Whatever Became of Seattle's Naf Studios Warehouse

[@mokneek82]

So many nights spent at this place.. it's been what, 20 years? Crazy..

[@TheBirdmoore]

My father (Spider R.I.P.) is the one who brought the raves to NAF in 91. I'm so glad the scene lasted over a decade.

[@akdogmom3940]

Dj spider? I remember him, he was no older than me, I think...I'm so sorry you lost him...

[@jackshittle]

Nice. My band used to rehearse here 3-4 nights a week. The worst was after a gig in Seattle we'd have to drive back to NAF to load in our gear back into our band room. But we'd have to cut through 7000 kids raving. I had to say "excuse me, excuse me, excuse me" 300x every trip I made from my truck back into the building to drag my bass gear back into our room lol. Cheers!

[@5chevin5]

I rehearsed there in the early 90's and knew your old man. For me my memories of NAF always include Mark and Spider. Always enjoyed our conversations.

[@SHENDOH]

My band practiced there in early nineties. Your dad was super cool. I talked to him about music and bands all the time. Good man.

[@garyconnor910]

Lol.. Back there at the Beginning. I really liked your Dad. Spent like a lifetime alltogether talking to him many days in between Band Practice.. One of the most interesting, open and cool people I got to know my days in Seattle. TY for the vid. I have to admit it looks smaller than I remember.. Wishing you the BEST!

[@ThinkLascivious]

I feel like the driveway in front of the warehouse big doirs was more sloped back in those days. Seems like it's been leveled. I distinctly remember sitting outside getting air many of nights and a whole slope of kids just hanging there.

[@macelius]

Yup, massage trains all up the hill LOL

[@charlescook5796]

So many crazy ass nights there. Thank God I'm still alive. I miss those days so much. I wish I had taken more pictures.

[@safespacebear]

I wanna go back!!!! Spent every Saturday there for a couple of years and wow...those were the days

[@macelius]

Got stuff like the Monkey Loft, but nothing like this now... time to start searching out abandoned warehouses again eh? Heard there's to be a Bridge party Tonight (under 1st ave br.)

[@bowwowadmin]

i worked there stilt walking and juggling fire.

[@johnhowell8228]

I practiced with a band there in '92 or '93. Alice in Chains and Soundgarden practiced there earlier and played shows there too. There was a burned up speaker in the office from Chris Cornell setting his guitar, pick ups side against the amp and let it feed back till the speaker caught on fire. My brother kicked Susan Silver's dog out when it ran in there. We had no idea who she was. She managed Soundgarden and I think Alice too, she dated Chris Cornell. The guy I mentioned Doc that worked there told me Man in the Box was about him. They thought it was funny his office was such a mess and was always busy. They never had money for weed and always asked him to "save them" by smoking them out. That's what he told me anyway. Sounded legit at the time. I remember walking through the early hours of the raves thinking WTF! That wasn't my thing and was way out of place

[@macelius]

Seattle music history, eh, brother. Thanks for sharing, what an amazing insight!

[@gr00vadelic]

Ahhh yeah. Thank you. Eyes watering up just now remembering the good ol PLUR. 🫂 After, head to our house next to the beach. Maybe watch sunrise after hitting the secret old growth forest.

[@macelius]

[@bedwinsounds8897]

OMG I remember weekend NAF raves! Glow sticks, white gloves, lots of sweat and lotsa fun. Back in the day you could get quality e without worrying about it being laced with God-knows-what.

[@WestTacomaSoundArchive]

Wow. It’s been 20 years but the moment I saw that light pole I was flooded with memories. Thank you for sharing this.

[@GadgetJeffTV]

So many awesome nights...and mornings. Lol. I wish cameras would have been more main stream back then. I hardly have any record of the fun times except for what's in my head. I reme.ber there was a website called RaveShack that was posting pictures of each event but the site is no longer live. Wish I could find the guy that has them.

[@amandiecandy]

Dude I was just telling my boss about RaveShack I couldnt remember the name thanks dude

[@baxattax6653]

Those were the days. Thanks for the post

[@ambert.3792]

ooooh my gawd!!!! this is soooo many memories. omfg. were there always so many windows in that building to the right? i never saw it in the day either. thanks for the throwback!

[@rick7916]

Dat Apex party tho ! And lego land

[@chaimwitz2247]

I used to go there during the week and a kid i knew lived there. he had 2 full size tanks in his bedroom/living room area at all times. This would have been Nov96-Mar97

[@macelius]

Crazy! That was probably the peak time going for my crew and I.

[@johnrussell2848]

was that Tarek ?

[@SHENDOH]

Spider!!!!!

[@amandiecandy]

Holy shit. I walked up that drive 50 times back in the day

[@macelius]

Almost every weekend XD

[@adrianr43]

Oh the memories....good and bad.....

[@JSatinR]

Great video! It looks so different now (kinda like me, I guess.) Nice to reminisce the good times!

