Homme Lounge in Phoenix may be a gay bar, but for its Party Foul! club night on Fridays, it has one of the most diverse clienteles in the Valley.

A typical Party Foul!: At 9 p.m., 20-something guys and girls wearing bandanas and skinny jeans start trickling in for the $1 well-drink special that goes on for an hour. They mingle at the few tables around the bar as '80s dance music plays, and the smokers patio is packed with patrons discussing the latest Arizona State University news or some awesome purchase they scored that day.

Although the majority of the crowd is young bohemians, all ages and ethnicities come to Party Foul!, a night put on by DJs Kevin the Makeout Bandit (real name: Kevin Wayman) and Craig Citizen. They mingle, too, before hopping on the stand to get the crowd hyped.

"The people here are really welcoming," Melinda Faust, 23, says. "Everybody knows everybody here. It's such a small world."

The scene: By 10 p.m., the dance floor is filled with people bouncing to the remixed hip-hop sounds of Bigie and DJ Epidemic. Despite cool temperatures outside, the dancers are getting hot, crowding against one another, throwing their hands around and latching on to significant others. No one seems to mind brushing up against someone, though, because these patrons aren't the grab-a-stranger's-body-part type.

That respectful vibe is what Citizen and Wayman aimed for when they started Party Foul! in July. The friends have been putting on dance parties for years in the Valley, including Word Up! at the now-closed Glam in Phoenix and Wayman's French Kiss, also at Homme.

They met about four years ago at Shake! at Rogue Bar in Scottsdale, another popular dance night.

"I think that we probably noticed that we were the craziest guys there, and we kind of just attracted and started hanging out," Citizen says.

The music: While the pair DJs at Party Foul!, they also bring in an eclectic mix of DJs every week who spin both locally and nationally.

After Bigie and Epidemic get the crowd warmed up, the Disco Villains start to play. The duo switches up the musical style, playing an energetic mix of electro that changes the dynamic of the crowd. The DJs are some of the most energetic performers in the local scene, dancing crazily to the songs they're spinning, which encourages the crowd to do the same.

"A lot of people just kind of go up there and play," Wayman says. "You have to separate yourself a little bit and bring in a lot of energy. You want people to look at you and feel like they're watching a live show, as opposed to just playing music."

Wayman says the music at Party Foul! tends to hover in the electro, New Wave vein, with his only criterion for choosing tunes being something he himself would dance to. Citizen and Wayman stressed they like to play current tracks and look for DJs who are constantly honing their craft.

"We're not going to bring out any old rock stars to come DJ," Citizen says. "We're bringing out actual DJs as opposed to people who are just playing on iTunes."

DJs have 30-minute to one-hour sets throughout the night, which means the styles are constantly changing and providing something for everyone.

"I like the music selection," says Christopher Gilbreth, 24. "You go to Scottsdale, it's the same prerecorded blah, blah, blah. It's boring and repetitive."

The party: In between tearing it up on the dance floor, Party Foul! folks can take a breather at the "photo booth," a room with a backdrop where a photographer snaps shots that will later go on myspace.com/partyfoulaz. On some nights, there's also a videographer walking around, making sure everyone feels like a star.

By 11 p.m., there's a line of about 15 people outside the booth, and the dance floor has become a virtual mosh pit because there are so many people crammed in.

Party Foul!, which packs in more than 200 people each week, inspired Citizen and Wayman to start a new 18-and-older night on the first Saturday of the month, called Best Friends Forever, at Tempe's Club Red.

The two hope to continue to grow their fan base of kids who are positive and into cutting-edge music.

"We throw a hell of a party," Citizen says. "We bring people out all the time who are like from LA or New York, and they're like, 'You're tearing it down here.' When you hear that from people who are playing four nights a week all across the country or all across the world, it's definitely something right."