S&nctu&ry

Whem the weekly club

Sanetuary first kicked

off flve ttrear$ no one,
even the DJlpromoters
S.J{.E and David K, had
any idea how long it
would !ast, Now
$anctuary can claim
that itts just about
$ydneyos longest
running e!ub, with up to
35O people wearlng
basic black through its
doors every Satunday
lihough Dqvid wo$ well known
night.
o. o
For Wo.stelond
Dl from lhe doys when he worked
- which cqme complete with
;i
'S.H.E and David
I n.v
ol
th e clu b propo go
9 I ! grse s,r"i"l!,i
:y::.ffi
l?i.:s_
do,
even built o cor T
K say
inside
the Site. ,,h *o, g'r;
Soncluory's opening night ir",
olso
becouse il wos oll just bosicoily
Sanctary first stanted at
recylleO
iusl obout the first timelS.H.e got fo
rubbish," sqys Dqvid.
lo o crowd.
the Site ln Victoria
SANCTUAR' hos survived five yeors
"l remember very much the
with Dovid
first nighl of
ond
(*.1:. of course got her
Street because the
Sonctuqry when lfold Dovid he
Dt nome from
,She
hocfio [*jp rn*
lhe
Cutf
hit
Sells
Soictuory ) behind the
be*nuse my hond CiOn'f wonf fo
stop shoking,,,
venue only had a
decks ond witlguf relying
S.H.t toughs. ,Dovid literolly
on fqncY gr.rt
hod i" n"lO *V
They
do
hqve
the
ocJd Oiop in, but soy they
hond becouse wos so nervous,,,
licence to mldnight on
prefer to just give q go
fo llrose who ;;i,
monlhs they hod exlended lhe
Saturdays, and they felt hours tosix2om
clubs
who come up ond osk they
ond soon were stoying open till
con ploy
o few records;'..p..H.e exptoins. ,,it;/;;
Som or even 6om. Then lwo yeors
that $ydney needed a
not
professionol Dls,
ogo
jusl
for o b* oifun ,".if
Sqncluqry moved to q new venue
ond
when they
fo give people.. tlre opportunify
club fon independent
were osked (quile nicely
to
listen
lo
O"uiO soy)
somelhing else.'
to leove fhe Site. The club ond
hos since run
alternative music. Along successfuily
people
of
who
qnd
come
qsk
up
:'?ECAUSE
fi?T the Jungte Bor in eeoig"
for
Nine lnch Noils
Snog, Dovid now getting
ot Wynyord. tt tooks onyTning but
with Richard Clash (who becouse
lnq
orJiiory
inlo
"reolly
thot
solt
of
style
which
nol only to S.H.L onO Dovid tqke
is
good. . And I'll try to fil in the Nirvqno
in
later left the crew! the
their own sound syslem qnd
ond
CD ployerUuf in*V
Jones
Addiction."
olso decorote the roorn every
week. And for
duo decided it was
speciol events _ like their fifth
DAVID soys there ore differences
onniversory
in the music
porty fhis weekend lhey go
these doys, though: .,Everylhing
worth a shot, and so
oll out.
s got o-beot in
il
now,
like
o
reolly
heovy house beol. .
PREVrous instormenrs of cerestiqr
(os their
Sanctuary was bornn
gnliversory porties ore dubbed) nqd inrr",
:'NOT reolly, il's more industriol Dove, il s not
like Wosretond qnd Requiem.
house,"
running from gpm till
correcls him . .
r"iB"qrj;;il",
hod o guillotine, mode o stoined gloss
ploy of Soncluory is Bquhous!,, only nouse we
rvindow
on lhe donce floor, ond instolled
midnight every
SANCTUARy celebrsles their
fiflh qnniversqry
sloge, with differenl scenes in o rqised
with Celeslisl, Soturdoy-istt* .rune-"i-irru
the spoce
$aturday night.
following lorture chqrnber rhemes
-Jungle Bor, 30,1 George
ond fhe rike.
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