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NYC Venues 1987 - 1991 (by Political Punk NYC)

DOWNLOAD: Reagan Youth – Happy (MP3)

The following post was copy and pasted in its entirety from ‘Political Punk NYC’s MySpace:

TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK BANDSHELL
Tompins Square Bandshell

Do you remember the following venues that had punk shows back in the day (1987-1991)?

-Tin Pan Alley in Hell’s Kitchen- the fucking best!
-Lucky 13’s squat in the Lower East Side- squat or rot!
-The Tompkins Square Park bandshell- before it got demolished!
-The Central Park bandshell- Rock Against Racism!
-Hunter College student center
-The Pyramid- before it started sucking
-The Lismar Lounge- what a scumpit!
-CBGB’s- obviously
-ABC No Rio on Rivington Street- still going!
-Charas- post Tompkins Square Riot!
-The RAPP Arts Center
-The New Theater (East 4th Street)
-The World nightclub on 3rd St.
-Wetlands on Hudson Street
-Lauterbach’s in Brooklyn
-The Right Track Inn on Long Island
-Maxwell’s in Hoboken

Political Punk NYC. is a MySpace page that calls itself “a clearinghouse for info on political and Anarchist punk bands from NYC 1984-1991”. A.P.P.L.E. and Reagan Youth are in their top eight.