1978 Club Listings - Boston Punk Scene
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The Rat - Jan 1 Sun Nervous Eaters and Reddy Teddy
The Club - Jan 2 Mon The Count with Pastiche and Phobia
The Club - Jan 4 Wed The Neighborhoods Benefit for David Minehan
Featuring Al "Lorenzo" Drake, Third Rail, La Peste, Swine Lovelace, The Rubits, The Count, The Bimbos, The Muffin Band
The Club - Jan 5+6+7 Thur+Fri+Sat The Clone and Slash
The Club - Jan 8+9 Sun+Mon Buck and Fighter
The Club - Jan 10+11+12 Tues+Wed+Thur Ann
Prim Group and The Mechanics - first
Boston Appearance since June 1977 - THUNDERTRAIN and Thrills
The Club-Jan 13+14 Thur+Fri Thundertrain
The Rat-Jan 9 Mon SOCK HOP JAM '78
Featuring members of - The Modern Lovers, Reddy Teddy, Johnny Barnes
Group,
Kalishes, J. Wild, Kommandos, Fox Pass, Automobiles, Nervous Eaters
The Rat - Jan 10+11 Tues+Wed The Molls and New England
The Rat - Jan 12+13 Thurs+Fri The Atlantics and Tuff Darts
The Rat - Jan 14+15 Sat+Sun The Atlantics and Laughing Dogs
Paradise - Jan 13 Johnny Barnes Group
Cantone's - Jan 22 Sun New bands..Back Street Beat and Furor
Cantone's - Jan 23+24 Mon+Tues The Jaguars
The Club - Jan 24+25+26 New England, Axis, The Stompers
The Club - Jan 27,28,29 Original Sin, Clone, Slash
Paradise - Jan 25+26 The Cars with The Atlantics
Cantone's - Jan 25+26 Wed+Thurs La Peste and Baby's Arm
Cantone's - Jan 27+28 Fri+Sat The Infliktors and Thrills
Cantone's - Jan 29 Sun Nervous Eaters and The Real Kids
The Club - Jan 24+25+26 New England, Axis, The Stompers
The Club - Jan 27,28,29 Original Sin, Clone, Slash
The Rat - Jan 23 Mon Benefit for The Destroyed
...with Rage, Rainbow and many other Boston Bands
The Rat - Jan 24+25 Tues+Wed Clone and Slash
The Rat - Jan 26+27 Thur+Fri Fox Pass, The Neighborhoods and The Vinny Band
The Rat - Jan 28+29 Sat+Sun Fox Pass and Luna
The Paradise - Jan 24 Tues Reddy Teddy and Fox Pass
The Paradise - Jan 25+26 Wed+Thurs The Cars
The Rat - Mon+Tues Thrills and The Destroyed
The Rat - Wed+Thurs+Fri DMZ and The Mechanics
The Rat - Sat+Sun Easy Action and The Mechanics
Rexicana Ballroom (Marshfield) - Feb 3+4 Fri+Sat Johnny Barnes Group and George Thorogood and The Delaware Destroyers
Rexicana Ballroom (Marshfield) - Feb 17+18 Fri+Sat Reddy Teddy, Fighter, The Atlantics and Fox Pass
Cantone's - Jan 29 Sun Real Kids and The
Mechanics - Sunday Afternoon Special
Cantone's - Jan 30+31 Mon+Tues The Mechanics plus new sensation The Furor
Cantone's - Feb 1+2 Wed+Thurs What the hell is Shane Champagne and Human Sexual Response
The Club - Jan 28+29 Sat+Sun Original Sin, Clone, Slash
The Club - Jan 30+31+Feb 1 Mon+Tues+Wed Human Sexual Response, The Infliktors and Baby's Arm
The Club -Feb 2+3+4 Thur+Fri+Sat The Atlantics and Fighter
The Rat - Jan 30 Mon Nooky Sash and Rolland Julius and friends
The Rat - Jan 31+Feb1 Tues+Wed Thrills and Moving Parts
The Rat - Feb 2+Feb 3 Thurs+Fri The Mechanics with DMZ
The Ra t- Feb 4+Feb 5 Sat+Sun The Mechanics with Real Kids
The Club - Feb 6+7+8 The Lasers, The Bimbos and Surprise Guest
The Club - Feb 9+10+11 Thundertrain and Baby's Arm
The Club - Feb 12+13+14+15 One, Reckless Driver, The Lasers, Stephan Lovelace New Band
The Club - Feb 16+17+18 Reggae Rock and Roll featuring Jah Malla and The Real Kids
Knights of Columbus - Feb 11 Sat La Peste and The Inflictors
Cantone's - Feb 13 Mon Rip Chord
Cantone's - Feb 14 Tues Cupid and The Quivering
Bowstrings…Valentines Special - She
drinks for half price - wear pink.
