Capitol Theatre (Passaic)
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Built in 1926, The Capitol Theatre on Monroe Street in Passaic, New Jersey got its start as a vaudeville house. With the death of vaudville it became a movie theatre, but its real claim to fame came as a legendary Rock music venue owned by promoter, John Scher.
Throughout the 1970's and into the mid 1980's the 3,200 seat theatre was a popular stop on nearly every major rock artist's tour. After it closed, the building fell into disrepair and it was demolished in April, 1991
[edit] Notable appearances
- Aerosmith
- Allman Brothers Band
- Blondie
- Blue Öyster Cult
- The Byrds
- The Clash
- Alice Cooper
- Elvis Costello
- Cheap Trick
- Devo
- Eagles
- Dave Edmunds
- Fleetwood Mac
- Foghat
- Grateful Dead
- Heart
- Hot Tuna
- Billy Idol
- Joe Jackson
- Kansas
- KISS
- Marshall Tucker Band
- Mountain
- The Outlaws
- Queen
- Bonnie Raitt
- The Ramones
- R.E.M.
- Renaissance
- Bruce Springsteen
- The Rolling Stones
- Todd Rundgren
- The Runaways with Joan Jett and Lita Ford
- Rush
- Slade
- Patti Smith
- Stray Cats
- Styx
- Pink Floyd
- Talking Heads
- T. Rex
- U2
- Tom Waits
- The Who
- Edgar Winter
- Johnny Winter
- Frank Zappa
- Warren Zevon
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