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Scottish nightclub

Archaos was a Glasgow nightclub that closed in 2007.

Location

Archoas was located in the Grade A listed building on 21-41 Queen Street, Glasgow and covered 3,240 square metres.

The three-level club centred around a dance-floor with balconies around it.

Within the club was the Skye bar, which was described by The Caterer as "as club within a club".

Ownership

The club was owned by Stefan King.

History

The club opened around 1995. It was noted for its parties, student focussed nights, and events catering to customers aged under eighteen years old. Unlike other clubs where disc-jockeys carefully mixed records, Archaos' disc-jockeys had a reputation for simply playing one track after another. Each of the three levels played different music, with the lower floor catering to the music tastes of students, the middle floor incorporating a round dance floor, and the top floor playing electronic dance music and featuring dancers hanging from the ceiling.

Notable customers included; Charlie Sheen and Paul Gascoigne in 1997.

In 1999, television show "Top of the Pops" broadcast an episode featuring Texas alternative rock band. The same year the club's management was accused of discriminating against Asian men by the Commission for Racial Equality in their submission to Glasgow Sheriff Court. Club owner Stefan King called the claims "farcical." The claims were rejected by the court in 2000.

A 19-years old man was stabbed in the club on March 12, 2004. The club closed in 2007, and, as of 2022, the building has been unused since. Property development company, CA Ventures discussed turning the site into student accommodation in 2022. Earlier plans to convert the location into another nightclub and an office were not realised.

References

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  8. Scotland's Gang Members: Life and Crime in Glasgow, Robert McLean and James A. Densley, Palgrave MacMillan, 2020, ISBN 978-3030477516, p81
  9. "BBC News | UK | Night club 'turned away' Asians". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  10. "Club boss says racist claims are farcical". HeraldScotland. 15 Dec 1999. Archived from the original on 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  11. "BBC News | UK | Night-club boss 'was not racist'". news.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  12. "4 hurt in weekend violence. - Free Online Library". Daily Record. 15 Mar 2004. Archived from the original on 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  13. Wright, Scott (31 Oct 2022). "Famous Glasgow nightclub to be turned into student flats". HeraldScotland. Archived from the original on 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2022-11-22.

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