Cantone's - Feb 15 Wed Thrills and The Infliktors
Cantone's - Thurs Feb 16 Thrills, Baby's Arm
Cantone's - Feb 17+18 Fri+Sat La Peste and Tracks
The Club - Feb 17+18+19 Tues+Wed+Thurs Fox Pass
Cantone's - Feb 19 Sun Miscarriage Stockholders' Fund Raising Benefit
and Carmen Monoxide Birthday Party Real Kids, Mechanics and Shane Champagne
Cantone's - Feb 20+21 Mon+Tues Thrills
Cantone's - Feb 22+23 Wed+Thurs Six Feet Under
Cantone's - Feb 24+25 Fri+Sat Marshalls and Jaguars
The Club - Feb 20+21+22 Mon+Tues+Wed The Lazers, The Bimbos, and Stephen Lovelace's Holy Trinity
The Club - Feb 23+24+25 Thurs+Fri+Sat Johnny Barnes Group and Clone
The Rat - Mon+Tues+Wed The Diodes (from Canada) and Thrills
The Rat - ThursFri+Sat The Johnny Barnes Group and Nervous Eaters
The Rat - Sat+Sun The Johnny Barnes Group and Lazers
The Rat - Mon+Tues The Epoch and Roland Julius and Friends
The Rat - Wed+Thurs+Fri The Romantics (From Detroit) with Third Rail
The Rat - Sat+Sun Nervous Eaters and Max - Live
WCOZ broadcast Sunday at Midnight
Cantone's - Feb 27+28 Mon+Tues Furor and Rip Chord
Cantone's - March 1 Wed Italian Rock and Roll with Vinny
Cantones - March 2+3 Thurs+Fri Shane Champagne and Vinny
Cantone's - March 4 Sat Back By Popular
Demand - Human Sexual Response and La Peste
The Club - March 1 Wed Rip Chord and 2 Surprise Guests
The Club - March 2+3+4 Thur+Fri+Sat Thundertrain and Baby's Arm
The Club - March 6+7+8 Mon+Tue+Wed Reckless Driver and Rip Chord
The Club - March 9+10+11 Thurs+Fri+Sat Fox Pass and Reddy Teddy
The Rat - March 12 Sun Pere Ubu
Cantone's - March 6 Mon Epoch, Baby's Arm
Cantone's - March7 Tues Baby's Arm, Stompers
Cantone's - March 8+9 Wed+Thurs Stompers, Fighters
Cantone's - March 10+11 Fri+Sat Inflictors, Nervous Eaters
The Rat - March 13 Mon The Stompers
The Rat - March 14 Tues Six Feet Under and Axis
The Rat - March 15 Wed Shane Champagne and Reckless Driver
The Rat - March 16+17 Thurs+Fri The Atlantics and The Fast (from NYC)
The Rat-March 18 Sat The Atlantics and The Laughing Dogs (from NYC)
The Rat-March 19 Sun WCOZ Live Broadcast of The Atlantics and The Stompers
The Club - March 13+14+15+16 Mon+Tues+Wed+Thur The Bimbos and Baby's Arm
The Club - March 17+18+19 St Pats Day Party Third Rail and Neighborhoods plus a feature film featuring Jonathan Edwards
The Rat - March 17 Fri The Fast
Cantone's - March 13+14 Mon+Tues Unnatural Axe and Surprise guest
Cantone's - March 15+16 Wed+Thurs The Outer Tubes
Cantone's - March 17+18 Fri+Sat Mechanics and the Jaguars
Cantone's -March 19 Sun Victory House No Booze Benefit
Starring Shane Champagne and The Mechanics - comedy by Mario Cantone
-
skit by Teddy Cantone - slide show by John DeMiranda -
food and prizes - all proceeds go to the Victory House
Cantone's -March 20+21 Mon+Tues Rollen Julius and Rip Chord
Cantone's - March 22+23 Wed+Thurs Stompers (this is rock and roll)The Furor
Cantone's - March 24 Fri Reddy Teddy and Mechanics
Cantone's - March 25 Sat Nervous Eaters and The Senders (from NYC)
The Club - March 27+28+29 Jamaica Way featuring "Rollie"
The Club - March 30+31,April1 Reddy Teddy and One
The Rat - March 20 Mon The Stompers
The Rat - March 21 Tues Easy Action with Cat's Ass
The Rat - March 22 Wed Easy Action with The Furors
The Rat - March 23+24 Thurs+Fri The Stranglers with Thrills and The Nervous Eaters
The Rat-March 25+26 Sat+Sun Luna and Shane Champagne
The Club-March 19 Sun Embalmers' Party (Spectators Welcome)
The Club-March 21+22 Tues+Wed Clone with Slash and Easy Action
The Club-March 23+24+25 Thurs+Fri+Sat Listen (British Rock Band) and Two Surprise Bands
The Cricket (Ashland) - March 30 Thurs Thundertain.
Cantone's - March 27 Mon Nite Flite
Cantone's - March 28 Tues Nite Flite and Max
Cantone's - March 29 Wed Rip Chord and Max
Cantone's - March 30 Thurs The Marshalls
Cantone's - March 31+April 1 Fri+Sat The Shane Champagne Band
Cantone's - April 2 Sun Once a Month Rock and Roll Party -The Marshalls and The Stompers.
The Club - April 2 Sun Benefit F.T.W. 3pm to 1am
The Club - April 3+4+5 Mon+Tues+Wed The Destroyed, Baby's Arm, and Mark Thor
The Club - April 6+7+8 Thur+Fri+Sat Johnny Barnes, Clone, Reckless Drivers
The Rat - April 3 MonStompers, DMZ
The Rat - April 4 Tues The Flashcubes and Spys
The Rat - April 5 Wed Reckless and The Destroyed
The Rat - April 6+7+8 Thur+Fri+Sat The Erasers, (from NYC) , Thrills and The Lazers
The Rat - April 9 Sun Third Rail presents The Spring Super Jam
The Club - April 9+10+11+12 Shane Champagne
The Club - April 13+14+15 Reddy Teddy and Slash
The Club - April 16 Reddy Teddy, Slash
The Club - April 17+18+19 Ripchord, Surprise guest
The Club - April 20+21+22 Thundertrain, Baby's Arm
Cantone's - April 24+25 Mon+Tues The Busters
Cantone's - April 26 Wed The Real Kids (Admission $2.00)
Cantone's - April 27 Thurs Human Sexual Response, Larry Bangor movie Cinderella is shown
Cantone's - April 28+29 Fri+Sat Nervous Eaters, The Mechanics
Cantone's - April 30 Sun Spring Fever Party with Real Kids, Nervous Eaters, Mechanics.
