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I fondly remember one of the best concerts I have seen Janice Joplin in Woolsey Hall at Yale. Very special.
 
Living Colour @ Toad’s
Ozzy, Van Halen and Rage Against the Machine at the Coliseum
 
bazzdog said:
I was in New Haven that night too at one of the pizza places near Toads
We went down there after we heard The Stomes weee gonna be there. We saw them going into their bus at the end. I walked right past Joey Ramone on the street. You can’t miss him
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I was at Toad’s that night and left early and missed that Stones show. I didn’t hear the rumors. Pretty sure it was Steel Wheels tour so ‘86?
 
nycscooby said:
I was at Toad’s that night and left early and missed that Stones show. I didn’t hear the rumors. Pretty sure it was Steel Wheels tour so ‘86?
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89... I was only 10 but remember hearing about this the next day. For those who were there, how did everyone find out about this in the moment? Can only imagine how cool it would have been to see them at such a small venue.
 
huskymedic said:
Fernando Pinto… crazy bastard.

One could make quite the night bouncing around New Haven in the late 70’s/early 80’s. Toad’s, Agora, Arcadia Ballroom (aka Brawlroom), Keg House, Oxford Ale House, Great American Saloon, Grotto or just sit on the hood of the car in front of Ron’s Place and freak watch ;).

Drinking age was 18 and life was simpler.
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Pretty sure the only music at the Keg Dive was a lousy jukebox. 18 drinking age definitely made life more interesting (and dangerous). I had SCSC buddies (before it was SCSU) who started hanging out at Montego Bay, not exactly the spot for caucasian guys, I suspect they were chasing another kind of white :eek::p
 
1964 at New Haven Arena (my dad used to take me there to see the Blades): Everly Brothers, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, and The Beach Boys.
 
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House of Zodiac way back in the 60s. Mostly local bands. The original one was on Derby Ave I believe near Forest. Rd. A second one opened for a while in West Hartford on Farmington Ave near Trout Brook Dr.
 
Waquoit said:
Yeah, it wasn't Agora for very long.
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Went to the Agora a few times after drinking some yards at ???? Started with a B???

Then finish the night we’d ride over to Daniel’s in Hamden and put our disco faces on until closing:eek: in later years Boppers was the closing place hoping for a W.
 
Check out on Amazon Tony Renzoni in the book section. He has written a couple of books on the music scene in CT. One is "The History of Rock in CT" the other is about the music venues in CT. Cool reads.

Knew the guys that owned the Shack in Watertown, their remark was, "bring in the Wildweeds once a month and we're good".
 
WillB4 said:
Check out on Amazon Tony Renzoni in the book section. He has written a couple of books on the music scene in CT. One is "The History of Rock in CT" the other is about the music venues in CT. Cool reads.
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I stumbled onto this website.
 
mauconnfan said:
Went to the Agora a few times after drinking some yards at ???? Started with a B???

Then finish the night we’d ride over to Daniel’s in Hamden and put our disco faces on until closing:eek: in later years Boppers was the closing place hoping for a W.
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Richter’s?
 
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This is fun....

The Grotto - Lone Justice, Alex Chilton, The Replacements, Lloyd Cole & the Commotions,

Toads - Smithereens, los lobos, lone justice, hot tuna, REM, U2, max creek, the ramones, NRBQ, Jason & the Scorchers, Fountainhead, B Willie Smith. Blushing Brides, Arizona Maid Band.... more???

New Haven Coliseum - J. Geils, CSN, Santana, MTB

The New Haven Green - Susan Tedeschi
 
huskymedic said:
Nah… Keg House had bands every week.

Regular rotation of Eyes, Fast Fingers, Fountainhead, The Crayons, Apple, TireBiter, Michael Bolotin Band off the top of my head. Big ads alongside Toads weekly in the old New Haven Advocate.
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Liked the Crayons. They played all around the area.
 
huskymedic said:
Fernando Pinto… crazy bastard.

One could make quite the night bouncing around New Haven in the late 70’s/early 80’s. Toad’s, Agora, Arcadia Ballroom (aka Brawlroom), Keg House, Oxford Ale House, Great American Saloon, Grotto or just sit on the hood of the car in front of Ron’s Place and freak watch ;).

