That same year, he got in police trouble for 'public lewdness'.

After the failure of 2 Backed Beast, he opened Hercules in 1999. In 1996, he was arrested for possession of cocaine. At the height of his career, he also proprieted clubs called Peacock, Platonic Fury and Cox (Tony 'returned to the gay scene' in 1999, which would suggest that none of those three clubs were gay-oriented). According to Luis, Tony also first earned the nickname 'Gay Tony' in 1985 - as the nickname suggests, Tony became openly homosexual by the time he was 27.Īccording to the Maisonette 9 website, his next club (and first gay club) was Thunder in 1986 which was later renamed 2 Backed Beast and eventually shut down by the city. In 1983, the first club he opened for himself was PUDDLE, a rave venue, until Tony was arrested for tax evasion in 1985, spending 3 months in jail. His first experience working at a nightclub came from being in the cloakroom and eventually the front door of Elephant, until a fire caused it to shut down. Tony would have gone to college as early as 1975, though he did not focus on his studies. He says of growing up in the 1970s, 'In my day, gay guys used to be lonely, needy, and lost. He is ashamed of his Dukes background, and it's hinted during the beginning of Departure Time that he doesn't speak to his parents anymore. He also likely would have struggled with his sexuality in his teen years, especially growing up in a somewhat dangerous neighborhood. He also used to play in front of the Monoglobe and would sometimes stare into it, wondering what life was like in different countries. He grew up in Dukes, and according to the Maisonette 9 website, 'as a young boy he wandered to the Humboldt River and dreamed of living on the other side (in Algonquin) so he would no longer be considered bridge and tunnel'.

Tony Prince was most likely born in 1958 in the Midwest (his age and birthplace is subject to debate) to Jewish parents. 1.3 Maisonette 9 ownership and personal struggles.

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