Remember the old 930?

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I was looking for info on the DC punk band Marginal Man from the 80's and I came across this photo of the old 930 club on 9th and F. It was titled "First hard core punk matinee at the 9:30 club. Washington, DC 1983."
Remember the column in the middle of the floor?

those must be art fags!

ps - that's really cool that that guy can stand on the side of the column like that!

Originally posted by Groundskeeper's Willy:
[Marginal Man

Great band….

as long as we're on the topic of great moments at the old club, here's a good 9353 page I stumbled on recently…

http://batmite.sloppybits.com/9353/

Ahh very cool page. That band Bomb that was mentioned was great too…they had this record called "Hits of Acid" that I used to love. Thanks for the link…..

Whatever happened to Bruce??? Haven't seen or heard anything about him in maybe 5 years…..

I don't know, he seemed to pretty much disappear into thin air after his ill-fated 9353-without-vocals-revival attemmpt.

Since we're delving into nostalgia, check out this site which is trying to preserve some of the history of the non-Dischord side of DC punk (which was actually the more interesting part of the scene in my opinion.) Not quite sure who's behind this, but there's a lot of cool info on this site.

http://www.30underdc.com/

Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Forum Members:
Ahh very cool page. That band Bomb that was mentioned was great too…they had this record called "Hits of Acid" that I used to love. Thanks for the link…..

Whatever happened to Bruce??? Haven't seen or heard anything about him in maybe 5 years…..

Last I knew he was in NYC with his girl friend doing art stuff. Talked to him right at the end of the instrumental 9353 period.

Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
http://www.30underdc.com/

That's a great site. Some folks from some of the old bands post on the forum pretty regularly.

Well that's cool if he's doing OK.

Merkle has a brother who looks a lot like him. Many years ago, one of the Merkles was going around with a full beard on one half of his face, and the other half clean shaven. But then I'd see the other Merkle brother, who had a totally different facial thing going on. It took me a while to figure out it wasn't the same Merkle.

That link I posted also has its own forum, which seems heavily populated with ex Black Market Baby and GI members….

If you can remember it……you weren't there ;)

Bruce has two brothers…Phil and Willie….though it was Bruce with the half beard.

Never knew Willie but Phil was a good guy and a really good painter. Interesting bunch….

To bring up a previous thread, Bruce lived at 14th and t above paradise liquors for years.

Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Forum Members:
To bring up a previous thread, Bruce lived at 14th and t above paradise liquors for years.

Gentrifier!

Heh…. there are a couple of letters to the editor in today's Post about that 14th and T article. Apparently one of the owners of St. Ex was bitching about gentrifiers in the original article, and one of the letter writers points out that the owner of a restaurant selling $7-a-glass Chimay isn't really in a position to be doing that.

Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
Apparently one of the owners of St. Ex was bitching about gentrifiers in the original article, and one of the letter writers points out that the owner of a restaurant selling $7-a-glass Chimay isn't really in a position to be doing that.

That is an excellent response. The co-owner should be careful what he complains about.