Re: Night Clubs from the Past
From what I can recall, and it isn't very much (due to tequila and many sharp blows to the head):
MASQUERADE - There was a sister club attached to it... Phaze? Can't remember. But Masquerade played regular top 40 hits while "on the other side of the door" they did the new wave stuff.
PINK'S GARAGE - The original warehouse club in Honolulu. Good concerts there. I got a black eye in a mosh pit at the VooDoo Glow Skulls concert.
HAMBURGER MARY's - Hamburgers up front, but in the rear... Dirty Mary's. After HM closed, Hula's took over the spot and knocked a hole in the wall between the two clubs. Renamed HM as Trixx, which, in keeping with the HM tradition, featured a deli up front and dancing in the back.
WORLD CAFE - Their old Nimitz digs were formerly The Groove and After Dark Hawaii. Funny thing, no matter what it was called, there was never a shortage of stabbings, etc.
GINZA WEST - Behind the World Cafe/Groove location on Nimitz was a collection of Japanese bars and clubs hoping to capitalize on the popular Tokyo area of the same name.
TRAPPER'S - Became KENTO'S in the early 90's. A Japanese chain which featured a live band that played 50's and 60's music. The regular house band in the Waikiki club was Jeff Burton and the Corvettes. Jeff's dad was James Burton, Elvis Presley's guitarist, and Jeff had skills on the axe too.
SLOPPY JOE's/FAT TUESDAY - Before becoming Waterfront Cafe, the Sloppy Joe's/Fat Tuesday space was home to Buffalo Bud's. Cleverly named for their buffalo burgers and a not-so-subtle attempt to suck up to the local Anheuser Busch distributor.
PIRATE BULLY HAYES - Good call on remembering this one, PCMike. It remains the only club in Hawaii I can recall that had a hand grenade attack.
RENI'S - Roger Mosley (TC from Magnum P.I.) opened this club in the Pearl City area. Was it the same space as Bully Hayes was in? I don't know, but it certainly suffered the same fate.
FERDINAND'S - Thanks for bringing that one up, oceanpacific! On Kuhio, it was a Mexican restaurant and for years was home to entertainer Freddie Morris.
From what I can recall, and it isn't very much (due to tequila and many sharp blows to the head):
MASQUERADE - There was a sister club attached to it... Phaze? Can't remember. But Masquerade played regular top 40 hits while "on the other side of the door" they did the new wave stuff.
PINK'S GARAGE - The original warehouse club in Honolulu. Good concerts there. I got a black eye in a mosh pit at the VooDoo Glow Skulls concert.
HAMBURGER MARY's - Hamburgers up front, but in the rear... Dirty Mary's. After HM closed, Hula's took over the spot and knocked a hole in the wall between the two clubs. Renamed HM as Trixx, which, in keeping with the HM tradition, featured a deli up front and dancing in the back.
WORLD CAFE - Their old Nimitz digs were formerly The Groove and After Dark Hawaii. Funny thing, no matter what it was called, there was never a shortage of stabbings, etc.
GINZA WEST - Behind the World Cafe/Groove location on Nimitz was a collection of Japanese bars and clubs hoping to capitalize on the popular Tokyo area of the same name.
TRAPPER'S - Became KENTO'S in the early 90's. A Japanese chain which featured a live band that played 50's and 60's music. The regular house band in the Waikiki club was Jeff Burton and the Corvettes. Jeff's dad was James Burton, Elvis Presley's guitarist, and Jeff had skills on the axe too.
SLOPPY JOE's/FAT TUESDAY - Before becoming Waterfront Cafe, the Sloppy Joe's/Fat Tuesday space was home to Buffalo Bud's. Cleverly named for their buffalo burgers and a not-so-subtle attempt to suck up to the local Anheuser Busch distributor.
PIRATE BULLY HAYES - Good call on remembering this one, PCMike. It remains the only club in Hawaii I can recall that had a hand grenade attack.
RENI'S - Roger Mosley (TC from Magnum P.I.) opened this club in the Pearl City area. Was it the same space as Bully Hayes was in? I don't know, but it certainly suffered the same fate.
FERDINAND'S - Thanks for bringing that one up, oceanpacific! On Kuhio, it was a Mexican restaurant and for years was home to entertainer Freddie Morris.
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