Le Phonographique News Today

Where Were You showcases Leeds' post-punk heritage.

Many consider Goth to have come out of West Yorkshire at the beginning of the 1980s with the likes of Sisters Of Mercy, March Violets, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Three Johns, 1919, The Elements, Danse Society and Southern Death Cult.

The belly of the Merrion Centre in Leeds probably wouldn’t strike you as somewhere the world’s first goth club, Le Phonographique, called its home. An imposing, brutalist behemoth of a building, the shopping centre looms large over the West Yorkshire city, its gloomy, grubby halls now lined with chain stores, bargain shops, fast food joints and a particularly dingy outpost of Morrisons. But in 1979, the Phono became a pioneering night out, running for 26 years until its closure.

Leeds' legendary Le Phonographique nightclub is set to have a revival night on Easter Sunday.