LIVERPOOL MUSIC HERITAGE TRAIL – The State
The State 1982 – 1992
“At The State we made the shift from playing student music to the latest American house from Chicago. The club would be packed out on a Monday night.”
Mike Knowler, DJ at The State and Quadrant Park, 2016
Most music club owners take over a rundown building and put on live music nights, despite all the limitations. The State isn’t like most clubs. A beautiful, gothic style grade II listed building, with striking art nouveau style refinements within, it was originally home to a ballroom in the 1920s.
The State went on to hold tea-dances in the 1950s, before the now familiar tale of 1970s neglect. The owners of Kirkland’s, a fashionable bar on Hardman Street, took it over and fitted the club out with only the best, including a state-of-the-art sound system and lasers. The State was a game changer.
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