Nation to close its doors July 16

Originally posted by Barcelona:
Do the Breeders suck? [/QB]

That was a good show. Siouxie And The Banshees were good there also.

Originally posted by you be pickup:
all the bands that play there suck

I really don't think Prince sucks, nor do I think my band sucks so stop being so grumpy.

I've been going to Nation/Capital Ballroom for at least the last 10 years and NEVER had a problem with my car getting broken into at all. Maybe people need to not be so stupid and leave things in plain sight?

MindCage
Mindless Faith
Deep6 Productions

My memories of Nation aren't of shows, but the Friday nights back in the very early 90s. I'd go with a mixed crowd and have half the folks over in the big club room, and a few of us over in this alternative room where they'd spin Siouxsie, Psych Furs, The Cure, etc. LOVED it. We'd do lemon drops and then eat at that awful food stand in the middle of the place. But I never, ever, no matter how drunk, ate a burger from the BBQ outside. That was scary.

But, also saw some good shows – Siouxsie, Echo, Bad Religion.

Originally posted by MindCage:

I've been going to Nation/Capital Ballroom for at least the last 10 years and NEVER had a problem with my car getting broken into at all.

Lucky you. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Maybe people need to not be so stupid and leave things in plain sight?

When my car was broken into at Nation there were at least 5-6 other cars in a row that had their windows and mirrors smashed. Nothing was taken from my car. It looks like they just went down the row and smashed the windows and mirrors.

It's not ALWAYS the victim's fault.

Originally posted by MindCage:

I've been going to Nation/Capital Ballroom for at least the last 10 years and NEVER had a problem with my car getting broken into at all. Maybe people need to not be so stupid and leave things in plain sight?

yeah, me neither. I spent several years at Nation/Capital Ballroom, the Edge, the East Side club, all those places….never had a car broken into.

I did have a cinder block thrown through my passenger window once though. Nothing stolen, just someone being an asshole i suspect.

Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
the East Side club

I saw the Cro-Mags there…that was nuts.

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Lucky you. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
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It probably happens just as often at the 9:30 Club.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Lucky you. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

It probably happens just as often at the 9:30 Club. [/QB]

whats your point?

Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
whats your point? [/QB]

My point is, it probably doesn't happen as much at Nation as everyone thinks it does. I've read about way more break in's with cars parked at the 9:30 Club then at Nation.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I've read about way more break in's with cars parked at the 9:30 Club then at Nation.

Could that be because you read the forums on 930.com and not the ones at buzzlife.com?

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:

Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
whats your point?

My point is, it probably doesn't happen as much at Nation as everyone thinks it does. I've read about way more break in's with cars parked at the 9:30 Club then at Nation. [/QB]

maybe because you arent on the Nation messageboard!! silly.

and with years of going to both, i can almost assure you that, while its not as rampant as some may think, more cars get broken into around Nation than do around 930club. Perhaps due to the stupidity of the clientel, but every week i knew ppl who would get their rides broken into at Nation/Edge. a few ppl got their cars stolen completely!! But just like anything else, be smart and your chances go way down.

i just thought of something….anyone remember Tracks!!??

haha, what a fantastic place that was, hahaha.

Originally posted by you be betty:

Originally posted by andyrichter:

Originally posted by lukas:

Originally posted by Shadrach:
I don't mean to pile on, but my lasting memory of nation for years has been the time I went to a show and a fight broke out and security just stood around doing nothing.

I never went back after that no matter who was playing.

I HATE the security there. They don't know what they are doing. Their idea of crowd control is to get in front of the stage and keep pushing the crowd backwards until everyone falls down and gets trampled on. I'm glad it's getting shut down….although I wish it was going to be a month earlier, beacuse my favorite band is booked there in June. Sigh.

that's the aquabats/aggrolites show right? :mad:

oh, crap. i wanted to go to that too. they better play somewhere else closeby.

Unfortunately not…they are coming to Pittsburgh, Philly, New York, and Boston…but no Baltimore date. I'd say suck it up and go to Nation. It'll be worth it.

