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middle eastern restaurant/bar at 472-480 Massachusetts Ave, central square, cambridge


1993


march 20 - hazel (pdx) // snaky acid kiss // hullabaloo
october 1 - hazel (pdx)

1995


march 30 - killing time // 454 big block // vision of disorder // dismay
?? - dahlia seed

1996


june 5 - toetag // bastard squad // insult // out cold // olde school
september 9 - the pist // showcase showdown // the unseen // august spies // 2nd flyer
september 11 - gang green // anal cunt // insult // disenchanted // the nothings

1997


february 7 - murphy's law // blood for blood // the trouble // united we stand
april 13 - stratford mercenaries // human investment // disco crisis // deadeye (ny) // krema-1 // quaranteen // 2nd flyer
april 27 - the freeze // electric frankenstein // the trouble // :30 seconds over tokyo
may 14 - sleater-kinney // cold cold hearts
may 18 - agnostic front (nyc) // 454 big block // 25 ta life // blood for blood
may 31 - boris the sprinkler // furious george // the johnnies // the dislexics // xyklon zeroes
june 7 - the bruisers // blanks 77 // niblick henbane // broken heroes (last show) // ducky boys // dropkick murphys // the unseen // brain bats // the unruly (nyc) // 2nd flyer // 3rd flyer
june 8 - pocket kings // the agents // pressure cooker // adjusters // big d and the kids table // thumper // too hectic // radiation kings // 2nd flyer // 3rd flyer
june 18 - claw hammer // gameface // v. card // ten yard fight // miltown
july 15 - ten yard fight // battery // bane // eyelid (ca)
july 19 - earth crisis // madball // merauder // blood for blood
late summer 1997 shows
late summer/early october 1997 shows

1998


january 3 - 7th Rail Crew // UPFRONT // FOLLOW THROUGH // IN MY EYES
january 10 - the casualties // the cuffs // the ducky boys // the unseen // pinkerton thugs
february 7 - Murphy's Law // Blood for blood // The Trouble // United We Stand
february 8 - dropkick murphys // big bad bollocks // the bruisers // ducky boys // the truents // 2nd flyer
march 8 - toy dolls (uk) // :30 seconds over tokyo // the showcase showdown
march 16 - razorwire // blanks 77 // against all authority // saturdays heros
march 22 - ten yard fight // bane // diecast // darkest hour // forty days rain
march 28 - sleater-kinney // helium // fan modine
march 29 - sleater-kinney // helium // victory at sea
april 15 - elliott smith
april 18 - anti-heroes // oxymoron // blanks 77 // ducky boys // vigilantes // 2nd flyer
april 27 - the freeze // the trouble // electric frankenstein // :30 seconds over tokyo
May - Piebald // Ann Bereta // Avail
june 14 - ducky boys // the trouble // :30 seconds over tokyo // the westies
june 14 - quasi // ivy // komeda
July 15 - The Allstonians // The New York Ska Jazz Ensemble // Laurel Aitken
august 11 - eyehategod // soilent green // crowbar // isis
september 2 - final conflict // toxic narcotic // disassociate // distraught // the unseen
october 4 - out cold // kevorkian's angels // bubblegum riot // the nothings // 2nd flyer
december 21 - the showcase showdown // the racketeers // pinkerton thugs // the raging teens

1999


february 6 - The Big Bad Bollocks
february 21 - The World Is My Fuse // Eventide // Slower Than Seasons
february 24 - The Vehicle Birth // Quintaine Americana // Los Conquistadors del Rock // Crack Torch // The Katie Geoghegans // Tracy Husky
february 28 - Get High // Daltonic // Distance Runner
march 13 - raw power (itl) // out cold // hate dept.
march 16 - showcase showdown // tedio boys (prtg) // august spies // the double nuthins
march 30 - Poison Idea // Mitch Mitchell's Terrifying Experience
march 31 - Six Going on Seven // Fastbreak // Error Type: 11
march 22 - Sleater Kinney // Holy GoLightly // Mary Timony
april 25 - piecemeal // die my will // 40 days rain // diecast
may 4 - candiria // no innocent victim // diecast // indecision // e-town concrete
May 12 - Kill Holiday // Mid Carson July // The Warren Commission
may 16 - the get up kids // six going on seven // lazycalm
june 1 - sleater-kinney // mary timony // runway
july 11 - gameface // cave in // all chrome // garrison
august 11 - chelsea (uk) // the showcase showdown // dehumanized // august spies (last show)
september 6 - peter and the test tube babies // the showcase showdown // tedio boys (prt) // the forgotten
september 12 - p.t.l klub // anal cunt // nunslaughter // out cold
september 29 - deguelo (sp?) // the unseen // statistics // razorwire // a poor excuse // out cold
november 17 - Six Going on Seven // Juno // My Best Mistake // Long Distance Runner
november 20 - The Promise Ring // Burning Airlines // The Dismemberment Plan
november 28 - Neurosis // Candiria // Cave In // Isis
november 3 - quasi // no. 2 // mary timony
december 12 - Rainer Maria // The Ivory Coast // Ted Leo // California Stadium
december 16 - 7th rail crew // dive december 19 - Endlast // Over It // Drexel // Smackin' Isaiah
december 21 - the showcase showdown // the explosion // the loiterers (ny) // cops and robbers

