PAST EVENTS

Club Bizarre (and its predecessor-Maximum Ego Productions) have been putting together events and gigs since the mid eighties clocking up quite an impressive back catalog of dates. Below are some of these dates. We havent listed EVERY gig, just the nights that stood out or the ones we could remember. Just click onto the event name to see photographs, gig flyers, reviews, tickets, sticker art and much much more!

 

2007

Club Bizarre presents....Exorcism - SUNFLOWER BLUE (live dark ambient), CATGUTS & THE BIG BANG THEORY (neato electro craziness). DJs Cylk, Griffer, Xhile & Marq Bizarre . 24 February @ Moth - 5 O'Connell

2005

Hell Bound: 2005 Halloween / Fetish Ball - HELL-BOUND: Merging HORROR and SEX. FETISH with FANTASY, to create a night that is truely unique in this country. Halloween completely went off this year at The Studio in K rd!. 29 October @ The Studio

Club Bizarre: October 2005 - 1 October @ The Viper Club

CB Video Soundsystem - A big screen, loud as feck, live VJ mix of all that is cool and great within the Industrial/Goth/Eletro/EBM/Wave genres. Ultra rivet-cool meets Ultra- cheese! Lots of fresh, rare, obscure and long time forgotten clips to stimulate all five (and possibly six) of your senses. Nuff said. Also featured on the night a live video/audio electronica performance from Darcy Gladwin aka EMU. . 3 September @ The Viper Club

Club Bizarre: August 2005 - 6 August @ The Viper Club

Club Bizarre: July 2005 - 2 July @ The Viper Club

Club Bizarre: June 2005 - This Months C.B event featured Dj sets from Jason & Cylkk and a performance from The Tom Bosley Experience.. 4 June @ The Viper Club

Club Bizarre Monthly event launch - Club Bizarre returned after a year long break with a new monthly event of music, mischief and multi media madness. It was held at The Viper Club 25 Cross St [Upper Queen St] . 7 May @ The Viper Club

Club Bizarre Birthday Bash - We celebrated our 10th birthday with a wee knees up at Edens Bar in K'rd. Featuring a swag of alternating djs and bands EMERALD GREEN, RAILWAY CHESS, THE TOM BOSLEY EXPERIENCE, ZSPYNE, and SUNFLOWER BLUE. It was a night of music,lollipops,cake,and......music!. 30 April @ Edens Bar

Electro-Shock - A plathora of multi genres and multi media delights, from the cool trippy electro grooves of Emerald Green, the superb electronic and found sound genius of Dirty Orange Machine, the menacing deviance of I Hybrid, to the utter geeky pop wackiness of the brilliant Tom Bosley Experience, the crazy Vodophone Warriorz, the eccentric (and brilliantly named) Catguts and the Big Bang Theory....oh god, the list goes on! . 29 January @ Edens Bar

2003

Club Bizarre Xmas Party - A FREE entry end of year bash @ The Paradise Bar in K Rd for all our friends, supporters, event crews, bands that have played our gigs, and those that have helped out behind the scenes. Performing on the night was RUNNINGHOUSE, THE FANATICS and ZSPYNE plus alternating djs. 19 December @ Paradise Bar

Nebula One - A small intimate low key gig thrown together at the Submission Bar in K rd. Antoinettes Head were also supposed to play that night but unfortunately had to pull out at the last minute due to problems.. 15 November @ Submission, K Rd

Vampyre 2003 - 1 November @ Galatos

Black Light Disco 3 - Yep, we're doin' it LARGE yet again folks! A night full of jumbo screen-in-your-face-80s Retro, New Wave, Romantic n cheesey Pop bliss! All the hits, all the trash! ooooooooh yeah! . 12 September @ Edens Bar

Black Celebration - Darkness prevails! With Nekros, Pulchritude, Antoinettes Head and DJs Decay, Maniac Mike and Ubermeg. 9 August @ Paradise Bar

Subversion - Live performance from Zspyne. DJs Marq Bizarre, Defile & Zephrenia. 12 July @ Paradise Bar

After School TV - Take a trip back in time with VJ Marq Bizarre. All the best 80s New Wave, Romantic, Pop and ultra cheese on the big screen. 31 May @ Cafe 223

Affliction - Featuring THE MERCY CAGE, THE FANATICS (ex big block), HOG HAUL VALENTINE, Sound / visual installation by DIRTY ORANGE MACHINE, DJs DEFILE & EXQUISITE CORPSE. 12 April @ Kings Arms

Femme Noir - The Night of the Dark DJ Vixens in full frightening colour! Featuring special Dj guest, all the way from the UK, DJ Lahannya. March 1st, Krd Ballroom.. 1 March @ Krd Ballroom

