This was a punk/new wave club in the eighties to the mid-nineties. According to Wikipedia, it was a bible warehouse and US 1 Motors before that. There is a new book about it called Notice No Slam Dancing No Stage Diving No Spikes An oral History of the Legendary City Gardens, by Amy Yates Wuefling and Steven DiLodovico. See, ex., yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer, starting on page C1. Many top bands played here, some in their early days. Comedian Jon Stewart worked as a bartender here. From what I read, Green Day played a very early show here.
Michael Stipe of R.E.M. wrote "Purple Circle" here. See, for ex., https://www.facebook.com/NoSlamDancing/posts/on-this-date-in-city-gardens-history-october-2-1982-remheres-an-excerpt-from-no-/10154206119204908/.
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This was a punk/new wave club in the eighties to the mid-nineties. According to Wikipedia, it was a bible warehouse and US 1 Motors before that. There is a new book about it called Notice No Slam Dancing No Stage Diving No Spikes An oral History of the Legendary City Gardens, by Amy Yates Wuefling and Steven DiLodovico. See, ex., yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer, starting on page C1. Many top bands played here, some in their early days. Comedian Jon Stewart worked as a bartender here. From what I read, Green Day played a very early show here.
Michael Stipe of R.E.M. wrote "Purple Circle" here. See, for ex., https://www.facebook.com/NoSlamDancing/posts/on-this-date-in-city-gardens-history-october-2-1982-remheres-an-excerpt-from-no-/10154206119204908/.
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Date : 2014-05-19
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Comments : //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Circle_(song).) They also said the building had once been a Packard dealership, and Im not sure whether that was the US 1 Motors mentioned above.
Date : 2014-10-07
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Comments : //popdiggers.com/no-slam-dancing-no-stage-diving-no-spikes/.
Date : 2015-08-28
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Comments : //www.complex.com/music/2013/06/james-murphy-how-to-drop-a-skinhead. If you Google, youll find quite a bit on James Murphy working here.
Date : 2015-12-02
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Comments : Sunset Park, New River Ranch, Tippin Inn, Alexanders, East Side Club, The Hot Club, Khyber Pass, The Bijou/Showboat, Uptown Theater, Main Point, Chance Theater, Kaleidoscope, The Trauma, Stars, and Sunnybrook Ballroom.
Date : 2014-03-27