The Club - April 24+25+26 Mon+Tues+Wed Storm, Shiver, surprise guest
The Club - April 27+28+29 Thur+Fri+Sat Fox Pass, The City, Topaz
The Rat - Sat+Sun The Diamonds
CBGB's - April 29 The Shirts and Mickey Clean and
The Mezz
The Rat - Mon Stompers
The Rat -Tues The Spys, The Slugs
The Rat - Wed (April 26?) Ripchord, The Neighborhoods
The Rat -Thur+Sun Johnny Barnes, Balloons (Thurs+Fri only)
The Rat -April 17 Monn Stompers
The Rat - April 18 Tues Luna , Spys
The Rat - April 19 Wed Luna, Marshalls
The Rat - April 20+21+22+23 Thur to SunNervous Eaters, The Fast
Paradise - April 19 The Streets
Paradise - April 23 Patti Smith
Paradise - April 24 Fox Pass, Bonnie Parker
Paradise - April 26 Good Rats
Inn-Square Men's Bar - April 23 Sun Battle of the Bands
The Stompers and The Lazers
Some consider this battle of the bands as the first 'Rumble'.
First prize=$500 This was the ballot
Inn-Square Men's Bar - April 24 Mon The Mechanics and Thrills
Inn-Square Men's Bar - April 25 Tues Marc Thor and Unnatural Axe
Inn-Square Men's Bar - April 26 Weds La Peste and Baby's Arm
Inn-Square Men's Bar - April 27 Thurs Semi-Finals
Inn-Square Men's Bar - April 28 Fri Semi-Finals
Inn-Square Men's Bar - April 29 Sat Finals La Peste wins.
Paradise - May15+16 Lou Reed
The Club - May 1,2 and 3 Mon-Tues-Wed Two
surprise groups.
The Club - May 4,5, and 6 Thur-Fri-Sat Topaz
Cantone's - May 1 and 2 Mon-Tues Trix with Peter Vallis
Cantone's - May 3 and 4 Wed-Thurs La Peste , The Girls (cover $2.00)
Cantone's - May 5 and 6 Fri-Sat The Count and Gizmos
Poster
Cantone's - May 7 Sunday The Count, Unnatural Axe, The Destructors
The Rat - May 1 Mon Stompers
The Rat - May 2 Tues Spys and City
The Rat - May 3 Wed Shane Champagne Band, The Mechanics
The Rat - May 4 + 5 Thurs+Fri The Atlantics , The Cramps
The Rat - May 6+ 7 Sat+Sun The Atlantics , Shane Champagne Band
The Club - May 16+17 Tues+Wed Original Sin, Surprise guest
The Club - May18+19+20 Thurs+Fri+Sat Johnny Barnes Group, Shane Champagne
The Club - May 23+24 Tues+Wed Clone + Maxx
The Club - May 25+26+27 Thurs+Fri+Sat Thundertrain, Reckless
Cantone's - May 28 Sun Eastwood Peak with guest Willie Loco
Cantone's - May 29+30 Mon+Tues The Rentals
Cantone's - May 31 Wed Ann Prim Group and Ripchord
Cantone's - June 1 Thurs First time in Boston-Paul Starfield and the Mutant Kings (Group cancelled this gig)
Cantone's - June 2+3+4 Fri+Sat+Sun The Infliktors
and La Peste - New Wave Juke Box by Oedipus.
The Rat - May 29 Mon Stompers
The Rat - May 30 Tues Spys and The Mutant Kings
The Rat - May 31 Wed Mutant Kings and Klone
The Rat - June 1+2 Thurs+Fri Nervous Eaters and Stompers
The Rat - June 3+4 The Nervous Eaters and Reckless
Cantone's - Wed+Thurs Ann Prim, Stompers
Cantone's - Fri+Sat Vinny, Third Rail
Cantone's - June 12-13 Mon-Tues Cash
Cantone's - June 14 Weds. Invaders, Rip Chord
Cantone's - June 15 Thurs. The Flash Cubes, The Invaders
Cantone's - June 16 Fri. Lazers, The Flash Cubes
Cantone's - June 17 Sat. Lazers and surprise guests
The Rat - June 12 Mon. The Stompers
The Rat - June 13 Tues Harlequin, Flashcubes
The Rat - June 14 Weds Harlequin, Flashcubes, Slugs
The Rat - June 15-16 Thurs-Fri The Real Kids, Dots
The Rat - June 17-18 Sat-Sun The Real Kids,
Sorrows
The Club - June 18 A Tribute To A Friend 1am to 1pm. - Cancer Society Benefit.
28 Bands including The Count, Lazers, La Peste,
Pastiche, Baby's Arm, Thrills, Marshalls - more - 1:00 pm to 1:00 am
The Club - June 20+21 Tues+Wed (Progressive Country
Rock - Monroe County and Outlaws
The Club - June 22+23+24 Thur+Fri+Sat City and The Stompers
The Paradise - June 18 Sun Marc Thor, Rentals
The Paradise - June 19+20 Mon+Tues Taj Mahal, Dixie Dregs
The Paradise - June 21 Wed Ellis Hall
The Paradise - June 22 Thur Flora Purim, Braid Hersey and the Year of the Ear
The Paradise - June 23+24 Fri+Sat The Atlantics and La Peste
The Paradise - June 25 Sun Kinky Freedman
The Paradise - June 26 Mon Blend
The Paradise - June 27 Tues NRBQ, Chuck McDermot and Wheatstraw
The Paradise - June 28 Wed Thundertrain, Nervous Eaters
The Paradise - June 29 Thur New Wave Rock and Roll Spectacular: Count Vigleone and the August Phenomenon, Nervous Rex, Marshalls Stompers
The Paradise - July 1 Sat The Cars
The Paradise - July 5 Wed Kate Taylor
Cantone's - Mon The Bimbos $1.00 cover
Cantone's -Tues Fantasy - three piece all original music. $1.00 cover
Cantone's - Wed Max and Fantasy
Cantone's - Thurs Maz and Ripchord
Cantone's - Fri +Sat The Lazers and The Mechanics - two of Boston's hottest!
Cantone's - Sun Doors open at noon - Lots
of Italian Food - Lots of Bands - Lots of Surprise Guests - Come on and
party!
Cantone's - Mon+Tues The Molls (Progressive New Wave) and The Moving Parts
Cantone's -Wed+Thur Ann Prim Group and The Inflictors - both groups back
by popular demand.
