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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Spit of course had a reputation, but when I went out during law school it was more to "sophisticated" clubs like Maxwell's which was a favorite of Robert Parish among others. I am sure it was incredibly tame compared to Spit.
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It was actually quite tame. Mainly a lot of 'trendies' from the 'burbs and southern NH and a lot of BU kids. The real punk/new wave scene was the live music clubs like The Rat, Cantones, The Underground, The Club, Lulu White's, 1270 Boylston, The Paradise, The Channel, Bradford Ballroom.
The Paradise was almost a go to club for many bands. It was small at 550 seats, but considered the real club to get into. I saw some good acts there - Ramones, Boomtown Rats, The Cars, Greg Kihn, Waitresses, Thin Lizzy, Rick Derringer, Elvin Bishop, Cheap Trick. I had to work at Spit the night U2 was an opening act.
The Channel was much larger at about 1500 capacity. It was out of the way and with being a poor college student with no car living in the western suburbs I did not go there a lot. I did see The English Beat and the Specials, The Jam, The Fleshtones and the Dead Kennedys.
The Bradford Ballroom, in a hotel across from The Wang Center, was also a good size place that hosted a fair amount of shows. The only one I saw there was Gang of Four with Mission of Burma.