| The Slimelight Club is the longest running Goth nightclub in the world. It is a members only club thats, open every Saturday from 10pm to
7.30am (when the Tube starts running) with 3 floors playing
music genres such as Goth, industrial, techno and noise.
It is currently (2004) located at Electrowerx, 7 Torrens Street, Islington, London, UK where it has been for several years, though it has had a number of other
locations previously. The building the club is situated in was an abandoned industrial complex and the club started out as a
regular squat party.
The club's facilities were rather basic when it was first started in the late 1980s,
perhaps one reason for naming the club the "Slimelight," though this is also a parody of another London club's name that was
famous at the time, The Limelight. Over the years the club has been
renovated and upgraded to feature all the mod cons of a proper nightclub.
The club claims a membership of around 10,000 people worldwide, and has a loyal following of regulars who go every week.
Originally the club had a policy of "bring your own booze", but recently due to licensing
laws the club has had to clamp down on this, and have installed proper bars, serving alcoholic beverages until 2am and soft
drinks until 7:15am.
The club was immortalised by the goth metal band Killing Miranda in their song The Ballad of Torrens Street.
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