Space Place - Revision history

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	[[Image:SpaceCard.jpg\|thumb\|right\|[[MKB]]'s SP membership card]]		[[Image:SpaceCard.jpg\|thumb\|right\|[[MKB]]'s SP membership card]]

	'''Space Place''' was a popular punk venue from [[1979]] to [[~~1982~~]]. It was located on 955 W. Fulton - 3 blks. west of Halsted, just north of Lake St. They played all-ages shows every Saturday, which was $3 for three bands and BYOB. It was also a place where bands could rehearse, record or rent out equipment. Space Place was a total community effort and was officially a non-profit organization. The biggest names to play Space Place were Bauhaus and Black Flag.		'''Space Place''' was a popular punk venue from [[1979]] to [[1983]]. It was located on 955 W. Fulton - 3 blks. west of Halsted, just north of Lake St. They played all-ages shows every Saturday, which was $3 for three bands and BYOB. It was also a place where bands could rehearse, record or rent out equipment. Space Place was a total community effort and was officially a non-profit organization. The biggest names to play Space Place were Bauhaus and Black Flag.

	== History as told by Rich Harrington ==		== History as told by Rich Harrington ==

Gantry: /* Notable Shows */

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Notable Shows

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	* April 24, 1982 - [[Articles of Faith]], [[DV8]]		* April 24, 1982 - [[Articles of Faith]], [[DV8]]
	* Summer 1982 - [[Negative Element]], [[The Anti-Bodies]], Juvinile Delinquents		* Summer 1982 - [[Negative Element]], [[The Anti-Bodies]], Juvinile Delinquents
			* Early (Winter) 1983 - [[4XY]], [[Savage Beliefs]]
	* Unknown Date - [[The Cunts]]		* Unknown Date - [[The Cunts]]

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	'''Space Place''' was located at 955 W. Fulton Market at Morgan on the Fulton fish market. Down the street, one of the meat packers had a warning sign over the sidewalk 'Watch Out For Swinging Beef'. We appropriated that both as a warning and a motto.		'''Space Place''' was located at 955 W. Fulton Market at Morgan on the Fulton fish market. Down the street, one of the meat packers had a warning sign over the sidewalk 'Watch Out For Swinging Beef'. We appropriated that both as a warning and a motto.

	The joint was primarily organized by [[Rachael Cain]] (Screamin' Rachel of Screamin' Rachel & Remote) and my brother [[Mike Harrington]] who were dating at the time. Mike primarily handled booking the bands and shows. I lived in the joint to provide 24 hour ~~securiity~~ and 24 hour load in/out and ran the day to day operations. I also was the stage manager and ran sound for bands who didn't have their own sound man. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/John_Connors John Connors], the guitarist for the [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/Problem_Dogs Problem Dogs], was officially the Treasurer and also ran the lights. Of course, that only touches the tip of the surface as there were about a hundred people who had a major hand in, not counting the bands. I'll try to run a full name check in another post. Space Place became one of those fabulously synergistic things where everybody was working together to create something bigger than the parts could generate by themselves. Personally, I think the Space Place influence was felt far beyond the joint itself, and maybe it's just hubris but I think that that concentration of MADNESS & ENERGY (to quote Mark Mayer) was the driving force behind the explosion of the whole Chicago scene in 79 to 82.		The joint was primarily organized by [[Rachael Cain]] (Screamin' Rachel of Screamin' Rachel & Remote) and my brother [[Mike Harrington]] who were dating at the time. Mike primarily handled booking the bands and shows. I lived in the joint to provide 24 hour security and 24 hour load in/out and ran the day to day operations. I also was the stage manager and ran sound for bands who didn't have their own sound man. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/John_Connors John Connors], the guitarist for the [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/Problem_Dogs Problem Dogs], was officially the Treasurer and also ran the lights. Of course, that only touches the tip of the surface as there were about a hundred people who had a major hand in, not counting the bands. I'll try to run a full name check in another post. Space Place became one of those fabulously synergistic things where everybody was working together to create something bigger than the parts could generate by themselves. Personally, I think the Space Place influence was felt far beyond the joint itself, and maybe it's just hubris but I think that that concentration of MADNESS & ENERGY (to quote Mark Mayer) was the driving force behind the explosion of the whole Chicago scene in 79 to 82.