Cantone's - Fri+Sat Baby's Arm and (from NYC)The
Nervous Rex - Two Hot Bands
Cantone's - Sun The Real Kids - Food and Lots of Music - Doors open at
4:00 pm - music starts when the music starts.
Cantone's - Mon. Beer Bash (not a group, just drinkin' heavy-ed)
Cantone's - Tues. The Real Kids
Cantone's - Wed-Thurs The Neighborhoods, The Vinny Band
Cantone's - Fri-Sat The Ann Prim Group, The Fast
Cantone's - Sun. The Count, Unnatural Axe, The Blue Moon Band
The Rat - Mon The Stompers
The Rat -Tues- The Dictators, The Spys
The Rat - Weds The Dictators, Klone
The Rat - Thurs+Fri DMZ, The Poles
The Rat - Sat-Sun DMZ, La Peste
Cantone's - Tues Musical Surprise
Cantone's -- Wed Real Kids, Nervous Eaters
Cantone's -Thurs Nervous Eaters and surprise guests
Cantone's - Fri+Sat The Fleshtones, The Neighborhoods
Cantone's - Sun New Wave Spring Fever Party:
The Count, Unnatural Axe, The Kustons, The Condemned
The Rat - Mon Stompers
The Rat - Tues Reckless + Storm
The Rat - Weds Reckless + Lolo
The Rat - Thurs Luna + Lolo
The Rat - Fri+Sat Luna + The Mechanics
The Rat - Mon+Tues Boyfriends, Roland Julius
The Rat - Wed Shane Champagne, Nookie Sash
The Rat - Thurs+Fri Third Rail, Neighborhoods, Stompers
The Rat - Sat Sun Third Rail, Vinny Band, Maxx
The Rat - Mon Stompers
The Rat - Tues Spys, Reckless
The Rat - Wed Pasta Nite-Free Pizza Vinny Band, Reckless
The Rat - Thurs+Fri UK Squeeze
The Rat - Sun John Kalishes presents The Last Annual Don't Look Back Jam, The Dawgs
Cantone's - Mon+Tues The Dawgs,
Cantone's - Wed+Thurs Inflicktors, City
Cantone's - Fri+Sat The Stompers, The Senders
The Rat - Mon The Stompers
The Rat - Tues Baby's Arm, Spys
The Rat - Wed Baby's Arm, Phantoms
The Rat - Thurs+Fri Reddy Teddy, The Mumps
The Rat - Sat+Sun Reddy Teddy, Helen Wheels Band
The Paradise - June 26 Mon The Blend
The Paradise - June 28 Wed Thundertrain and The Nervous Eaters
The Paradise - June 29 Thurs New Wave Rock and Roll Pop Spectacular
Featuring..The Count Viglione's August
Phenomenon, V, The Stompers, The Marshalls and From NYC, Nervous Rex -
admission $3.50
The Paradise - June 30-July 2 Fri-Sun The Cars
The Paradise - July 7 Fri The Ramones
The Club - June 27+28+29 Tues+Wed+Thur Human Sexual Response and The Phantoms
The Club- June30+July 1+2+3 Fri+Sat+Sun+Mon DMZ and The Mechanics
Inn Square Men's Bar - June 28+29 Wed+Thurs The Mechanics
Inn Square Men's Bar - June 30+July 1+2 Fri+Sat+Sun La Peste
The Summit Room (Peabody)-June29+July1 Nervous Eaters and Real Kids
The Club - July 1+2+3 Sat+Sun+Mon DMZ and The Mechanics
The Club - July 5+6+7+8 Wed+Thur+Fri+Sat Klone and Fighter
Cantone's - July 3+4 Mon+Tues Jaguars
Cantone's - July 5+6 Wed+Thurs The Curse (Canadian all female band) and The Count (Boston's Underground Cult Figure)
Cantones - July 7+8 Fri+Sat The Neighborhoods and The Nervous Eaters
Poster
The Rat - July 3 Mon Stompers and Busters
The Rat - July 4 Tues The Infliktors and Special Guest
The Ra t - July 5 Wed Eastwood Pike and The Phantoms
The Rat - July 6 - 9 Thur - Sun Thurs+Fri+Sat+Sun
Thundertrain and The Romantics
The Paradise - July 7+8 Fri+Sat The Ramones
The Club - July 10 Mon Blind Juggler (A Primitive Futuristic Transcendent Environmental Experience)
The Club - July 11+12 Tues+Wed Eastwood Peak and The Moving Parts
The Club - July 13+14+15 Thur+Fri+Sat (Returning by popular demand ..)Johnny Barnes Group and Panic
The Summit Room (Peabody) - July 6+7+8 Reddy Teddy and Fox Pass
The Summit Room (Peabody) -July 13+14+15 Klone and Balloon
The Club - July 27+28+29 Thur+Fri+SatThundertrain and Sass
Cantones - July 28 Fri Moving Parts and Human Sexual Response
Cantones - July 29 Sat Moving Parts and Ripchord
The Paradise - June 30 - July 2 The Cars
The Paradise - July 7-9 The Ramones and Real Kids
The Paradise - July 20-22 Mink De Ville and Billy Falons's Burning Rose
The Paradise - July 26 Southside Johnny and the Asbury Dukes
The Paradise - July 31-Aug 1 The Dead Boys
Cantone's -July 30 Thrills and Baby's Arm
The Paradise-July 31 Stompers
The Summit Lounge (Peabody) - Aug 3+4+5 Thur+Fri+Sat Thundertrain and special friends.
