Heaven was a nightclub that ran from 14 June 1985 to late 1987 in Johannesburg at 165 Marshall Street. Many will know this address as the original Doors nightclub that opened in 1990 and operated there for many years before moving to Edenvale. Stan Herson and Bruce Kennedy started Heaven. Six months before, they had owned SCANTS which was at 180 Fox street. It closed as the block had been sold for redevelopment.The music at Heaven was a mixture of High Energy, Eurobeat and Italo Disco with current radio hits and classic club & disco thrown in. The DJ, Andrew Wood (ex SCANTS), was also responsible for compiling and mixing the popular High Energy series of 2LPs from Vol. 5 onwards. At the time of my first visit, Vol. 7 or 8 was out and many of the tracks from those compilations were played on any given night.In addition to dance music, Andrew also mixed in Depeche Mode, Marc Almond/Soft Cell, Yazoo, DAF and New Order and lighter alternative stuff like Siouxsie and the Banshees, The ...
what? NO pic of Malcom?
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to the band "Wizard"? We used to frequent the Bella Napoli on Sunday nights to listen to some awesome bands and quaff a couple of pints back in the 80's
ReplyDeleteAs a young gay women we were literally thrown onto the pavement by bouncers at Bella Napoli
ReplyDeleteSerious. Can't remember it being gender conformed
DeleteAwesome memories.. Best club ever.
ReplyDeleteWas in army then doing riots in 4th Street Kew. Was the best place to be
DeleteWhere is Pic of Jimmy the Greek and Ricky weinstein
ReplyDeleteRemember the endless droves of youngsters trying to get in 1989 to 1994
ReplyDeleteI was one of them, lol. Except I got in a few times 😂
DeleteNo pictures of my Bella's barman mate, Gordon Watson?
ReplyDeleteNo pictures of my Bella's barman mate, Gordon Watson?
ReplyDeleteWas is the army when I First went their great atmosphere
ReplyDeleteAfter Dark was one of the best cover bands in South Africa and resident at Bella's. Any pics of them?
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