ON the final evening in May 1993, an unknowing King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut had its name etched into music history.

That night, Creation Records boss Alan McGee was at the then-four-year-old club to see his Glaswegian protégés 18 Wheeler.

The support band was Manchester’s Sister Lovers, who had – unbeknownst to the promoter – brought their mates Oasis along in the van, with the intention of reducing their petrol bill and getting them on the bill.

The promoter was not impressed. Things got tense.

“They [Oasis] are saying: ‘Look, it's cost us £200 to hire the van and equipment and get here.

"If you don't let us play, we'll smash your club up. There's 10 of us and only two security,” recalled Alan a year later.

"So the promoter let them play.”

Having arrived early and witnessed this, Alan wanted to see what they were like.

"The first song was really good. Then the second was incredible.

"By the time they did this fantastic version of I Am the Walrus, I'd decided I've got to sign this group, now.

"I said: 'Do you have a record deal? Do you want one? I wanna do it.’

“Seeing them is what seeing the Stones must have been like in the early days. Brutal, exciting, arrogant."

Over two decades later, King Tut’s is still one of the city’s foremost clubs for new talent spotting.

Its history has earned it a place among the great Glasgow venues, and it brims with a unique character that other bars would kill for.

It might not turn out another Oasis, but the spirit of those heady Britpop days lives on in its Summer Nights sessions and record label showcases. Long may it last.

King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut

Q: What’s the best gig you’ve seen in King Tut’s?

1. John Filshie, 22, Hamilton, We Were Promised Jetpacks

David Mathieson, 22, West End, NEEDTOBREATHE

2. David Johanning, 23, Paisley, Dirty Sally

Mark McMillan, 27, Johnston, Pulled Apart By Horses

3. Aimee Begg, 18, Cessnock

Favourite Club? Downstairs in Sleazy’s

Favourite Bar? Firewater

Favourite DJ? DJ EZ

Favourite Band? Brand New

Favourite Club? The Cathouse

What you Drinking? Sam Adams

Describe Your Dancing? Crazy and fun

4. Hannah Watson, 18, Cessnock, The Front Bottoms

5. Anthony Hopkinson, 19, Motherwel, I can’t pick one – there’s been too many

Nicole Matthewson, 20, Motherwell, Dinosaur Pileup

6. Wallis Davidson, 25, Bridgeton, Drive-By Argument

Jordan Crawley, 24, Clydebank, Amy MacDonald

7. Raymond Strachan, 24, Bearsden, The Iqons

Terry McGinley, 24, Clydebank, Enter Shikari