Seattle Police say a man found dead early Friday morning at E PIke’s Club Z was not the victim of foul play.
Death Investigation
On November 18th at approximately 12:33 a.m. officers responded to a business in the 1100 block of Pike Street for the report of a deceased male found on the premises. Patrol officers are investigating this incident as a death investigation (“DOA”) with no indications of foul play.The King County Medical Examiner’s Office responded to the scene and took custody of the deceased. They have the responsibility of determining the cause of death and to identify the deceased.
In mid-September, a man in his 40s died at the men’s club at 1117 Pike. Medics responded to a report that the man was unconscious but breathing inside the club. He died as medics attempted CPR and police were called to the scene by Seattle Fire to investigate a possible drug overdose.
if this is yet another death caused by a mix of poppes, alcohol and viagra-like products. It wouldn’t be the first time it’s happened
This place is a cess pool of drugs and somebody just died there last month too! Somebody should shut this place down. Steamworks and Tribe are both much cleaner and Steamworks has almost no drug use anymore. Somebody put this puppy down!
the sex clubs ALL have drug use.
the guy prolly died from a combo of viagra-like drugs and poppers mixed with alcohol. people do tend to go there after being at the bars.
your obvious bias towards STeamworks makes me wonder if either you work there or you’re a regular who’s too repressed to go anywhere out of your comfort zone.
the places are all the same, oh naive one.
folks have to learn not to mix alcohol, inhalants and dick pills
Is that that trio of drugs what the other guy from ClubZ died of? It’s odd, we hear about the deaths and the investigation but never the results from the toxicology reports.
One who make a broad claim that “all these places are the same” obviously knows very little about the bathhouse scene in Seattle. Here are the facts: at Steamworks, there is strong zero tolerance policy when it comes to drugs or alcohol. When checking in, all members must have their bags checked. Also, if a member is caught bringing these items into the club, they are 86’d. Steamworks does a great job of discouraging that type of behavior in order to provide their members a clean, safe, and fun environment.
Also, since Steamworks has occupied the location, no one has died in the building. The facts speak for themselves.
I said both Tribe and Steamworks are cleaner. How is it biased if I’m saying 2 places are better than the one somebody just died at?
The last guy who died at Club Z was dead for HOURS before they found him in the steam room. That’s disgusting.
How many people have died at Tribe in the last two months? 0. How many people have died at Steamworks in the last 2 months. 0. How many people have died at Club Z in the last 2 months? 2.
Pretty simple stats.
I am the GM of Steamworks Seattle. I don’t know who charlie is and they do mot work here, but, he is incorrect. We have a zero tolerance drug policy and our club is undeniably much more clean and better kept up than Club Z. We also do bag checks and do everything we can to keep drugs out. Is it 100% effective? Absolutely not. We also do not let anyone in who is visibly drunk and our staff us trained to check on all customers in the steam room on a regular basis. Anyone who says all bathhouses are the same obviously has not been to Steamworks in the last year.
It is sad that someone died again and hopefully Club Z can stop it from happening in the future.
Thanks for the honesty, Tony. Of course it’s impossible for any night life establishment, whether it’s a bathhouse or bar, to be 100% drug free. People WILL smuggle them in, or just show up already messed up.
And, we don’t know if drugs had anything to do with either death…people DO drop dead from heart attacks or other natural causes. And, if Cialis or Viagra were involved, it should be pointed out that both those drugs are LEGAL when prescribed by a doctor.
It’s also ridiculous to claim, “Club Z=Bad; Tribe & Steamworks= Good” based solely on this incident. Any gay man who has lived on the Hill for very long, knows or has known (or maybe has been) a “naughty boy” at ANY of the baths, or bars for that matter. Meth/coke users don’t only hang out at certain venues…
I don’t disagree with what you’re saying, Charlie. And Steamworks is definitely way stricter against drugs. But Tribe? Please. Meth dealing and use is so rampant there, it’s ridiculous. There are sketchy urchin street dealers who literally live there for periods of time. They go out and come back with GROCERIES, for chrissakes. Sooner or later, Tribe will be shut down due to meth dealing. And I sure hope the owner doesn’t pretend to be surprised.
