I was fortunate enough to experience the Q-club in the mid to late nineties. The rave scene was massive at the time. I remember that they had the turntables on a huge platform that was suspend from the ceiling. There was also a scaffold platform in the middle of the main room, right where one of those wooden huts are in the vid where the lighting controller sat. One of my favourite memories is of me sat right at the top/back, completely wasted with friends, looking down on one of the most amazing light/laser shows ever. Was epic. ❤️
What a building. Sad part is, you can almost be sure that the pipe organ is one of its last type. They won't spend the time, money, or space on building anything like it again. The same sound effects can now be generated on a laptop computer. I can't play a musical instrument but I can appreciate the resources and effort that went into building and maintaining that pipe organ. Great explore. Thanks for taking us along with you for these things.
At least they care more about history in the UK (but not enough apparently). In the US, we would take a wrecking ball to the Mona Lisa if it was in the way of a new fast food joint or apartment building for people with gov benifits. No body cares. All these people protesting to abort their children or protest for civil rights for terrorists in Palestine, but absolutely no one protesting to preserve history. A big chunk of the country is more worried about their new and bizarre selfish wants and needs, they never think of anyone else or the future for their children.
This was an amazing explore for me - I spent most of my late teens early twenties here most weekends! Best times. Cubby hole at the beginning is where you left your coats. The big frames on the stairs had the headliners for the month advertised. I remember coming out 4am in the mornings and you could hear the call to prayer from the mosque all over the city, eerily beautiful. We would make our way to an abandoned warehouse just up from corporation street to carry on raving at the after party xxx
So glad you explored this amazing building. Spent many weekends in the que club in the 90s. Quality venue for underground music. I've messaged many explorers including Sam and jess to get in here..spent many nights off my face In here with good music and good people. Till 6am There was no other venue like it. This video has allowed many memories to.come flooding back so for that I sincerly thank you Mathew 👊
Bloody hell Matt that was a epic explore. You made a cracking job of that one !! That was so lucky taking those imodium before you went up that tower, you would surly have shite yourself at 56-27 when you opened that wooden door. I had to watch it three or four times. Epic epic epic. Thanks Matt take care and keep em coming.
You're half explorer and half archaeologist Matt. Really neat seeing you peel back the years of that great old building's varied occupants. Thanks for sharing!
Now that was HUGE! Hell, they even posted your pictures up saying these guys should explore within! From the bottom to almost the top, great urban exploration indeed! Thank you, Matt, Liam, and Mike. What a place to get turned around in.
Qclub Birmingham, Flashback raves👌 Soon as u walked in that main arena! Could hear & feel the vibe all us oldskool ravers know. Getting lost in corridors, £3 for an ice pole, bumping into fellow ravers u met last time u was there. Add on top the anticipation of waiting for your fav dj to don the main arena. Best times.
As you walked down the corridors to the main room all you could hear was the bass vibrating and rattling all the wooden door frames. Absolutely mind blowing walking into that room for the first time with all the strobes and laser lights and massive sound system stacked up at the sides of the pipe organ. ❤
Thanks, for exploring this, I was wondering what had happened to it, when I mention it to people they have never heard of it. I used to go to Atomic Jam & Flashback
Thanks for the fantastic journey on this one Matt and co. The place is humongous with so much history to it's name..Fair play for heading up the tower. This is definitely one of my favourite explore videos to date
Brilliant!. Your reaction to that door in the tower was priceless! 🤣 Great explore guy's, that building deserves a second life, let's hope they follow through with the regeneration!.
I was hoping it was you who went in...saw some videos the other day somewhere. I went to the last Atomic Jam in there in 2012 just to experience the building...ended up loving Techno and well the rest is history. Went there again around 2014 and 2015 and only half the place was open. For me the best venue ever.
I fully expect you to come across a raver still lost and roaming the hallways. It was so easy to get turned around in there. Bear in mind you were seriously hammered trying t negotiate the stairways and that rabbit warren of backrooms and passageways. Birmingham has a whole subterranean network. That bank vault? It's also connected to the police station and both are connected to the crown court.
