Question: Quando Quango was a British electronic music group, formed by the DJ of which nightclub and music venue in Manchester, England, which became famous in the Madchester years of the 1980s and early 1990s, and Factory Records A&R man Mike Pickering

Context articles: Quando Quango
Central Station Design
The Haçienda
Georgia Theatre
Trevor Johnson (designer)
Mike Pickering
Renaissance (song)
Pigs + Battleships
Reseda Country Club
Ruby Skye

Quando Quango was a British electronic music group, formed by The Haçienda DJ and Factory Records A&R man Mike Pickering, Hillegonda Rietveld and Reinier Rietveld.
 Their unique sound influenced the underground dance music scenes in New York and Chicago in the 1980s.
 Their first release was the "Go Exciting" twelve-inch single on Factory Records in 1982, and their last release of new music was the 1985 full-length album "Pigs + Battleships" (reissued on CD in 2003 and 2013).
Central Station Design is a Mancunian design company founded by Pat Carroll, Karen Jackson, and Matt Carroll.
 It is usually associated with Factory Records and the Madchester scene of the early 1990s.
 The company created album cover artwork and posters for Factory artists including The Happy Mondays, Black Grape, and James.
 Their design for the Happy Mondays' "Madchester Rave On E.P." in late 1989 became the iconic logo for the movement.
 The Carrolls are cousins of Shaun and Paul Ryder of the Happy Mondays.
The Haçienda was a nightclub and music venue in Manchester, England, which became famous in the Madchester years of the 1980s and early 1990s.
 The Haçienda opened in 1982, and despite considerable and persistent financial troubles survived until 1997 – the club was mainly supported by record sales from New Order.
 The Haçienda is associated with the rise of acid house and rave music.
Georgia Theatre is a live music venue and event space in Athens, Georgia.
 Many prominent national and local acts across all genres have performed at the Theatre, including rock, folk, country, indie, alternative, hip hop and electronic.
 The venue is on the Athens Music History Walking Tour sponsored by the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau.
 Georgia Theatre opened as a music venue in 1978, but spent a few years in the early 1980s operating sporadically as a movie house.
 It was reopened as a music venue in 1989 and has since hosted many of the major touring acts that come through the state.
Trevor Johnson (born in Salford, Lancashire) is a Manchester-based graphic designer.
 He started his career as a commercial illustrator and went on to become a freelance graphic designer, designing record sleeves and branding for Factory Records and Hacienda Nightclub Fac 51 which was instrumental in the creation of the Madchester music scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
 His designs created as Trevor Johnson and with his partner business Johnson/Panas for factory records are documented in the Factory Records Catalogue of sleeves and merchandise and company promotional material.
Michael Pickering (born 24 February 1958, Accrington, Lancashire, England) has DJed at The Haçienda's infamous "Nude" and "Hot" nights and later "Shine".
 He worked for Factory Records where he signed Happy Mondays, To Hell With Burgundy and James amongst others.
 He was the founder, writer and producer of Quando Quango and later M People, playing the saxophone, and as backing singer.
"Renaissance" is a song by British electronic group M People.
 It was released in February 1994 as the fourth and final single from their second album "Elegant Slumming".
 In Australia, "Renaissance" was released as the third single from the album.
 It was written by Mike Pickering and Paul Heard and produced by M People.
 The song peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart following their first win for Best British Dance Act at the 1994 BRIT Awards.
Pigs + Battleships is the only studio album released by the British, Manchester-based new wave and dance project Quando Quango.
 It was produced by American producer Mark Kamins at Strawberry Studios, Stockport with mixing taking place at Shakedown Studio, New York, USA and Genetik Studio, England.
 The artwork was designed by Alan David-Tu with photography by Kevin Cummins.
 "Pigs + Battleships" includes the majority of the group's studio output and features the singles "Go Exciting", "Genius", and on UK Cassette and US editions "Love Tempo" is also included.
The Reseda Country Club was a nightclub and music venue located at 18419 Sherman Way in Reseda, California.
 It started off as a drug store in the 1950s and later became a music venue in 1979 when Chuck Landis purchased the site.
 The club was leased by concert promoters Steve Wolf and Jim Rismiller in 1979.
 They were the major promoters in Los Angeles and were able to book premier shows of all types.
 Still, the club had many problems.
 In December 1980, they made a partnership with Gary LoConti, the Vice President and an originator of The Agora Ballroom chain of Concert clubs.
 This combination allowed the connection of 13 more venues, with the Country Club and experienced management.
 The club became a, if not "the" Premiere showcase in the U.S. Winning the Billboard Club of the Year Award and the Performance Magazine club of the year award,(among many) It is still viewed as a Golden Age of Rock and Roll in L.A.
 The club hosted concerts until it closed sometime in the late 1990s.
 Notable acts included Guns N' Roses, Stryper, B.B. King, Roy Orbison, Iggy Pop, Slayer, Robert Plant, Motörhead, UFO, Joan Jett, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mötley Crüe, The Beach Boys, Huey Lewis and the News, The Motels, U2, Alcatrazz, Beastie Boys, W.A.S.P., Saxon, Bob Weir, Social Distortion, Fugazi, Kiss, Soundgarden, Half Way Home, Bad Religion, Mentors, Armored Saint, Bon Jovi, Nirvana, James Brown, System of a Down, Tom Petty, Metallica, who performed their first show following the death of bassist Cliff Burton at the venue, Megadeth and Blue Öyster Cult.
 It was used for video shoots for Mick Jagger, Greg Kihn Band, Gary U.S. Bonds and Bruce Dickinson.
 Part of the film "Boogie Nights" was shot at the club.
 The site is now a Spanish-language Christian church.
Ruby Skye was a popular nightclub in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
 On March 16, 2017 Ruby Skye announced it would be closing within two months or so after 17 years as a mostly EDM venue, and that a new music venue, tentatively called August Hall, would be established by new owner Nate Valentine at the same location and would feature a restaurant and a few lanes for bowling on the lower level.
 The final event at Ruby Skye took place on Saturday, June 10th, 2017 and featured DJ Chuckie with a set called Last Call w/Chuckie.
 The nightclub was housed in the Native Sons of the Golden West building at 420 Mason Street, built in 1890 by architect August Headman.
 The nightclub was housed in what was originally an auditorium/meeting hall.
 In the 1940s it became a USO club and was called the "Stage Door."
 Later it started showing films as the "Stage Door Theater" and hosted the premiere of the Alfred Hitchcock film "Vertigo" on May 9, 1958.
 By the early 1980s, it had become the Regency III movie theater (the Regency I and II were located several blocks away).