i went to the catacombs a few times, heady days indeed, i always assumed people knew of the importance of the club in the history of our music, probably because im from the midlands tho, i have a freddie chavez they,ll never know why boot with the catacombs stamp on, never let it go purely cos of that, i cant recall if i bought it at the club or not, i also still have my catacombs membership card tucked away with all my other membership cards from those times, it surly was an atmospheric place to go and the write up does it justice, i can remember the fire escape stairs as we used to pile out onto it to cool down before hitting the dancefloor again, remember breakaway and saxie russell were the big records with our crowd that spring to mind, twas a long time ago tho but a number of friendships made there, basil, dave krinski and dave allan to name a few, glad to say i,m still in touch with some.
rob h