Satyricon Nightclub was a nightclub

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 in the Old Town

Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Oregon

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 neighborhood of Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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, United States

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, best known for providing a place for local and touring alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 bands to play. Located at 125 N.W. Sixth Avenue, it opened in 1983 and operated until May 2003, then in a different format from August 2006 to October 31, 2010.

The Satyricon, named by its founder George Touhouliotis after Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini

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's film

Satyricon (film)

Satyricon is a 1969 Italian fantasy drama film written and directed by Federico Fellini. It is loosely based on Petronius's work, Satyricon, a series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imperial Rome.-Plot:The film opens on a graffiti-covered...

, was the one venue in Portland "where everyone who was or would be anyone in Northwest rock played over the course of two decades," earning the nightclub a national reputation. Chuck Paugh threw his first rave party there in 1985. Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain

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 first met future wife Courtney Love

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 there in 1990. After Cobain's suicide in 1994, Nirvana

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 drummer Dave Grohl

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 played his first show with his post-Nirvana outfit Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

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 at the club as well. Another iconic grunge music

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 band, Pearl Jam

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played the club on September 28, 1991

The news headlines arising from Satyricon include:

• Satyricon License Threatened By Drug Bust
• "Riot" At Satyricon
• Audience Dances Naked At Satyricon
• Courtney Love Passes Out At Satyricon
• Midnight Madness
• Satyricon'S Dirty Dozen
• Police Sue Six Men Over Scuffle
• Whose Riot Was That, Anyway?

Satyricon reopened as an all-ages club in August 2006 under the management of the owners of the Loveland, a popular all-ages venue in Portland.

Satyricon to close forever in October 2010.

Satyricon closed on October 31, 2010 and may soon be torn down to make way for a center for the homeless.

The final performance was on October 31, 2010 with original Portland punk/hardcore bands playing the bill for a 21 and over audience.

Demolition began on building in July 2011.

Much of the building was down by October 2011. A crane was visible and new construction started November 2011.