The early 1980s saw Sean McLusky as a professional musician, first as a member of Switch, with his brother Graham and friends, then with the original Indie band Subway Sect and then with beat outfit JoBoxers, scoring two top ten singles at home and touring a debut album across Europe and the USA.

[2] This new club was to be one of the first in the West End to host regular house music nights, and fledgling electronic bands like Orbital, Adamski, and A Guy Called Gerald gave some of their early live performances there.

[4] The 'Love Ranch' club night was created, with a cast of resident DJs that included Andrew Weatherall from Boys Own / Sabres of Paradise at the time, Paul Daley from Leftfield, Darren Emerson from Underworld, Danny Rampling from Shoom and Al Mackenzie from D-Ream.

In 1994, McLusky was appointed as the creative heart of a new venue in South London, which he designed and programmed, christening it Club UK, soon successfully challenging the dominance of the well-established Ministry of Sound, drawing over 3,000 people every Friday and Saturday[citation needed].

Unconventional and debauched Sonic Mook Experiment attracted a ‘stunning mix of loyal radical chic cognoscenti’ (Time Out) [citation needed] but with awful/ ‘ironic’ DJs playing power ballads and rock anthems plus an eclectic mix of dance music DJs and guest musicians like Mark E Smith (The Fall), Jerry Dammers (Specials), Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69), Dee Dee Ramone (Ramones), Alan Vega (Suicide).

The next major project was two years in the making; the conception, design, conversion, programming and launch of The Scala[6] in Kings Cross London, eventually opening in March 1999 to critical acclaim.

In 2001, McLusky produced some eclectic rock and roll and electronica albums for Mute's Blast First label; 1 Sonic Mook Experiment[7] featuring – Primal Scream, Death in Vegas, Pulp, Clinic, Fat Truckers, Playgroup.

The festival featured over 20 new bands including The Libertines, 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster, The Parkinsons, Liars, The Beatings, Buff Medways, Martini Henry Rifles, McLusky and Earl Brutus.

In the summer of 2007, McLusky started in partnership with long term collaborator Martin J Tickner – The 1-2-3-4 Festival in East London promoting emerging bands alongside international artists.

The festival has featured artists including: Har Mar Superstar with Fab Morretti from The Strokes, Florence and the Machine, The Rakes, Patrick Woolf, The Warlocks, Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Zak Starkey (The Who), Peter Hook (New Order / Joy Division), Black Lips, Ravonettes, Lydia Lunch, Damo Suzuki (Can), Buzzcocks, Deap Vally, Iceage, The Duke Spirit, Dirty Beaches, Mark Stewart (The Pop Group), Crocodiles, and Dum Dum Girls.

The cast includes Allyson Paradis, Jesse Birdsall, Sam Hazeldine, Les McKeown, Lois Winstone, with a soundtrack featuring original songs by Siobhan Fahey (Shakespears Sister).