Ep. 267: Hamilton St Cafe & Stage w/ Adam Toris
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Show Notes
Hamilton St Cafe & Stage in Bound Brook, NJ was a beloved hybrid venue that blended a cozy café atmosphere with an intimate stage for live music. Throughout the early 2000s, it became a cultural hub for local and touring punk, indie, and alternative acts, fostering a tight-knit community. Though it closed in 2007 after severe flooding, it's still remembered fondly as a cornerstone of the NJ music scene.
I got Adam on the Zoom and this is what we chat about:
- The Melody Bar
- Picking Chris Ross' brain
- How Hamilton St opened
- The random box story
- The Palace
- Opening night
- My Chem and Jack Antinoff
- The cocaine story
- Getting in a fight with the dude from LFO
- The World/Inferno Friendship Society
- Myths and Legends about the place
- Johanna Angel
- Was it haunted
- Closing down
- And a ton more
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