down 2, then right
Up Durham Lane, turn right at Broadcasting House, turn left up the alley (watch out for the doggie-do), and you’ll find Zwines, another new nite spot devoted to punk and new wave.
Inside, time and care has been taken to deck the place out in the best of punk chic, with spray-can doodlings extolling the virtues of resident band, the Scavengers.
A wall of mirrors behind the bandstand allows you to admire yourself and adjust your safety pins. Turn around and you’ll find food and drinkies.
Upstairs there’s plenty of seating, allowing a panoranic view of the band and the dancers (no gobbing from above, please), plus a juke box, offering the latest and greatest in new wave music, along with other selections (play the Wild Cherry, Wings and Fleetwood Mac discs at your peril). The Scavs keep the place jumping, literally, from 10pm till whenever. Venture onto the dance floor at your own risk. These dudes dance for keeps. If disco is dire, ballroom is boring, and the pub just can’t keep pace, give Zwines a try. Old Farts need not apply.
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Rip It Up, Issue 9, 1 March 1978, Page 2
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