The Song and Legend of FUNERAL is a simple one. It was an idea...spawned from the death of another idea.

I started Wake over 10 years ago. I wanted to break away from the confines of the only gothic nightclub that was offered at the time. I was loyal, but there was much more music out there I wanted to hear and spin around to...but it wasn't being played. The scene was also changing. There were also bands that were gigging that weren't being seen or heard. So, at age 19, I started doing my own nightclub, Wake..A New Experience... It was in every true sense underground (and I Detest that word being used for events that are Not & just want to sound 'Edgey'). We were open from 10pm til 6am. Creepy crawlies slunk all the way down to Costa Mesa from the glittery gutters of Hollywood to continue the drinking and dancing. Music was alive, dance was vital..the feeling was compelling. You have to read the History: (here's the Whole Damned Story).

Years passed and faded...Wake saw many different homes (much like Funeral which turned 2 in October 2004). It's just not easy to keep something undeground away from our Supposed Authorities. So why do I continue to keep it down in the underground? Simply for the aesthetic of it all: the feeling of it (something the spoiled rotten new Hollywood "goth" 21+ crowd forgot about. Or never understood).

Years passed and faded...We all grew up. Some of us went away. Some of us went Insane. But some of us just wanted to keep endulging in the atmosphere our music shaped. So, in 2002, with the death of Wake, a thought struck. So many years have gone by: what about the new generation of GOTHIC? Where are they? Stuck in somebody else's institutionalized learning facilities filled with pretentious and shallow minds...I still knew what the kids of Gothic were listening to when they got home..

So another home was born. FUNERAL. What comes after a Wake? a FUNERAL. It all made too much sense. It all seemed Right. This is the Final burial place for Gothic music..an undying menagerie of sound. An undying breed of passion..and fashion. Meant for those who want to dress up. And mess up.

This is an ALL AGES nightclub because there is a new breed of Dark Angels that need sanctuary. Some place to feel free to come as they are and do what they will. A place to come see bands perform that are helping define their Subculture. I remember having that need. And 10 years later, still have it. I was disheartened to see it die with age at Wake...but a little belief in reincarnation, and we'll be keeping it Alive (like death warmed-over) for a long time to come. 'Til Death Do Us Part.

Thank you for reading...and everyone who is and who has ever been a part of this Story.

It's a Song and Legend...



"The world is but a show, vain and empty, a mere nothing, bearing the semblance of
reality. Set not your affections upon it. Break not the bond that uniteth you with your Creator..."