[1] Regular late night clientele were Black Sabbath, Roy Wood, Quartz and other notable Birmingham bands calling in after local gigs.
[1] In 1978, local band Duran Duran brought in a demo tape,[3] and were offered a rehearsal space and jobs around the club: drummer Roger Taylor working as a glass collector, guitarist Andy Taylor cooking and maintaining the interior, bassist John Taylor working as a bouncer, and keyboardist Nick Rhodes DJing.
After playing their 1983 charity concert at Villa Park, they held the afterparty at the Rum Runner.
[5] In 2006 John Taylor and Nick Rhodes released a compilation album entitled Only After Dark, featuring their favourite songs from the Rum Runner playlist.
In 1987, the building was demolished and the "Soloman Cutler" Wetherspoons pub was subsequently built on the site.