Satyricon nightclub

Satyricon nightclub

Satyricon Nightclub was a nightclub in the Old Town neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States, best known for providing a place for local and touring alternative rock bands to play. It opened in 1983, and operated until the end of 2003.

The Satyricon, named by its founder George Touhouliotis after Federico Fellini's film, was the one venue in Portland "where everyone who was or would be anyone in Northwest rock played over the course of two decades," [cite news
title=Music & Nightlife
work=Willamette Week
url=http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=4002
date=June 11, 2003] earning the nightclub a national reputation. As Chuck Paugh threw his first rave party in 1985 there. Kurt Cobain first met future wife Courtney Love there in 1991.

Satyricon re-opened in August 2006 under the management of the owners of the Loveland, a popular all ages venue also located in Portland.

See also

* X-Ray Cafe

References

External links

* [http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=3906 "Willamette Week" 2003 retrospective on the Satyricon]


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