New rock-club to open in center of Minsk (photo)
Guitar-shaped door handlers, the Beatles and AC/DC figurines, and guitars on the walls... They promise live concerts and "walk of fame" of Belarusian rockers.
"Our task is high quality and real 100% rock'n'roll, — members of the team of creators of the new rock-club in the Revolutionary Street, 9 Alyaksej and Yauhen tell Euroradio on the spot. — I mean, this is not just a bar with live music, but a rock-club, with corresponding people".
There is a vinyl disc above the entrance doors of the club "T.N.T", the door handlers are made in the shape of an electric guitar, and there are figurines of the musicians of the Beatles, Kiss, AC/DC, Nirvana and other world-famous bands in the windows.
The interior reminds the world network of the hard-rock-cafe a lot, but they do not hide this, moreover, the guitars which are hanging on the walls are there not accidentally.
Original bricks, also a historical value
"We bought all the guitars, but not carelessly - we chose the most appropriate ones, — the Chief Barman Yauhen leads us along the wall. — For instance, this "Gibson" is Jimmy Page's brand.
Top right - young Keith Richards (solo-guitar of the Rolling Stones) and his original autograph
And this instrument has been signed by the guitarist of the Uriah Heep Mick Bocks, they played the concert and gave us the guitar as a gift right from the stage, so this is an original autograph. We also have a T-shirt signed by the band's musicians. All the other autographs are also original".
The "Showcase" of the bar is decorated with the original doors which used to be at the entrance to this building (Revolutionary Street, 9 - a historical building, by the way!)
All barmen and waiters of the club should not only have tattoos, piercing or proper hair style, they also should be into rock, the administrators continue.
"We want to achieve pure style, — chief Alyaksej and chief barman Yauhen continue. — For example, there is a cocktail called "Being like Keith Richards", with Tennessee and Jack Daniel's, as the Rolling Stones guitarist likes these beverages. There will be something from Lemmi Kilmister from the Motorhead, some of his faviurite beverages".
Place for souvenirs and gifts, nearly empty so far
The stage occupies a separate room in the club. It looks like a usual wooden pub with a bar and high bar stands everywhere. The administrators call this room a "sauna" because of the wooden planks on the walls, which the professionals made to achieve better acoustics.
There is a separate bar and dance floor in the "concert room"
"Naturally, we would like some live sound every night. We thought of playing the classical "Unplugged in New York", to call a series of concerts "Unplugged in T.N.T" or "Unplugged in Minsk", so that some our decent bands played acoustic programs, maybe even with video-recording. Frida and Saturday are not Friday and Saturday without live music", — Yauhen shares their plans and adds that they will prefer the bands with their own music over cover-bands.
The ceiling is pasted with prints of the discs' covers and posters of the world famous rock stars
And the floor - with prints of the discs
They plan to open the T.N.T. club already in July. The festive ceremony will take place with the music of the Belarusian bands, but the organizers also promise to deliver Uriah Heep later.
The lamps are made of real drums, which were bought from the Belarusian musicians
The Rock'n'Roll Walk of Fame will appear behind the entrance doors someday.
