Category:Entropy (Stoke)

"We need to go back to early 1991 to focus on another club that was created around the corner from Shelley's called ‘Entropy’. Fridays in April 1991 saw Entropy open its doors for the first time. Stoke promoters Gavin Donellan and Darren Birch started the night and installed Daz Willott as the resident DJ immediately. The Entropy team were on the ball and saw a gap in the market of the Stoke on Trent dance scene. They knew that a genre commonly known as ‘House music’ was being played at Shelleys on Fridays by Sasha and Co., so they decided to stage a night that cultivated a harder sound with a faster tempo, which we now recognise as Old Skool Hardcore.

Entropy began life in the small room at the back of the Longton Leisurebowl and the capacity was no more than 300. Gavin and Darren knew that this venue was suitable to stage such nights as it had previously been the home of Introspective as mentioned earlier at the top of this page."

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However, March 1992 arrived and Entropy sadly struggled to renew its entertainment license after several reports of drug abuse combined with an ecstasy-related death of a man from Leicester in the November of 1991.

The Entropy team soon realised that as a result they were going to be unsuccessful in renewing their license for the Leisurebowl so they moved Entropy out of there and into Shelleys on Fridays. ‘Entropy at Shelleys’ ran for about 2 months with Entropy at Shelleys in the Friday slot and Amnesia House at Shelleys on the Saturday. The Entropy Friday nights came to an end in early May 1992 due to the arrival of a new kid on the block, Club Kinetic.
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