Nightclub in which the British punk music scene flourished. Groups such as The Stranglers, The Buzzcocks and Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Clash, The Damned, Generation X, The Slits, Adam & the Ants, all appeared here.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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