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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: ratbaggy on December 17, 2004, 02:31:00 pm
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Is there anywhere that has a comprehensive list of bands who have played with dates at the 9:30 since the 80's.
Steve
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Simple answer, no.
Complex answer, they are working on it possibly, but if you know the show, then maybe they can confirm who played.
20+ years of shows, 250+ nights, 2+ bands = a lot of work.
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Mark Jenkins wrote an excellent retrospective of the old 930 club a few years ago when it closed... I don't know if it's available on the City Paper website archives or not. It didn't have a full list of bands, but there were some great highlights, such as the time Einsturzende Neubauten tried to bring down the house -- literally.
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
[QB] Simple answer, no.
Thanks. Looking for a number of dates. Mostly replacements from the 80's but interested in the whole history.
Steve
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As a relative newcomer to the DC area, I am also curious as to the general history of the club. I know enough to realize that this isn't the original location, but I have no idea where the old location was, when it got started, various things like that. Would any of the seasoned veterans of DC concertgoing like to enlighten me?
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Well for starters the old club was at 9:30 F street....hence the name. The club opened in a space previously occupied by a club called the Atlantis (bad brains had a song called Jamming at the Atlantis) which had gone under for some reason or another. I think the first show held at the 9:30 was supposed to be Joy Division, but that didn't happen cuz Ian Curtis hung himself on the eve of J.D.'s first US tour.
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Here's (http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/6953/page3.html) a really old website that has some people's reflections on the old club. Reading through the guestbooks brings back a lot of old memories.