[RAVES] Tribute to Home Base aka Oakland International Rave Center, and "Quest" Massive in 1999
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2011
- During the late 1990s, the Oakland International Trade Center - located behind a Home Base retail store in Oakland, California - was transformed into the International [R]a[v]e Center until the City Council decided to discontinue rave permits and shut down all the warehouses that were being used to host these parties. A few years after the ban of raves, Home Base went out of business and then in 2005, the entire building mysteriously caught on fire and crumbled. This is footage from the night that Home Base collapsed in flames, and from Quest 11/13/99 - the second-to-last rave ever held there. The shots aren't great, I admit, but they capture the heart of the Bay Area rave scene during fall 1999 - the end of a beautiful era in the history of West Coast electronic dance culture. It was certainly the most influential and rewarding year of my youth!
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i feel so fucking blessed to have experienced this era in the norcal rave scene. i'll never forget it..some of the best times of my life.
*bless*
Fucking A.
I miss those days. Homebase was great!
I caught the death rattle, happy I got that at least
me too great times
I watch this video every few months. Seeing the over-the-top productions that get put on nowadays with a hundred thousand people makes me miss the raves of the 90's. Also the 85th/Baldwin and 2nd/Jackson venues! Good times.
somedudeinnapa 85th and baldwin
2nd and Jackson...man I remember that place. Acme Warehouse in downtown SF too! Also remember calling the numbers and meeting at a map point...lol!
2nd Jackson, Maritime Hall, 16th South Van Ness, Full moon beach parties, Cummings Skyway....those times are forever vibing through us and we take them with us wherever our spirits dance...
2nd and Jackson... my first bay rave was at the crackhouse 😬😬 hahaha
Those were some fun times. Kids today have no idea.
Oakland still has a thriving rave scene, not what it was back then or even 5 years ago really, ghost ship changed a lot of things.
They really don’t...
Mars & Mystre used to fucken have that whole spot shaking!!! Miss those days!
M&M til I die
I remember when I DJ'd in San Diego with Mars back in 2001...I was star struck
This is where it all started for me, back in 1999. Memories will never die...
I still have the Flyer! Mars and Mystre in the Trance Room killin it! Eric spire, Jeno House room! Techno room Dyloot, Tom slik, Micron. Big ass bass in the Jungle Dieselboy, Technical itch, Decoder!! Damn i miss those days.
JENOO! ❤🔥
What an unbelievable, magical time that was. I'm so glad i got to experience that golden, sparkly, happy, beautiful, insane era of pure joy, love, and liberation! Damn this floods me with nostalgia so wicked, it hurts. Thank you for posting. Hella PLUR ♡
this place was the best... 97 - early 2000 it was crazy. this dude even caught a clip of my best friend at the time.. lol
remember E.A.R. Sound? Those huge ass bass bins? 97-2000 were definitely off the hook!! Home Base and 2nd and Jackson like every other weekend!
2:02 when you first walked into Home Base and THAT FUCKING BASE BOOM BOOM BOOM THOUSANDS Of kids everywhere glowsticks hotties everywhere, stiffed animals, skin all around like that scene from Blade
Had to come back to this, during lockdown, the contrast of the amazing crazy nights we had. Its unfortunate that the youth of the past 10 years is stuck on me me me, maybe this quarantine will humble them and make them appreciate real life. FUN, being out there, being SOCIAL, having adventures GOING for it, taking risks(be smart about it tho=) Im still that Jedi Vampire that I was, AND WE know how to REALLY ENGAGE, get the crowd going, NOT afraid, how to enjoy the simple rhythm of the soul, and especially, how to dance our ASSES OFF, even now without drugs =)
Thank you for capturing that amazing moment and uploading this! Felt like I went back in time
So much Rave memories at this place. Kids nowadays are missing out.
I'm so glad you have video of this. I miss this era so much, PLUR forever!
I lived on south elmhurst. And I went to home base party's every month.🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Thanks Le Liu!! I was 16 in 1999 going to this club called The Milkbar. It was in Cherry Hill NJ. Brings so many memories watching this!
Holy shit Le!! It's Taylor. From DanceSafe. From almost 20 years ago!!