	Part of the building had been an old cold storage warehouse, some with foot thick insulated walls. We partitioned off a lot of the rooms so you could have 20 bands rehearsing at the same time without disturbing each other. Most bands rented private rooms by the month and could set them up the way they wanted and have their friends and fans hang out as needed. We also had a day room for spot rehearsals and bands could rent the show room to work out full blown staging with lights and PA and all.		Part of the building had been an old cold storage warehouse, some with foot thick insulated walls. We partitioned off a lot of the rooms so you could have 20 bands rehearsing at the same time without disturbing each other. Most bands rented private rooms by the month and could set them up the way they wanted and have their friends and fans hang out as needed. We also had a day room for spot rehearsals and bands could rent the show room to work out full blown staging with lights and PA and all.

JFrancisConnors at 01:08, 29 March 2011

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	'''Space Place''' was located at 955 W. Fulton Market at Morgan on the Fulton fish market. Down the street, one of the meat packers had a warning sign over the sidewalk 'Watch Out For Swinging Beef'. We appropriated that both as a warning and a motto.		'''Space Place''' was located at 955 W. Fulton Market at Morgan on the Fulton fish market. Down the street, one of the meat packers had a warning sign over the sidewalk 'Watch Out For Swinging Beef'. We appropriated that both as a warning and a motto.

	The joint was primarily organized by [[Rachael Cain]] (Screamin' Rachel of Screamin' Rachel & Remote) and my brother [[Mike Harrington]] who were dating at the time. Mike primarily handled booking the bands and shows. I lived in the joint to provide 24 hour securiity and 24 hour load in/out and ran the day to day operations. I also was the stage manager and ran sound for bands who didn't have their own sound man. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/John_Connors John Connors], the guitarist for the [[Problem Dogs]], was officially the Treasurer and also ran the lights. Of course, that only touches the tip of the surface as there were about a hundred people who had a major hand in, not counting the bands. I'll try to run a full name check in another post. Space Place became one of those fabulously synergistic things where everybody was working together to create something bigger than the parts could generate by themselves. Personally, I think the Space Place influence was felt far beyond the joint itself, and maybe it's just hubris but I think that that concentration of MADNESS & ENERGY (to quote Mark Mayer) was the driving force behind the explosion of the whole Chicago scene in 79 to 82.		The joint was primarily organized by [[Rachael Cain]] (Screamin' Rachel of Screamin' Rachel & Remote) and my brother [[Mike Harrington]] who were dating at the time. Mike primarily handled booking the bands and shows. I lived in the joint to provide 24 hour securiity and 24 hour load in/out and ran the day to day operations. I also was the stage manager and ran sound for bands who didn't have their own sound man. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/John_Connors John Connors], the guitarist for the [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/Problem_Dogs Problem Dogs], was officially the Treasurer and also ran the lights. Of course, that only touches the tip of the surface as there were about a hundred people who had a major hand in, not counting the bands. I'll try to run a full name check in another post. Space Place became one of those fabulously synergistic things where everybody was working together to create something bigger than the parts could generate by themselves. Personally, I think the Space Place influence was felt far beyond the joint itself, and maybe it's just hubris but I think that that concentration of MADNESS & ENERGY (to quote Mark Mayer) was the driving force behind the explosion of the whole Chicago scene in 79 to 82.

	Part of the building had been an old cold storage warehouse, some with foot thick insulated walls. We partitioned off a lot of the rooms so you could have 20 bands rehearsing at the same time without disturbing each other. Most bands rented private rooms by the month and could set them up the way they wanted and have their friends and fans hang out as needed. We also had a day room for spot rehearsals and bands could rent the show room to work out full blown staging with lights and PA and all.		Part of the building had been an old cold storage warehouse, some with foot thick insulated walls. We partitioned off a lot of the rooms so you could have 20 bands rehearsing at the same time without disturbing each other. Most bands rented private rooms by the month and could set them up the way they wanted and have their friends and fans hang out as needed. We also had a day room for spot rehearsals and bands could rent the show room to work out full blown staging with lights and PA and all.

JFrancisConnors at 00:52, 29 March 2011

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	'''Space Place''' was located at 955 W. Fulton Market at Morgan on the Fulton fish market. Down the street, one of the meat packers had a warning sign over the sidewalk 'Watch Out For Swinging Beef'. We appropriated that both as a warning and a motto.		'''Space Place''' was located at 955 W. Fulton Market at Morgan on the Fulton fish market. Down the street, one of the meat packers had a warning sign over the sidewalk 'Watch Out For Swinging Beef'. We appropriated that both as a warning and a motto.

