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Eventually people began using raves as places to buy and sell drugs-including MDMA and Rohypnol-leading to Pittsburgh Police crackdowns on raves in 20. Pittsburgh rave culture itself spawned at least one well-known artist, the drum and bass DJ Dieselboy, who attended the University of Pittsburgh between 19. As the events grew more popular, they drew internationally known DJs such as Adam Beyer and Richie Hawtin. Pittsburgh promoters and DJs organized raves in warehouses, ice rinks, barns, and fields which eventually attracted thousands of attendees, some of whom were high school students or even younger. Throughout the 1990s there was an electronic music subculture in Pittsburgh which likely traced its origins to similar Internet chatroom-based movements in Detroit, Cleveland, Minneapolis, and across the United States. These three clubs-Lucky's Transportation Club, House of Tilden, and Travelers-were owned and operated by Robert "Lucky" Johns and were popular nightlife spots frequented by LGBT and heterosexual patrons alike coming from as far as Ohio, West Virginia, and New York.
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History Background ĭuring the 1970s and 1980s-at the height of disco's popularity and prior to the AIDS pandemic-at least three private social clubs in Pittsburgh which served gay clientele used their spaces to legally host afterhours dancing and drinking. The party can legally remain open past the 2:00 AM closing time imposed on bars and nightclubs because it is hosted at a private club Hot Mass organizers charge an entrance fee for a membership. Hot Mass and Honcho parties take place on the second floor of a building at 1139 Penn Avenue owned by Club Pittsburgh, a private gay men's club and bathhouse. One night per month is called Honcho, a specifically gay party. Hot Mass is usually held weekly on Saturday nights into Sunday mornings.