Some of the best times on my life in this place early 2000's. Thanks for taking me back, gave me goosebumps going up them stairs. Best enue i ever raved in, such a vibe to the place 🎉
What the clucking chicken, bloomin' heck guvnor, was all that! Such an impressive explore, well done guys. I wish I had the courage to do this, I practically fainted when you opened the "door" at the top of the ladders... Given how long it's been derelict I thought it would have accidentally, on purpose caught fire by now but fair play it looks like the block is being done up. There's a lot of real estate being left to rot in Birmingham at the moment, and it's great to have it recorded, thanks guys.
25:42 vividly recall sliding down that banister 06:00, sun blazing through the windows, birds tweeting away, end of the night, everyone still jostling, businessmen in their jags going to work on a Sunday morning scared shitless as 3500 ravers all emptied onto Corporation street! Mint! The memories!
That was an epic explore Matt. I really like these Long videos. What an outstanding building. Sticking your pictures up like that just shows how much you are bothering them. They are very sad individuals. But really it's free advertising for you & your channel. Please make more of these great videos :
Such a beautiful building, left to rott like the rest of Birminghams buildings! whoever takes this on eventually and puts it back to how it was will be amazing! This is a landmark building in Brum, why let it go to waste 😮😮😮😮😮😮
Thank you for this upload. I posted my experience exploring this location on my RUclips, but seeing it at night adds another perspective, and it was amazing that you were able to go so high and capture the city of Birmingham lit up so well. Your content is always a treat to watch. Thank you, and keep up the great work. T
I would of gone to the top of that tower, I mean once you are over a hundred feet up, any higher is just more a bit more time to think while you are plummeting to the ground😆 Gaz Yorkshire.
Those pipe organs are amazing, I used to clean churches as a teenager with my parents, the complex mechanisms to create all those voices on the keyboard blows my mind.
Mug shots in the window of the planning office ,mmm, five of you Matt ? one with WANTED on it, ? mmm. looks like some one was expecting you , not what you want on secret urbex mission. Think you better puff some more of that nicotine Matt . 🤣there's more than meets the eye Unless you knew it was already there of course ? none the less highly entertaining. Can't wait for the next one.🙂
Indeed amazing Matthew A warren of golden goodies Clock tower climb crazy exciting Interesting folks Cheers Matthew Thank you very much Greatly appreciated
In my mind's eye I can still see Ginger Ben silhouetted and 'dancing' in the top left door (27min48) beyond the sound desk/lighting. Always looked like he was dancing to a different rhythm to everyone else. Back of the room was my fave spot for taking it all in. Green laser and strobes. Laser operators were always fully out of it - I think they got part paid in pills.
I wish my old neighbour Elliott was still with us to watch this with me, he did door work on and off at Q in 1998, I went in one night and it was a bit overwhelming for a non clubber (at that time). Rip El, a lot in Pensnett miss ya.
😂 They are giving free advertising and they can't write derogatory statements or you can sue them for defamation! Thank you for the awesome tour Matt! 😮 That's a huge rat warren, gorgeous old building! ❤
Great video Matt,when you was flying the drone, i couldn't help noticing that no cars were driving on the road or people walking about,it was like a ghost town,the pictures of you all in the window was mad lol.
Hi Matt, Best two hours l watching this video. The tower was unbelievable. l would never attempt to go up there very scar. It was crazy seeing your photos in the window when you were in the same room. Great explor Matt 👍
What an amazing place! It’s huge with so much to explore and some great features and staircases. Good that the building is listed - it definitely needs preserving. Great advertising by somebody 😂😂 they must really, really love you! - and Liam and Jordan!! Thanks for a great explore Matt 👍👍
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I was fortunate enough to experience the Q-club in the mid to late nineties. The rave scene was massive at the time. I remember that they had the turntables on a huge platform that was suspend from the ceiling. There was also a scaffold platform in the middle of the main room, right where one of those wooden huts are in the vid where the lighting controller sat. One of my favourite memories is of me sat right at the top/back, completely wasted with friends, looking down on one of the most amazing light/laser shows ever. Was epic. ❤️
Almost forgot to say... Great Vid. Thank you.
