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From that life-changg disvery he has gone on to see all - om the bchery of the Dis days, the New Wave of the ‘70s and early ‘80s, the dg heads of the Hoe days the late ‘80s, the cimatn of the Sydney gay muny wh the onslght of AIDS, the ‘90s mastream acceptance and explosn of Mardi Gras, to then takg the scene back unrground the Noughti and beyond. Stephen Allks© Supplied by Stephen AllksHe has been an eyewns and a major player wh the gay muny om the very begng, when clubbg was a form of self-disvery and a way to create fay around shared nocturnal experienc. He was ont and centre buildg the scen, which have bee as legendary as the mic he has the turn of the century he beme an award-wng mic producer as [Love] Tattoo and sred worldwi hs wh a tr of classic hoe tracks, which were signed to Pete Tong’s Essential Rerdgs is a Class Act, the same name as one of his many famo wh quill hand, he tak through a journey of some of Sydney’s most inic, sane, artistic and ntroversial gay clubs, parti and nights as only he knows, memory the great Bette Davis once quipped, “Fasten your seatbelts.
It was a mixed crowd but a lot of gay people went but alternative gay. It turned to DCM (another legendary Sydney gay nightclub) the early ‘90s. “In the early ‘80s, the Exchange (gay nightclub across the road) was huge.
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