The Sutton club at the centre of a gang war brawl is to change its music from “hardcore” R&B to a more commercial version in an attempt to curb antisocial behaviour.

The move comes after a double-barrelled shotgun was fired and a man lost an eye in the fight outside Love2Love on Cheam Rd at 1.40am on Monday September 8.

Up to 10 men from Mitcham-based gang Terror Zone (TZ) and Wandsworth-based Stick Up Kids (SUK) were allegedly involved.

This week police said the club’s entertainment style would change to more of a “party style that suits the image of Sutton town centre".

But Kwaku, founder and editor of online information resource British Black Music, said he thought the measure was “superficial".

He said: “On a superficial level there is some causal relationship between some music and antisocial behaviour but you can’t tar everyone with the same brush. This is a slightly simplistic approach when the issue here is multifaceted one; we need a holistic response.

“If you take it away from here, it will be pushed underground where it is out of the radar. What they need to do is look at the security of the club and area instead."

On its website the Love2Love club, which is next to the council offices and just yards away from the police station, claims to be the biggest club in the Sutton area with a capacity of 1,500.

In April, a man thrown out of the club became the first person to have a Taser used on him by Sutton police.

In May, police response teams were called to a fight involving 10 men outside Love2Love.

3D Entertainment CEO David Crabtree said the club may also install ID scanners in the near future.

He said: “We are concerned on a social level that this happened, but it was not related to the club.

“We have a decent reputation in Sutton and incidents like this are rare.”

Police media officer Colin Walden said: “One of the issues is that it has been attracting people from outside of the borough and what we are trying to do is make it a local venue for local people.

“Sutton police have worked with Love2Love and the Safer Town Centre Partnership to ensure public safety is maintained in the town centre during the next few weeks as well as in the longer term.”