👊😁👍
What a building. Sad part is, you can almost be sure that the pipe organ is one of its last type. They won't spend the time, money, or space on building anything like it again. The same sound effects can now be generated on a laptop computer. I can't play a musical instrument but I can appreciate the resources and effort that went into building and maintaining that pipe organ. Great explore. Thanks for taking us along with you for these things.
At least they care more about history in the UK (but not enough apparently). In the US, we would take a wrecking ball to the Mona Lisa if it was in the way of a new fast food joint or apartment building for people with gov benifits. No body cares. All these people protesting to abort their children or protest for civil rights for terrorists in Palestine, but absolutely no one protesting to preserve history. A big chunk of the country is more worried about their new and bizarre selfish wants and needs, they never think of anyone else or the future for their children.
This was an amazing explore for me - I spent most of my late teens early twenties here most weekends! Best times. Cubby hole at the beginning is where you left your coats. The big frames on the stairs had the headliners for the month advertised. I remember coming out 4am in the mornings and you could hear the call to prayer from the mosque all over the city, eerily beautiful. We would make our way to an abandoned warehouse just up from corporation street to carry on raving at the after party xxx
Ornate buildings always make the best locations for the clubs, must have been so good. I can imagine the atmosphere
Amazing urbex went to this club bk in the day as I live in Birmingham the Q Club was an epic club 👍
I used to have flyers for the Q club back in the 90`s. I only went to Skegness raving lol.
Mad club back in the day. Loud, dark and dirty. Looks way bigger in real life, especially when packed full of ravers. Cool explore, Matt.
✌️😎
So glad you explored this amazing building. Spent many weekends in the que club in the 90s. Quality venue for underground music. I've messaged many explorers including Sam and jess to get in here..spent many nights off my face In here with good music and good people. Till 6am There was no other venue like it. This video has allowed many memories to.come flooding back so for that I sincerly thank you Mathew 👊
Ahhh me too - best times
Bloody hell Matt that was a epic explore. You made a cracking job of that one !!
That was so lucky taking those imodium before you went up that tower, you
would surly have shite yourself at 56-27 when you opened that wooden door.
I had to watch it three or four times. Epic epic epic. Thanks Matt take care and
keep em coming.
You're half explorer and half archaeologist Matt. Really neat seeing you peel back the years of that great old building's varied occupants. Thanks for sharing!
Now that was HUGE! Hell, they even posted your pictures up saying these guys should explore within! From the bottom to almost the top, great urban exploration indeed!
Thank you, Matt, Liam, and Mike. What a place to get turned around in.
Qclub Birmingham, Flashback raves👌
Soon as u walked in that main arena! Could hear & feel the vibe all us oldskool ravers know. Getting lost in corridors, £3 for an ice pole, bumping into fellow ravers u met last time u was there. Add on top the anticipation of waiting for your fav dj to don the main arena. Best times.
As you walked down the corridors to the main room all you could hear was the bass vibrating and rattling all the wooden door frames. Absolutely mind blowing walking into that room for the first time with all the strobes and laser lights and massive sound system stacked up at the sides of the pipe organ. ❤
Thanks, for exploring this, I was wondering what had happened to it, when I mention it to people they have never heard of it. I used to go to Atomic Jam & Flashback
Atomic Jam was ace 😁
Amazing, I DJ’d here in the main hall a few times about 16 years ago. Impressive building.
Thanks for the fantastic journey on this one Matt and co. The place is humongous with so much history to it's name..Fair play for heading up the tower. This is definitely one of my favourite explore videos to date
My favourite place ie club in Birmingham holds so many memories for lots of people. Ie ravers cheers 🍻
I live in Brum. I used to go raving here to an event called Flashback. Had such a great vibe
I used to go Flashback aswell definitely the best nights in there
Brilliant!. Your reaction to that door in the tower was priceless! 🤣 Great explore guy's, that building deserves a second life, let's hope they follow through with the regeneration!.
I was hoping it was you who went in...saw some videos the other day somewhere. I went to the last Atomic Jam in there in 2012 just to experience the building...ended up loving Techno and well the rest is history. Went there again around 2014 and 2015 and only half the place was open. For me the best venue ever.