The Rexacana Ballroom - Aug 4+5 Fri+Sat Marshalls and The Stompers
Cantone's - Mon+Tues The Slugs
Cantone's - Wed+Thurs Vinny and The Nervous Eaters
Cantone's - Fri+Sat The Fleshtones and The Infliktors
Cantone's - Sun Doors open at 4:00pm - Benefit Party
- Surprise Attraction - Italian Food
The Club - Aug 1 Tues Tracks and The Phantoms
The Club - Aug 2 Wed Second Annual Lorry Doll Birthday Celebration
Featuring: Tracks, The Boulevards and Zoo Types
The Club - Aug 3 Thur Nervous Eaters with The News
The Club - Aug 4 Fri Nervous Eaters with Kill Sound
The Club - Aug 5 Sat Nervous Eaters with Baby' s Arm
The Rat - Aug 7 Mon The Vinny Band and Jewels
The Rat - Aug 8+9 Tues+Wed The Neighborhoods and Tracks
The Rat - Aug 10+11+12+13 Thur+Fri+Sat+Sun Luna with Laughing Dogs
The Summit Room - Aug 10+11+12 Thur+Fri+Sat Thundertrain
The Paradise -Aug 7 Mon Fox Pass and Storm
The Club - Aug 8+9 Tues+Wed Johanna Wild and Kid Morocco
The Club - Aug 10+11+12 Thur+Fri+Sat The Streets and Reckless
Cantone's - Mon+Tues Loose Change 9-1 pm
Cantone's - Wed+Thur Back by popular demand - Unnatural Axe and Baby's
Arm
Cantone's - Fri From NY - back by popular demand Flashcubes
and Maxx
Cantone's - Aug 21+22 Mon+Tues Zoo Types (Silly Rock and Roll)
Cantone's - Aug 23+24 Wed+Thurs The Marshalls and special guest Ray Paul
Cantone's - Aug 25+26 Fri+Sat Human Sexual Response plus The Jaguars
The Rat - Aug 21 Mon The Invaders and Hal Greer
The Rat - Aug 22 Tues The Thrills and Loadstone
The Rat - Aug 23 Wed The Thrills and Nightwing
The Rat - Aug 24+25 Thur+ Fri The Fast and Shane
The Rat - Aug 26 Sat The Fast and Vinny
The Rat - Aug 27 Sun One night only - Riser
with Vinny
The Rat - Mon The Rings and Hot Dates
The Rat -Tues Barker Gang and Chicken With Lips
The Rat- Wed Barker Gang and Rock and Roll Rebels
The Rat - Thurs+Fri DMZ. And the return of Mickey Clean
The Rat - Sat+Sun DMZ with the Molls - NEWLY AIR-CONDITIONED
The Club - Aug 28+29+30 Mon+Tues+Wed The Rings and First Time Ever-The Hot Dates
The Club - Aug 31+Sept 1+2+3 The Storm, Outlan'Zeeksm and Sparky and The Blades
The Club - Aug 21+22+23 Mon+Tue+Wed Epoch and Loudestone
The Club - Aug 24+25+26 Thurs+Fri+Sat Back Alley Band and Trapper (formerly Links)
Cantone's - Aug 28+29 Mon+Tues The Boogers
Cantone's - Aug 30+31 Wed+Thurs From NYC
-The Verbs and back by popular demand - The Stompers
Cantone's - Sept 1+2 Fri+Sat The Flashback (from NYC) and back by popular demand The Neighborhoods
Boston Architectural Center (320 Newbury St) - Sept 1 Fri Human Sexual Response and Unnatural Axe
Cantone's - Sept 10 Sun Thrills (Rock and Roll Party ..doors open at 5:00..music starts at 6:00)
Cantone's - Sept 11 Mon Ann Prim Group -
cover $1.00
Cantone's - Sept 12+13+14 Tues+Wed+Thurs
From NYC Assassin Records Presents - Hot Lunch, 45 Debut, Dizzy
and Celebrate The Criminal
Cantone's - Sept 15+16 Fri+Sat The Misfits (from NYC) and Loose Change (from Boston)
Cantone's - Sept 17 Sun Frenzy
Magazine Benefit - doors open at 5:00..music starts at 6:00
The Club - Sept 11+12+13 Mon+Tues+Wed Look and Pulse
The Club - Sept 14+15+16 Thur+Fri+Sat Klone and La Peste
The Mad Hatter-Sept 17 Sun 8 Hours OF Rock'n'Roll Featuring: Johnny Barnes Group, Empty Hearts, The Real Kids, Tastie Leggs, Thundertrain, Shane Champagne, Infliktors, Thrills, Neighborhoods, Savannah, and Baby's Arm. Hosted by WBCN's Oedipus. Beer 50 cents. Mixed Drinks 75 cents. Tickets $5.00
The Paradise - Sept 19 Tues Dictators, Thundertrain
The Paradise - Sept 20 Wed Dictators, Stompers
The Club - Sept 18+19+20 Mon+Tues+Wed Loose Change and The Boogers
The Club - Sept 21+22+23 Thurs+Fri+Sat The Streets and Reckless
The Rat- Sept 18 Mon Shane Champagne-Free welcome back to Boston party ..and The Dawgs
The Rat - Sept 19 Tues The Rentals and The Destroyed
The Rat - Sept 20 Wed The Phantoms and Ground Zero
The Rat - Sept 21+22 Thur+Fri The Final Appearance of The Johnny Barnes Group with La Peste
The Rat - Sept 23+24 Sat+Sun The Final Appearance of The Johnny Barnes Group with The Marshalls
Cantone's - Sept 18+19 Mon+Tues Hot Dates $1.00 cover
