The Anthrax
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The Anthrax was an all-ages music venue that hosted Punk and Hardcore shows during the early/mid 1980s. The actual club was located in the basement of a makeshift art gallery on the then dilapidated west side of Stamford, Connecticut.
To the many national touring acts that played there, The Anthrax was as essential a stop as punk rock landmarks like New York City's CBGB or 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California.
Among the many influential bands that frequented the establishment were Black Flag, 7 Seconds, MDC, Descendents, Government Issue, NOFX, Die Kreuzen and Dag Nasty.
In 1986 The Anthrax closed its doors in Stamford, and within a year reopened at a larger location in nearby Norwalk, Connecticut, which flourished in a similar manner until 1990, when a neighboring apartment complex won the decision in a zoning dispute.
[edit] References
- Steven Blush's American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House, 2001. ISBN 0922915717.
- Beth Lahickey's All Ages: Reflections on Straight Edge. Revelation Books, 1998. ISBN 1889703001.
