Le Bains Douches

Bains Douches was a mecca of decadent excess for Parisian nightclubbers during the 1980s, the trendiest meeting place in Paris for international artistic society.

Far from the ostentatiousness disco trend of the moment, Bains Douches became the meeting point for the world of no wave cultural intellectuals and artists.

Other hosted live music performances were by the Dead Kennedys, Joy Division, Suicide, Les Rita Mitsouko, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Echo & the Bunnymen (among many others).

Joy Division recorded their Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 LP there and the CD booklet contains a reprint of the original poster for the show.

Regular club goers included Roman Polanski, Johnny Depp, Naomi Campbell, Mick Jagger, Kate Moss, David Bowie and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac.