Spaceland

:"This article is about the nightclub called Spaceland, for the science fiction novel by Rudy Rucker, see Spaceland (novel).

Spaceland is an alternative rock/indie rock nightclub in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Formerly a gay disco called Dreams, it recently celebrated its tenth anniversary as a rock venue.

History

The first show ever held at Spaceland featured Beck and The Foo Fighters. The list of acts who have played Spaceland is quite long, ranging from veteran performers from the 1960s and 1970s like Arthur Lee and The Dictators to current major acts such as Supergrass, Jet, The Shore and The White Stripes. It was very important in establishing the career of Beck and the Silver Lake scene which followed in his wake.

Spaceland is considered "home" for many bands in the so-called Silver Lake "scene" over the years, including Silversun Pickups, 400 Blows, Pine Marten, Radar Bros., The 88, Biblical Proof of UFOs, Patrick Park, etc.

Notable performers

*The 88 (Monday, July 22 2002)
*The Abe Lincoln Story
*400 Blows
* The Airborne Toxic Event
*At the Drive-In
*Babyland (Monday, May 5 2003)
*Beck
*Biblical Proof of UFOs (Thursday, June 20 2002)
*Bigelf (Thursday, May 13 2004)
*Burning Brides (Monday, February 28 2005)
*The Business Machines (Thursday, April 8 2004)
*Cake
*Cibo Matto
*Creeper Lagoon (
*Death Cab for Cutie
*Dinosaur Jr
*The Dismemberment Plan
*The Drones
*Elliott Smith
*Fojimoto (Wednesday, November 3 2003)
*Foo Fighters
*Guided by Voices
*James (band) (Saturday, June 6 2008)
*Jurassic 5
*The Killers
*Komeda
*Kittens for Christian (Thursday, April 8 2004)
*Les Savy Fav
*Modest Mouse
*Nebula
*The Negro Problem
*Neutral Milk Hotel
*Orange Goblin (Thursday, May 13 2004)
*Patrick Park (Monday, January 20 2003)
*Pine Marten (Friday, May 23 2003)
*Pavement
*Pleasure Forever (Friday, March 1 2002)
*Radar Bros. (Friday, May 23 2003)
*The Raveonettes
*The Rentals
*Rocket from the Crypt
*The Rogers Sisters (Monday, January 20 2003)
*Scarling.
*The Shins
*Silversun Pickups (Monday, July 22 2002)
*Snow Patrol
*Totimoshi (Monday, May 5 2003)
*Weezer
*Will Haven (Wednesday, July 23 2003)
*Yob (Wednesday, July 23 2003)

ee also

*The Echo
*List of U.S. concert venues

External links

* [http://www.clubspaceland.com Spaceland official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/spaceland Spaceland on MySpace]