Zero Club is bringing back the Smashing Pumpkins Special for round 2

Zero Club Smashing Pumpkins Special 2018 - 90s alternative - Red Cardinal Music

Nineties icons The Smashing Pumpkins released their third studio album “Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness” on 23rd October 1995 which included their single Zero – the song that  Zero Club is named after. To celebrate the album’s 23rd birthday Zero Club will be paying homage once again with a Smashing Pumpkins Special at Zombie Shack on Friday 26th October.

From Gish to Adore, from Siamese Dream to Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness and everything in between, party goers can expect to hear Smashing Pumpkins classics, favourites and hidden gems amongst the usual 90’s timewarp.

The Smashing Pumpkins Special is sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon and the first fifty people to arrive on the night will receive a free can. Party goers will be able to take advantage of a Zero Club exclusive 2 for £6 offer.

Our exclusive 90s themed cocktails will be available all night with the 1979 being the go-to cocktail for anyone wanting to keep up with the theme of the night!

To keep up to date with information about the event and make song requests, join the Facebook event.

Advance tickets are available for £3 via See TicketsSkiddle and our website. Entry on the door will be £4 or £3 with Student ID.

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Welcome To Paradise: Manchester’s Ultimate Alternative Freshers Party

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On Monday September 17th Deadbolt are throwing a big Alternative Freshers Party at Zombie Shack / The Thirsty Scholar over 3 rooms to kick off the week of festivities in style. For anyone looking to celebrate the start of the university year, or their big move to Manchester, with a party playing best in rock, metal and alternative – Welcome to Paradise.

The event is sponsored by Fireball and Pabst Blue Ribbon. The first fifty people to arrive will receive a free Boilermaker – a Fireball Shot chased with a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

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Boilermaker with Fireball & Pabst Blue Ribbon – Photo Taken By Jonny Philipson

Manchester based alternative clothing company Daggers and Diamonds are about to release their brand new collection and are celebrating at Welcome to Paradise. The brand have collaborated with Deadbolt many times and, as with previous events, will be giving away some of their incredible new collection to lucky party goers.

Holier Than Thou has some of Manchester’s most talented artists, and once again they’re coming to party with Deadbolt! They will be hosting tattoo, piercing and merchandise giveaways throughout the night.

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Zombie Shack – Frat Party

Since 2011 Deadbolt has celebrated Freshers Week with their infamous Frat Party and this year will be no different! Upstairs in Zombie Shack, in traditional frat party style, drinks will be served in red cups and party goers can take part in crazy “initiation” challenges and party games to win free goodies.

 

The Thirsty Scholar – The Lounge

In The Thirsty Scholar there will be guest DJs on rotation playing varied genres of music.

  • Zero Club – playing grunge, riot grrrl, geek rock and 90s generation X anthems.
  • Club Skeleton – playing emo, rock, pop and alt anthems.
  • Main Events – playing all the best music associated with wrestling.
  • iLLMatic – playing hip hop, RnB and house party classics.

The Beer Garden – Games Area

The beer garden under the arches is where the games will take place. Fireball, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Southern Comfort and others will be hosting party games such as Cornhole to see who is the true Party King or Queen.

For a chance to win free entry and drinks and to make song requests for the night join the facebook event.

Anyone with a September birthday who wants to make this their birthday night out can get in touch via the Deadbolt Club facebook page to get free entry for themselves and free shots for their entire group.

Advance tickets are available for £2 via See TicketsFatsomaSkiddle and our website. Entry on the door will be £3. Welcome to Paradise is an 18+ event. ID will be required.

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Zero Club are throwing a Red Hot Chili Peppers Special

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September sees the anniversaries of two seminal Red Hot Chili Peppers albums – Blood Sugar Sugar Magik in 1991 and One Hot Minute in 1995. Zero Club will be paying homage to the band’s musical career with a special clubnight at The Zombie Shack on Saturday September 29th.

RHCP’s mix of Hard Rock, Funk and Hip Hop has been recognised as being very influential to all forms of Alternative Rock, and the band are seen as true rock pioneers.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers Special is sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon and the first fifty people to arrive will get a free can. During the night there will be an exclusive Zero Club 2 for £6 offer.

Zombie Shack’s talented staff will be making our exclusive 90s themed cocktails all night!

To keep up to date with information about the event and make song requests, join the facebook event to get involved.

Advance tickets are available for £3 via See TicketsSkiddle and our website. Entry on the door will be £4. Students will be able to get £2 entry when showing a valid student ID on the door.

