One Step Beyond

When we were in the thick of the daily drama of keeping a nightclub running we didn't have time to think of the future and the club's legacy. With reunions it has sunk in how influential OSB was in so many lives. No better example than this young gentleman wearing the OSB shirt from the reunion. His mom Denise and dad Ron met at OSB when Ron was working security and loading in bands and are celebrating their anniversary this month. The club might be gone but the memories are living and perhaps that's how it should be. I'm very gratified to have been a catalyst in Ron and Denise's great love adventure. Happy Anniversary and keep the music playing loud!

The idea to open One Step Beyond actually grew out of visits I made in 1973 and 74 to Rodney Bingenheimer's English Discotheque in LA. As a student I didn't really have the means or time or connections to do it but I never lost sight of that dream and some 12 years later One Step Beyond was born modelled very much on the Rodney ethos or music and fashion where the audience becomes the stars of the night. It was a great honor a few years after opening that Rodney flew up to see Nina Hagen play - and now - all these years later I go to go back to Rodney's English Discotheque in it's original location on Sunset Blvd and say thanks to the man again for the music he plays and the inspiration he gives. Roq on Rodney on the Roq!

http://www.laweekly.com/slideshow/lina-in-la-rodneys-english-disco-returns-to-the-sunset-strip-6549084/25

Lina in L.A.- Rodney's English Disco Returns to The Sunset Strip OK, it wasn't a real night club, only an art installation, but the second installment of LTD L.A. Art Gallery's exhibit/re-creation of Rodney Bingenheimer's famed '70s glam rock hangout Rodney's English Disco sure felt like a real hot spot. Housed in the same spot as the club in the '70s, the galler…

Here's something very cool - sent in by long time regular Eric Spinale from this weekend's San Francisco Chronicle Style section. It's a profile of legendary fashion icon, designer and club kid Richie Rich. Read down the article and you'll see he credits One Step Beyond with being his inspiration where he and his friends spent hours getting dressed up and putting on make-up. You read something like this and it makes you realize that all the hard work and tough times make One Step Beyond exist and work was worth it. Quite coincidentally I was up in San Francisco this weekend and happened to see the article in person. Quite a pleasant shock to be thumbing through the pages of the Sunday paper and get such a cool blast from the past surprise.

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Richie-Rich-ringmaster-of-a-new-fashion-circus-5781748.php

Richie Rich, ringmaster of a new fashion circus, Pan-O-Ramic NEW YORK â€" “Ladies and gentlemen, this is Pan-O-Ramic,†an electronic-tinged voice announces to the audience at Chelsea club No. 8, perhaps better known as Amy Sacco’s former exclusive celebrity spot Bungalow 8. A distinctive platinum blond head, wearing a bowler hat, makes its way through t…

So does anyone have any memorabilia from when Peter Murphy played One Step Beyond? Picture? Flyer/ Set-list? If so post it and I'll get it signed and returned. Unique opportunity coming up and thought it might be fun to share.

It is really cool when we get a chance to say if One Step Beyond was still around this band would be playing there - and the latest sounds to catch my interest in that vein come from Brain Dead Symphony - getting good response on the floor to the tracks which mix well with Erasure. Take a listen and if you like please "like" this page : https://www.facebook.com/BrainDeadSymphony

And who knows - maybe you'll be seeing them at a One Step Beyond Next Step beyond night soon...

Finally!! An up and coming/rising powerful new sound/duo recording artist called Brain Dead Symphony releases its debut EP titled “Victory.” This EP is available now on digital distribution including, iTunes Worldwide, Rhapsody, Amazon, Google Play, Spotify, Bandcamp, and others with three (3) radi...
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This is to say thank you to all the Beloved Freak(s) who came out to the Next Step Beyond at Illusions last month and to all the Beloved Freak(s) who didn't make it - we say - you missed a great night and see you in 2013 cause this little light of mine - I'm gonna let it shine ... shine on everyone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlQpXmBXK1E&feature=related

So it's all over for another year or so ... but we won't be going into hibernation ... we'll be posting some amazing stuff realted to the show and some old stuff from the club ... and some of those prize-winning mix suggestions! Stay tuned ... stay dancing!