![]() ![]() "I was talking to the former owner and said we should do a reunion, get the bands together, and properly say goodbye," Delano says. The first reunion, held in 2010 in Boca, offered friends of a former Button employee, Billy Carbone, time to share memories of him after he passed away. That license, she says, allowed for bands seven nights a week - at least ten or 15 - and a continuous center for the Broward rock scene that exploded on the national stage in the early and mid-'90s. liquor license, a benefit of being in an area of Hallandale Beach that offered these rarities. People and staff from all the other bars and clubs would usually find their way to the Button South to unwind after their work was done, so you'd have this interesting mix of other musicians, DJs, bartenders, door staff, wait staff, strippers, and every kind of music fan."ĭelano agrees that part of the club's draw was its 6 a.m. "I thought it was special because of the mix of people who'd end up there by the end of the night, since it was open until 6 a.m. He was also there the night the Button South closed to interview patrons, staff, and musicians for a cable access show he was doing at the time. "I started going there before I was of-age - I had to see the Ramones," says former WSHE DJ Glenn Richards, one of the hosts of this year's reunion. Even at the beginning, it was the place everybody had to play. The Button South started off in the late '70s as the Agora Ballroom, which Delano says was basically the exact same club with a different name and different owner. While Marilyn Manson won't be appearing at this fourth incarnation of the reunion, held on September 26 and 27 at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, the slate of bands includes Canaveral, Gypsy Queen, Slyder, Stranger, Heartless, Last Child, Motor, and Phineas J. Anybody that got signed in the early '90s played the Button." ![]() "Everybody forgets we were the home of Saigon Kick, the Mavericks, Marilyn Manson. "Everybody who was anybody - whether they played or were just hanging out - almost assuredly, they were there at some point," says Darlene Delano, the former Button South booker and organizer of the Button South Class Reunion. But when we're talking about the Button South, the Hallandale club that was a must for every band in the region and plenty of national acts, then it's a different story. That makes it surprising that anybody would show up for couple of nostalgic nights marking any single hot spot. More information on the event on its Facebook page.The history of bars and music venues in South Florida is littered with cool rooms that hosted great bands while people had a sick time in the crowd - but most of those places come and go in less time than it takes to get from I-75 to I-95. That includes Button South owner "Crazy" Greg Newell, who died in 2003.īautista, who is helping organize the event, says he expects as many as 600 people to attend, including old friends from out of state who are flying in for one last, seemingly endless guitar solo.Cheers is located atĩ41 E. A lot of these people haven't seen or heard of one another since then." Like a timewarp, stepping back two decades. "The Button South was the most famous rock club in South Florida, like CBGB's in New York," says Lazey Bonez bassist Ludwig Bautista. The set-list includes performances by members of Farrcry, Psychodrama, Skintite, Forget the Name, Sixo, Heartless, and 80s tribute band Lazey Bonez. Local bands that once rocked the bar will also plug-in for one last show. ![]() And that slutty girl from high school is sure to be there. On September 11, the bar will be reborn - including its original neon signs, bartenders and bouncer - at Cheers in Ft. Now, The Button South is rising from the sulfurous ashes, at least for one night. Every night, sweaty hordes of South Floridians would converge to rock out, head-bang, and hail Satan until sunrise. In the late '80s and early '90s, The Button South in Hallandale was the place for punk and heavy metal. ![]()
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