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Zero Club are throwing a Pearl Jam Special

Zero Club Pearl Jam Special 2018 - Red Cardinal Music

Seattle icons Pearl Jam released their classic debut album “Ten” in September 1991, so Zero Club will be using the anniversary of this release as a good reason to finally host a Pearl Jam special – and play the album in full during the night!

Ten hit the mainstream alongside peers Nirvana’s Nevermind, as the whole world had their minds blown with tracks like Smells Like Teen Spirit and In Bloom. Pearl Jam offered something more melodic and thoughtful, with offerings such as Jeremy, Alive or live favourite Even Flow. The special is to take place at Zombie Shack on Friday August 31st.

The night will consist of career-high classics and anthems from the many albums in their illustrious life in the music world, as well as the usual mix of 90s Grunge / Geek Rock / Riot Grrrl / Generation X Anthems

The Pearl Jam Special is sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon and there will be a free can given away to the first 50 people in. Party goers will be able to take advantage of a Zero Club exclusive 2 for £6 offer.

Our exclusive 90s themed cocktails will be available all night with the Even Flow being the recommended cocktail for this event!

To keep up to date with information about the event and make song requests, join the Facebook event to get involved.

Advance tickets are available for £3 via See TicketsSkiddle and our website. Entry on the door will be £4.

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Zero Club are throwing a Weezer Blue Album Anniversary Special

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In May 1994, a month after the world lost a legendary band in Nirvana, a band called Weezer released their debut album alongside music videos featuring Happy Days characters and sad tales about destroyed sweaters. Here we are in 2018, and the alt world still loves this album so Zero Club are throwing a Weezer Blue Album Anniversary Special at Zombie Shack on Saturday 26th May.

On 10th May 1994 geek rock band Weezer released their self-titled album, dubbed the Blue Album which was certified gold in under 7 months. The album saw huge hits with Undone – The Sweater Song, Buddy Holly and Say It Ain’t So, which all became 90s Generation X Anthems that people still love to this day.

Since its release the Blue Album has become one of the most highly regarded albums appearing on best of and must have lists from publications such as Rolling Stone, NME, Blender, Guitar World and more.

Pitchfork named the album the 26th best album of the 90s and summed up the album’s critical recognition:

An album so substantial the band misguidedly attempted to tap into its resonance through cover graphics a mere two releases later. In 1994, 70s rock had come to mean either a bastardized version of Led Zeppelin or a bullshit reconstruction of punk rock. As guitar nerds, Weezer sought influence there but found true inspiration in forgotten bubblegum power-pop like Cheap Trick, Raspberries, 20/20, and The Quick. Most impressively, Rivers Cuomo rescued the thrilling guitar solo from finger-tapping metal and disregarding grunge/punk. A decade later air-guitaring to the album feels far less embarrassing than singing along. With the help of Spike Jonze, Weezer kept joy alive in arena rock, making the critical repositioning of Weezer as some emo touchstone even more absentminded. They called themselves Weezer, knowingly, for chrissakes. – Brent DiCrescenzo.

Zero club will be celebrating the 24th anniversary of The Blue Album by playing all of it in full during the night.

The Weezer Blue Album Special is sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon and party goers will be able to take advantage of a Zero Club exclusive 2 for £6 offer.

Our exclusive 90s themed cocktails will be available all night with the Buddy Holly cocktail highly recommended to keep in theme with the night!

Zero Club Cocktail Menu at Zombie Shack - Red Cardinal Music

To keep up to date with information about the event and make song requests, join the facebook event to get involved.

Advance tickets are available for £3 via See Tickets, Skiddle and our website. Entry on the door will be £4.

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Reap What You Sow First Birthday featuring Deadbolt and Zero Club DJ Sets

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Reap What You Sow are throwing their first birthday at Jimmy’s in Manchester’s Northern Quarter on Sunday 22nd April from 1pm until midnight.

Clothes from both the Camden Collection and the Northern Souls Collection will be displayed across the venue with opportunities to win and purchase items throughout the day.

There will be DJs on all day including DJs from Deadbolt and Zero Club, Adam Kenny (of the band Crimsons) and Tomm Thomas of Emo Disco. Attendees can expect to hear a mix of alternative, pop punk, emo, alt rock, pop and indie.

During the evening there will live performances from Little Illusion Machine and Jess Kemp on the stage downstairs.

Jimmy’s mixologist has created an exclusive cocktail for the event containing vodka, triple sec, lemon bitters, lemon juice and sugar.

The event is free entry and the celebration will be set across both floors.