It would be one of your last chances to bitch about the venue the next day. :(

i saw prince there when it was the capital ballroom. that must have been 10 years ago.

how i hate nation though. they tried to throw me out 4 years ago at the chemical brothers concert because i had a sharpie pen in case i met tom and ed after the show so they could sign my cds. i'm not kidding you. they told me it could be used as a weapon, to which i balked, and then they copped attitude and said if i didn't toss it they were going to throw me out. fuckin ridiculous. a sharpie marker!

the place was fun for the legal raves, and that pet shop boys concert from 3 or 4 years ago was fantastic, but other than that, the sound for regular bands was generally crappy and the staff sucked. i felt like i wasted money on the chemical brothers and the souxsie show since the sound was poor. design of the room wasn't conducive to bands either. too long and narrow.

Originally posted by Sir HC:
No mention of its former life as The Capital Ballroom? Saw the Butthole Surfers there, that was pretty cool.

i think you mean tracks, yes? god, i loved that placed on thursday and friday nights in the early 90's. there was always a shooting or stabbing that went on either in the club, or right outside after we got in the cab and got a half block down the street. i'd read about it in the post monday morning! when did they close? 1999? 2000? that night i think the party went to 10 am the next day and literally 5000 people came.

i think i went on saturdays a couple times with some gay friends.

Originally posted by Bags:
My memories of Nation aren't of shows, but the Friday nights back in the very early 90s. I'd go with a mixed crowd and have half the folks over in the big club room, and a few of us over in this alternative room where they'd spin Siouxsie, Psych Furs, The Cure, etc. LOVED it. We'd do lemon drops and then eat at that awful food stand in the middle of the place. But I never, ever, no matter how drunk, ate a burger from the BBQ outside. That was scary.

But, also saw some good shows – Siouxsie, Echo, Bad Religion.

It's funny how everyone can complain about other places staff, but once someone says something about the precious 9:30 staff…..LOOK OUT!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by lily1:
[QB] i saw prince there when it was the capital ballroom. that must have been 10 years ago.

how i hate nation though. they tried to throw me out 4 years ago at the chemical brothers concert because i had a sharpie pen in case i met tom and ed after the show so they could sign my cds. i'm not kidding you. they told me it could be used as a weapon, to which i balked, and then they copped attitude and said if i didn't toss it they were going to throw me out. fuckin ridiculous. a sharpie marker!

the place was fun for the legal raves, and that pet shop boys concert from 3 or 4 years ago was fantastic, but other than that, the sound for regular bands was generally crappy and the staff sucked. i felt like i wasted money on the chemical brothers and the souxsie show since the sound was poor. design of the room wasn't conducive to bands either. too long and narrow.
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It's funny that you argued with the staff thinking they're going to change the policy just for you so that makes them the bad person? You copped the attitude with them first, you think they're going to be nice to you about it when you're not listening to them about their policy? Think of it as a police officer telling you to step out of the car but you're not listening because you're telling them you have to pee and you're on your way home. When you get tazered does that make them the bad guy because you weren't listening? As far as I know, you're not allowed to bring sharpies into the 930 Club either. In case you didn't noticed how the bathrooms get painted every few months. It's because of people tagging the stalls and vandalizing the place.

I've seen very few rock band shows that sounded good in there. A lot has to do with the sound engineer knowing the room. Deftones sounded awful there.

That Prince show was in 96 so you're right it was 10 years ago. I still have my ticket stub from it. Probably one of the top 5 concerts I've ever seen. Getting to see Prince that close and have him rock out for 3 1/2 hours is always nice!

MindCage
Mindless Faith
Deep6 Productions

Originally posted by lily1:
i think you mean tracks, yes? god, i loved that placed on thursday and friday nights in the early 90's. there was always a shooting or stabbing that went on either in the club, or right outside after we got in the cab and got a half block down the street. i'd read about it in the post monday morning! when did they close? 1999? 2000? that night i think the party went to 10 am the next day and literally 5000 people came.

i think 1999. i remember going to a 4th of July party there in 99. but then i moved to boston and didnt come back til 01 and they were already closed.

I remember one time my buddy went with some bum to go buy weed and the bum tried to steal his jeans!!! he came back and they were all ripped up. good stuff.

Originally posted by Sir HC:
No mention of its former life as The Capital Ballroom? Saw the Butthole Surfers there, that was pretty cool.

Rancid in 1994 or 95, that was the best show I saw there