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Specimen created the original Batcave in 1982.
Jon Klein interview excerpt from Orkus Magazine, 1997:
"We met many bands in a similar postition to ourselves...nowhere to play! Ollie found a club called "The Gargoyle" that had been open since 1927 that ran as a strip bar during the day but Wednesday nights it would become The Batcave. We'd built up a team of people to deal with many aspects of the club including finding cabaret, bands, decoration and the Press. Initially the English Music Press responded well to our intentions and consequently people knew we were opening the club and a lot of people turned up! We had a 200 metre long queue on our opening night and this queue would become an integral part of the scene. Travelling up four floors in a tiny elevator, you passed through a coffin gateway into a well dressed labyrinth featuring a cinema/cabaret theatre, hybrid disco, live music and an atmosphere of midweek mayhem! The success of the club attracted record companies and it seemed we'd broken the circle at last..."
Interview with Jon Klein here about the reunion of Specimen and the Batcave in 2008.
Visit Specimen's website here and Myspace here
Avoidance of Doubt
AOD is fronted by d.Void and Missy, your hosts at AntiChrist. We hadn't considered booking our own band for AC or the Batcave, but were most honoured to be asked by Specimen to support them on July 11th. Avoidance of Doubt is a blend of goth, industrial and metal with a theatrical stage show.
Visit Avoidance of Doubt's Myspace here
The McCarricks
The McCarricks began their project in 2002, debuting with a show at The Horse Hospital in London on Halloween of that year. Previously Kimberlee was a professional violinist with the Kansas Symphony Orchestra, whilst Martin was guitarist and electric cellist with Therapy? Prior to that Martin had worked as musician/writer and string arranger, touring, recording and creating a large back catalogue of work with the likes of Siouxsie and the Banshees, This Mortal Coil, Dead Can Dance, Kristin Hersh, Marc Almond, Skunk Anansie and Therapy? to name but a few.