Dead by Dawn - This night was put on by the very cool Aklass label in association with Club Bizarre. 7 DJs battled it out with musik from the darkside! DJz Marq Bizarre - Koil - Anti Kati - Audioslut - Hakaider - Conquest (Rigel from Dawn of Azazel) & Inopsy from Canada. 28 February @ Krd Ballroom

Sinners Masquerade - presented by Sinners Productions in association with Club Bizarre. With Antoinettes Head, Nekros, Valec and DJs Marq Bizarre, Exquisite Corpse & Dimensia. 25 January @ Krd Ballroom

2002

Vampyre 2002 - Undoubtably the best yet! With Pulchritude, The Mercy Cage, Winterland, Antoinettes Head, Sobriquet, and Mistress Dominique DJs Sinnocence, Ubermeg and Zim. 2 November @ Galatos

Corrosion - Featuring electro industrial band RHESUS CHRIST and electronic experimentalist DIRTY ORANGE MACHINE (who stood in for the advertised act THE SHADOW PEOPLE who could not play due to an illness). 12 October @ Cafe 223

Black Light Disco - A Night of 80s New Wave ecstasy! With DJ Marq Bizarre. 4 October @ Cafe 223

Nekros CD Release Party - Debut CD release party of Auckland Goth rock band NEKROS. With guests Dirty Orange Machine, Antoinettes Head and DJ Marq Bizarre. 30 August @ Cafe 223

Elysium - Darkness is a happy place. Djs Marq Bizarre and Stinkfist McAnus. 26 July @ Krd Ballroom

Club Bizarre 2002 - A night of cyber madness in a synthetic world. With dark industrial act Sunflower Blue and DJs Marq Bizarre and Ubermeg. 21 June @ Cafe 223

Aural Visions - A series of relaxed evening excursions into multi sound collage, video imagery and aural experimentation. Evening One featured DIRTY ORANGE MACHINE, GOLDEN AXE, SHAWN FEENEY & MATHEW BRENNAN. 8 June @ The Temple

Sensoria - A night of frenzied cyber indulgence. Featured Audioslut, Zspyne, DJs Marq Bizarre & Sinnocence. 11 May @ Cafe 223

2001

Halloween 2001 - A celebration of all that is dark and nasty featuring... Nekros, Reject Twin, Hog Haul Valentine, Antoinettes Head, Hakaider, Vamp a Go-Go, Dj Frankenspin and Igor, Dark poetry proformance by Olivia Macassey . 27 October @ Kings Arms

Hieronymus Bosch - multi media performance. 1 September @ Club Now Gallery

Vampyre 2001 - The huge annual celebration of all that is dark. Featured Selling Hope, The Magdalene, Mistress Dominique, Vamps A Go Go, plus poetry from Hravan, a Medieval re inactment, DJs Spiggy and Decay plus many stalls etc... 26 May @ Powerstation

Sin - A night of sheer sexual indulgence. Featured DJ Throb, Mistress Simone, Mistress Dominique, Drag acts, A sexual/sensory Black out room and giant multi visuals. Held in association with Visual Ecstacy.. 8 April @ Cross-Over Club

Radiance - A night of Industrialism featuring the very brilliant dark electronic act TERRAN 7. Plus the notorious Dj Spiggy. 17 March @ Krd Ballroom

2000

Reverence - A night of Black Metal supremecy featuring Masochrist(Hamilton) Skuldom and Dawn of Azazel. 25 November @ The Schooner Tavern

Vampyre 2000 - 12 August @ Powerstation

The Cure Bloodflowers - Release Party. 4 March @ Nix

1999

Club Bizarre Cellar Nights - These happenned every Wednesday night. Free entry, a Dj pumping Goth/Industrial sounds and a cheap bar. @ The Cellar Bar

Nocturne Gothic Ball - This one had a fetish/S&M slant. featured Reject Twin, Prosthesis, Mistress Sabrina Blaze^*^ , Dezastar And The Very Reverend Stinkfinger. 29 October @ The Mandalay

Deadlines Magazine Party - A night put together to celebrate the issue release of Deadlines Magazine. Black metallers Coven played a blistering set followed by All Hell Breaks Loose. 9 April @ Bar Amsterdam

Club Bizarre Web Nights - After the Substation closed its doors, Dj Marq moved down to the Web Bar in Fort St where he held a regular Wednesday night gathering place. @ The Web

1998

Its a Goth Xmas - A Bizarre Beats yuletide knees-up for those who have been good. Antoinettes Head played, Djs Mary & Dj Darkness kept the punters dancing and there was a visit from ol` santa.. 11 December @ Balzac

Bizarre TV 1998 - A free entry gathering every Wednesday night with Goth/Industrial video clips slammed onto the big screen Dj style by Mr Throb. @ The Web

