Stages

Stages was a large club that played a punk shows in the early 80s. Located on Clark just north of Addison, Stages had two floors and attracted national acts. The upstairs area played the bigger acts, while the lower area, called Waves played more local stuff.

In late 1981 Waves became a Reggae club called Cool Runnings. Coolest Retard #14 said in their June 1981 issue that Waves just closed down, yet there are a bunch of shows past that. In July 1982 Stages morphed into The Metro and at some point (same date? definitely before 1/83) the basement area became Smart Bar.

Address

• 3730 N. Clark

Notable Shows

• March 29-30, 1981 - Joan Jett (Waves)
• May 9, 1981 - Subhumans
• December 7, 1981 - Oingo Boingo
• December 9, 1981 - Strike Under (Waves)
• December 10, 1981 - Mission From Burma (Waves)
• December 11, 1981 - U.S., Da (Waves)
• December 12, 1981 - Black Flag, The Effigies
• March 19, 1982 - UK Subs, Anti-Nowhere League, Effigies
• June 22, 1982 - The Cramps