- The Anthrax
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'sCBGB or924 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 andDag 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.References
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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.
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