Eric's Club

53°24′23″N 2°59′16″W / 53.4063°N 2.9877°W / 53.4063; -2.9877

Eric's Club
Eric's Club entrance
Map
LocationMathew Street, Liverpool, England
OwnerRoger Eagle, Ken Testi, Pete Fulwell
TypeMusic club
Genre(s)Night club
Opened1976
Website
erics-live.co.uk
An Eric's club gig flyer from 1979

Eric's Club was a music club in Liverpool, England. It opened on 1 October 1976 in the basement of The Fruit Exchange Building in Victoria Street, with performances by The Runaways and The Sex Pistols (their only Liverpool gig) before soon moving around the block to its long-term site on Mathew Street opposite The Cavern Club where The Beatles and other bands of the 1960s played, and became notable for hosting early performances by many punk and post-punk bands.[1]

The club was started by Roger Eagle and Ken Testi (manager of Liverpool band Deaf School) and joined later by Pete Fulwell (owner of a small record label "Inevitable" and later to become manager of Liverpool bands It's Immaterial and The Christians). The club was given the name 'Eric's' by Ken Testi as an antidote to disco clubs with names such as 'Tiffany's' and 'Samantha's'

  1. ^ "The Cavern Club : 1957-1973". Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2022.