Interview on WVXU FM about the very subject this blog is an archive for...

Fun House: Cincinnati's underground music venues

Published October 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM EDT (by Selena Reder and others)

https://www.wvxu.org/show/cincinnati-edition/2025-10-13/cincinnati-underground-music-venues

Photo courtesy of Robert Inhuman

"The air in the basement of the house on Rohs Street that winter was hot and dusty. That’s because the lead singer of the band performing that night was swinging from the ceiling duct when it gave way to his weight and broke, pumping heat into the crowd.

It was a basement show booked by some college kids who were clearly going to lose their security deposit on the house they were renting.

Call these shows underground, unconventional, maybe illegal. Surely a nuisance to neighbors.

Young people drift in out of these spaces. Memories of these shows drift in and out of our thoughts, but are never truly forgotten.

On Cincinnati Edition, we discuss the history of Cincinnati’s DIY venues.

Guests:

• Faith Maynard ran the Warner House beginning in 1999
• Robert Inhuman founder of Realicide Records
• Holly Kadish ran the Electric Company on Vine Street"

The Sugary Slimepit

The Sugary Slimepit was on Riddle Road and lasted for part of a summer in 2006.  These photos are courtesy of Robert Inhuman.  Here's a photo of Hentai Lacerator playing there on June 16th and photos from that show...

And here is a photo of the outside, as well as a link to photos from down the Slimehole...