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| Address | 542 Queen Street West Toronto ON M5V 2B5 |
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| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Type | Bar |
| Genre(s) | Rock, punk, alternative, rockabilly |
| Opened | January 1991 |
| Website | www.bovinesexclub.com |
The Bovine Sex Club (original styled "Clvb") is a bar on Toronto's Queen Street West strip. In operation since January 1991, the Bovine Sex Club (often shortened to 'the Bovine' or 'the BSC') has at various times found itself at the forefront of Toronto's rock, punk, alternative, and rockabilly music scenes.
A haven for independent musicians and artists since day one, the Bovine also became well known for being one of the first establishments to serve Jägermeister on tap.
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The club was inspired by the Founded by Toronto nightlifers Wesley Thuro, Chris Sheppard and Darryl Fine in 1991. Those who have visited the club include members of U2, Guns ‘N Roses, Metallica, Foo Fighters, The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, Motley Crue, The Strokes, Lenny Kravitz Perry Farrell, Kings of Leon and Pink. As well, the Bovine is the home away from home for desert rockers Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal and has hosted countless actors, including Mickey Rourke and Nick Nolte, filmmakers, TIFF parties (including yearly parties for Wild Bunch (film company)), festival after parties, tattoo artists (favourite of both Kurt Wiscombe and Bob Tyrrell) and festivals.
The Bovine's facade was built by a small group of local artists including Dave Greiveson and Great Bob Scott (also the drummer for The Look People). They worked under the creator of the Bovine, Happy Dog (real name - Wesley Thuro). The exterior and interior were an art installation made solely from discarded items. Long rumoured to have been modeled after New York City's "The Scrap Bar" in fact owes more of its heritage to a 70s Toronto club called "Brandy's" whose reputation for as a 'meeting place' inspired both Thuro and the Bovine's eventual owner, Darryl Fine.