Drinking age was 18 and life was simpler.
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Wow…these venues take me back! Toads was great. Oxford Ale House was almost my downfall. $5 all the beer you could drink night. Was a little hike from SCSU but worth it. Funny aside, our group played a drinking game…first guy to have to go to the bathroom had to pay the others $5. Guys would try to sneak out on all fours.
Keg House might as well have been a frat house. worked there as a bouncer…football connection. Great cover bands!
Thanks for posting this, made me laugh recalling great times in school !
 
I think I still get “Free Drinks Until 10pm” passes in the mail from Toads. Saw Public Enemy there in the early 90’s.

Broadway Pizza was a great after bar stop for a quick slice in that area at the time.
 
Howabout Tuxedo Junction in Danbury? Highlights back in the mid 90's to early 2000's were Helmet (my first concert), Oasis (did not attend), Korn (did not attend), Hatebreed, George Clinton (free show!).
 
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huskymedic said:
Yeah… my bad for not adding “Legal” before drinking age (Malone’s)

It’s driving me nuts… it was next to Vito’s Deli. Rock Club keeps jumping in my head but not positive. Think building ended its life as the Brass Monkey and burned down.
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Rock Bar came after Urban Jungle.

This was before.

It was a sparse place full of goth kids.

Someone in our circle made the claim that Goth didn't exist in the US prior to the 90s. And I immediately thought of this club full of Goth kids. If it wasn't goth, then what the hell was it? He refused to believe anyone dressed like that and listened to Siouxsie Sioux or whatever.
 
boog204 said:
89... I was only 10 but remember hearing about this the next day. For those who were there, how did everyone find out about this in the moment? Can only imagine how cool it would have been to see them at such a small venue.
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Friend from New Jersey called me; he was a very close friend of a promoter down there.
 
A couple of weird experiences:

1. All Ages non-alcoholic show at a Used Car Showroom at the bottom of Branford Hill for the Ramones in '83 or '84. About 100 people showed up. Sad.

2. As 16 year olds, we were drinking 99 cent pitchers of Genessee Cream Ale at the Outlaw Josey Wales Saloon in Westville when Miracle Legion came on to play in front of... what looked like... their friends.

3. As a 14 year old, I slept out in front of the Coliseum for AC/DC tickets during their For Those About to Rock tour. We got front row seats, but waking up that morning, I got to see the after effects of heavy heavy drugs from people slightly older than me, and I think that event more or less kept me on the straight and narrow for many years. Have your kids spend a night on Skid Row during their freshman year of HS. They will either die or become surgeons.

My Dad had a luncheonette outside the coliseum in the late 70s/early 80s, and working that thing was wild on concert nights. Throngs of wacked out people looking for food or a place to pee. The coliseum ushers would pop open the side door for me with my 4 staccato knocks so I saw a ton of sold-out shows for free. Stuff like Skynyrd, Foghat, the Outlaws, B.O.C., but also the Cars, Springsteen and Madonna.
 
Mots010 said:
Howabout Tuxedo Junction in Danbury? Highlights back in the mid 90's to early 2000's were Helmet (my first concert), Oasis (did not attend), Korn (did not attend), Hatebreed, George Clinton (free show!).
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You ever see the HBO special on the teenager who was running a ponzi scheme out of Tuxedo Junction?
 
Mots010 said:
Howabout Tuxedo Junction in Danbury? Highlights back in the mid 90's to early 2000's were Helmet (my first concert), Oasis (did not attend), Korn (did not attend), Hatebreed, George Clinton (free show!).
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I was at the George Clinton show at Tuxedo, my buddy Sean was booking there at the time. Best Tuxedo memory was Karl Densons Tiny Universe during a snowstorm, the drive up and back from Norwalk too forever both ways, more members of the band and crew than attendees, one of the best shows ever!
 
upstater said:
A couple of weird experiences:

1. All Ages non-alcoholic show at a Used Car Showroom at the bottom of Branford Hill for the Ramones in '83 or '84. About 100 people showed up. Sad.

