Kambar

...And now to my personal favourite (and also my predecessor Tyldesley's, I think): Kambar. Kambar Kambar Kambar. Never has a grotty, grimy attic with 50s film posters on the wall and bad drinks served in plastic glasses been so appealing. Notwithstanding the music, which is awesome (ask Harry Askham, he's there every night), it has possibly the best atmosphere of any club. It's not one of the Big Four*, and indeed there's only room for about 100 people on the dancefloor, (pushing it to the absolute limit), but that never stops one enjoying oneself. The wooden rafters are coated in anti-climb paint, but that's just a) a challenge, and b) an excuse to smear black all over your friends' faces; the wooden decor and old film posters lnd it just the right level of scummy kitsch, decadence, and glamourous decay. There are also tables and Guitar Hero upstairs, and tables by the bar, and round the corner from the dancefloor, and the (semi-)legendary Shot in a Tube: vile liquid of almost no alcoholic strength in luridly cloloured test tubes. Everyone needs to try one at least once. They host the University IndieSoc's weekly night, as well as RockSoc fortnightly, and generally play Indie, Rock, Indie Dance, older music, and occasionally Goth, Punk, and Metal. Not open during May.

Monday

Tuesday

Alternates between:

Wake Up Screaming - organised by RockSoc, and playing Rock, Metal, and Punk. £3 RockSoc members, £4 otherwise. (Not on during exams)

&

The Calling - Goth, Industrial, and Darkwave. £3 before 11pm, £4 after.

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Generator - Cambridge's best Indie night, playing Indie, Rock, Alternative, Electro, and Retro music. £3

Saturday

The Indie Thing - More Indie. £2 before 10:30, £3 after (£5 if you don't have your NUS or Cambridge card)

*If you wanted to carry on the Thrash Metal analogy, you could call it Kreator or Morbid Angel or Celtic Frost: widely liked and respected, but never quite hitting the bigtime in the same way as Metallica (Cindie's), Slayer (Soul Tree), Megadeth (Life), and Anthrax (Fez) did, largely due to it's niche appeal.