[RAVES] Tribute to Home Base aka Oakland International Rave Center, and "Quest" Massive in 1999

[@pipsqueex]

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.

[@sselfless]

*bless*

[@sanfrancisconative2439]

Fucking A.

[@arthurfleck816]

I miss those days. Homebase was great!

[@kingbernie4303]

I caught the death rattle, happy I got that at least

[@DrDevilish1]

me too great times

[@edillingham]

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.

[@DRDEATH2091]

somedudeinnapa 85th and baldwin

[@djxpress]

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!

[@mauigio]

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...

[@kingbernie4303]

2nd and Jackson... my first bay rave was at the crackhouse 😬😬 hahaha

[@ssullinger916]

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.

[@bluna2924]

JENOO! ❤‍🔥

[@kellzzz1212]

Mars & Mystre used to fucken have that whole spot shaking!!! Miss those days!

[@sselfless]

M&M til I die

[@djxpress]

I remember when I DJ'd in San Diego with Mars back in 2001...I was star struck

[@leomedrano3332]

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.

[@JEFFSNICKELL]

Those were some fun times. Kids today have no idea.

[@MichaelHemotoxin]

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.

[@rahliE777]

They really don’t...

[@ej86]

This is where it all started for me, back in 1999. Memories will never die...

[@mauigio]

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 =)

[@MissPadula_16]

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

[@djxpress]

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!

[@mauigio]

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

[@bjorkstar]

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

[@Luigi4ever]

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 ♡

[@brandebrangain4583]

I lived on south elmhurst. And I went to home base party's every month.🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@kranwa15]

So much Rave memories at this place. Kids nowadays are missing out.

[@hyperthrow]

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

[@tad3531]

Thank you for capturing that amazing moment and uploading this! Felt like I went back in time

[@DANIMAAAAL]

I'm so glad you have video of this. I miss this era so much, PLUR forever!

[@eescatel201]

Aww I remember this rave.. some great times and memories.. kids today will never experience this. 😔

[@seanguzy9601]

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!

[@thesidewayzone]

Cyberfest '98 and Love Affair '99 at home base were my first 2 rave parties. Thank you for the great memories.

[@calibomber209]

Those were dope but cyber fest and parties now a days are lame. Metropolis was dope!

[@LeLiuOfficial]

Love Affair 99 was my first rave!

[@kellzzz1212]

thesidewayzone i was at love affair 99!!!

[@letsmobb]

thesidewayzone I have footage on video of cyber fest 98

[@edwins3127]

I was at love affair also

[@sanfrancisconative2439]

I just stumbled across this video doing the nostalgia thing.

[@UncleMike131]

Damn...wish they would rebuild homebase up to code and bring back raves to Oakland.

[@roundingcorners]

PLUR to all my old school ravers . . I come back to some of these vids to reminisce, homebase was always a solid

[@Pandabearmadness]

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

[@mauigio]

Thank you for this. BEST TIMES EVER I miss those days!! And HomeBase had such AMAZING SOUND

[@popacap21]

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

[@jonathanlisowski5618]

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!" :)

[@EntreGravedad]

tight. i rocked home base walls and raved from 92-96ish DNB JUNGLE rooms all day.

[@goonied]

This dam near brings a tear to my eye.

[@aarongroom2060]

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

[@sanfrancisconative2439]

Holy shit Le!! It's Taylor. From DanceSafe. From almost 20 years ago!!

[@Bodhi510]

i was at the spot 2 years ago, looking for artifacts. To my suprise I found enough candy beads to fill a small container, one of those amall tubes of vics which still smells and a candy bracelet that I keep in my left pocket which I kiss everyday to remember. Bodhi from the Feelgood family says whazup and Im alive and well. Hope to find family members again because I miss you all!

[@haile819]

2018 and your comment is awesome

[@jessdesk1]

Ahh the memories I have there will last forever thanks for posting! Im 32 now but remember it so well!!

[@justwatching2006]

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.

[@nategooreable]

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.

[@DnB925Art]

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.

[@oreez1fku]

Thanks for bring back good memories! Spirit of giving was right after quest .. dope!

[@marcusc20]

Spirit of Giving was my second rave after this one. Also my first time dropping E

[@MassiveLaserBeams]

We did all the laser shows back in the day.....things have come a long way since then.......plur is gone.......lol

[@djxpress]

remember E.A.R. Sound? lol

[@rahliE777]

PLUR!!! My buddy had that tattood on his arm lol

[@djxpress]

miss this place...remember all the old Harmony parties, RayVonE (sp?), Funky Tekno Tribe, the list goes on!!

[@lightfootwind4068]

Homebase had the best chill room..I swear I felt like striding on air when I was in that room.

[@syxx7wun]

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.

[@xicoyo]

Nothing can compare to the days of HOMEBASE!!

[@ivonnegamez6107]

Thanks for putting this out there, this was the spot!

[@AppreciatingLife]

wow..memories..96-97-98!! yeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@BUDSUBTERRANEAN]

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.

