Vague metamorphosed from an earlier proto-club night called the Kit Kat Club at Arcadia operated by Suzy Mason[4] and Paul Fryer[5] (former lead-singer of eighties electropop group Bazooka Joe).

Vague blended kitsch with the artistic and theatrical; its outlandish theme and costume parties included a recreation of a day-night out at Blackpool Pleasure Beach only inside the club that was believed to have been filled entirely with beach sand, parasols and miniature fairground rides, a retake on royal garden parties that was held annually and an evening with Vera Duckworth a fictional character from the British soap opera Coronation Street.

I hung out with the most flamboyant, spectacular and beautiful queens, yet still met a female, heterosexual partner in the club, which underlines the wonderfully inclusive and eclectic nature of the place).

[12] The notoriety of Vague during this period helped to put Leeds firmly on the international club scene radar along with the city's other major house music venue, Back to Basics.

Guest DJ's appearing at the club have included Pete Tong for a live recording of the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, Guy Williams,[21] Princess Julia,[22] Paulette and Billy da Kid (a.k.a.

The organizers then went on to pursue other careers in creative industries, Nick Raphael left to become label manager at FFRR Records and is now president of Capitol Records UK, Paul Fryer moved to London and worked for Fendi as Musical director from 2000 to 2005,[26] he has since carved out a highly successful career as an artist with his work collected by Damien Hirst and Karl Lagerfeld,[27] Suzy Mason partnering Kas Shaw continued in Club Promotion with a similar styled mixed night - called "I-Spy" [28] held at Club NATO in Leeds city centre, the pair then transferred back to the Warehouse on 12 April 1997, soon afterwards it was renamed "Speed Queen," [29] which ran for eleven years before closing in 2008.