Cantone's - Sept 20+21 Wed+Thurs The Stompers and The Zoo Types
Cantone's - Sept 22+23 Fri and Sat Punkadelic
Weekend - The Verbs and Mass punkers delight-The Rentals
Buttercup Lounge (Lunenberg) - Sept 23 Thundertrain
The Rat - Mon Tour De Force plus Zoo Types
The Rat - Tues Rock and Roll Rebels plus Sparky and The Blades
The Rat - Wed Ripchord plus The News
The Rat - Thurs+Fri Thundertrain and The Neighborhoods
The Rat - Sat Thundertrain and Hot Dates
The Rat - Sun Thundertrain and The Rings
The Rat - Mon Johanna Wild and Kid Morocco
The Rat - Tues Johanna Wild and Shane Champagne
The Rat - Wed Real Kids and The Neighborhoods
The Rat - Thurs Real Kids and The Dawgs
The Rat - Fri DMZ with La Peste and The Thrills
The Rat - Sat Johnnie Barnes with The Vinny Band, Tweezer and Sun
The Rat - Sun Streets with Reckless and Klone
The Rat - Mon Stompers and Panic
The Rat -Tues Shane Champagne Band and Ripchord
The Rat - Wed Shane Champagne Band and Unnatural Axe
The Rat - Thur+Fri Streets and Klone
The Rat - Sat Last American Date U.K. Squeeze with Baby's Arm
The Rat - Sun Last American Date U.K. Squeeze with Kill Sound
The Club - Oct 2+3+4 Mon+Tues+Wed Naughty Daughty Rich Band and Special Surprise Guest
The Club - Oct 5+6+7 Thur+Fri+Sat Shane Champagne Band and Human Sexual Response
Cantone's - Mon+Tues Maxx
Cantone's - Wed+Thurs The Count's Auguste Phenomenon and The Blue Moon Band
Cantone's - Fri+Sat The Real Kids and their special guest
Cantone's - Oct 2 Mon Ann Prim Group
Cantone's - Oct 3+4 Tues+Wed Phantoms
Cantone's - Oct 5 Thurs Surprise Party..cheap drinks
Cantone's - Oct 6+7 Fri+Sat Vinny and The Infliktors
The Rat - Mon Stompers
The Rat - Tues Maxx and Kill Sound
The Rat - Wed The Dictators with The Marshalls
The Rat - Thurs The Dictators with Baby's Arm
The Rat - Fri+Sat+Sun Johnny Barnes and Balloon
The Rat - Mon Stompers and Kid Morocco
The Rat - Tues Klone and Rafferty
The Rat - Wed Klone and Slugs
The Rat - Thurs and Fri The Slugs
The Rat - Sat+Sun The Slugs and Shane Champagne
The Rat - Oct 16 Mon Precious Metal with Sarless
The Rat - Oct 17 Tues Precious Metal with The Vultures
The Rat - Oct 18 Wed Shane Champagne and The Infliktors
The Rat - Oct 19+20 Thurs+Fri Luna and The Neighborhoods
The Rat - Oct 21+22 Sat+Sun Luna and The Laughing Dogs
The Rat - Oct 16 Mon Lips and Boogars
The Rat - Oct 17 Tues Harry Toledo and Cassandra
The Rat - Oct 18 Wed Harry Toledo and The Rentals
The Rat - Oct 19 Thurs Nervous Eaters and Thrills
The Rat - Oct 20 Fri Nervous Eaters and DMZ
The Rat - Oct 21+22 Sat+Sun Mickey Clean and the Mezz
The Rat - Oct 23 Mon Baby's Arm and Hot Dates
The Rat - Oct 24+25 Tues+Wed Rod Swensons TV
Tape of The Ramones, Blondie, and The Dead Boys along with DMZ and The Plasmatics
The Rat - Oct 26 Thurs The Police and The Vinny Band
The Rat - Oct 27 Fri The Police and Unnatural Axe
The Rat - Oct 28 Sat The Police and Tracks
The Rat - Oct 29 Sun The Police with The Reds (from Philadelphia)
Cantone's - Oct 22 Sun The Verbs invite Rock and Rollers from 2-6pm-No cover charge. The Real Kids 7-11pm $2 cover.
Cantone's - Oct 23 Mon Ann Prim Group
Cantone's - Oct 24 Tues The Boogers
Cantone's - Oct 25 Wed The Boogers and Moving Parts
Cantone's - Oct 26 Thurs The Moving Parts and Unnatural Axe
Cantone's - Oct 27+28 Fri+Sat The Zoo Types and Ann Prim
Cantone's - Oct 29 Sun The Verbs 2-6p -no cover
Cantone's - Oct 30 Mon Ann Prim Group
Cantone's - Oct 31 Tues Infliktors 3rd Annual gala Masque with La Peste and THE RATS
Cantone's - Nov 1 Wed La Peste and Guests
Cantone's - Nov 2+3 Thurs+Fri The Count, The Slugs and The Crash Street Kids
Cantone's - Nov 4 Sat The Count, Crash Street Kids and Blue Moon Band
Cantone's -Tues Marilyn Wilde Group
Cantone's - Wed+Thurs Rip Chord and Soma
Cantone's - Fri+Sat La Peste and The Nervous Eaters
Cantone's- Sun The Verbs 2-6pm, The Real Kids
The Club - Oct 9+10+11 Mon+Tues+Wed Phantoms, Ground Zero and Lex Luther
The Club - Oct 12+13+14 Thur+Fri+Sat Balloon and The Toys
The Club - Oct 17+18 Tues+Wed The Empty Hearts and The Vinny Band.
