Blast Off 20th birthday party in Wolverhampton this weekend

Club creator Dave Travis is celebrating two decades of the club, which is also promoted on his radio show, Freak Scene, which broadcasts live on Brum Radio every fortnight on Thursdays at 4pm.

Travis started his career as a photographer and then became a gig promoter.

He promoted both Blur and Oasis during his career.

"Oasis' agent sent me a demo tape," he remembers. "I stuck it in the tape machine and it was brilliant. I rang Ben Winchester, their agent, saying I loved the band. I said I'd do them anywhere, anytime.

"He rang me to say they were doing a gig with 18 Wheeler at Birmingham University, but the Uni didn't want to do it. I had six days notice. The fee was £50 for Oasis and £150 for 18 Wheeler, plus costs, so it would have been £1,000.

"We knew we wouldn't get more than 40 or 50 but I was up for it. The band decided, sensibly, to wait. So then the next gig was The Jug of Ale with Whiteout, in '93. They were great.

"OCS came down and we all got talking to Noel and Liam. I gave Oasis an extra case of lager, an old promoter's trick. It oiled the wheels. We did the Wulfrun and Edwards with them. By then, all the promoters were waking up to them. We did shows all the way up to NIA."

Blast Off attracted around one million people and mainly focused on music from 1996 to 2004.

Although no longer running as a regular club night, Blast Off still returns for special events throughout the year.