List of local Venues throughout Indy music history.

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Permalink Reply by WendyD on August 12, 2008 at 5:03pm

My favorite of all time was the Art Academy...Whipping Boy, Die Kruezen there in particular...

was it Ceasar's where the Bad Brains played?

what was that crazy warehouse where the Necros played? we spent alot of time throwing ourselves down a packing chute. best time EVER.

er, Dog College?

now the all-ages shows at Crazy Als make growing up in Indpls the most stellar of experiences...dang, we were lucky.

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Permalink Reply by matts1w on August 12, 2008 at 5:43pm

Dd anyone mention Cosmo's Pizza on 52nd Street between College and Keystone....or was it 54th??? or 49th street???I cant remember. Didnt I see basement shows there?

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Permalink Reply by Crickett on August 14, 2008 at 9:10pm

I don't know if Shorty's has been added yet. It was a basement club in Cincinnati. The only show I saw there was Nirvana in 1990.

...and didn't I see RHCP's play at Cosmo's??

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Permalink Reply by WendyD on August 15, 2008 at 5:20pm

I was just looking at the patio discussion and saw a mention of the replacements there.

Does anyone else remember them playing the Hunt and Chase? It was pre-'83, I was with John W, it was a weeknight...I know there were a few other people there...

anyway, I don't think they made it through even one song. I was about 16, and was pretty amazed that people could get away with that sort of thing.

Considering the hagiography that goes on up here (in mpls), I always remember that show...

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Permalink Reply by david on August 18, 2008 at 1:09pm

to tranfer over from the zeppelin discussion...1..'.middleearth' @ 34th and illinoise* /or capital or senate? 2. tydall armory 3. the sheridan barn . ..... / does anyone remember the 'bull island' rock festival ? .. i'd say late summer of '71 or '72..... on a island in ohio river not far from evansville... rained a lot , muddy, unpleasent conditions.......bad drugs proliferating,people getting beat-up, almost a smaller midwest altamont.....we drove down from indy, assesed scene a couple hours, and straitaway left and went home ...good decision....

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Permalink Reply by Erin D. on August 18, 2008 at 3:45pm

glad to see the Compound mentioned--I was just driving by there the other day and trying to remember exactly where it was. I remember going out Rural and then I can't remember the specifics.. Hey, and remember the giant missle shaped heater thing that could singe off your hair in the blink of an eye? That thing was massive.

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Permalink Reply by B-Swilly on September 4, 2008 at 8:10pm

the place next to indoor soccer was the Razz-ma-tazz

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Permalink Reply by Dave Fulton on September 6, 2008 at 11:42am

"Third Base" on south Illinois was like the Cavern Club of Indy punk and new wave. Small, dingy, not much of a stage, but we could do whatever we wanted in there as long as the owner could sell drinks. It was the only place in town for early alternative - circa 79-81 or so. Every band in the area played there at some point. Well known as the home of the "No Wave Dance Parties."

Then "2147" opened up at 22nd and Talbot street for a few months, and, of course, Crazy Al's at 54th & College where the Jazz Kitchen is now. Man, if those walls could talk!

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Permalink Reply by jimpeoni on December 30, 2008 at 8:24pm

you forgot CRAZY AL's n. college THE SHERWOOD southside on emerson i saw husker du violent fems toxic reasons and metallica there to name a few soul asylum man that stephen pilsner stank! MUGGINS and HEADLINERS in muncie. NICKS and LOCOMOTIONS and PETES and ZOOLANDERS and the KNICKERBACKER not sure spelling is right i saw everyone up there from vulgar boatmen to blind melon to the spirtles the black lips and king kahn & bbq thats all i know in west laffayette. there was THE OZONE in anderson. there was JAKES in bloomington and in indpls there is SAMS SALOON state and prospect and KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS 72 and keystone the place on the west side was BACKSTAGE kinda a metal bar and there was THE RAZAMATAZ not sure on spelling that was kinda metal. CRUMP THEATER in columbus where mellencamp just played there was MO's LOADINGDOCK at the stutzs bld. and yes lon pauls basement saw a few killer shows there! we miss you lp!

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Permalink Reply by Andy Fristoe on January 5, 2009 at 9:14pm

jimpeoni said:

you forgot CRAZY AL's n. college THE SHERWOOD southside on emerson i saw husker du violent fems toxic reasons and metallica there to name a few soul asylum man that stephen pilsner stank! MUGGINS and HEADLINERS in muncie. NICKS and LOCOMOTIONS and PETES and ZOOLANDERS and the KNICKERBACKER not sure spelling is right i saw everyone up there from vulgar boatmen to blind melon to the spirtles the black lips and king kahn & bbq thats all i know in west laffayette. there was THE OZONE in anderson. there was JAKES in bloomington and in indpls there is SAMS SALOON state and prospect and KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS 72 and keystone the place on the west side was BACKSTAGE kinda a metal bar and there was THE RAZAMATAZ not sure on spelling that was kinda metal. CRUMP THEATER in columbus where mellencamp just played there was MO's LOADINGDOCK at the stutzs bld. and yes lon pauls basement saw a few killer shows there! we miss you lp!

How about The Stabilizer in West Lafayette? It was the King of the Dives -- don't touch the bathroom doorknob, or the waitresses, but had great bands every weekend for years. And for the Razzmatazz: saw Todd Rundgren there 2 nights in a row. The first night he shaved his beard off, on stage, between songs.

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