The mid to late 90's was just a special time to be a part of all that! I'm in Seattle and it was great too
You have no idea how much this means to me to see that there are moments preserved here!! Thank you so much from a long time Homebase partier!!
xoxo
I just stumbled across this video doing the nostalgia thing.
Aww I remember this rave.. some great times and memories.. kids today will never experience this. 😔
I was definitely THERE! 1999
Damn...wish they would rebuild homebase up to code and bring back raves to Oakland.
This lit up so much inside, made me even talk to myself from that time period asking what advice would I give that past version of me?
I drove by the Home Base area last weekend, sat there, & soaked in the surrounding energy in the space that once was.
It's a trailer park now & storage area for construction equipment. Denny's is still there! :)
Thank you making this over a decade ago, glad to see it now & probably again in the future.
"There's no place like Home Base!" :)
miss this place...remember all the old Harmony parties, RayVonE (sp?), Funky Tekno Tribe, the list goes on!!
Thank you for this. BEST TIMES EVER I miss those days!! And HomeBase had such AMAZING SOUND
Cyberfest '98 and Love Affair '99 at home base were my first 2 rave parties. Thank you for the great memories.
Those were dope but cyber fest and parties now a days are lame. Metropolis was dope!
Love Affair 99 was my first rave!
thesidewayzone i was at love affair 99!!!
thesidewayzone I have footage on video of cyber fest 98
I was at love affair also
Omg the memories!
Omg i went to quest 2 i can't believe you have video of it , it made me have a awesome flashback. I had so much fun that night
depressing i never got to experience that era. im 32. and most my friends are all gen X, i've heard so many stories of teh raves from the 90s to 00s... you all are so fortunate! sounds like good times
:( that was so fd up I went to sooooo many party’s back then ✌️💜💕⛈☮️ PLUR we were there n we know how much it changed us … met sooo many chill people so much love back then … first heard di Dan here n literally fell in love with his style.. thanks for the awesome memories man
This dam near brings a tear to my eye.
I had many fun and many not so fun nights at this venue.
I used to promote/flyer for FeelGood Ent from late 97 until early 2000
Right On....Thank you so much for posting this video ! I had the best time night....I always had the best time at Home Base I still have almost all of the fliers ..I swear if time travel was possible I would definitely want to go back that particular part of my life when almost every weekend my friends and I would be at a party at Home Base ....So many awesome experience & memories that I cherish and never ever will forget....So sad that it had to end like that burned to the ground ....Luv you Le for this posting
Cyberfest in Oakland at henry j kaiser convention center. They had the main floor dj and about 4 other smaller room dj's. They had 21+ bar rooms with dj's as well. they had a big grass patch outside for all the stoners to lay down. there must have been 10k people at those raves. A couple more raves at Homebase. Best parties of my young adult life age from 19-23. I wish a promoter could re-create the raves from that time. EDC is just too commercialized.
Thanks for bring back good memories! Spirit of giving was right after quest .. dope!
Spirit of Giving was my second rave after this one. Also my first time dropping E
I was there during mid 90s. I'm fine partying in a giant empty Home Depot. No rules. Golden Days. Then Sunset parties on Sunday. Great vid. Thx. Then Denney's ahhh
Nothing can compare to the days of HOMEBASE!!
The golden age, I started in 1993 and stopped in 2000. It was all about being in the moment. Feeling free and enjoying everyone's company...no glitz, rugged and beautiful ❤️. I wish someone would do a true documentary of the scene in NorCal in the 90's. So much to tell.
so awesome.. thanks for keeping this footage for so long.
Thanks for putting this out there, this was the spot!
my first part was at home base in 98 or 99 with Mix Master Mike, Machete, Star eyes.....ect. forgot what the name of the party was. Off that Baby T as well. Good times.
wow...thanks for posting this!
reminds me of L.A. same time frame, 1997-2002
1996 i till 2003 i was rockin there
We did all the laser shows back in the day.....things have come a long way since then.......plur is gone.......lol
remember E.A.R. Sound? lol
PLUR!!! My buddy had that tattood on his arm lol
tight. i rocked home base walls and raved from 92-96ish DNB JUNGLE rooms all day.
this is awesome. thanks for posting this.
