Trash Bar

[Janelle]

Another one gone Had many a fun night there.

I met my Clash77 there
http://gothamist.com/2014/12/29/rip_trash_bar.php

[JGJR]

Another one gone Had many a fun night there.

I met my Clash77 there
http://gothamist.com/2014/12/29/rip_trash_bar.php

I thought you two met at a Buzzcocks (?) show at Irving and had the same shirt or something (maybe The Damned?). I guess I have the story wrong. Oh well. Sorry!

Anyway, that sucks re: Trash Bar closing, but I can't say I'm surprised given how cleaned up Williamsburg has gotten in recent years.

[Janelle]

Another one gone Had many a fun night there.

I met my Clash77 there
http://gothamist.com/2014/12/29/rip_trash_bar.php

I thought you two met at a Buzzcocks (?) show at Irving and had the same shirt or something (maybe The Damned?). I guess I have the story wrong. Oh well. Sorry!

Anyway, that sucks re: Trash Bar closing, but I can't say I'm surprised given how cleaned up Williamsburg has gotten in recent years.

Awww! You have two stories in one ha - We first met at Trash Bar at Murphy's Law show New Year's Eve, 2009 turning to 2010. We were both wearing Damned t-shirts - his Damned Damned Damned, mine the skull with the woman's reflection in it. Nothing ever came of it and then we met by chance outside Irving for the Buzzcocks in May and hung out there - Captain Two Man, sorry I hung out with him all night even though I went with you guys! Then we went to the Buzzcocks a few days later when they playd LI!

Yeah, I guess it was only a matter of time till something like this would happen. Now I'm worried for the one across the street, Grand Victory...

[scannest]

I was gonna bring up Grand Victory. Clubs come and clubs go. It's not easy to get worked up about the Trash Bar closing (excluding Janelle's sentimental reasons). Place was a dump. I did see one of my top 10 shows of all time there - the Figgs in the fall of 2006.

[captain2man]

Two Man played there as much as any other venue save the Continental. Always loved playing there.....drink in the front, rock in the back (like the bar equivalent of a mullet?).

No punk venue lasts forever. I'll definitely miss that joint.

[JGJR]

Another one gone Had many a fun night there.

I met my Clash77 there
http://gothamist.com/2014/12/29/rip_trash_bar.php

I thought you two met at a Buzzcocks (?) show at Irving and had the same shirt or something (maybe The Damned?). I guess I have the story wrong. Oh well. Sorry!

Anyway, that sucks re: Trash Bar closing, but I can't say I'm surprised given how cleaned up Williamsburg has gotten in recent years.

Awww! You have two stories in one ha - We first met at Trash Bar at Murphy's Law show New Year's Eve, 2009 turning to 2010. We were both wearing Damned t-shirts - his Damned Damned Damned, mine the skull with the woman's reflection in it. Nothing ever came of it and then we met by chance outside Irving for the Buzzcocks in May and hung out there - Captain Two Man, sorry I hung out with him all night even though I went with you guys! Then we went to the Buzzcocks a few days later when they playd LI!

Yeah, I guess it was only a matter of time till something like this would happen. Now I'm worried for the one across the street, Grand Victory...

Ah OK so I got at least some of it right, but I conflated two stories into one. It wouldn't surprise me if Grand Victory wasn't long for this world, either, at least at that location. I just wonder if there's a limit to this stuff. It's madness. Now all the hipsters in Bushwick are being driven out to Ridgewood. Maybe Maspeth or Middle Village will be the next hip neighborhood after that.

[JGJR]

I was gonna bring up Grand Victory. Clubs come and clubs go. It's not easy to get worked up about the Trash Bar closing (excluding Janelle's sentimental reasons). Place was a dump. I did see one of my top 10 shows of all time there - the Figgs in the fall of 2006.

I'm curious what was special about that one as opposed to other times you've seen The Figgs (I've seen them a bunch over the years, too).

[scannest]

I'm curious what was special about that one as opposed to other times you've seen The Figgs (I've seen them a bunch over the years, too).

There's no band I've seen more in the past decade, but that one was the beginning of my obsession. They were so powerful and fun and the audience was with them 1000%. Just a magical show.

[JGJR]

I'm curious what was special about that one as opposed to other times you've seen The Figgs (I've seen them a bunch over the years, too).

There's no band I've seen more in the past decade, but that one was the beginning of my obsession. They were so powerful and fun and the audience was with them 1000%. Just a magical show.

I never went to that venue, but there must be something about it. I heard similar tales about an Avengers show (a super late one, I believe) there around the same time period. I first saw them in '96 opening for and backing Graham Parker and I've seen them do that a bunch of times since then.