I cried as I left
I have been teargassed three times in my life. All three were on the same night.

The setting is not quite a pub, but the club to which I used to go every Friday during my A-Level "studies". It was called, variously, The Hippodrome and The Cube, and it had a downstairs area for the mainstream music, and an upstairs area for alternative music, where the floor would be heaving with people every time "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Last Splash" or "Suds and Soda" got played.

It was also quite a grotty place. You didn't so much stick to the carpet around the bar as get sucked into it. Oh, well.

One cold February night in 1995, I was there as usual, doing what teenagers do at clubs where the cider is cheap and the clientele is cheaper. My eyes began to smart.

Odd.

They smarted some more. Other people were looking uncomfortable.

Someone had smuggled in a teargas canister and let it off.

You might think that this would clear the club - but I told you that it was grotty and cheap. There was a slight intermission, then the music began again. The air cleared quickly - I can only assume that the air-con was reasonable, the fire doors were open... I don't know.

An hour later, our eyes were hurting again. Again, the club stayed open.

It was only after canister #3 was let off that the club was finally evacuated.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 9:58, 5 replies)

Suds And Soda
dEUS went on to produce some really amazing records. They became a lot more post-rock or art-rock than grunge-y.

I have all of their records.
I have seen them three times and plan to travel this year to see them in their home town.

A truly excellent band.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 10:49, closed)

Quite so.
For some reason, I've not yet got Vantage Point, but if I had a pound for every time I'd seen them live... well, I'd have almost enough for the album.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:31, closed)

The Cube?
That isn't a certain establishment in a North Staffordshire town that later became Zanzibar is it?

*shudder*

That place still hold the record for the number of illicit substances I've been passed while DJing. Classy place...
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:55, closed)

That's the one...
It made me what I am today.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 13:24, closed)

Oh god! The cube! No!
that is all.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 11:29, closed)