[@macelius]

Thanks! (And ditto lol). It was a nostalgic moment for me for sure, and I just had to share :).

[@vixenred7]

wow...what a trip. always wondered what happened to NAF ...so much fun. seems so small looking at it now

[@feelinthebass351]

Thank you ! I miss that place, so small compared to now.

[@lbj20xx27]

For sh*ts and giggles, I checked out what the value of the property is. Just shy of $2 million which is actually WAY lower than I would have figured. I may gather some friends and see what's up with maybe swooping in and buying it. I would totally throw an old school NAF party. Except that it would have to be the 20 years later version because that ish wouldn't fly anymore. NWTekno was legit. 206 Underground 4 Lyfe though.

[@autumncarnley6797]

206Underground was always way cooler than NWTekno for sures.

[@amandiecandy]

I LIVED on 206 Underground

[@JSatinR]

I can't tell you how much joy it brings me to see 206 Underground remembered in the comments. ❤️❤️ Rhi and I started that on a whim after spending a weekend reading, "How to Learn HTML in 14 Days." 😂 Tim Velasquez was the one who came up with the name. (RIP)

[@briangriffith4574]

anyone remember the old school nwtekno when it was just a message board hosted on some random site? I think around 2000 it moved to it's own site and got way bigger. The old blue screen chat room that everyone hung out in.

[@radicalbeatz]

What's the address of NAF?

[@MeNatalieMarie]

I remember driving up from Portland to this place a few times and had amazing fun every time.

[@adamlangdon2245]

Ahhh good times🤣 that was such a fun scene.

[@adamlangdon2245]

I was twenty years old in 2000. My cousin and best friends worked at mr rags in alderwood mall. We were at lost highway and naf and all the other all ages venues four nights a week. We went to the party at the Seattle aquarium. Fuck that was a trip🤣

[@macelius]

We're the same age then. Don't remember if Planet E fridays at Club FX was shut down by 2k, but my crew and I were usually out all weekend, and were at the aquarium party too! Those were the days. Hopefully we can be back out dancing together this summer!

[@adamlangdon2245]

@@macelius HELL YEAH!! Hit me up if there’s anything worthwhile this summer!! I’ll do the same!!

[@mocservices7526]

F****** crazy I must have gone there every Friday from 99' to 2000' I made out with some of the hottest girls I've ever seen in my life...😂🥵 I Remember seeing Donald Glaude there... Dig Dug...etc.... It would be cool if some of the old crew were still around we could have a Naf reunion party...that would be sweet What memories lol....

[@jjmorga]

such a trip

[@briangriffith4574]

Crazy. I don't think I ever saw this place in the daytime. I wonder who owns it now.

[@johnherman8865]

brian griffith

[@johnherman8865]

whoever owns it they should let a promoter come and throw a 20yr reunion party for old time sakes. Most people probably didnt get to check out the downstairs warehouse part of it. The set up use to be 3 rooms at the top level. Looking at the front entrance you would have one room to the left than another in the back area and than you had this skinny hall way that led you into the last room that you would pop into than it exited to the right side area if you were looking from outside. That hallway was where everyone sold pills at. Early 2000's they remodeled (If you want to call it that) and made it only 2 rooms from there on. one to your left that would rap around into the main room that would pop you out right where you started pretty much. Not until city of Seattle finally got what they wanted by shutting down Naft Studios did people get to check out the bottom level room. this room i never even knew existed. It was 1 floor below the top level rooms and only way to access it would be walking on basically a concrete bridge off the side of the building that looked straight down to west marginal way. too bad they never had that area opened ever except when it originally opened, until someone was all fudged up one night walking from up top and on there way to the bottom room and when walking on the concrete stairwell he fell off the side of it and landed 30 feet down on ground and i heard he died. after that incident they shut down that whole bottom area of the venue until the end of days for Raves being thrown on weeklt basis there and Mark Naft allowed the bottom room access to all candy ravers and Etards back in the days leading up to the closure, but never a lost chapter of what my comparison to a Dased and Confused Era like movie scene that will always bring a smile to me because it was a hell of a good time!

[@mike_celium]

brian griffith

[@mike_celium]

That would be good. Check out the FB Group of old NAF heads. Theres a couple thousand and weve gotten together a couple times and broken it down old school steelo :-)

[@macelius]

@@mike_celium What's the group named? I couldn't find it..

[@adam24817]

brings back memories

[@Nyanoko]

So COVID aside, is there a scene anymore? Or is it just the few overpriced nightclubs and the occasional "massive" these days

[@radicalbeatz]

Bring back NAF

[@philthy2234]

I used to go there back in 1999

[@akdogmom3940]

Holy shit it's easter tomorrow and I'm sitting here remeniscing about events that are better

[@macelius]

Happy Easter! Hopefully We'll all be out dancing again soon :)

[@akdogmom3940]

NAF was the place for so many years! My mind Is trailing off in so many directions right now. I really want to make a smart, insightful, " hindsight being '20/20'" comment, but my inner flora just can't make it happen.