	The joint was primarily organized by [[Rachael Cain]] (Screamin' Rachel of Screamin' Rachel & Remote) and my brother [[Mike Harrington]] who were dating at the time. Mike primarily handled booking the bands and shows. I lived in the joint to provide 24 hour securiity and 24 hour load in/out and ran the day to day operations. I also was the stage manager and ran sound for bands who didn't have their own sound man. [[John Connors]], the guitarist for the [[Problem Dogs]], was officially the Treasurer and also ran the lights. Of course, that only touches the tip of the surface as there were about a hundred people who had a major hand in, not counting the bands. I'll try to run a full name check in another post. Space Place became one of those fabulously synergistic things where everybody was working together to create something bigger than the parts could generate by themselves. Personally, I think the Space Place influence was felt far beyond the joint itself, and maybe it's just hubris but I think that that concentration of MADNESS & ENERGY (to quote Mark Mayer) was the driving force behind the explosion of the whole Chicago scene in 79 to 82.		The joint was primarily organized by [[Rachael Cain]] (Screamin' Rachel of Screamin' Rachel & Remote) and my brother [[Mike Harrington]] who were dating at the time. Mike primarily handled booking the bands and shows. I lived in the joint to provide 24 hour securiity and 24 hour load in/out and ran the day to day operations. I also was the stage manager and ran sound for bands who didn't have their own sound man. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/John_Connors John Connors], the guitarist for the [[Problem Dogs]], was officially the Treasurer and also ran the lights. Of course, that only touches the tip of the surface as there were about a hundred people who had a major hand in, not counting the bands. I'll try to run a full name check in another post. Space Place became one of those fabulously synergistic things where everybody was working together to create something bigger than the parts could generate by themselves. Personally, I think the Space Place influence was felt far beyond the joint itself, and maybe it's just hubris but I think that that concentration of MADNESS & ENERGY (to quote Mark Mayer) was the driving force behind the explosion of the whole Chicago scene in 79 to 82.

	Part of the building had been an old cold storage warehouse, some with foot thick insulated walls. We partitioned off a lot of the rooms so you could have 20 bands rehearsing at the same time without disturbing each other. Most bands rented private rooms by the month and could set them up the way they wanted and have their friends and fans hang out as needed. We also had a day room for spot rehearsals and bands could rent the show room to work out full blown staging with lights and PA and all.		Part of the building had been an old cold storage warehouse, some with foot thick insulated walls. We partitioned off a lot of the rooms so you could have 20 bands rehearsing at the same time without disturbing each other. Most bands rented private rooms by the month and could set them up the way they wanted and have their friends and fans hang out as needed. We also had a day room for spot rehearsals and bands could rent the show room to work out full blown staging with lights and PA and all.

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Band and Show History

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	Probably the most well-remembered shows we did were the Bauhaus show (3/7/81) and two Black Flag shows. We were punk in the sense that the whole thing was DIY and tended to be louder faster, but we featured all kinds of music at the shows. We had a lotta lotta punk shows, but we also had heavy metal, new wave, soul, blues, and plain crazy shit like ST2W or the Guyettes who had everybody dancing with an 'electric purse', or a wack band called 'Huh?' from Madison or Racine who came out dressed like cavemen (and cavelady) and did their first song just beating beating beating on big rocks. I don't know. We put on a 'New-wave musical,' Starstruck, and we hosted shows by Mike Flores and the Psychotronic Film society. Our normal presentation was to have a known, usually local opening act at 10, either one of the bigger local acts or a national act if we could book somebody interesting for the mainliner and then a closing act either a Space Place band (one of the bands that rehearsed there) or another band doing their first show or whatever to close out. Usually the shows would go to 3 am or so but many the times I remember rocking till dawn. Early raves if you will.		Probably the most well-remembered shows we did were the Bauhaus show (3/7/81) and two Black Flag shows. We were punk in the sense that the whole thing was DIY and tended to be louder faster, but we featured all kinds of music at the shows. We had a lotta lotta punk shows, but we also had heavy metal, new wave, soul, blues, and plain crazy shit like ST2W or the Guyettes who had everybody dancing with an 'electric purse', or a wack band called 'Huh?' from Madison or Racine who came out dressed like cavemen (and cavelady) and did their first song just beating beating beating on big rocks. I don't know. We put on a 'New-wave musical,' Starstruck, and we hosted shows by Mike Flores and the Psychotronic Film society. Our normal presentation was to have a known, usually local opening act at 10, either one of the bigger local acts or a national act if we could book somebody interesting for the mainliner and then a closing act either a Space Place band (one of the bands that rehearsed there) or another band doing their first show or whatever to close out. Usually the shows would go to 3 am or so but many the times I remember rocking till dawn. Early raves if you will.

