Crocodile Cafe
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| Crocodile Cafe | |
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 Crocodile Cafe, February 2007 |
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| Nickname(s) | The Croc |
| Location | Belltown, Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Type | Music venue |
| Opened | 1991 |
| Owner | Stephanie Dorgan |
| Closed | 2007 |
| Website | http://www.thecrocodile.com/ |
The Crocodile Cafe was a music club at 2200 2nd Avenue at Blanchard Street in the neighborhood of Belltown in Seattle, Washington, USA. Opened on April 30, 1991 by Stephanie Dorgan, it quickly became a fixture on the local music scene. It closed on December 15, 2007.[1]
The venue's first show featured The Posies and Love Battery; the last, Robin Pecknold, J. Tillman, and David Bazan. During its 16-year run, The Croc played host to numerous well-known acts including Mudhoney, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Cheap Trick, Indigo Girls, Robyn Hitchcock, Glenn Tilbrook, Rhonda Vincent, Death Cab for Cutie, Yoko Ono, Ann Wilson, Sleater-Kinney, R.E.M., Soft Boys, Dinosaur Jr, Beastie Boys, Corinne Bailey Rae, Rachael Yamagata, Ventures, and Presidents of the United States of America.
Scenes from the 1995 Jennifer Jason Leigh film Georgia were shot at the Crocodile.[2]
After opening the Crocodile Cafe, owner Stephanie Dorgan later married Peter Buck, the R.E.M. guitarist, who became a partner in the Crocodile. Buck often played there with his other band, The Minus 5. Dorgan and Buck divorced in 2006.[1]
In May 2008, reports of Johnny Depp's interest in buying the Crocodile surfaced in Seattle.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Crocodile Cafe abruptly closes its doors." Scanlon, Tom. The Seattle Times. December 17, 2007.
- ^ "Seattle's Crocodile Cafe closes." Marshall, John. Seattle Post Intelligencer. December 18, 2007.
- ^ "Surely this is too wild-ass bonkers to be true: Johnny Depp buying the Croc?" Three Imaginary Girls. May 8, 2008.
