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you know what i wanna see.......a heavy metal nightclub

currently they are called gigs but yeah....a nightclub with metal music instead of techno

i think i'm with choco. i love to dance but hate house music. i'm just looking for a spot with real people. not too many hardlegs as well.

Live music too, I like clubs that play live grunge/metal music, with some good bands, with a mixture of covers and their own stuff.

As for table booking. I just don't get it. Why spend 1000+ dh to book a table, and get a bottle of Vodka for the table? Bizarre.

^ian^ wrote:Live music too, I like clubs that play live grunge/metal music, with some good bands, with a mixture of covers and their own stuff.

As for table booking. I just don't get it. Why spend 1000+ dh to book a table, and get a bottle of Vodka for the table? Bizarre.

You wouldn't understand mate. You're not cool or a VVIP.

Nick81 wrote:

^ian^ wrote:Live music too, I like clubs that play live grunge/metal music, with some good bands, with a mixture of covers and their own stuff.

As for table booking. I just don't get it. Why spend 1000+ dh to book a table, and get a bottle of Vodka for the table? Bizarre.

You wouldn't understand mate. You're not cool or a VVIP.

LOL, I know that was sarcasm.

i think they should make a club that u can be 18 n GET IN

hey didn't u notice my black shirt, chest hair and gold chain around my neck!? I am a real man and people know that as soon as I enter a club. Lil bow to acknowledge my status, best table in the house, fattest bill of the night, I am da shit as Jamal would put it so wisely.

Nick81 wrote::lol:

hey didn't u notice my black shirt, chest hair and gold chain around my neck!? I am a real man and people know that as soon as I enter a club. Lil bow to acknowledge my status, best table in the house, fattest bill of the night, I am da shit as Jamal would put it so wisely.

Lol! and if these people ever have a serious accident, Mastercard, Visa and American Express will be at the scene before the Ambulance.

MaaaD wrote:Serai in Dubai Marine and Harem in Century Village (thursday night) play Arabic music !

i went to harem...got to admit...arabic beats are wicked!!....couldnt stop from dancing to it...yeah we did it in style....hummer entry...gorgeous dates(no not the fruits )...bottle of vodka...table...saw a lot of air kissing and "my table is better than thou"....but this is perhaps one of the few experiances in dubai where the music was so nice...i didnt think about leaving till the end...
you know what i would like for a change...the bars/clubs doing a e deal on the booze for us customers...i love the miss moneypenny idea...and if you throw in deals like 100 dirhams for a jug of JD and coke...its awesome...forget about the bartender or helps attention/busy night syndrome...get your poison by the buckett...and relax and chill the rest of the night...or get another....in one of the nightclubs i used to go to...100 dirhams for 2 jugs of JD COKE...you cant beat that....amazing shooters deals...the bar would actually end up getting more revenue rather than a guy nursing on one misrable drink the whole night coz it cost him 40 dirhams for a waterdown version of crapjuice...anyways thats my thoughts...i dont even want to begin on the stupidity with which clubs are run here...door policy wise....lol...and house is alright....trance and techo should be banned

MaaaD wrote:well things close down during Ramadan thats why its considered the "break" of the year before the new season starts

I would like to see more clubs like IBO real people, real music, and lots of fun !!

Also, i would like to have more clubs that play international and Arabic music. Its really sad that in Dubai an arab city we only have two clubs that have arabic music nights !!! but i guess there might not be enough people to support more than two ?

im with u

Chocoholic wrote:Hey All,

I ask this question because the new clubbing season is nearly upon us, and there's new ideas, new clubs opening, new policies etc etc, and some of the stuff I've been privy to seems a little odd.

So I'd like you to tell me what it is that you (the punter) wants in a club.

The type of music, location, atmosphere, international/local dj's, offers etc etc etc.

Just out of interest.

hey choco r you a party girl

Yes I am, but I know most of the promoters here and just wanted to know more what people want, as they all seem to be going away from the 'real clubs and music, for real people'

It's sad. I'd also like to see good drinks offers etc and loyalty officer for regular customers etc.

I'm also with Bleakus, I miss the grungy indie nightclubs, where you can just go wearing your beat up old jeans, pumps and just mosh to the music. People look at me like I'm a right weirdo when I turn up for some nights wearing pumps instead of sky-high heels 'oh excuse me for wanting to actually dance to the music'.

I am all in for a Metal/Rock nightclub as one or two have suggested.

Unfortunately, the Clubs here are just a place for sleaze-bags to go and hang out at and not really enjoy the atmosphere or music, and to me that really suxs big time.

Nick81 has described them to a T! hahahahaha

someone should do something outdoors when the weather is good.

Cheers,

D

smartd wrote:someone should do something outdoors when the weather is good.

Cheers,

D

They had something going on in the Dubai Country Club last year i think it was Rob-b and Danny Neville if i am not mistaken .. never got to check them out though .. I am sure there will be outdoor events this year too ..

Bleakus wrote:you know what i wanna see.......a heavy metal nightclub

currently they are called gigs but yeah....a nightclub with metal music instead of techno

Second that. I need to get my mosh on.

Basically what the others said:

- Less show-offs, posers and losers
- Smarter 'bouncers'
- Drink deals or something, in other countries you get a drink or two with your ticket, here you get nothing and the drinks are not cheap either (And this is coming from someone who does NOT drink much)
- Licences for longer sets for big gigs, let's say Paul Van Dyke, Ferry Corsten, etc. (A. Van Buuren is used to playing 4+ hour long sets, it's ridiculous to have him only spin for just 2.5 hours), not gonna happen of course
- A mega venue for big acts like the ones mentioned above, or at least bigger venues for big djs, Above & Beyond at the Apartment? You must be having a laugh it's too tiny and most the people were trying to cram themselves in the lounge who have no clue about the DJs spinning...

