Eats Everything and The Sharp Boys have taken part in an interview session, hosted by Toolroom Records, to pay tribute to Trade, the legendary queer-forward after-hours that redefined London nightlife.
Founded in 1990, Trade, held at Turnmills in Clerkenwell, was the first legal after-hours club in the UK, attracting a devoted crowd of misfits, music heads, and hedonists, and having a massive influence on the clubbing landscape. It closed its doors in 2008.
In the interview, which is hosted on the Toolroom Records YouTube page, Eats Everything and The Sharp Boys – both longtime admirers of Trade and its legacy – share memories, stories, and insights into what made the night so vital, and why its influence still resonates today.
“One of the things that made it stand out is you could be on the dancefloor and literally be standing between a drag queen, who’s seven foot tall, and a guy that works in the banking world, a city boy – he’d be there with his friends,” as The Sharp Boys’ Steven Doherty puts it. “He could be gay, straight, doesn’t matter – everybody got on, everyone had a smile on the face, everybody was there for the music and the atmosphere and the crowd.”
“Everyone was kind of learning as they went along, and were creating this thing,” Eats Everything adds. “I guess now it’s all been done before, but I don’t think people take heed of the past so much, unfortunately.”
Check out the interview below.
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