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Because of its location, Philadelphia was an easy place for bands from New York City and Washington, D.C. to play concerts. Venues such as the Elk's Center, Love Hall, Long March, Community Education Center (CEC) and Abe's Steaks, a small hoagie shop, regularly held hardcore punk shows during the 1980s.
The theater hosted a wide range of events including movie screenings, comedy shows, burlesque, and concerts from alternative, indie rock, heavy metal, punk rock, jam, industrial, gothic bands, and hip hop and electronica artists. [5] Bob Dylan performed at the Troc on December 11, 1997. [6]
The venue hosted fast punk bands such as The Stimulators and The Violators. Slowly, a hardcore scene of initially about 100 persons formed around the club which spawned bands like Agnostic Front , Antidote , Cro-Mags , Heart Attack , Kraut , The Mob , The Abused and Urban Waste who played the A7 regularly, some of them weekly.
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From the mid- to late-1970s into the 1980s, South Street's reputation as a musical, artistic, and countercultural hub was further solidified as it became the center of Philadelphia's punk scene and punk and alternative rock music communities, with venues such as JC Dobbs and stores such as Zipperhead catering to the burgeoning scene. [17] [18] [19]
The Great Gildersleeves was a rock club and music venue at 331 Bowery in Manhattan. [1] [2] The club opened in August 1977 and closed in February 1984 after the building in which the club was located was taken by eminent domain by the New York City Board of Estimate. [3]
Franklin Music Hall is a concert venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is in a converted building once part of the General Electric Switchgear Plant and opened in 1995. It has a capacity between 2,500 [1] and 3,000 people. [2] It is owned and operated by The Bowery Presents.