The Gaff

stantoncarlisle

Goth Heaven 11th December 2008

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Absolutely amazing. With bar decor by artist Vince Ray, this is more like some rockers pad on MTV's Cribs and it's on the Holloway Road! Vince Ray is the underground legend who's designed most of the best Tattoo places in London and The Gaff pub is easily his most integrated yet. Forget Tracy Emin, Damien Hirst and con-ceptual art - this guy can actual draw, he's funny, ironic and politically incorrect. Ray is Britain's number one commercial artist and his style melds the best from vintage Psychotronic movies, Fetish & Kink(Ooh-la-la) and the world inhabited by Lux and Ivy of the Cramps. The Bar is lined with blood red Chesterfield seats. The walls painted black. Whaddya expect from a Goth Tavern and this self-styled purveyor of 21st century retro glam, goth, twisted humour and kinky stuff? Maturity & good taste - never! Hand made coffin shaped, stenciled Posters on the wall cover every possible fun movie sub genre from shock, schlock Sci-Fi, Blood Mania. Gore, Black Magic and kinky fun. There's even a shiny metal sign with a slick & quirky devil, as well as custom made mirrors with similar themes. The bar is dotted with hanging skeletons and skulls. Very nicely done, the whole bar has a sense of lightness and fun - no taint of heavyweight doom and gloom here. Unbelievable that a bar this well designed should be near the tangled and woolly Nags Head! Could become a place of pilgrimage for the dark-clothed ones.