Club DREDD

Club Dredd (also known as Club Dredd Timog) was a nightclub located on Scout Tobias St., Quezon City, Philippines. The location had been a home for another rock venue called Red Rocks that had closed down. Club Dredd opened on 8 December 1990 and was put up by young rock musician Patrick Reidenbach and rock band manager Robbie Sunico. The club was named after their favorite comic book character, Judge Dredd. The two opened the club with a small amount of money.

The club owners' concept was to provide a venue for budding Filipino rock musicians and the growing followers of the Pinoy rock scene. Club Dredd was not to be a venue for bands covering pop music. Its customers did not know it then but many of the bands they watched then would eventually become the most popular recording acts in the Philippines in the 1990s. In just a few years, Club Dredd became the center of the Metropolitan rock scene and the home of many local musicians and bands.

Some of the country's best rising bands played at Club Dredd Timog. Regular performers included the Eraserheads, The Youth, Afterimage, Athena’s Curse (later known as Alamid), Grace Nono, Joey Ayala, Bazurak (whose members eventually became part of RiverMaya), Color It Red, Parokya Ni Edgar, The Wuds, Razorback, Wolfgang and Advent Call.

Club Dredd was beset by financial problems from its inception. After a valiant effort to sustain the business, Reidenbach and Sunico finally decided to throw in the towel in February 1993. Ironically, major record labels and radio stations including NU 107 and LA 105 were finally recognizing the potential of the music scene's growing following.

The financial struggles did not stop the Reidenbach from promising to reopen Club Dredd to its customers and bands. In January 1994, almost a year after the club closed down, Reidenbach opened the new and larger Club Dredd on E. de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), Cubao, Quezon City. With better planning and more professional management, this club flourished until mid-1998.

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