forever
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| 2007
| Gatecrasher Christopher Lawrence Live In Moscow
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| 2007
| Gatecrasher Immortal
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| 2008
| Gatecrasher Sheffield - Ferry Corsten
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| 2008
| Gatecrasher Summer Sound System 2008
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| 2009
| Gatecrasher's Trance Anthems (1993 - 2009)
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