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(NYC music venue) Continental coming to a close | D Generation tonight? + final lineup & an A.P.P.L.E. reunion

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Trigger of the Continental15 AMAZING YEARS!!! THANKS TO MY STAFF, THE BANDS, AND ALL OF
YOU FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
IT’S BEEN AN HONOR THAT I’LL NEVER FORGET.

COME TO OUR GRAND RE-OPENING ON WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 11TH @ 9pm.

YOU’RE ON THE LIST PLUS 1.
THANK YOU, TRIGGER

THIS WEEK’S VOICE
The Village Voice

The last four nights of shows at Continental are upon us. Richard Bienstock, whose band Drag Citizen is playing there Friday night, wrote an article called “Downer at the Rock and Roll Club” for the Village Voice.

But the act whose history is perhaps most intertwined with that of the Continental’s is the now defunct glam-punk outfit D Generation.

“We signed our record deal with EMI in the Continental’s bathrooms,” says the band’s former singer, Jesse Malin, who was also a partner in the late Coney Island High on St. Marks Place and is currently co-owner of the Avenue A bar Niagara. “Television had CBGB, and the Velvet Underground had Max’s, but for my little punk rock group it was this room on the corner of Third Avenue. It was our home, and it’s where we made our name.”

APPLE bandTONIGHT’S LINEUP – Thursday, September 14
Jesse Malin (w/ Special Guests)
Richard Bacchus (ex D-Generation
DJ Howie Pyro (ex D-Generation)
A.P.P.L.E. (reunion show)
+ REALLY SPECIAL GUESTS

D GenerationHmmm, that’s three of the five original D-Generation members explicitly listed right on the bill. “Special guests” are listed twice. One of them is “Really”. Strangely/sadly/obviously (depending on how you look at it) tickets are still available. Enquiring minds will also want to know:

** Jesse Malin also played bass for a time with the NYC punk band A.P.P.L.E., who as you can see above, are also on the evening’s bill. It’ll be their A.P.P.L.E.’s first gig in 18 years. Their second one will be opening for Agent Orange and Reagan Youth at CBGB later this month.

** Original D-Generation guitarist and New Yorker Georgie Seville (he was replaced by Danny Sage) is doing well as part-owner of the Motherf*cker franchine along with Johnny T, Justine D, and Michael T.

** Jesse’s friend Ryan Adams is often his “special guest” (not a reason to go to this show though – just a possible bonus).

** Jesse is also playing Tuesday at the Union Square Barnes & Noble

The rest of the schedule…..

ContinentalFriday, September 15
1:30 NEUF NEUF NINE
12:45 BANANA FISH ZERO (reunion)
12:15 TRIGGER’S ALL STARS
11:30 PRINCE HAL’S NEW BAND THE RABBITS
10:45 DEEK JENKINS
10 HONOR AMONG THIEVES
9:15 DRAG CITIZEN

Saturday, September 16
12 MURPHY’S LAW
11 TWO MAN ADVANTAGE
10:15 TURBO AC’S
9:30 SUICIDE KING
8:45 THREADS
8 THE BASICKS
7:15 GUNS ON THE RUN

ContinentalSunday, September 17 (THE LAST NIGHT)
11 CJ RAMONE AND DANIEL REY PLAYING A FULL RAMONES SET w/ WALTER LURE and more
10 HANDSOME DICK MANITOBA’S BAND (The almost-Dictators reunion)
9 LENNY KAYE AND FRIENDS
8 THE BULLYS
7:15 CHARM SCHOOL

Tickets are actually still on sale for all four shows.

So Trigger will now try to court a different crowd. In mid October, he will relaunch the Continental as a dive bar. He’ll retain the name and most of the staff, but the stage will be ripped out and replaced by extra seating and a flat-screen television showing “the Yankees, Knicks, and old kung fu movies.” Draft beer taps will be installed behind the bar, and the downstairs greenroom—his favorite spot in the club—will get a pool table. “But I’m not going to touch a sticker or piece of graffiti in there, because of all the memories and history and energy,” he says. “So hopefully when the bands come back to drink they’ll be happy to see the place where they spent so many hours tuning their instruments and passing out to be more or less intact.” [also from the Voice]

Previously
almost-all-THE DICTATORS reunion @ CBGB & Continental
Continental adds their real last show PLUS Lenny Kaye @ CBGB
Trigger Presents: last 3 shows @ Continental – On Sale
The last 3 days @ Continental (schedule) | Help George Tabb
Jesse Malin playing third to last show @ Continental | Tix
Murphy’s Law playing last show EVER at the Continental
Last Continental show now September 16th
Continental to close on August 26th?
The Continental will stop having live music