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Zero Club are bringing back the Nirvana Special for round 2

Zero Club Nirvana Special 2018 - Red Cardinal Music

On April 8th, 1994 we lost the hero and spokesperson of a generation, Kurt Cobain. Last year Zero Club threw a Nirvana Special to celebrate this life and musical achievements which saw a whole hour of fans singing at the top of their lungs to Nirvana songs. This year we’re hoping to recreate this at Zombie Shack on April 7th.

Again, Zero Club DJs will be playing nothing but Nirvana from midnight until 1am. From the big hitters such as In Bloom and Come As You Are to b-sides like Aneurysm and Even In His Youth this hour will represent all the best from Nirvana.

Outside of the power hour, you can expect the usual Zero Club mix of grunge, riot grrrl, geek rock and 90s alternative anthems.

The Nirvana Special is sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon and will be on offer for 2 for £6 all night.

Our exclusive 90s themed cocktails will be made up by Zombie Shack’s amazing cocktail mixers all night with this event’s recommendation being the Heart-Shaped Box!

Zero Club Cocktail Menu at Zombie Shack - Red Cardinal Music

To make song requests and make sure that we have all of your favourites ready to go on the night, head over to the facebook event.

Advance tickets are available for £3 via See Tickets, TicketlineSkiddle and our website. For a limited time we also have £2 early bird tickets on our ticket page. Entry on the door will be £4.

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Zero Club are throwing an Offspring vs Green Day Special

Zero Club Offspring vs Green Day Special - Red Cardinal Music - Zombie Shack

Zero Club’s first event of 2018 sees us celebrate 21 years of Ixnay On The Hombre and 24 years of Dookie with an Offspring vs Green Day Special. This will take place at Zombie Shack on Saturday 27th January.

The Offspring released their fourth studio album Ixnay On The Hombre on February 4, 1997 through Columbia Records and we wanted to celebrate this classic album. The big hits from this album were “All I Want”, “Gone Away” and “I Choose” and party goers can definitely expect to hear them at the Offspring vs Green Day Special.

Also in the 90s punk world, Green Day were a huge part of the scene releasing anthems that can still be heard on radio and TV to this day. On February 1, 1994 Green Day released Dookie as their third studio album. Dookie saw the release of some of the biggest 90s alt anthems including Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around and She.

The Offspring vs Green Day special is sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon which will be available to purchase at 2 for £6 all night.

During the night Zombie Shack’s expert cocktail makers will be shaking up our exclusive 90s themed cocktails.

Zero Club Cocktail Menu at Zombie Shack - Red Cardinal Music

To find out more about the event and make song requests for the night, join the facebook event and get involved.

Advance tickets are available for £3 via See Tickets, TicketlineSkiddle and our website. Entry on the door will be £4.

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Zero Club announces their final party of the 2017

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Just shy of a year since Zero Club launched (December 2016), the final party of 2017 will be taking place at Zombie Shack on Saturday 25th November. There is no official theme, just our mix of grunge, geek rock, riot grrrl and 90s generation X anthems.

On the same night American post-hardcore band Quicksand will be playing just over the road at Sound Control so we will be offering £2 entry to anyone who shows their gig ticket on the door.

The final party of the year is sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon and cans will be 2 for £6.

Our exclusive 90s themed Zombie Shack cocktails will be available all night.

Zero Club Cocktail Menu at Zombie Shack - Red Cardinal Music

Join the facebook event to make requests and get involved with Zero Club’s final party of 2017.

Advance tickets are available for £3 via See TicketsSkiddle and our website. Entry on the door will be £4.

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Official Deadbolt Festival Afterparty: Zero Club’s Ode to Dave Grohl

Zero Club September 2017 Dave Grohl Special - Official Deadbolt Festival Afterparty - Zombie Shack Manchester - Grunge 90s alternative riot grrrl geek rock - red cardinal music

Zero Club have announced the first official Deadbolt Festival afterparty, an ode to legendary Dave Grohl at Zombie Shack.

Zombie Shack is one of the stages for Deadbolt Festival and the afterparty will start as soon as bands finish.

In addition to the usual mix of grunge, geek rock, riot grrrl and 90s generation X anthems, Zero Club will be using the event to pay homage to the icon himself, Dave Grohl!

Dave Grohl has been a huge part of the rock scene for over 25 years with appearances in multiple bands including  Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of The Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures. Grohl has also guested on albums and tours with bands such as Tenacious D, Nine Inch Nails, Garbage, Slash and many more.

Party goers can expect to hear classics, singles and forgotten gems from every band Dave has been involved in throughout the night.

To find out more about the event and make song requests for the night, join the facebook event and get involved.

Advance tickets are available for £3 via FatsomaSkiddle and our website. Entry on the door will be £4.

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