Dark Alternatives - This was a free entry night every Wednesday. @ Substation

Nocturne 1998 - This would have to be the biggest one yet! featured Winterland, Antoinettes Head, The Gash Grinders, Empress And The Slave, Deza Star, The Sisters Of Sadistic Redemption, Mistress Purgatory + Djs Maxine. Maleficent & Nightmare + Mc Ewan. 31 October @ Powerstation

Salem - Goth dancefloor night from our wonderful Club Bizarre crew. 14 August @ Krd Ballroom

The Dark is Rising - Featuring From The Dark. NZs most popular Black metal band (Tauranga). 17 April @ The Substation

Midian - The gathering of the Nightbreed. A very hot and sweaty night with Djs Mafeficent, Maxine and Mary. 7 March @ The Substation

1997

Bizarre TV 1997 - playing instore at Record Exchange, K Road. Dj Throb mixed continuous goth/industrial video clips on the big screen. 5 December @ The Record Exchange

Halloween Night - 31 October @ The Web

Nocturne 1997 - This years ball took on a medieval theme .A jam packed venue featuring a sword fighting battle from The Knights Of Draconis. rennaisance dance from The Shire Of Ildhafn. Plus fire jugglers and jesters. 4 October @ Sinners

Night of the Vampire - Antoinettes Head played with Djs Mary and Maleficent keeping the dancefloor pumped into the early wee hours. 5 September @ Luna

In Goth We Trust - A fun night indeed. Djs Mary & Rob Smith spun the plastic for this one. 2 August @ Squid

Gothic Retro - A night of all the hits and only the hits with Dj Mary. From the classics to the present. 21 February @ Luna

1996

Leonard Nimoy/C.U.N.T/Reject Twin - Leonard Nimoy from Christchurch`s KrKrKrKrK label, C.U.N.T (Or Claires Un Natural Twin) from Palmerston North and our own Reject Twin...from the gutter. 6 September @ Pod

Nocturne 1996 - This year the ball became an ALL AGES affair and featured Disjecta Membra, Antoinettes Head, poetry from The Elvis of Crime & Emaen, The very saucy Malediction and her Naughty Pets, A fashion show by Androgene + Djs Mary and the Antonchrist. 24 August @ The Foundry

Dominion - with Burnt Weeping Eyes and Disjecta Membra. 18 May @ Pod

1995

Nocturne 1995 - New Zealands first ever Gothic Ball. Featured bands SHRINE and Antoinettes Head + Djs. 7 October @ Powerstation

1994

Club Bizarre Pod Nights - From 1994 to 1996 Club Bizarre took over Pod on Wednesday nights. When Pod closed its doors, Marq began DJing weekly at Luna which became a demolition site, then he took up residency at Substation, then The Cellar, and lastly Bar Amsterdam.

Hardcore - Featuring entropy, cheese, spine, nihil & dj lord amon and his little green goblin. 9 September @ Pod

Club Bizarre @ the Pod - A rather bizarre and mega packed cyber fetish night. Featuring a performance by Reject Twin and Dj Throb accompanied by giant screen erotic/hard porn/sleaze video visuals. 30 March @ Pod

1993

Intravene Magazine Parties - Between 1993 and 1996 Maximum Ego organised around 30 Intravene parties/gigs feauring over 100 bands. Some of the many bands that played....Chris Knox, Hallelujah Picassos, Spine, Entropy, Teen Shag Superstar, Corrugate, Kim Blackburn, Jacinda Klowens, Cheese, Thinktank, Canis, Figure 60, Dirtbox, Honeylove, Reject Twin, Gardenshed, Tadpole, Explosive Jellybeans, Nihil, Love and Violence, Wendyhouse, Stan and the Lovegang, Antoinettes Head, Braintree, Stayfree Carefree, Cicada, Hudson Lusty, Puck, Dig This, Gnasher, King Loser, Lungfeast, 7 Dials, Crash, Plaster saints, Froithead, Charlotte, Saturn 5, Jonestown Olympics, Lovejuice, Dead Flowers,Bone Dry Bubble, Celine, Penny Dreadful, Three Blind Mice, Nazi Disco, Raw Meat For the Balcony, Iris, Stoneface, Apollo Deluxe, Void, Seed, Winterland, Thela, Voom, Andrew Fagan, Alfalfamao, Blair Jollands, Future Stupid, Pacecar, Shayne Carter, The Tulips, Seat Bee Sate, Anton, Sudersuk, Killer Ray, Jungle Fungus, Affliction Addiction, Frankie, Loves Ugly Children, Elyzium Sect, Bike, Unit of One, A few buskers were pulled off Queen St, Santa Claus made an appearance every Xmas.......and the list goes on!.

