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Ex'n'Pop was a nightclub in Berlin. The club, founded in 1984, moved several times within the city and was most recently located on Potsdamer Straße in Berlin-Schöneberg. It became known primarily as the club where Einstürzende Neubauten and Nick Cave held court. The first German poetry slam under this name took place here and Ben Becker staged his play Sid & Nancy in the Ex'n'Pop. It had been run by an association since 2001.[1]
In addition to the pub, the Ex'n'Pop also had a stage on which various concerts and events took place, as well as a small cinema. The regular events that took place in the Ex'n'Pop included readings, concerts, film screenings and the German Air Guitar Championship.[2] From the outside, the club was hardly recognizable as such: the windows were boarded up, there was no large sign, and you had to ring the bell to be let in. The bar was also known as a nightcap bar because it was usually open from 10 p.m. until the next morning or noon.[3]
Ex'n'Pop was founded in 1984 in a house on Schwäbische Straße in Berlin-Schöneberg, then moved in 1986[4] to a house on Mansteinstraße in the same district, opposite Leydicke. After the lease was not renewed following a renovation of the house, Ex'n'Pop closed temporarily before moving to its last location in 2001. The house on Potsdamer Straße is also a former squat. The KOB club was previously located in the Ex'n'Pop premises.[citation needed]
The audience had a relatively large overlap with the audience at the Risk. The 1980s and 1990s audience later migrated in large parts to the Paris Bar.[5] Blixa Bargeld and Nick Cave were relative regulars at the Ex'n'Pop, who, according to legend, often came straight from their studio recordings in the Hansa recording studios and listened to new recordings on the Ex'n'Pop system.[6] Bargeld had his postal address at the Ex'n'Pop for a time[7] and exhibited photos at the Ex'n'Pop..[5] Cave met Wim Wenders here and then got a role in the film Wings of Desire.[8] Bands that played at the club at the beginning of their careers included Die Haut, The Lassie Singers[4] and the Lolitas of Françoise Cactus. Some of Berlin's first house parties also took place at the club in 1988.[7]
Owned by Harry Hass.[9]
References
edit- ^ Alexander: Archived (Date missing) at potseblog.de (Error: unknown archive URL), Potseblog 27. September 2014
- ^ Deutsche Luftgitarrenmeisterschaft: Meister der Luftgitarre[dead link], Frankfurter Rundschau 15. Juli 2012
- ^ Patrick Schirmer Sastre: Berliner Bar feiert Geburtstag: Das Ex’n’Pop wird 30; Berliner Zeitung 6. Oktober 2014
- ^ a b Nils Michaelis: Der Club Ex'n Pop macht dicht – nach 15 Jahren Ausharrens in neuen Zeiten: Ein Mosaikstein weniger, Berliner Zeitung 13. Dezember 2000
- ^ a b Guie Schirmeyer: So leuchtete der Schnee von gestern, Die Welt 12. Dezember 2000
- ^ Carolin Ströbele: Und am Hörertelefon begrüßen wir Gott, Die Zeit 7. November 2014
- ^ a b Detlef Kuhlbrodt: Am Tresen des Ex & Pop Westberlin leben, die tageszeitung 12. Dezember 2000
- ^ Sebastian Leber: Nick Cave – Der Nachtpächter, Tagesspiegel 19. Mai 2008
- ^ https://www.vice.com/de/article/wir-waren-alle-verlorene-countryboys-909/