Great explore! Loved this video
I fully expect you to come across a raver still lost and roaming the hallways. It was so easy to get turned around in there. Bear in mind you were seriously hammered trying t negotiate the stairways and that rabbit warren of backrooms and passageways.
Birmingham has a whole subterranean network. That bank vault? It's also connected to the police station and both are connected to the crown court.
What an awesome explore! All those rooms and floors and different shops. And the bank! So cool! Love the massive pipe organ too!
Brilliant explore Matthew 👏 👍 fascinating the underground bit. Those photos were funny 😁 Thanks 😊
One of my fav venues in the 90s, you could get lost in there if you weren't careful😉
I did a few times😂
Some of the best times on my life in this place early 2000's. Thanks for taking me back, gave me goosebumps going up them stairs. Best enue i ever raved in, such a vibe to the place 🎉
What the clucking chicken, bloomin' heck guvnor, was all that! Such an impressive explore, well done guys. I wish I had the courage to do this, I practically fainted when you opened the "door" at the top of the ladders... Given how long it's been derelict I thought it would have accidentally, on purpose caught fire by now but fair play it looks like the block is being done up. There's a lot of real estate being left to rot in Birmingham at the moment, and it's great to have it recorded, thanks guys.
25:42 vividly recall sliding down that banister 06:00, sun blazing through the windows, birds tweeting away, end of the night, everyone still jostling, businessmen in their jags going to work on a Sunday morning scared shitless as 3500 ravers all emptied onto Corporation street! Mint! The memories!
Ahhh remember it like it was yesterday. Minus the basslines of course. Love for this mate, pure love.
Loved the bit near the end your pics up on the glass free advertising 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣u are awesome secret vault 👊🏻👊🏻
That was an epic explore Matt. I really like these Long videos. What an outstanding building. Sticking your pictures up like that just shows how much you are bothering them. They are very sad individuals. But really it's free advertising for you & your channel. Please make more of these great videos :
Wow great explore!! What the heck they must watch all your videos Matt 😮unbelievable!! Bet Jordan would have something to say about that christ!
Another epic explore guys, fantastic work
Such a beautiful building, left to rott like the rest of Birminghams buildings! whoever takes this on eventually and puts it back to how it was will be amazing! This is a landmark building in Brum, why let it go to waste 😮😮😮😮😮😮
Got wasted in there on many occasion, brilliant video which brings back so many memories
Theres tunnels everywhere in birmingham. The jewellery quarter has loads.
1 prayer for the eyeless pigeon. . . lol.
Good one , banger video Matt. =-)
Thank you for this upload. I posted my experience exploring this location on my RUclips, but seeing it at night adds another perspective, and it was amazing that you were able to go so high and capture the city of Birmingham lit up so well. Your content is always a treat to watch.
Thank you, and keep up the great work.
T
I would of gone to the top of that tower, I mean once you are over a hundred feet up, any higher is just more a bit more time to think while you are plummeting to the ground😆
Gaz Yorkshire.
Wow....This was one of the best places to Rave back in the early 90's. I loved it here...Used to go to all the Pure X Raves...Brill video
My reaction to the Pictures was the same as Matt’s was like a wolf of wall street moment when he’s watching the telly😂😂😂
Those pipe organs are amazing, I used to clean churches as a teenager with my parents, the complex mechanisms to create all those voices on the keyboard blows my mind.
Thank you matt. This is a nice explore
Mug shots in the window of the planning office ,mmm, five of you Matt ? one with WANTED on it, ? mmm. looks like some one was expecting you , not what you want on secret urbex mission. Think you better puff some more of that nicotine Matt . 🤣there's more than meets the eye Unless you knew it was already there of course ? none the less highly entertaining. Can't wait for the next one.🙂
he printed them pretty sure went there the other day the printer still works
Top marks Matt, 👍 great explore video
Wow cool building well done guys just wish I could do all this stuff thanks for doing it for us 👍👍👍👍
Indeed amazing Matthew A warren of golden goodies Clock tower climb crazy exciting Interesting folks Cheers Matthew Thank you very much Greatly appreciated
Great video matt I can't believe how big this place is it was like the gift that keeps giving
Another good video on RUclips thanks happy me watching ❤ take care from me Kenneth 👍
In my mind's eye I can still see Ginger Ben silhouetted and 'dancing' in the top left door (27min48) beyond the sound desk/lighting. Always looked like he was dancing to a different rhythm to everyone else. Back of the room was my fave spot for taking it all in. Green laser and strobes. Laser operators were always fully out of it - I think they got part paid in pills.