[@GravelThroatReviews]

I also Remember 2nd and Jackson, and 85th and baldwin. But homebase was the best!

[@michaelswearingen467]

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.

[@oregongirl4352]

:( 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

[@darkangelvs143]

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

[@neblepot]

I had many fun and many not so fun nights at this venue.

[@pearl-jam1499]

drop for the first time ever at homebase, best place ever, will never forget.

[@ollievaughn8227]

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

[@frankmiranda2105]

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.

[@JEFFSNICKELL]

MC JAMALSKI!!!!...i remember walking down that HALL way "ambient room"...kinda weird your first thought but it was now just a memory!!

[@ssullinger916]

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.

[@NoBodyCar3s]

reminds me of L.A. same time frame, 1997-2002

[@und3rcov3r101]

Dude, thanks for taking us all back to homebase!

[@badnrad]

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.

[@JrWagner916]

1996 i till 2003 i was rockin there

[@AwestaKhalid]

so awesome.. thanks for keeping this footage for so long.

[@yvetteh2os100]

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!!

[@LeLiuOfficial]

Yup Christopher Lawrence played at this party :)

[@ollievaughn8227]

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

[@everythingsperfectagain8112]

I was definitely THERE! 1999

[@xlifeiswarx]

I used to promote/flyer for FeelGood Ent from late 97 until early 2000

[@scottkirby6887]

man had some real great times at home bass

[@Sisk209]

Omg the memories!

[@LeLiuOfficial]

@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!!!

[@nightingale0284]

I went there in 93 and it was A PARTY! The atmosphere, The MUSIC. the dancing, the giltter, the glow sticks, the e-tards and the elmo dolls! Ahh memories, This was one of the greatest parties ever!

[@mmodenos]

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.

[@socallawrence]

Cool video. I was in the scene during the early 2000s. Anyone go to up up and away or popsikle at pier 39 ?

[@twoxcents]

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...

[@OwnedTV]

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!

[@Vern355]

Omg im dying! I forgot then it al just came back to me!

[@brianpeekproductions]

wow...thanks for posting this!

[@edwins3127]

I remeber this party I was there. I remeber that hallway. Homebase was the shit. I remember the parties for Halloween and Thanksgiving

[@inspectorfunk]

this is awesome. thanks for posting this.

[@ThinkLascivious]

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.

[@Chalomwong]

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.

[@636Berto]

love your video almost made me cry because of the memories

[@NuvoVision]

I hear that!

[@sselfless]

PLUR

[@JEFFSNICKELL]

miss this place everyday!! =(

[@HamiltonRacingPromo]

Nice vid. Some great times there.

[@Frysacidtest]

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. =]

[@davidcuevas1290]

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!

[@bronxborn70]

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.

[@1313sp]

Fondly remember Home Base. I started raving in 95... 95-97 were the best years raving in the Bay Area for me, lots of underground parties... BEFORE the candy ravers practically ruined everything.

[@AwestaKhalid]

Wow!! The memories... oh the memories... I wish we could still have massives like this till 6am. I actually went to the Denny's nearby a few months ago and thought I was going crazy when the building was gone. I had no idea it burned down. How the hell can a solid cement building burn down like that???

[@LeLiuOfficial]

Yeah it took place last October (2011) but they're not doing it again this year. However, they're still using the venue for other shows (Beyond Wonderland end of this month in the parking lot and then Pop New Years Eve inside the Arena).

[@sean55uh]

Unbelievable. I can't believe I was a part of that back in 1998-2000. I bet we ran into each other at some point. I never new it was called home base. I just knew it as the international rave center.

[@LeLiuOfficial]

Hahaha yea Home Base was actually the name of the store on the front end of the building. Home improvement store by day, party warehouse by night

[@hapilydamaged]

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!

[@zodiak650]

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.

[@JEFFSNICKELL]

I was at those shows!! so sad. There is no scene now...all the 90 dollar shows now aren't the same.

[@carlosverarify]

Planet Rock, MEGA Buzz,Cyber Fest, Ground Zero and Tribal Massive.....San Jose Ca Spacewalker og Gumby Ravers for life..

[@brandebrangain4583]

It was so cool I started making big pants and sparkles.

[@mzhollewood]

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!

[@tp4ever725]

98 Cyberfest , HOMEBASE.. my first rave

[@GravelThroatReviews]

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.

[@ImHungUpOnYou]

I'm trying to remember...did Christopher Lawrence play at this Quest Party???

[@sselfless]

*CHILLS*

[@ghostwritter1075]

Does anyone remember the name of the Auto Part Store that was in the lot with Home Base?

[@angelavaldez7383]

I was there in 95 and 96. I didn't know they still had raves. I didn't care for all the drugs there. I remember people walking around selling X. I pray for those that have lost there life. And I totally remember the mattress area, everybody was rubbing on each other.

[@bondovwvw]

It was actually aspirin

[@ClosetFullOfMonsterz]

Great Vid. Brought back a lot of memories...lol Now I feel super old hahaha PLUR to Everone

[@SalviBear831]

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.