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Chemical Lex plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Dec. 14, 2024. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\nChemical Lex plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Dec. 14, 2024. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n
Last May, the Tunnel Vision crew paid homage to the house that Peter Gatien built.<\/a><\/p>\n For its next installation the series exploring the culture at some of dance music\u2019s most iconic addresses turns its gaze to The Motor Lounge<\/a>, a Detroit hotspot that brought techno into its adolescence after the city birthed it in the \u201980s.<\/p>\n Expect to hear a lot of ghettotech at this tribute to a club that lasted six years (an eternity in the rave scene!) and was once named the best club in America by Urb magazine.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no cover to see Verndelarosa, Newagetension, and Chemical Lex b2b Ron Mercy at The Bends in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Aug. 15.<\/a><\/p>\n Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n This article appears in August 13 \u2013 19, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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