The next time you were there, it was transformed into a garden of Eden with pebbles all over the floor.
Once they turned it into a sex shop with magazines and sex toys on all the walls. Sometimes they would even change the entrance to the club. And they did things that no other club was doing at the time. They essentially created a European nightlife experience in Philly. Xavier was born in France and Garrick was American – both were eccentric, decadent, well-educated and loved French music and a good mix of people. The owners of the Black Banana – Garrick and his partner Xavier – were very creative. – 12 a.m.), at Voyeur, he shared some of his fondest memory with G Philly about the now defunct, but influential destination that inspired trends in music, fashion and nightlife throughout two decades. When he returned to Philadelphia a year later, he introduced Psychedelic Sundays, celebrating Acid House music and the new hippies of the 80s, and influenced the popular Vagabond party created by Nicholas Meoli at the Banana, a European-style nightclub that made its mark on the Philly nightlife scene throughout the 80s and early 90s.Īs he gets ready for the official Black Banana reunion on Sunday, January 16 (8 p.m. In 1986, Nick London left his job as a DJ and promoter at Philly nightclub the Black Banana to study makeup in the U.K.