2. As 16 year olds, we were drinking 99 cent pitchers of Genessee Cream Ale at the Outlaw Josey Wales Saloon in Westville when Miracle Legion came on to play in front of... what looked like... their friends.

3. As a 14 year old, I slept out in front of the Coliseum for AC/DC tickets during their For Those About to Rock tour. We got front row seats, but waking up that morning, I got to see the after effects of heavy heavy drugs from people slightly older than me, and I think that event more or less kept me on the straight and narrow for many years. Have your kids spend a night on Skid Row during their freshman year of HS. They will either die or become surgeons.

My Dad had a luncheonette outside the coliseum in the late 70s/early 80s, and working that thing was wild on concert nights. Throngs of wacked out people looking for food or a place to pee. The coliseum ushers would pop open the side door for me with my 4 staccato knocks so I saw a ton of sold-out shows for free. Stuff like Skynyrd, Foghat, the Outlaws, B.O.C., but also the Cars, Springsteen and Madonna.
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LOL... Sneakers in Branford

Was the luncheonette across from the Norge?
 
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upstater said:
A couple of weird experiences:

1. All Ages non-alcoholic show at a Used Car Showroom at the bottom of Branford Hill for the Ramones in '83 or '84. About 100 people showed up. Sad.

2. As 16 year olds, we were drinking 99 cent pitchers of Genessee Cream Ale at the Outlaw Josey Wales Saloon in Westville when Miracle Legion came on to play in front of... what looked like... their friends.

3. As a 14 year old, I slept out in front of the Coliseum for AC/DC tickets during their For Those About to Rock tour. We got front row seats, but waking up that morning, I got to see the after effects of heavy heavy drugs from people slightly older than me, and I think that event more or less kept me on the straight and narrow for many years. Have your kids spend a night on Skid Row during their freshman year of HS. They will either die or become surgeons.

My Dad had a luncheonette outside the coliseum in the late 70s/early 80s, and working that thing was wild on concert nights. Throngs of wacked out people looking for food or a place to pee. The coliseum ushers would pop open the side door for me with my 4 staccato knocks so I saw a ton of sold-out shows for free. Stuff like Skynyrd, Foghat, the Outlaws, B.O.C., but also the Cars, Springsteen and Madonna.
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Great stuff!! That Madonna show must have been 1985 when the unsigned Beastie Boys opened for the material girl. No one wanted to see them. LOL ....just for the record, my girlfriend at the time bought us 4 scalped floor seats for the show. ;-)
 
boog204 said:
89... I was only 10 but remember hearing about this the next day. For those who were there, how did everyone find out about this in the moment? Can only imagine how cool it would have been to see them at such a small venue.
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It was the Steel Wheels Tour. The Stones were rehearsing at a private school in Washington CT. It was summer so no students. I owned a music club at the time in Torrington called Water Street Station. My partner got a call from an un identified person at the time and correctly guessed that it was the Stones and swore his secrecy. I was on vacation later that Summer in New Hampshire on a lake and picked up the Hartford Courant at a little general store. I started reading a story in the Calendar section about how the band wanted to play a few unadvertised shows at CT clubs to work out any kinks. Jim Koplik said "Water Street Station correctly guessed it was the Stones and was promptly crossed off the list. They were too smart for their own good." UGH! The story was about how the logistics to play multiple CT clubs became too complicated so they settled on Toads Place only. Citi Lites on Union Station in Hartford was also on the original list.
 
huskymedic said:
LOL... Sneakers in Branford

Was the luncheonette across from the Norge?
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Yes, Angelo's 1976- 1983??

He bought Charlie's Place (above Malone's) on Whitney and Church in 1983 and ran it for a decade or more.
 
huskymedic said:
Fernando Pinto… crazy bastard.

One could make quite the night bouncing around New Haven in the late 70’s/early 80’s. Toad’s, Agora, Arcadia Ballroom (aka Brawlroom), Keg House, Oxford Ale House, Great American Saloon, Grotto or just sit on the hood of the car in front of Ron’s Place and freak watch ;).

Drinking age was 18 and life was simpler.
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I think Fernando Pinto also ran a music club on Rubber Ave in Naugatuck if I recall correctly.
 
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