Hieronymus Bosch/Leper Asylum - 21 August @ Arcadia

Torture Tech - Industrial dancefloor with DJs Maniac and Manson. 30 April @ Forts X-ing

Technohell 3 - The 3rd in the annual performance series. 18 March @ The Gluepot

Twitch - A night of Ambient/Techno/Industrial pleasure with Bizarre Beats DJs and giant visual screen. 5 March @ Forts X-ing

Nazi Disco/Jonestown Olympics - 27 February @ Punch & Judy Bar

1992

Hieronymus Bosch/Gnasher/Sprocket Mirth - 20 June @ The Club, Hamilton

Various Bands - hieronymus bosch, yummy fur, entropy, psychic love stereo, mona lisa, steelborn. 8 May @ The Gluepot

A Night of Teenage Beer Swilling Horror - Featured Hieronymus Bosch, Honeylove, Leper Asylum, Gnasher and Imajika. 14 March @ The Gluepot

Hieronymus Bosch/Gnasher/Sprocket Mirth/Bizarre Beats DJs - @ The Broadwalk

Aural Disturbance - A whole heap of acts played to a packed house. Hieronymus Bosch, Jonestown Olympics, Leper Asylum, Real Demigods, Mista Meana, Ramonees, Ultimate, Vicious Hatred, Cease to Exist. @ The Gluepot

A Tribute to Metropolis - the film + performance - Industrial sound performance by Hieronymus Bosch backing the classic film METROPOLIS projected onto a big screen. @ Arcadia

Hieronymus Bosch/B.S Pig/Clinic - 7 February @ The Gluepot

Technohell 2 - The second in the annual multi media cyber/industrial series. 16 January @ The Gluepot

1991

Hieronymus Bosch/Plaster Saints/Jonestown Olympics - 18 April @ The Gluepot

Seven Electronic Acts - A night of electronic/industrial performance acts. Hieronymus Bosch, Affliction Addiction, Steak, Pig,.....and more. @ The Gluepot

Hieronymus Bosch/Plaster Saints/Jonestown Olympics - @ The Gluepot

Technohell 1 - Cyber/Industrial performance night at The Powerstation. A night of sheer industrial cyber over endulgence. 16 January @ The Powerstation

1990

Hieronymus Bosch - This year quite a few small gigs were organised for Hieronymus Bosch and supporting Industrial acts, mostly at The Gluepot.

1989

100% Circuitry - at a warehouse in Parnell. An industrial rave/costume party.

Religion - Gothic/Industrial at a warehouse in Parnell. A Goth "rave" at the same venue.

Filth - A deviant Fetish party held at a warehouse in Parnell.

Dark Arts Gothic Festival - Held at Auckland Domain, this was a free outdoor event which attracted over 1500 people and gained fantastic media attention. Featured dancers, bands, exhibitions, performers and heaps of stalls and was followed by a night time gig at The Venue which had two bands, a DJ, fashion show and dominatrix act.The event was put together by a team of around 10 people and was coordinated by Mark Wallbank.

1988

Three performance acts do free concert in downtown square - This was a free Friday night 2 hour performance show by three experimental music/dance performance groups.

The Story - Slide and poetry evening at the now defunct DKD cafe which was situated behind the Civic Theatre.

Resurrection - at The Venue. A gothic/industrial night featuring a band (whos name escapes me !) and a Dj.

Sin - A Fetish party held in a Ponsonby warehouse.

Sensoria - An Industrial costume party held in a huge house basement in Ponsonby. Two DJ's.

1987

Night Of The Hermaphodite - Hieronymus Bosch/Fashion Show By Hermaphrodite @ Connextions. This was an amazing wall-to-wall goth night. A smallish venue which filled to capacity, around 200 people (about 50 people over the legal limit!).

Darkhaus - Voxtrot performance at a warehouse in Ponsonby. Tape loop sound experimentation + a slide & poetry performer.

Hell2 - Warehouse party in Ponsonby. The sequel to the successful 1986 fetish party.Djs & fashion shows by David Flame and Mystify.

Dance Of Death - A multimedia Gothic night which featured dark acts Blood on the Altar and Death in the Family, plus a poet and a DJ.

Mercy - Goth Celebration - This was an unofficial release party for THE SISTERS OF MERCY's "Floodland" album. BFM supported the gig by allowing us a 1 hour radioshow the night before. @ The Venue

1986

Voxtrot performance - at Howick Community Hall.

Lust Of The Vampire - A tribute night featuring Goth acts and continuous films at a warehouse in Parnell.

Dark Poetry - An evening of dark poetry readings in association with The Auckland Pagan Appreciation Society aka Pagans in the Pub. @ The City Hotel

Hell - Basement Party - A wild underground fetish themed party which featured a Dj and scratch film/slide visuals.