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The Volcano (nightclub)The Volcano was a nightclub in Glasgow that featured in the 1996 film Trainspotting. LocationThe nightclub was located on 15 Benalder Street in Partick Cross,[1][2] close to Kelvinhall subway station.[3] History The nightclub was previously known as Cinders Disco,[1] then Raffles[4] before being purchased by Colin Barr in 1989, who turned it into The Volcano.[5] The name was chosen in honour of Glaswegian disc-jockey Gordon Lyle who was murdered in a Florida carpark after working in La Volcanic nightclub owned by Frank Lynch around the same time that Barr purchased the club.[5] The low-budget interior of the club was designed by Ron McCulloch.[6] The building was demolished[7] and the lot remained vacant for some time before being redeveloped for residential units.[1][8] Feature in TrainspottingThe Volcano appears in a scene in Danny Boyle's 1996 Trainspotting, in the scene character Mark Renton meets schoolgirl Diane.[1] The suggestion to use the location to shoot the scene was made to Boyle by Bobby Paterson, the bass guitarist of Love and Money band.[5] See alsoReferences
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