The name comes from the fact that for a brief period in the summer of 1987 the club was held in a disused church on High Holborn, and "The Slimelight" is a parody of The Limelight, another famous club of that era which was also located in a church in London's Shaftesbury Avenue.
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Artists who have appeared at Slimelight over the years include VNV Nation, The Crüxshadows and Nitzer Ebb.