The Club - Oct 19+20+21 Thurs+Fri+Sat Klone and The Hot Dates
The Club - Oct 23+24+25 Mon+Tues+Wed The Pits and The Empty Hearts
The Club - Oct 26+27+28 Thur+Fri+Sat Nervous Eaters and La Peste
The Club - Oct 29 Sun Nervous Eaters and DMZ
The Club - Oct 30 Mon Thundertrain and The Toys
The Club - Oct 31+Nov 1 Tues+Wed The Streets, Loose Change and The Empty Hearts
The Club - Nov 2-4 Thurs-Sat DMZ and Mickey Clean and The Mezz
The Rat - Mon Tracks and The Buster
The Rat - Tues +Wed Marshals and The Dots From NYC
The Rat - Thurs+Fri The Real Kids and The Shades from Philly
The Rat - Sat+Sun The Real Kids and The Vinny Band
Cantone's -Mon Ann Prim Group
Cantone's - Tues+Wed The Zoo Types and Loose Change
Cantone's - Thurs Human Sexual Response and Thrills
Cantone's - Fri+Sat Mickey Clean and the Mezz with Thrills
Cantone's - Sun Rock and Roll with The Verbs
Bosco's - Oct 29 Sun Private Lightning
Cantone's - Oct 30 Mon Ann Prim Group
Cantone's - Oct 31 Tues Halloween - prize
for best costume - Third Annual Gala Masque - The Infliktors and La Peste
and The Rats
Cantone's - Nov 1 Wed La Peste and Guests
Cantone's - Nov 2+3 Thurs+Fri The Count, The Slugs and Cash 3 Kids
Cantone's - Nov 4 Sat The Count, Cash 3 Kids, and The Blue Moon Band
The Club - Nov 2+3+4 Thur+Fri+Sat DMZ and Mickey Clean and the Mezz
The Rat - Oct 30 Mon Johanna Wild and Kid Morocco
The Rat - Oct 31 Tues Johnny Barnes Review and
DMZ with Harlequin
The Rat - Nov 1 Wed Nervous Eaters and Thrills
The Rat - Nov 2+3 Thurs+Fri Streets with Reckless
The Rat - Nov 4+5 Sat+Sun Streets with Sal Baglio
and The Stompers
The Rat - Nov 7 Tues Tracks, The Rentals and The
Destroyers
The Rat - Nov 8 Wed The Screamers
from LA and Marc Thor and The Destroyers
The Rat - Nov 9+10 Thur+Fri The Atlantics and
Thrills
The Rat - Nov 11+12 Sat+Sun The Atlantics and
Mickey Clean and The Mezz
The Club - Nov 6+7+8 Mon+Tues+Wed The Lips and
Starless
The Club - Nov 9+10+11 Thurs+Fri+Sat Balloon and
Loose Change and Kid Morocco
Cantone's - Nov 6 Mon Baby's Arm
Cantone's - Nov 7+8 Tues+Wed The Stompers and The
Marshalls
Cantone's - Nov 9+10 Thurs+Fri La Peste and Unnatural
Axe
Cantone's - Nov 11 Sat La Peste, Unnatural Axe
and Thrills
Cantone's - Nov 13 Mon Baby's Arm
Cantone's - Nov 14+15 Tues+Wed The Rentals and
Throbbing Members
Cantone's - Nov 16 Thurs Vinny and Thrills
Cantone's - Nov 17 Fri Thrills, Vinny and The
Neighborhoods
Cantone's - Nov 18 Sat Nervous Eaters and Vinny
The Rat - Nov 13 Mon Special Beer Night
with The Stompers and The Dawgs
The Rat - Nov 14 Tues The Neighborhoods and Thundertrain
The Rat - Nov 15 Wed The Neighborhoods and The Lazers
The Rat - Nov 16+17 Thur+Fri DMZ and The Nervous Eaters
The Rat - Nov 18+19 Sat+Sun DMZ and La Peste
Cantone's - Nov 13+14+15 Mon+Tues+Wed Lips and Starless and The Throbbing Members
Cantone's - Nov 16+17+18 Thurs+Fri+Sat Trapper (formerly Lynks) and The Back Alley Band
The Rat - Nov 20 Mon The Stompers and The Dawgs
The Rat - Nov 21 Tues Ripchord and Throbbing Members
The Rat - Nov 22 Wed The Dawgs and Dopes
The Rat - Nov 23+24 Thurs+Fri The Real Kids and
Very Special Guests
The Rat - Nov 25+26 Sat+Sun The Real Kids and The
Vinny Band
Inn-Square Men's Bar - Nov 24+25+26 Fri+Sat+Sun
Ray Paul and RPM…Gala Thanksgiving Party
Cantone's - Nov 20 Mon Baby's Arm
Cantone's - Nov 21 Tues The Rentals and Great Buns
Cantone's - Nov 22 Wed The
Troggs and The Real Kids 9:30 and 11:30 - Live
Broadcast at 9:30 by WTBS 88.1 FM
Cantone's - Nov 23 Thurs
The Fast (from NYC) and The Dawgs
Cantone's - Nov 24+25 Fri+Sat
The Fast (from NYC) and Human Sexual Response
Cantone's - Nov 26 Sun Thrills Benefit The Nervous
Eaters, La Peste, The Neighborhoods, and Unnatural Axe
The Club - Nov 26 Sun The Charge, Tour de Force
The Club - Nov 27+28+29 Sun+Mon Best of Couintry
Rock, Folk and Bluegrass - Arcadia and Full Moon Review
The Club - Nov 30 Tues+Wed The Lazers and Loose Change
The Club - Dec 1+2 Thur+Fri+Sat Nervouss Eaters and Lazers
Cantone's - Nov 27 Mon Baby's Arm
Cantone's - Nov 28+29 Tues+Wed The Stompers and
The Dawgs
Cantone's - Nov 30+Dec 1 Thurs+Fri Baby's Arm,
The Rentals and The Verbs
Cantone's - Dec 2 Sat The Ann Prim Group, Baby's
Arm, and the Verbs
Mr.C's Rock Palace (Lowell) - Nov 30-Dec 2 Thurs-Sat Thundertrain and The Jets
Inn Square Men's Bar - Nov 25+26 Sat+Sun Ray Paul and RPM
Inn Square Men's Bar - Nov 27 Mon The N-Tones
Inn Square Men's Bar - Nov 28+30 Tues+Thurs Turner and Kirwin of Wexford
Inn Square Men's Bar - Dec 1+2 30+July 1+2 Fri+Sat Ron Levy Bluesman Band
Boscos (Scituate) Nov 30+Dec1+2+3 Private Lightning
The Paradise - Dec 1 Fri Sass, comedian Rick Aviles
and Amazing Fantasy Jugglers
The Paradise - Dec 6 Willie Alexander and The Boom Boom Band and The Streets
The Paradise - Dec Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers
The Paradise - Dec 8+10 Elvis Costello.....Photo..... Comment
The Club - Dec 6+7 Stephan Lovelace and Rupits (The All Purpose Band) and One
The Club- Dec 8+9+10 The Streets and Nervous Eaters
The Paradise - Dec 8 Fri The Real Kids and The Stompers
The Paradise - Dec 9 Sat Thundertrain and Unnatural Axe
The Club - -Dec 5+6 Tues+Wed Johanna Wild and Snap Draggon
The Club - Dec 7+8+9 Thur+Fri+Sat The Streets and Kid Morocco
The Club - Dec 10+11 Sun+Mon Phobia and Pastiche
The Club - Dec 12+13 Tues+Wed Garbo and Marilyn Wilde and the Boogers
The Club - Dec 14+15+16 Thur+Fri+Sat Balloon and Loose Change.
