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Phonographique and reorganising to the way it had been in the 1980s In December 1998 it was bought by DJ Geoff, who renamed it to Bar Phono. While under this name, there began a rivalry between it and the Bassment, another goth club, which was location around the corner in the Merrion Centre. Bar Phono closed in 2005, claiming "redevelopment". The site is now a retail storage unit.
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played an impromptu gig at the venue while attending. In 1987, it was sold to Geoff
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