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The Rathskeller (known as The Rat) was a [1] [2] [3] live music venue in Boston that was open from 1974 to 1997. It was considered the "granddaddy" of Boston rock venues. [4] [5] During its heyday, the Rat hosted such acts as the Cars, the Pixies, Metallica, Dead Kennedys, the Ramones, Talking Heads, R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr.
For much of its history, Storyville was located on the ground floor of Hotel Buckminster, Kenmore Square in the space shown here occupied by Pizzeria Uno.. Storyville was a Boston jazz nightclub organized by Boston-native, jazz promoter and producer George Wein during the 1940s.
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.
In 2002 this venue was further updated by Lilli Dennison to have a night club type style. ZuZu features live music and DJs several times a week. [4] In March 2017, the Sater brothers opened the fifth Middle East venue called Sonia, a nightclub in the former location of T.T. the Bear's Place, adjacent to the existing Middle East complex. [6] [7]
In 1950, Boston native George Wein moved his Storyville nightclub to the ground floor of the Hotel Buckminster. A number of notable performers, especially jazz musicians, were featured in this new venue, including Louis Armstrong , Dave Brubeck , Red Garland , Erroll Garner , Billie Holiday , Charles Mingus , Charlie Parker , and Sarah Vaughan .
Harpers Ferry had a reputation throughout the Boston area as being an important venue in the hardcore music scene.After the closure of The Rathskeller, a famous venue in Kenmore Square, many of the hardcore bands that called The Rat home moved to The Middle East in the Central Square scene in Cambridge, Massachusetts or to Harpers Ferry.
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The Paradise Rock Club (formerly known as the Paradise Theater) is a 933-capacity music venue in Boston, Massachusetts.Due to its relatively small size, it appeals to top local alternative rock performers as well as American (Talking Heads, Blondie, David Johansen )and British bands visiting Boston for the first time (R.E.M., Steve Earle).