LOST Nightclubs of CHRISTCHURCH (with Greg Churchill)

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• DJ

  @djsirvere7028 · 3 years ago

  Greg is the GOAT. So much respect

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• TJ

  @tjnz · 3 years ago

  Glad you mentioned Limbos, my first club experience in 1989. So many great venues in chch. Heaven, Base, Liquor Lounge, Concrete Club, Jet Set Lounge, not to mention all those warehouse raves. Good times.

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• MA

  @martinebert1758 · 3 years ago

  Oh GC. Still my favourite DJ. The guy who taught me how to DJ. Changed my life. Thanks for the tales and memories. Cheers Brother. Respect MJay.

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• NA

  @nardwalker219 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Wowwww what can I say.... Greg Churchill is a bloody Aotearoa Dj legend, I remember (92 to 94) going to the Worcester Bar on a Friday and it was off the hook, hip hop mixed into house blew my mind, I also remember going to a rap competition up there and listening to Dark Tower, the winners that night went to two twin brothers from Rotorua/Taupo Rodwell and Philip.... but honestly Worcester Bar was meannnnnnn. Chancery and Palladium weren't my cuppa tea because they played corny house and top 40 sounds... sorry my bro Dj Bladrick lol, so I would head to Daniels Nightclub which is where Soul Master Cee (Classic R&B, Swing Beat, 90s Rap, Raggae, 90s R&B, Slow Jams)  Djayed. What DJ Raw was to Wellys, Chris or Soul Master Cee was to us in Christchurch. Daniels had one of the best hip hop and R&B nights and sounds in Aotearoa and it would start packing in at 8pm (that's because from 8pm to 10pm it was $1 drinks). After Daniels, we would go to Limbos because Daniels closed at 3 a.m. and Limbos would play a mixture of house, hip hop, top 40s and yes it was all beat mixed and Limbos closed at 6 a.m. Sometimes we would go to the Firehouse but that wasn't often.... to this day I would say that this was one of the best times of my life when it came to clubbing, then I moved to Wellys which was good and then to Auckland but nothing quite reached were Christchurch was for me during the mid-90s.... at this time a small collective of hip hop purists with the help from Pacific Underground and Oscar Kightley called Beats & Pieces was formed and young MC from Beats & Pieces would rear his head and turn rap upside down in our country, his name was Scribe. Thanks for the walk down memory lane Shae, love your work my bro and huge big ups to the legend Greg Churchill..... Nga Mihi Whanau.

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• NZ

  @NZtrillion · 3 years ago (edited)

  Great memories... Thanks Greg and Shae!! I went to all the places mentioned many many times. And even tried to restart Tuesday Hip Hop night at Cats, long after Greg left it behind. I used to love dancing, didn't drink booze - just loved the dancing. When I left home and moved into a flat directly opposite The Firehouse. I went out almost every night of the week - from Tuesday [Greg's Hip Hop night] until Sunday. Every bar/club had a special night - Limbo's was Thursday night. I was a spotty 17 year old, and always got into the clubs - even when I was wearing weird clothes and pyjama shirts. Greg, Greg, Chris and Martin J added so much to the musical soundscape of the city, and to the dancefloor energy. I loved dancing so much I later became a DJ myself and now run a weekly sober dance event in Christchurch. If anyone reading this can't find a good place to dance in Chch, and wants to come to a sober dance... check out: Ecstatic Dance Christchurch.

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• MB

  @MBazzlè1 · 3 years ago

  The Strip will never be the same. Coyotes got a very brief shout out by Greg. Was definitely the go to spot for hip hop. Recall DJ Sir-Vere guest dj’ing a few times there. Great memories thanks for the vid 🙌🏻

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• TO

  @tobinbh3940 · 3 years ago

  RIP chch niteclub scene...so many clubs playing amazing music with incredible atmosphere and inclusive vibe..so many memories from these adventures thru the city..felt like we ruled it!!   fond memories leaving clubs after the most amazing nite, birds chirping as the tunes still rattle in your ears!!! thanks for the stroll down memory lane

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• NI

  @nikismith1871 · 3 years ago (edited)

  This is so great! Greg, the original GC and Christchurch were my teenage stomping ground!  At 15, I used to dance to Dewight at the Chancery ( fuck knows how I even got in the door?) then would go to the Palladium… get ladium, we used to call it😂 Then Rominofs where I used to bust out my Bel Biv Dovoe dance moves to Greg!  I would bus in from Aranui and get the last bus home, If I got there before 9pm, there was no bouncer on the door haha… smooth as until the cops came and found us underage’s hiding in the toilets 😅. Later on THE WOSTER BAR!!! That place was everything… Big Tim always let me in at 18/19 years old … wink wink…. Anyone remember the Madchester night there in 93? Then came the whare house raves, where I heard DJ Riddle play Jungle for the first time… my mind was blown! Between Greg, Su J and Riddle all roads lead to me becoming a baby DJ by 96… and  Koru,  the mighty DJ KABOOM who I gave free beersies to when I used to work at the Wunder Bar in 96. Then I followed Su and Greg up to Auckland. This history is so important. I’m grateful you are telling the story Shae ! ❤  Greg, you are looking great my bro, I still have one of your turntables with your name etched into the side haha Xx ❤❤❤

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• AN

  @angmaiaxander · 3 years ago

  Thanks for this! Damn.. 92/93, i was 15/16 and clubbing at Daniels/Danz, Biffs, limbos, and eventually Ministry. Chatting up the Hot Dog sellers for free entry passes to clubs. Great memories! <br>Being in limbos when police would come in looking for underagers - dj playing Fuck the Police and pumping dry ice onto the dance floor. Using my sister&apos;s birth certificate as I.D and the bouncer telling her i was inside because he&apos;d already seen her I.D come through the door😂 <br>Great times and kinda wholesome in hindsight! Everyone looked out for each other. And I&apos;d still go to school, leaving limbos at dawn and getting changed into my school uniform in an alleyway before bussing to Burnside. 😊

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• TU

  @tuckerxl3015 · 3 years ago

  Thanks for the Shout outs Greg that was fun to watch

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• RA

  @rathomson2394 · 12 hours ago

  Incredible! Thank you for this is was such a blast hearing the stories, slightly before my time but remember the venues. Warm and fuzzies all over ❤

• CA

  @cameraop8210 · 2 years ago

  The Ministry was arguably the best niteclub venue in New Zealand, it went through some funny phases though but as a venue it was stunning, the sound, the lighting, the layout, the size....

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