Iconic small venue which hosted many important rock and punk acts throughout the 70s. The club was open from 1969 to 1982. Venue history article by The Scarborough News
From the barrelhouse New Orleans blues of Champion Jack Dupree and the ribcage-rattling heavy metal of Judas Priest, to the intricate progressive rock of Yes and Camel and the bludgeoning immediacy of an all-out frontal assault by the Sex Pistols, the breadth and quality of bands who took to the stage at The Penthouse astonishes even the younger generation of rock fans today.