Some old venues and bands that have played there...

(for another list check out http://www.sandiegoconcertarchive.com/venues.html).

Abbey Road
3117 University Avenue, North Park
Zeros, Hitmakers, Penetrators

Adams Avenue Theater
3325 Adams Avenue, Normal Heights (now a fabric store)
REM, Anthrax, Dead Kennedy’s, UK Subs, GBH, Lords of the New Church, Exploited, Social Distortion, Cramps, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tale Tell Hearts, Stray Cats
(Johnny Drunk of the Renegades: "Adams Avenue Theatre had a huge open floor and a balcony the ringed the pit- amazing to stand up there- cause it would get HOT- and watch the action- with the balcony swaying back and forth. Lux Interior of the Cramps crawling on top of the monitors which had to be 30 feet high- smashing a guy in the face with the mic stand cause the dude tried to take the mic.- and wiping out his man-hood for all to see and it looked like a feakin' snake, with some chick up front trying to grab hold of it)

Bacchanal-
Clairmont Mesa Blvd (now a copy store)
Joe Strummer, Buzzcocks, the Front, Ministry of Truth, Stray Cats, Havana 3 AM, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughn ect. Eddie Veddor used to work there as well.
Johnny Drunk of the Renegedes "One of the best clubs, then it got shitty and crappy- 70's rock bands going for their last hurrah would play - BOC- Foghat- Grand Funk-ect."

Bodie's World Famous Dive Bar
University and College area (later downtown)
The Beat Farmers, The Evasions, The Electric Sons, Joey Harris and the Speedsters, Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper, Mitch Cornish and the Hellhounds, The Syndicate of Soul, The Paladins, The Shards (a band that featured Chris Davies of the Penatrators and Richard Banke of Skid Roper), Tami and the Monthlies, Luna, Cindy Lee Berryhill, DFX2, The Rockin' Roullettes.
(Read an article on Bodie's here!)

California Theater (1984-1985)
1122 4th Avenue, Downtown
PIL, Replacements, Black Flag, DK, Public Image, Dr.Know, Kommunity FK, and DOA as well as most main stream or "cutting edge" bands.

Carpenter's Hall
23rd & Broadway, Downtown
Bad Brains, Corrosion of Conformity

Dick's at the Beach
Solana Beach
Described as a seedy bar
Channel 3 and more

Fairmont Hall
3760 Fairmount Avenue, City Heights
Minor Threat, Cramps, T.S.O.L, Fear, Adicts, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Ill Repute
(tons of shows between 1980 and 1982)

Fox Theater (which is now Copley Symphony Hall?)
The Clash, English Beat (both not really considered punk by the early 80's standards).

Eagles Club
Santee
Local shows only

Headquarters
Mission Bay Drive between the Bay and Garnet/Balboa
(All Ages, Now a car lot)
All the new wave / punk bands played there including: Bad Religion, Social Distortion, Shattered Faith, Johnny Kat, Penetrators, NE1-X-Offenders (lead singer changed his name and is now in the band Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash).

Iguanas
TJ
Social Distortion, TSOL, and many others

Jackie Robinson YMCA
151 YMCA Way, National City
Final Conflict, The Descendents, D.I.

Kings Road Cafe
30th St just North of University
Minor Threat, the Vandals (with Steve-o singing), Crucial Truth, Bad Brains, Crucifix, Twisted Roots, Social Distortion, Crucifix.

North Park Lions Club
3927 Utah Street, North Park
Germs, Misfits, XTC, Angelic Upstarts, DOA, Black Flag, Manifest Destiny (1985)

Palisades Roller Rink
???
Fear played there and was perhaps the roller rink's only show?
Johnny Drunk of the Renegades: "I remember going to see Youth Brigade and Raw Power (from Italy) play in '85. I believe that to be the last show in that SDSH was there and basically beat the crap out of anyone who got in their way. They had one guy who would go out into the pit and pick a fight with some unsuspecting victim. When the fight would start then out of everywhere the rest of the boys would pile on and nobody could stop it, not even the bouncers or the bands. Seem to happen at most shows I went to during the early 80's."

Palisades Theater
2838 University Avenue, North Park
7 Seconds, Bad Religion

Rio's (also called the Halcyon)
W. Point Loma Blvd.
Johnny Drunk of the Renegades: "Every local band played there of all types of music. We loved it cause we could get in underage and drink. Some of the local bands I remember are Comanche Moon, Beat Farmers, Paul Kamanski, Robert Vaughn and the Shadows (he thought he was pretty hot shit- wouldn't let us sound check and we almost brawled with his whole crew), and Blonde Bruce."

Skeleton Club
202 Market Street, 921 4th Avenue, Gaslamp Quarter Downtown
The Wierdos, The Hitmakers, The Go-Go’s, The Germs

The Spirit
1130 Buenos Avenue, Bay Park
Violent Femmes, 10,000 Maniacs, Butthole Surfers, TSOL, Johnny Thunders, Tex and Horseheads, Screamin Sirens, GWAR.
(later became Brick By Brick)

San Diego State: Montezuma's Hall and the Back Door
Ramones, Social Distortion, Blood on the Saddle, Replacements, Paladins, Tex and the Horseheads, Rank and File, X.
Johnny Drunk of the Renegades: "The Backdoor was great 'cause it was literally a spare room down some stairs. It was very small, a long hall with drapes on the walls like a movie theater. It was also loud and hot. I saw the movie Decline of the Western Civilization there (which by the way, everybody who thought they were punk went to see and had the soundtrack vinyl- which I still bust out at parties for the great in between song banter from X, Circle Jerks, Germs, Black Flag, Fear and some others."

State Theater
4712 El Cajon Boulevard, Normal Heights
7 Seconds, Exploited and UK Subs
(Exploited and UK Subs played there right before they knocked it down for years the billboard, which wasn't demolished until 1983, read those two bands)

Status Nightclub
Spring Valley
Doubled as a dance club some nights and then would book bands other nights.
Ramones, 1986 (Johnny Drunk of the Renegades: "Was the loudest show I've ever attended. They had a goofy Joey Ramone look a like contest- some embarrassed guy won it and stood on stage for one song")

Texas Teahouse
Ocean Beach
The Jacks, Tom Cat Courtney, mod band called the Hoods, Deep in the Shed
Johnny Drunk of the Renegades: "A lot of under aged drinking as well, it was smaller than the Pink Panther (on Morena Blvd.) which became the Casbah which is still the Casbah but down the street by the airport."

Wabash Hall
3855 Wabash Avenue, North Park
Samhain, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, GBH

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