Dude, thanks for taking us all back to homebase!
Dude....thanks for the memories! Only made it one out there but I still remember that night and that party. It was one of the best for me.
I was at that same party in 99. I was 19 too. Damn That brings me back. That started it all. thanks for uploading
Ahh the memories I have there will last forever thanks for posting! Im 32 now but remember it so well!!
MC JAMALSKI!!!!...i remember walking down that HALL way "ambient room"...kinda weird your first thought but it was now just a memory!!
Amazing thanks for sharing this, I love old school rave footage especially from this time period since it's pretty rare! Probably because there was always no-camera policies.
been to a grip of raves at that warehouse
I was at this rave! Miss Homebase. Went to at least 10 parties there. It was basically a massive every other weekend! Thanks for posting.
Thanks for puting this together. The second party I ever went to was at HomeBase, "Love Affair '97". I had alot of crazy experiences in that place over the next 3 years.
It was so cool I started making big pants and sparkles.
love your video almost made me cry because of the memories
I hear that!
PLUR
omg memories
Nice vid.
Some great times there.
I also Remember 2nd and Jackson, and 85th and baldwin. But homebase was the best!
Yup Christopher Lawrence played at this party :)
The first and only party we threw Virgo, was a loft on top of Burger King next to the library downtown on Market street... in SF 97. Christopher Lawrence played for free. Him and his wife were so nice. Never got busted. Partying till 7 am. Then they invited back to LA for Nocturnal Wonderland. Which turned into a riot..crazy
Awesome tribute... never experienced Home Base, or much of Bay Area rave culture, but reminds me of some of the southern California stuff around that time. Thanks for sharing.
I remeber this party I was there. I remeber that hallway. Homebase was the shit. I remember the parties for Halloween and Thanksgiving
Cool video. I was in the scene during the early 2000s. Anyone go to up up and away or popsikle at pier 39 ?
Dude, great vid. I used to promote for Vlad who threw all the feelgood parties, he is now the owner of the bar "butter" in the city.. I wish parties were still like this. those nights were legendary and hold a special luxurious place in time.
omg RIP HOMEBASS!!! i was tryin to find myself in those videos.. no luck but i was def all up in that place in those days!
I have to say. those parties at that time have had a lasting g impact on me... I am so glad to have been part of that scene and PLUR, something these kids will never have a chance to know. the love and true community was life altering
i wasn't around for this (I moved to the Bay in 2001) but these shows just bring back a memory that was never really mine. good times i wish i was apart of.
*CHILLS*
Omg im dying! I forgot then it al just came back to me!
miss this place everyday!! =(
I was there the room with the mattresses sweat was dripping off the ceiling I went to this rave cyber fest 99/85 and Baldwin homebase etc. I got footage on my old high eight tapes that I will be releasing soon
I was at those shows!! so sad. There is no scene now...all the 90 dollar shows now aren't the same.
first and last time I went to Home Base i sparked a bowl and was grabbed by the collar of my shirt by security and was kicked out after about 10 minutes of questioninig in a back room. Spent the night outside of Denny's waiting for my friends to find me. Those were they days!
man had some real great times at home bass
Homebase had the best chill room..I swear I felt like striding on air when I was in that room.
Wow... crazy to watch this now. I was definitely at a Home Base party around this time. I think my first one there was around 1997. Not sure.
Man, I wish someone had footage of COOL WORLD the millenium in Oakland. it was a awesome rave before It got shut down at 3 am. RAVES died & all it's culture on news years day in the 2000!
I raved from '91 to 2000. New Years Eve 2000 rave was a blast. By then, I may have only hit a few for the year before I stopped going.
And not because the scene changed, but because I turned 30 years old on 10/24. As a matter of fact, most of my crew just stopped going around then because we were getting older.
I had a blast thruout the bay area raving during that 9 year period though.
Wow!! sitting here digging through an old box of raver flyers with a fellow old school raver. I brought up Home base and all the fat party's we went to and the fact it burnt down. Found this video! I was there in 1999! Thumbs Up to "Silver Pearl" they threw the fattest party's there for a minute. Wow brings me back thanx for posting man.
drop for the first time ever at homebase, best place ever, will never forget.