Also likely would be meth and/or GHB. IF the death was due to drugs, I’d bet it was G.
I’m sorry to report to you, NWViking but when you state that the “facts” include no doa’s at Steamworks its you who needs to face the facts. It doesn’t make SW or Z bad people, however for those of you keeping score at home, TRIBE is the only 100% survival rate in this city & quite frankly I would add SW is dead (no pun intended) last in this ranking. That means the facts that you imlplore others to look at are staring you in the face. Food for thought…check yo’self before you wreck yo’self..
Yet you fail to provide any proof. Can you cite ONE web reference to someone dying at Steamworks Seattle?
Yeah, sure, no one’s died at Tribe. Probably because the place is ALWAYS EMPTY!
And another thing, spare us the 80’s catch phrases.
Aint’ no thang is 100% correct, as far as proof, my friend of 10 years died in the sauna at SteamWorks last year, and he was 1 of at least 5 that died there last year, So NWViking, tell my buddy family no one has died there.
Where’s the web reference? What’s the guy’s name? news links? police reports?
I didn’t think so.
I have worked there since august of 2010 and we have not had any deaths since i have been there…
No need to make stuff up.
Gentlemen,
Let me make the following things abundantly clear:
1. I have no desire to stain SW’s reputation. I enjoy visiting there frequently. I’ve always had a fantastic rapport with the ownership down through the staff.
2. I don’t blame any of these 3 establishments for these unfortunate incidents. They aren’t happening due to unhygenic conditions or a lack of effort by the staff IR even a lax drug policy. It is far from that situation.
3. However, the facts are as I’ve stated & Tony if you’re unfamiliar with the existence of these incidents, ya betta ask somebody.
4. I had the misfortune to have been in attendance on two occasions when this occurred. & oddly enough we are coming up on the two year anniversary of one of them as I can’t forget it occured on the night before Thanksgiving.
5. The reason that you have the numbers coming out with
TRIBE having none followed by the Z & SW taking up the rear is as simple as the fact TRIBE does not offer a steam room where all of these have been occuring. And the customers seem to not take seriously the stresses that elevating one’s temp can lead to issues, I.e. death.
6. The only reason I even offered up my initial comments was due to NWVikings lack of the necessary humility to follow his own advice.
7. The aspect of these situations that is paramount to keep in mind is that they are heartbreaking to have happened and trying to affix degrees of culpability to the customer, staff members, or any of the businesses misses the point as it is a lack of education regarding the hazards of mixing many behaviors w/ an elevated body temp. Move past it and respect the lives for being lost instead of allowing pettiness obscure the discourse.
In conclusion, if you all really want to check my sources, Tony, I’m sure if You inquire someone will own up to it….its not SW’S fault. NW Viking…search the aid car call logs by street address and you’ll find the entries of multiple aid cars dispatched to SW.
AND THAT’S A FACT.
There was a guy about 10 yrs or so ago who went crazy at Club Seattle and the police and paramedics had to be called. I was walking home from Neighbours and saw all the flashing lights and wondered what was going on. Read in the SGN (printed edition) later that he had died but I don’t recall if it was at the premises or after he was taken away by ambulance.
If someone wants to smuggle drugs in they will find a way. So Club Z and any other bathhouse for that matter is not going to be able to put a stop to it.
I know that some homeless who often are addicts will get a room at Z or Tribe so they can get sleep, shower, or whatever. Not sure if Z is just more tolerant of that knowing that some of these guys have no where else to go?
Many of the ones who get rooms at Tribe are street hustler/dealers. That’s why I quit going there, it was just getting ridiculous and the atmosphere was totally sketchy.
