It’s affirmative: the Colonel has gone AWOL. Since the mid-1990s, this was the only bastion of alternative music for a bohemian crowd desperate to avoid pop and techno music. The dark, industrial-style interior is still hip as is the retro cellar bar with pink shag carpeting on the wall, but what’s the point of drinking a fabulous cocktail to old Michael Jackson songs? Naturally, much depends on the DJs and some nights are almost reminiscent of the good old days and it's almost always packed at the weekend.