@OwnedTV Yeah during the summer of 2001, I broke into various warehouses around the Bay (including Home Base) cuz I was thinking of throwing a small renegade. I never ended up doing it but years later, I found out that others actually did it at Home Base. I was so bummed that I missed it. I actually had a dream once about being back there to party, had no idea that it actually happened lol! Yeah back then I just grabbed my dad's camcorder cuz I wanted to film the lasers and visuals hehee!!!
I attended a few parties in 96-99..Tribal Massive, Cyberfest, a few massives..(over 5,000
In attendance)…Loved jungle and Deep House Good Times!!
I'm trying to remember...did Christopher Lawrence play at this Quest Party???
I'm very sorry about your home Pace venue being burnt down. I hope no one was hurt. We have thrown tons of underground parties in that area! I even had a soundproofed studio for my band for the last 15 years that I lived in Oakland over on 47th and International. I think where you're talking is closer to the coliseum off of Hegenberger. Like closer to where the Mother's cookies and all that shit was right? We've thrown a couple parties there we've thrown tons at the Vulcan on San Leandro boulevard, over at the compound off MacArthur the other compound off of West Grand and where the old Cypress structure fell during the Loma prieta earthquake. And we've lost so many venues in San Francisco because of the dot com and the dot bomb both. It's heartbreaking I know.
I was a regular at home base, used to always be in the dance battle circles and had killer moves. miss those days when it was all about the party, music, and dance... now it's just a who can look the sluttiest party with no good dancing and not as good music and drugs...
98 Cyberfest , HOMEBASE.. my first rave
theres a tape on youtube by Tony hewitt live at Gathering 12.18.99 which was recoded at home base in Oakland off of Hegenberger Road. and if you wanna look it up its called DJ TONY - LIVE @THE GATHERING 12.18.99. guy has a bunch of sf rare tapes uploaded
Hell yeah! A whole bunch of us from Ravelinks in SoCal chartered a bus to drive up to Love-a-Fair '99. Driver didn't give a damn about the drink, smoke, NOS tank, tabs going around. =]
I can almost smell the vicks again! hhahaah
I never got to go to home base..... =[ went to noodle factory, dungeon, sunrise biscuit, telic parties, the campell spot. So many.... it def aint the same now.
I remember going up to HUGE groups, they were all gerped out!.. and would meld to the floor when I gave a show.. so cute watching people try it at the clubs here in Vegas.. silly kids, glo-ninja is for RAVES!
These were some of the best times of my life! thanks for putting this up! Damn I miss those partys! Mega Buzz, Feel Good, Quest! brings a tear to my eye. Now I'm fat and old.
I am STILL pissed that I never made it to home base. I was wasting my time going to 1015 folsom. I remember the night they had the final party at home base and being like F%CK!, I should have gone. Oh, well I loved the party scene in the bay area. '99-02 for me. Love that video.
Planet Rock, MEGA Buzz,Cyber Fest, Ground Zero and Tribal Massive.....San Jose Ca Spacewalker og Gumby Ravers for life..
Might have been to this one,, 3 hits Tim Leary acid,,its a bit fuzzy
Glowsticks, visors, and phat pantssss
RIP Homebase.. those were the days. 2nd & Jackson, Homebase were the "go-to's" until they banned raves in Oakland.. then more underground stuff or SF, petaluma. LOL.. E-tards, E-puddles, light shows, making-out, and Dancing!!!! Shoot I lost my tongue ring at Homebase once and literally made my friends help me find it on the ground!! LOL. Good video, thanks.
Damnit I never made it to Home Base as well but all my friends or squad did!! I was still young then since only graduated in 01, just attended more breaking events then. Still going strong in the new generation with my squad still in tact fortunately. My OG's have been retired a long time ago and I guess it's up to squads like us to keep representing. Still breaking, shuffling better than youngsters, we keep improving and getting better. Completely different scene than back then but back then I wasn't a team captain then and was the little young short kids of the group, the height and skill came to me later into beginning of adulthood.
Sorry I showed up late to the party like Digweed in the movie Groove.
Great Vid. Brought back a lot of memories...lol Now I feel super old hahaha PLUR to Everone