R.I.P. DV8

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 @ 2:23PM

Nothing but memories...

It was the cool place in Salt Lake from about 1989 until the late 90’s.  So many great bands played the tiny stage at DV8.  So many memories of spinning vinyl in the DJ booth that overlooked the quaint dancefloor.  And now it’s gone forever.  Many of us had our first legal alcholic beverages at DV8.  I remember how the crowd would go nuts when I played “Unbelievable” by EMF and “Firewoman” by The Cult.  When I worked at KJQ and first turned 21 I was so excited to get to DJ KJQ night at DV8.  They’d pay me $100 in cash to haul mt crates of records and CD’s up the rickety ladder to the DJ booth and play great alternative music all night long.  You could never go wrong with Vicious Pink or New Order.  The stage was graced by performances from Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Gravity Kills, Henry Rollins, X, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, and about every band from the 90s.  Goodbye to the sticky floors, the dusty DJ booth, the perpetual stench of stale beer in the carpet, the fond memories of Club DV8.

todd’s iPod
10:20 “Rusty Cage” Johnny Cash
1:20 “The City Sleeps” MC 900 Foot Jesus

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