	Holy moly. I finally had to pull out the 'Space Place Archives' to look up some of the bands and I have a lot more shit in there than I thought. For the purposes of this website, the most popular resident Space Place 'punk' bands were probably [[Direct Drive]]/[[Articles of Faith]], [[DV8]], and [[Meaty Buys]]. Other bands that were great and not necessarily punk and didn't get as much notice as they should of were ST2W (Save The Whole World), the '80s, the Marquis, the Problem Dogs, Doc Shock & The Jetsons, Recruit, Screamin' Rachel, and the swarm of Paul-Brodlo-Al-Kizys-centric bands like Sawdust Theory/Dystrophy Eaters/Phlegm Magnets/Underhell. Other S.P. bands included Warp 6 (fusion), The Majik Band (soul), Alphonso Surett (r & b), White Dwarf (Metal), Riley, the Men.		Holy moly. I finally had to pull out the 'Space Place Archives' to look up some of the bands and I have a lot more shit in there than I thought. For the purposes of this website, the most popular resident Space Place 'punk' bands were probably [[Direct Drive]]/[[Articles of Faith]], [[DV8]], and [[Meaty Buys]]. Other bands that were great and not necessarily punk and didn't get as much notice as they should of were ST2W (Save The Whole World), the '80s, the Marquis, the [[Problem Dogs]], Doc Shock & The Jetsons, Recruit, Screamin' Rachel, and the swarm of Paul-Brodlo-Al-Kizys-centric bands like Sawdust Theory/Dystrophy Eaters/Phlegm Magnets/Underhell. Other S.P. bands included Warp 6 (fusion), The Majik Band (soul), Alphonso Surett (r & b), White Dwarf (Metal), Riley, the Men.

	The first Space Place show featured [[Special Affect]] (pre- [[Al Jourgenson]] - [[Tom Hoffman]] was the guitarist) and the Ferraris. The drummer from the Ferraris, Bobby Strange, was tripping, had some domestic problem , and cut his wrists (superficially, thank jah) backstage during the third set. That was almost the end of the shows.		The first Space Place show featured [[Special Affect]] (pre- [[Al Jourgenson]] - [[Tom Hoffman]] was the guitarist) and the Ferraris. The drummer from the Ferraris, Bobby Strange, was tripping, had some domestic problem , and cut his wrists (superficially, thank jah) backstage during the third set. That was almost the end of the shows.

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	Holy moly. I finally had to pull out the 'Space Place Archives' to look up some of the bands and I have a lot more shit in there than I thought. For the purposes of this website, the most popular resident Space Place 'punk' bands were probably [[Direct Drive]]/[[Articles of Faith]], [[DV8]], and [[Meaty Buys]]. Other bands that were great and not necessarily punk and didn't get as much notice as they should of were ST2W (Save The Whole World), the '80s, the Marquis, the Problem Dogs, Doc Shock & The Jetsons, Recruit, Screamin' Rachel, and the swarm of Paul-Brodlo-Al-Kizys-centric bands like Sawdust Theory/Dystrophy Eaters/Phlegm Magnets/Underhell. Other S.P. bands included Warp 6 (fusion), The Majik Band (soul), Alphonso Surett (r & b), White Dwarf (Metal), Riley, the Men.		Holy moly. I finally had to pull out the 'Space Place Archives' to look up some of the bands and I have a lot more shit in there than I thought. For the purposes of this website, the most popular resident Space Place 'punk' bands were probably [[Direct Drive]]/[[Articles of Faith]], [[DV8]], and [[Meaty Buys]]. Other bands that were great and not necessarily punk and didn't get as much notice as they should of were ST2W (Save The Whole World), the '80s, the Marquis, the Problem Dogs, Doc Shock & The Jetsons, Recruit, Screamin' Rachel, and the swarm of Paul-Brodlo-Al-Kizys-centric bands like Sawdust Theory/Dystrophy Eaters/Phlegm Magnets/Underhell. Other S.P. bands included Warp 6 (fusion), The Majik Band (soul), Alphonso Surett (r & b), White Dwarf (Metal), Riley, the Men.

	The first Space Place show featured [[Special Affect]] (~~post~~ [[Al Jourgenson]] - [[Tom Hoffman]] was the guitarist) and the Ferraris. The ~~bass player~~ from the Ferraris was tripping, had some domestic problem , and cut his wrists (~~superficcially~~, thank jah) backstage during the third set. That was almost the end of the shows.		The first Space Place show featured [[Special Affect]] (pre- [[Al Jourgenson]] - [[Tom Hoffman]] was the guitarist) and the Ferraris. The drummer from the Ferraris, Bobby Strange, was tripping, had some domestic problem , and cut his wrists (superficially, thank jah) backstage during the third set. That was almost the end of the shows.