The Rat - Dec 10 Sun DMZ and Suicide
The Rat - Dec 11 Mon Dawgs and Riff Raff - 35 Cent Beer Night
The Rat - Dec 12+13 Tues+Wed Direct from
England - Chelsea and The Nervous Eaters
The Rat - Dec 14+15 Thurs+Fri Johanna Wild and Reckless
The Rat - Dec 16+17 Sat+Sun The Streets and Kid Morocco
Cantone's - Dec 11 Mon Johanna Wild
Cantone's - Dec 12+13 Tues+Wed Marc Thor with Special Guests…Al Lorenzo Drake and Ken Scales
Cantone's - Dec 14 Thurs Thrills with Unnatural Axe
Cantone's - Dec 15+16 Fri+Sat Thrills and from NYC The Senders
Inn-Square Men's Bar - Dec 20+21 Wed+Thurs Robin Lane and The Chartbusters
The Rat - Mon Stompers
The Rat -Tues The Epoch with Spys
The Rat - Wed The Epoch with The Storm
The Rat -Thurs+Fri DMZ with The Sorrows (from NYC)
The Rat - Sat+ Sun DMZ with The Dots (from NYC)
The Club - Dec 17+18 Sun+Mon Outland Zeeks and Storm
The Club - Dec 19+20 Tues+Wed Phobia and Pastiche
The Club - Dec 21+22+23 Thurs+Fri+Sat Garbo and Deuce and Marilyn Wilde
The Rat - Dec 18 Mon The Dogs and Riff Raff
The Rat - Dec 19 Tues Benefit
Featuring" The Neighborhoods, Willie Alexander, Third Rail, Vinny Band and The Count
The Rat - Dec 20 Wed Xmas Party with The Real Kids and Shane Champagne
The Rat - Dec 21+22 Thur+Fri The Neighborhoods and The Original Radio Hearts featuring Al Lorenzo Drake
The Rat - Dec 23 Sat The Neighborhoods with Mickey Clean and the Mezz
The Rat - Dec 25 Mon Merry Christman, Come On Down Were Open
The Rat - Dec 26 Tues Loose Change and Pulse
The Rat - Dec 27 Wed Harlequin and Hot Dates
The Rat - Dec 28+29 Thur+Fri Real Kids and
from Detroit - The Silles and Nikki Korvette and The Convertibles
The Rat - Dec 30+31 Sat+Sun Real Kids and Dawgs
and Classic Ruins
The Club - Dec 27 Wed
Last Time Playing - Fox Pass with Auguste Phenomenon
The Club - Dec 28+29+30 Thur+Fri+Sat The News and Hilton James Band
The Club - Dec 31 Sun The Charge with The News and Garbo $6.00 Free Champagne, hats, horns, noise makers, etc.
The Paradise - Dec 29+30 The Talking Heads
Cantone's - Dec 26+27 Tues +Wed Classic Ruins and Pastiche
Cantone's - Dec 28 Thurs The Marshalls and The Neighborhoods
Cantone's - Dec 29+30 Fri+Sat La Pest and The Nervous Eaters
Cantone's - Dec 31 Sun Thrills, Unnatural Axe and La Peste
Inn-Square Men's Bar-Dec 31 Sun The Jaguars
The Rat - Mon Roland Julius
The Rat - Tues+Wed East Side Heaters, The Epoch
The Rat - Thurs MOTOR CITY REVIEW : The Pigs, The Niggers (listed as The ******), The Traitors
The Rat - Fri+Sat+Sun Pere Ubu, Suicide Commandos, The Molls
The Rat - Mon (ALL WEEK- SPECIAL RECORDING OF
LIVE AT THE RAT II - Special Guests Each Night) Fly By Night,
Mechanics, The Fools
The Rat - Tues+Wed Luna, Balloon
The Rat - Thurs+Fri+Sat DMZ, Suicide, Nervous Wrecks
The Rat - Sun WCOZ-Live Broadcast of The Johnny Barnes Group also appearing Shane Champagne
Cantone's - Mon+Tues Riff-Raff (also Beer Banquet. Draft beer is 40
cents and admission in a dollar)
Cantone's - Wed Ann Prim Group, Stompers
Cantone's -Thur Ann Prim Group with Special Guest
Cantone's - Fri LIVE BROADCAST BY WTBS La Peste, Thrills
Cantones - Sat Thrills, La Peste
The Rat - Mon+Tues Teenage Head with The Stompers
The Rat - Wed Winterwood Fire with Alan Milman Sect
The Rat -Thrus-Sun Luna and Fox Pass
The Rat - Sun WCOZ Live Broadcast of Luna
Cantone's - Mon+Tues Ripchord
Cantone's - Wed+Thurs East Side Heaters, Stompers
Cantone's - Fri+Sat Neighborhoods, Vinny
The Rat - Mon Stompers
The Rat - Tues The Dots (from NYC) and Fly
The Rat - Wed The Dots (from NYC) and The Heat
The Rat - Thurs+Fri The Boy Friends (from NYC), The Mechanics, and Stompers
The Rat - Sat+Sun The Boy Friends (from NYC), The Mechanics, and Slash
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