Club of the week: The Krazyhouse

I Hope you all made some mistakes in The Raz for us last week. Next up, The Krazyhouse…

The Krazyhouse:

The Krazyhouse sits right at the heart of Concert Square, an area of Liverpool populated by some of the city’s best-known bars and clubs.

Wikipedia even hails Concert Square as the ‘hub of Liverpool’s nightlife,’ and if we’ve heard it from there, we know it must be true. I was doing a little more web browsing and came across The Krazyhouse’s very own website.

It claims a night at The Krazyhouse will be ‘the best night of your life!’ I wouldn’t go that far.

In fact, unless all your life you’ve lived in a darkened room, which is too small for you to stand up in and not wide enough for you to lie down, then a night at The Krazyhouse probably won’t be the best of your life.

I’m struggling for something enthusiastic to say here – the drinks are cheap? It’s not that bad, it’s just not that spectacular, either.

The venue: You’ll notice they’ve painted the front of the traditional building the club inhabits with garish yellows, reds, and blues, but they can be forgiven for that – I guess – it adds to the craziness of the place.

If there’s one good thing I can say about The Krazyhouse, it’s that it definitely lives up to its name. (No, you’re not having another drunken hallucination and you haven’t mistakenly walked on to the set of one of a David Lynch film, that really is a 5 ft Gorilla standing in the doorway.)

a big place

Inside, it’s pretty grungy and set over three floors: the ground floor is reserved for all you head-banging, hard-rocking, Doc Marten-wearing chain-swingers out there.

The second floor is dedicated to infectious Indie-rock anthems such as ‘Mr. Brightside’, ‘Misery Business’, and ‘Are You Gonna be my Girl’.

Finally, on the top floor, expect to hear the latest Chart Hits along with some cheesier anthems thrown in for good measure on Thursdays, and huge helping of Nu-wave, Punk classics on a Saturday.

Which night to go? The Krazyhouse is open until 4am every Thursday and Saturday. Turn up any other night and you’ve wasted a journey – its doors will be shut and its grills will be up.

The Tab’s Verdict: The Krazyhouse is a club that definitely caters to a vast array of musical interests. The separate floors make for an interesting visual in terms of the people each one attracts.

I also found some comfort in the realisation that, at The Krazyhouse, it’s clear we will never escape the fact that we were all once thirteen and thought Blink 182 were the greatest band in the world.

It’s bizarre to see Punks, Rockers and UniLads flock together on the dance floor to sing ‘I Miss You,’ in unison. It’s crazy, but I guess that’s why they call it The Krazyhouse.

“A novelty more than anything,” 3 stars.

Find last week’s review of The Raz here.

Next week, CaVa…