	Punk bands that played S.P. besides Black Flag included Direct Drive (later AOF), the [[Effigies]], [[Naked Raygun]], [[Strike Under]], [[the Subverts]], [[Silver Abuse]], Young Lions (canada), [[DA!]], the Bag People, the Masterbeats (the totally loudest fukin band I ever heard), People's Temple, the C*nts (with the Meaty Buys in the [[Disturbing Records]] review), the Insect Surfers (Washington DC) /Corrosives / Spitballs/ the Mentally Ill, the Men, James Chance, Desmond, [[Negative Element]], [[End Result]], Amadots		Punk bands that played S.P. besides Black Flag included Direct Drive (later AOF), the [[Effigies]], [[Naked Raygun]], [[Strike Under]], [[the Subverts]], [[Silver Abuse]], Young Lions (canada), [[DA!]], the Bag People, the Masterbeats (the totally loudest fukin band I ever heard), People's Temple, the C*nts (with the Meaty Buys in the [[Disturbing Records]] review), the Insect Surfers (Washington DC) /Corrosives / Spitballs/ the Mentally Ill, the Men, James Chance, Desmond, [[Negative Element]], [[End Result]], Amadots

Marie: /* Notable Shows */

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Notable Shows

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	* July 18, 1981 - [[Corrosives]], Jetsons, Drats		* July 18, 1981 - [[Corrosives]], Jetsons, Drats
	* January 23, [[1982]] - [[Silver Abuse]]		* January 23, [[1982]] - [[Silver Abuse]]
			* April 24, 1982 - [[Articles of Faith]], [[DV8]]
	* Summer 1982 - [[Negative Element]], [[The Anti-Bodies]], Juvinile Delinquents		* Summer 1982 - [[Negative Element]], [[The Anti-Bodies]], Juvinile Delinquents
	* Unknown Date - [[The Cunts]]		* Unknown Date - [[The Cunts]]

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grammar

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	[[Image:SpaceCard.jpg\|thumb\|right\|[[MKB]]'s SP membership card]]		[[Image:SpaceCard.jpg\|thumb\|right\|[[MKB]]'s SP membership card]]

	'''Space Place''' was a popular punk venue ~~during the~~ [[1979]] to [[1982]]. It was located on 955 W. Fulton - 3 blks. west of Halsted, just north of Lake St. They played all-ages shows every Saturday, which was $3 for three bands and BYOB. It was also a place where bands could rehearse, record or rent out equipment. Space Place was a total community effort and was officially a non-profit organization. The biggest names to play Space Place were Bauhaus and Black Flag.		'''Space Place''' was a popular punk venue from [[1979]] to [[1982]]. It was located on 955 W. Fulton - 3 blks. west of Halsted, just north of Lake St. They played all-ages shows every Saturday, which was $3 for three bands and BYOB. It was also a place where bands could rehearse, record or rent out equipment. Space Place was a total community effort and was officially a non-profit organization. The biggest names to play Space Place were Bauhaus and Black Flag.

	== History as told by Rich Harrington ==		== History as told by Rich Harrington ==

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	[[Image:~~SpaceP05~~.~~gif~~\|thumb\|right\|~~200px\|Space Place flyer for Black Flag~~]]		[[Image:SpaceCard.jpg\|thumb\|right\|[[MKB]]'s SP membership card]]

	'''Space Place''' was a popular punk venue during the [[1979]] to [[1982]]. It was located on 955 W. Fulton - 3 blks. west of Halsted, just north of Lake St. They played all-ages shows every Saturday, which was $3 for three bands and BYOB. It was also a place where bands could rehearse, record or rent out equipment. Space Place was a total community effort and was officially a non-profit organization. The biggest names to play Space Place were Bauhaus and Black Flag.		'''Space Place''' was a popular punk venue during the [[1979]] to [[1982]]. It was located on 955 W. Fulton - 3 blks. west of Halsted, just north of Lake St. They played all-ages shows every Saturday, which was $3 for three bands and BYOB. It was also a place where bands could rehearse, record or rent out equipment. Space Place was a total community effort and was officially a non-profit organization. The biggest names to play Space Place were Bauhaus and Black Flag.
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	== Band and Show History ==		== Band and Show History ==

			[[Image:SpaceP05.gif\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Space Place flyer for Black Flag]]
	''As told by [[Rich Harrington]]''		''As told by [[Rich Harrington]]''