It’s been a long, long road.  Finally, in late 2003, 5 people, including myself sat in a booth in the Nashua Bickfords on Amherst St. (Now Chipotle’s) wondering what to do.  We landed on the idea of doing a goth night right there in Nashua!  And so, on September 2, 2003, we started Emergence at Wolfy’s bar on Canal St.  In June 2004, we moved to Dania’s on Main St. Around that time, I backed out of the staff, preferring to maintain a good friendship with Star, the main promoter of the night.  Emergence faded away in the winter of 2004/2005.

In July, 2005, ManRay closed it’s doors. We all pined for a place to unwind.

I waited a year after the end of Emergence out of respect for my friends who ran it and then approached the new owners of the old place on Main St., and on February 2, 2006, Nashua once again had a goth night.  With the help of DJ AddamBombb and DJ Sillah, we ushered in the first Resurrection at Cinco’s night club.  This was a great venue right up till it closed in May.

So a few months more searching and Resurrection was uhh… Resurrected at The Breezeway Pub in Manchester on the 7th of December, 2006, where it is now.

Over the time I ran Resurrection, I almost always had a “head DJ” who would spin regularly in exchange for scheduling the other DJs.  These have included DJ Sillah, DJ 523, DJ Rabid Angel, and DJ Pet.  Often times, I had less opportunity to interact with our guest DJs than I had wanted.  Recently, this gave rise that I was not doing anything or that I had already passed on the workings of the night to my head DJ.  Hurray for delegating too much!

This past March, Angel, Bear, & Lee approached me about taking over the night.  Had they asked this of me a year or even six months previous, I would have told them to take a hike.  Sadly, recent experiences and private dramas convinced me that it was time to step away.  Resurrection was slowly becoming something very different from the event I had started and run for 6 years.  And so it was decided that the baton would be passed slowly from March through April, allowing for a smooth transition.  I was about 80% hands-off for the last event and was around to answer questions and I will be totally hands-off from here on out.

I cannot thank enough the people who helped me over the years.  In no particular order, except that I’m trying to think chronologically: Columbine (for convincing me I could do this), Cusraque (for teaching me how),  Star, Karen, Adam, Doug, Karen, Sillah, Ryan, Angel, Bear, Lee, Nelsone, Rabid Angel, Wendi, Darcy, Delia, Naralie, Shadow, Rags, Xero, Purple, a whole host of totally amazing DJs from all over the world, and most of all YOU, because without you, our patrons, there would be no Resurrection.

What’s next? Well, that’s up to the new proprietors.  As for me, I’ll be working on an event management company to create bigger events.  You’ll hear about it when the time comes.  To the artists out there, definitely keep me in your Rolodex.  I ain’t out of the biz.  To the rest of you, thank you!  I’ll be around.  Send me hugs love, and ideas for great events that I can conjure out of thin air!

B

Keep your eyes on http://resurrectionclub.net and our Facebook Page.

Resurrection Masquerade

In celebration of both St. Valentine’s Day (the 14th) and Mardi Grads (the 21st), we’ll be holding a Masquerade Ball themed club night on February 16th.  Same bat time.  Same bat club.

Knew you’d be pleased.