{{Infobox venue | name = The Iron Door Club | image = IronDoorClubPlaque.jpg | image_caption = Plaque commemorating The Iron Door Club | location = 13 Temple Street, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom | type = Music club | event= Entertainment, night club | opened = 1960 | closed= 1964 | seating_capacity = 1,650-1,900 | owner = Geoffrey Hogarth, Harry Ormesher | promotions = | website = }} {{coord|53.407|-2.988|display=title}} The '''Iron Door Club''' was a music venue at 13 Temple Street, Liverpool, England founded by Geoff Hogarth and Harry Ormesher.<ref name="stu.ca">[http://www.stu.ca/~pmccorm/irondoorclubfaq.html McCormack, Peter. 'Just The Facts', ''Iron Door Club'' (3 October 2004)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928004238/http://www.stu.ca/~pmccorm/irondoorclubfaq.html |date=28 September 2007 }}. Retrieved 4 August 2007.</ref> It opened in May 1960 and closed in 1964.<ref>[http://www.stu.ca/~pmccorm/irondoorclubtimeline.html McCormack, Peter. 'The Iron Door Club Timeline', ''Iron Door Club'' (March 2007)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003020/http://www.stu.ca/~pmccorm/irondoorclubtimeline.html |date=2007-09-28 }}. Retrieved 4 August 2007.</ref> The Searchers played there regularly<ref>[http://www.rickresource.com/searchers/searchershistory.html McCormack, Peter. 'The Searchers History', ''Needles & Pins'' (2005)]. Retrieved June 18, 2005.</ref> and it was the first venue where the Beatles played under that name (strictly, the name they used there on 15 May 1960 was "Silver Beetles", having played at Liverpool's Lathom Hall as the Silver Beats on the previous night).<ref>[http://www.stu.ca/~pmccorm/irondoorclubscouserock.html McCormack, Peter. '"Silver Beetles" Pass The Audition', ''Iron Door Club'' (19 October 2004)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928004338/http://www.stu.ca/~pmccorm/irondoorclubscouserock.html |date=28 September 2007 }}. Retrieved 4 August 2007.</ref> The television performance by the band The Undertakers singing "Mashed Potato" was filmed at the Iron Door Club in 1963.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
When the club first opened as licensed premises in 1960, it had a capacity of some 1,650 people. In 1963, the adjacent warehouse was acquired. The basement and the ground floors of the two buildings were opened up into single spaces.<ref name="stu.ca"/> In 1961 it became the Liverpool Jazz Society, and in 1962 the venue became the Storyville Jazz Club. In September 1962 the venue reverted to being known as the Iron Door Club once again.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1962-03-01|title=The Beatles Bible - Live: Storyville Jazz Club, Liverpool|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1962/03/01/live-storyville-jazz-club-liverpool/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=The Beatles Bible|language=en-GB}}</ref> After the club closed in 1964 the premises became the Pyramid Club.<ref name="stu.ca"/>
The Iron Door Club is also the name of a Derby-based band<ref>[http://www.theirondoorclub.co.uk/ Iron Door Club (band) website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222092251/http://www.theirondoorclub.co.uk/ |date=2011-02-22 }}</ref> which is inspired by 1960s bands such as the Searchers, who played at the original venue during its existence.
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Category:Music venues in Liverpool Category:Former music venues in England Category:1960 establishments in England Category:1964 disestablishments in England
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