I heard he died in the steamroom that just opened a few months ago and apparently the previous death there was in the steam room.
Ernest Tee Bass:
I agree with you that it would be good if the toxicology reports were released and given wide distribution….that way, at least guys would be aware of which drugs were causing the deaths, and perhaps be a little more cautious with using those.
There was a death at Club Seattle/Steamworks two years ago this very week. I don’t remember seeing much in the paper but the text messages starting flying and I know people that work and/or go to these clubs. As I remember correctly he was supposedly dead in his room for about 5 hours before he was discovered. Drugs are everywhere PERIOD! It doesn’t necessarily mean these men are doing the drugs in the sex clubs.
People who post anecdotal evidence and stories they “heard from a friend who heard from a friend” are hard to take seriously. I was especially amused by the person who posted here claiming there was a death at Club Seattle/Steamworks two years ago this week that wasn’t discovered for five hours. Hey genius, Steamworks hasn’t been Club Seattle for about five years now, and the death you’re claiming to have heard about is pure fiction.
Once again, I’ll state the fact that there have not been ANY deaths inside Seattle Steamworks since the facility was purchased from Club Seattle. Anonymous bloggers with an axe to grind can post all the unsubstantiated anecdotal evidence and rumor they want, but until they are able to provide concrete web references to a death ever taking place during Seattle Steamworks’ occupation of the building at 1520 Summit Avenue, I’d read their claims with a healthy dose of skepticism.
Feast your eyes about ol’ boy….
Date . Incident # Address Type Alarm Level
01/29 /10. 100009512 . 1520 Summit Av . MED . 1
02/15 /10. 100014737 . 1520 Summit Av . MED . 1
08/29 /10 . 100079280 . 1520 Summit Av . MED . 1
09/17 /10. 100085915 . 1520 Summit Av . AID . 1
10/09 /10. 100093170 . 1520 Summit Av . AID . 1
10/17 /10 . 100095783 . 1520 Summit Av . AID . 1
11/11 /10. 100104301 . 1520 Summit Av . AFA . 1
12/01 /10. 100111116 . 1520 Summit Av . AID . 1
Those are just for 2010. You’ll have to do the rest of the leg work on your own. I hope now you might graciously acquiesce and abandon your stubborn refusal to admit that you might’ve been a Lil’ too cocky in your initial comments & continue to hopelessly cling to this erroneous assertion.
We all make mistakes and we ain’t mad at ya…
P.S. And BTW… your continuial call for “web references” as the bench mark of evidentiary support is hardly an impressive hurdle for one to vet their facts by. Quite frankly each of the posters who refer to the same incident are “referencing” a web notation & thereby satisfy your strenuous demand.
And finally, let me re-state clearly in case it was too ambiguous earlier….I do not have an axe to grind w/Steamworks or any of these establishments whatsoever. Quite the contrary. So lets at least allow that tired accusation to no longer muddle the discourse unnecessarily. Please.
None of the information you’re providing proves that a DEATH ever occurred at Steamworks Seattle. The reason I might sound cocky about my assertion is the fact that I have firsthand knowledge of everything that happens at SW Seattle.
Sure, the ambulance has been called on occasion to 1520 Summit Ave. But no one has ever DIED there since Steamworks took over. I wish you would just accept that, but your stubborn defense of falsehoods implies that you do have an axe to grind.
NWviking you’ve been given all the things you asked, incident numbers etc…. look them up and read what happened, people have died at Steamworks.
Yeah, all I see are ambulance reports. No reports of any deaths inside the SW facility. Now, I know some of you guys might be confusing Steamworks with Club Seattle (two entirely different companies). I can’t speak to the things that went on there while Club Seattle occupied the space, but I’ve worked there since SW bought the building, and there have been no deaths inside our facility in that time.
Trust me, I would know.
This place is a haven for meth dealers. Shut this place down before more lives are destroyed.