The Atomic Café (club)

The Atomic Café was a discotheque and live club that ran from January 1997 to the end of 2014 in Munich, Germany. The club was a regular venue for up-and-coming international bands and was award winning for playing music styles Indie, Beat, Garage, Punk, Psychedelic Pop, Northern Soul, Deep Funk and at times Drum and Bass. The club gained international fame in the relevant scenes. The overall design was guided by the two graphic designers Christian Heine and Roland Schunk (also Designer of Plattenkreisel), who founded and ran the club. It was decorated in blood red, orange, sun yellow and cyan; the design was based on Verner Panton, Googie architecture and the Space Age design of the 1960s. The club had a capacity of up to 600 people.