Bovine Sex Club
The Bovine Sex Club exterior in July 2007.
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| Address | 542 Queen Street West Toronto ON M5V 2B5 |
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| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°38′51″N 79°24′10″W / 43.647636°N 79.402666°WCoordinates: 43°38′51″N 79°24′10″W / 43.647636°N 79.402666°W |
| Owner | Darryl Fine |
| Type | Bar |
| Genre(s) | Rock, punk, alternative, rockabilly |
| Opened | January 1991 |
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The Bovine Sex Club (original styled "Clvb") is a bar on Toronto's Queen Street West strip. In operation since January 1991, the Bovine Sex Club (often shortened to 'the Bovine' or 'the BSC') has at various times found itself at the forefront of Toronto's rock, punk, alternative, and rockabilly music scenes.
A haven for independent musicians and artists since day one, the Bovine also became well known for being one of the first establishments to serve Jägermeister on tap.
The club opened in January 1991 with a trio of Toronto nightlife enthusiasts behind it in ownership capacity — Wesley Thuro a.k.a. Happy Dog who had already had some organizational experience with Toronto nightlife establishments having launched the all ages rave club 23 Hop just a few months earlier in 1990, colourful CFNY radio personality Chris Sheppard who in addition to achieving a measure of local fame as the voice of CFNY's weekend live-to-air broadcasts from various Toronto clubs also performed under the 'DJ Dogwhistle' moniker, and Darryl Fine.
Those who have visited the club include members of U2, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Foo Fighters, The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, Mötley Crüe, The Strokes, Lenny Kravitz Perry Farrell, Kings of Leon and Pink. As well, the Bovine is the home away from home for desert rockers Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal and has hosted countless actors, including Mickey Rourke and Nick Nolte, filmmakers, TIFF parties (including annual parties for the Wild Bunch film production and distribution company), festival after-parties, tattoo artists (favourite of both Kurt Wiscombe and Bob Tyrrell) and festivals.
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