What an incredible building and explore! Thanks Matt.👍
Watching it now and tonight playing at again as a podcast when going to sleep. ❤❤ great matt
Wot a place Great explore matt
I wish my old neighbour Elliott was still with us to watch this with me, he did door work on and off at Q in 1998, I went in one night and it was a bit overwhelming for a non clubber (at that time). Rip El, a lot in Pensnett miss ya.
😂 They are giving free advertising and they can't write derogatory statements or you can sue them for defamation! Thank you for the awesome tour Matt! 😮 That's a huge rat warren, gorgeous old building! ❤
This was awesome explore wow!!
Great video Matt,when you was flying the drone, i couldn't help noticing that no cars were driving on the road or people walking about,it was like a ghost town,the pictures of you all in the window was mad lol.
Seeing all the power on everywhere ... no wonder Birmingham City Council is so cash-strapped🤣
Can we all chip in and Save it? What a fascinating building😩
Which bit... the kebab shop bit lol
@@TheSecretVault Name it SHWARMA KING!
What a great explore x
Well done on doing the clock tower, Matt! Brave thing that👍 You wouldn't have got me up the first ladder!
Wow excellent thank you
Great explore, shame to see such a fine building deteriorating…. I needed Imodium too for the ladder climbs😖 Note the stuff on the window 🤣
Dont understand how all this is connected underground, unusual buildings. love it
It was the best club ever. I spent many nights there at Flashback and drum and bass events
Amazing mat one of the best yet
Fantastic video Matt .
Loved the photos on the window at the end .
Did you go back in and remove them.😅😊
that was a fantastic explore guys
I wonder who owns the building?
Very trippy location, thanks for the personal tour, and keep up the good work. 👍
Matt that was awesome you have some stamina to do that place, the tower climb was epic. As Kayleigh said..Daddy Urbex.❤❤
Hi Matt, Best two hours l watching this video. The tower was unbelievable. l would never attempt to go up there very scar. It was crazy seeing your photos in the window when you were in the same room. Great explor Matt 👍
mental explore matt!! thank you
The explore i have been waiting years to see - Thanks Matt
The Secret Vault ❤ the best
one of the best to date
I spat my tea out when I saw your pictures on the window 😂😂
Epic, just watching you guys going up that tower gave me the sh*ts 😂
💥💥 CLASSIC EXPLORE 💥💥
You're spoiling us Matt, does this take the record for the number of explores within an explore?
The Tower climb was amazing bravery
Thank you so much, matthew❤❤❤
Love seeing explores like this, the pictures in the window, i think you might be living rent free in someone else's head.
went twice as a rave in 94 and later in 2008. easily the best dance venue in the uk rip the q..the acoustics and bass was crazy in there
What an amazing place! It’s huge with so much to explore and some great features and staircases.
Good that the building is listed - it definitely needs preserving.
Great advertising by somebody 😂😂 they must really, really love you! - and Liam and Jordan!!
Thanks for a great explore Matt 👍👍
one of the best .
6:09 Matt : What the неІІ іs that? Is that propper art or is someone just messin around???
Me : YES😂
Damn scary Bell tower. Thanks for showing some balls there 🎉🎉really awesome video cheers.
Is it easy enough to get into then just through the main entrance?
Great video 😊loved it
fantastic Explorer matt
I been pasted that place for years did no it was that big thanks matt 👍👍👍👍👍
Great explore matt
Let's just hope those plans come to fruition. 🤞🏼😬🤞🏼
The law courts across the road are spectacular inside.
very brave ladder work!
Epic explore Matt, I hope that building gets a new life it deserves. Shame the organ will probably get trashed before then though.
great vid amazing!!!
I went in last week. It's disgusting the level of decay that's been allowed
This is really cool. 2hrs!
Well Mat, I've really enjoyed watching, what a find 👏
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