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According to the Weekly Dig, The Middle East "reigns supreme as Boston's best rock and/or roll joint". [5] The Boston Globe has called it the city's "hippest night spot." [9] Rolling Stone described the club as "the exalted Middle East. [10] The importance of The Middle East to the music scene in Greater Boston spans many genres.
The group formed in 1982 and would frequent local hip-hop clubs such as Ben's Lounge and Ripley Road. [1] One of their first breakthroughs was winning the ICA B-Town Rap Battle in 1986. DJ Deff Jeff was famous for his deejay performance where he would set two small trays on fire on top of his turntables while performing DJ tricks. [1]
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In 1985, the club was expanded under the moniker of Manray and its dance nights included a Campus event along with goth, new wave, industrial, and fetish nights. The club billed itself as an "art bar", and often featured gallery shows by local artists in its lounge area. Manray gained national attention when it was featured in Life Magazine. [2]
The club was on the other side and a little south of where the Boston Tea Party took place (old Griffin's Wharf) in 1773. Cicerone's involvement in the club would be short lived and he would soon be replaced by Jack Burke. Burke and Harry Booras along with Peter Booras as General Manager would run The Channel throughout its heyday of the 1980s.
Massachusetts is a U.S. state in New England.The music of Massachusetts has developed actively since it was first colonized by Britain. The city of Boston is an especially large part of the state's present music scene, which includes several genres of rock, as well as classical, folk, and hip hop music.
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The name "Combat Zone" was popularized through a series of exposé articles on the area Jean Cole wrote for the Boston Daily Record in the 1960s. [1] The moniker described an area that resembled a war zone both because of its well-known crime and violence, and because many soldiers and sailors on shore leave from the Charlestown (Boston) Navy Yard frequented the many strip clubs and brothels ...