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Dischord Records Releases 800 Fugazi Live Shows

November 28, 2011 – 4:42 PM

Sounds too good to be true, but it is. Fugazi has recorded almost all their live shows since the band’s inception on cassette, DAT, hard drive and CD-R, and now Dischord Records is releasing the 800 shows, starting with 130 shows December 1st. The shows cost anywhere from $1-$100, depending on how generous you feel. [...]

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38 Hours Left to Fund the City Gardens Movie: Riot on the Dance Floor

August 18, 2011 – 4:57 PM

Any tri-staters out there, go fund this movie now on Kickstarter. Seriously. It’s going to be great. They’ve included a raffle for the last 5 days (which is now 38 hours) to win a punk card skate deck, which is pretty sick looking.

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Help Fund “Riot on the Dance Floor” – a tribute to City Gardens

July 11, 2011 – 11:03 AM

What is Riot on the Dance Floor? It’s a film on the infamous, violent Trenton, NJ punk club called “City Gardens” and the story of the bands, the place, and its mastermind and resident DJ Randy Ellis Now. Please donate… Here’s a link to the official site. Please visit the Kickstarter page, there’s a 7 [...]

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Too much venom

November 15, 2010 – 10:02 PM

Great audio recorded at the classic City Gardens. Oh what a temple it was. Surprised these guys didn’t get killed.

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City Gardens Book~ A Tri-State Punk Icon: Part Two. Brothers By Choice interviews co-author Steven DiLodovico.

October 19, 2009 – 5:51 PM

Back in August we wrote a post about the upcoming book on City Gardens entitiled, “No Slam Dancing, No Stage Diving: How a Seedy New Jersey Club Defined an Era, an oral history of 80’s and 90’s-era alternative/punk music told through the portal of one club—Trenton, New Jersey’s legendary City Gardens.” We recently connected with [...]

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Punk / Skate Photography by Ken Salerno

August 16, 2009 – 12:22 PM

Recently looked up the name “Ken Salerno” on google from a photo caption I saw in the City Gardens post we did earlier this week. This was a amazing find. Ken has documented the skate / punk / hardcore scene for many, many years and has some really incredible photography from the tri-state scene and [...]

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City Gardens Book ~ A Tri-State Punk Icon

August 13, 2009 – 12:19 PM

My friend Andrew from LA alerted me to this link about the infamous City Gardens. For those that don’t know, City Gardens was a seminal punk rock club in the tri-state area that was open from the 80s to late 90s. Violent, fun, and super hectic place to see shows all throughout all high school. [...]

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