Sigh

Choco: I think I saw you, were you at both the Dave Emerson gig @ Apartment AND the Marco V set at Peppermint before Ramadan?

Since you're so kind to ask, Choco... what's wrong with the Jungle/Drum'n'bass scene here?

The only thing you hear is that goddamn house, r'n'b - okay, have to admit Arabic beats are wicked, but even breaks DJs like Timo Maas play tribal when they come over here!

And someone told me Roni Size was in Dubai... TWO YEARS AGO!

If anyone's interested, I don't mind bringing my own records here...

They play house because thats what the freakin promoters tell them to do .... the guys at IBO host some awesome dnb and break beat djs check out www.9714.com

there shud b different halls for diff personalitiess,like..slow music for classy type of ppl..rock for punks..lol....pop for whteva...

da best thing would b u'll meet ppl who match wid ur personality
music shud b different all the time

I for one is still hunting for a reggae club

space, good music, good drinks, and good company.

100% agree with bonitta.

100% agree with bonitta.

21 years old to enter a club? whoa!!! Are they strict on this as I'm only 19. Should I wait 2 years until I come to Dubai? lol

PTMike wrote:21 years old to enter a club? whoa!!! Are they strict on this as I'm only 19. Should I wait 2 years until I come to Dubai? lol

I don't really think they are that strict...when I was here last year I was underage and never had a problem EXCEPT at boudoir..that one bouncer is realllly strict about ID's. I know it is easier to get in if you are a girl, but if you have a girl with you, you might have a better chance.

we need more nights like twisted melons at ibo and a club that plays a mixture of metal, alt, d&b ............and no house music not stuck up people just and relaxed atmosphere were people can drink and mosh and bounce till their hearts content

Unfortunately as I just got into the clubbing scene (Jd and coke, best drink I would say), but I have determined there are three different clubs in Dubai.

1. Third class as in low class where u might find ugly looking whores or maybe one single female (not a bar tender or waitress) and club is filled with guys who wanna booze and get a kick where entrance is totally free most of the times.

2. Second class as in mid range but yet as ppl said sucky crowd or most probably a whore joint like Imperial Suites or Cyclone where every female has ten guys looking at her where some u pay with entrance like 50 bucks and proabably two free drinks thats like just pint of beers

3. 1st class and exclusive club like Trilogy or any other good place where most of the time events are taking place where per head u pay 175 or whatever the rule is plus dressing sense of ppl and obviously no drinks on he house.

Now since as I said I just came into clubbing scene. Its very hard to find a good place with good music cuz half of the time by no offence a lot of hindi music goin on as dubai consists a hell lot of subcontinents while music like rock, trance, techno, house, hip hop etc genre are not found and if it is the crowd totally sucked. Maybe there is but this is my deduction of what I have experienced.

Since I can practically eat, sleep, drink with music that is endless desire of something to be played for enternity I did find a place. My search led me to Bangkok which is a beautiful place and music, name it and you will have it. The crowds amazing, and everything is cheap and I mean cheap.

Bangkok is a place where u pay what u will be paying in a second class (the one I described above) and get the entertainment of a first class club.
Because I wanted a place with good crowd and good music. Check out these sites and these are the clubs I partied in

www.bedsupperclub.com
www.cm2bkk.com
www.bangkokgigguide.com/gows/santika_li ... angkok.htm (The club is called Santika)
www.qbarbangkok.com/
www.bangkok-private.com/bkk_c/Narcissus/index_e.htm

and there are lot of other clubs as in good clubs. Maximum the charge maybe 55 dhs and u get 4 or 3 or 2 drinks free. And guess what it can be any drink, not beer, even Jd with coke or Black Label with soda maybe u gotta pay like 2 bucks extra but that aint a problem. And a bottle max 450, A bottle of Jd was like 250 to 300. Hell yeah I blew up 1200 dollars in ten days and I still say it wasnt enough. Plus there are even clubs which u can just sit and have a drink like a pub and a proper pub.

Dubai should open up good clubs and reduce a bit on the prices or even keep them the same but get some good music and ppl should change their mentality about spending. I dont mean to offend anyone, I do understand that ppl work like crazy to survive and stuff, but when enjoying ppl think calculatively that sucks.

I mean like you go to a club and dont spend like u keep it to the limit. If ppl do that then whats the fun. I know there are lot of guys whose having fun on their parents money, that can be kept aside which is a different issue but when u go to a club to enjoy, look good and then enjoy not like u got 5000 dhs with u for enjoyment and u go to a club wearing a lungi. Neways thats all. Btw if anyones going to Bangkok and need some advice let me know!!

^^ V. good points you've got there...

Personally, the best club in dubai for me at the moment is Peppermint, the music is alright, but as you said the crowd sucks... The policies at the door suck as well, but heck, the clubs here are not cheap to operate, unlike the ones in other parts of the world, clubs here need these crazy stuck-up people who dress as if it's a wedding and spend as if it was the last night of their lives, without them, clubs wouldn't survive...

O there are posers and real clubbers in every city in the world .. usually each has there own scene and do there own thing ... dubai's poser culture is very much thriving , however the real clubbing culture is still very immature but i am sure it will develop as people become increasingly educated about the music ..

and trust me Dubai is _nothing_ compared to cities like LA in terms of wannabes and posers ..

just keep dancing big O