Satyricon

Satyricon Nightclub was a nightclub in the Old Town neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, best known for providing a place for local and touring alternative rock bands to play. It opened in 1983, and operated until the end of 2003.

The Satyricon, named by its founder George Touhouliotis after Federico Fellini's film, was the one venue in Portland "where everyone who was or would be anyone in Northwest rock played over the course of two decades", earning the nightclub a national reputation. As Chuck Paugh threw his first rave party in 1985 there. Kurt Cobain first met future wife Courtney Love at a Dharma Bums concert there in 1989.

External link

 * Willamette Week 2003 retrospective on the Satyricon