2000


march 1 - close call // fit for abuse // a poor excuse // tommy and the terrors // the strikers
march 12 - Toxic Narcotic // CRASH & BURN // The Profits // Full Speed Ahead (NY)
march 14 - (a) new found glory // drexel // midtown // the mission120 // rx bandits
march 22 - Blanks 77 // Forced Reality // Sixer // The Infiltrators // The Vigilantes
may 17 - sleater-kinney // the gossip // the butchies
may 18 - sleater-kinney // the gossip // the butchies
june 13 - Forced Reality // Tommy and the Terrors // Razorwire // The Roachenders // The Banned
june 30 - The Shods // A Poor Excuse // Darkbuster // Lost City Angels // Cash Moneys // the Jet Setter
august 22 - The Allstonians // Proctology // Dow Jones & the Industrials // West Beverly
august 26 - Darkbuster // The Colonel & His Lucky Diamonds // Lost City Angels // Sinners & Saints
august 27 - toxic narcotic // the profits // the creeps // class action
september 5 - toxic narcotic // weedeater // the barfeeders (sf) // super hi-five
September 26 - Elliot // The Weakerthans // Drowningman // Slow Fore // Helgeson Story
october 12 - Melt Banana // Fat Day // Black Dice
october 19 - Oxymoron (ger) // The Boils // The Unseen // Close Call // DarkBuster
october 24 - fear // sinners & saints // lost city angels
November 21 - Poison the Well // Brother's Keeper // Cannae
november 26 - Diecast // 100 Demons // Forced Reality // Brando // Six of Fire
november 29 - toxic narcotic (acoustic)
november 29 - Rancid // Heidi
december 21 - M.D.C. // The Casualties // Toxic Narcotic // Violent Society // The Profits
December 31 - Darkbuster // Speed Devils // The Skels (NJ) // Lost City Angels

2001


january 2 - a global threat // the unseen // the profits // disaster strikes
January 26 - The Dismemberment Plan // Karate // Crack Torch
february 4 - angelic upstarts // oxblood // the street troopers (mtl) // spitzz // the relix (nyc) // 2nd flyer
february 8 - conflict (uk) // the unseen // the casualties // toxic narcotic
february 28 - cops & robbers // close call // fit for abuse // shark attack
march 4 - Amen // American Nightmare // The Vigilantes // Pictures Of Gabriel
march 12 - toxic narcotic // crash and burn // full speed ahead (nyc) // the profits
March 13 - The Donnas // Bratmobile // Mooney Suzuki
april 22 - out cold
may 20 - piebald
may 22 - Keepsake // Unearth // Moment // Hamartia // the commercials
july 4 - out cold
july 23 - out cold
august 1 - cave in // the cancer conspiracy // roots of orchis // rise park
october 24 - toxic narcotic // grimple (oak) // the statistics // the afflicted

2002


january 17 - the casualties // meat depressed // the skels // random road mother // the decals // tommy and the terrors
january 27 - Today is the Day // Burnt by the Sun // House of Low Culture // Watchmaker
february 20 - Purity's Failure // Eyes Upon Separation // Backstabbers Inc. // Defcon 4
march 30 - hatebreed // converge // death threat // the dedication
april 9 - Sparta // Thursday // Detachment Kit
may 12 - Down but not out // Last in Line // Close Call // the A-Team // Say goodbye
june 6 - sleazies // C60 // Fast Actin' Fuses // Lamont // Tommy & the Terrors
july 1 - the rezillos (uk) // the breifs // spitzz // u.s.m.
october 11 - Shellac // Rye Coalition

2003


march 2 - converge // 16 // cursed // sex positions // backstabbers inc.
march 4 - the varukers (uk) // the unseen // the virus // molotov cocktail
may 14 - Slaughter & the Dogs // Tommy & the Terrors // The Riffs // The Bluebloods
may 15 - Zeke (Reunion) // Camarosmith // Crash N Burn
july 28 - close call // r'n'r // dumptruck // bottom line
august 2 - Random Acts Of Violence // The Accursed // Terminally Your Aborted Ghost // Magrudergrind (DC)
august 8 - Garrison // Orange Island // The Nationale Blue // On the Might of Princes
september 7 - Daughters // Chinese Stars
september 18 - Cursive // Blood Brothers // Eastern Youth
october 16 - on broken wings // since the flood // irepress // giving to grey skies

2004


july 8 - Blood Brothers // Kill Me Tomorrow // Chromatics // Hott Ruxx
october 31 - converge // cave in // between the buried and me
december 31 - Darkbuster // Jerry's Kids // Lost City Angels // Road To Ruin

2005


February 13 - Dalek // Bastille // Emok
february 22 - pure impact // the fight (uk) // morgan knockers // tramps like us
may 5 - The Reverend Horton Heat // The Supersuckers // Murphy's Law
july 17 - DOOM AND GRINDCORE FEST - GRIEF (reunion) // Unearthly Trance // Buried Inside // Conifer // WetNurse // Magrudergrind // Syzslak // Kevorkian's Angels // Ocean // ID
july 18 - subhumans // crash and burn // from ashes rise // confront
july 24 - Pelican // Big Business // Panthers // Kayo Dot
december 19 - Sunn O))) // Nachtmystium // Ocean

2007


february 4 - destruction // municipial waste // sadus // ?? // defcon 4
april 9 - Paparazzi // Sea Creature // Mouth Sewn Shut // Iron Sides
june 11 - Melt banana // doomriders // neptune
june 29 - August Spies // Defcon 4 // Psycho // Menstrual Tramps // Proselyte
july 16 - DISASTER STRIKES // SUPERPOWER // MILO'S SYNDICATE // TO THE WOLVES // THE DEVIATIONS
september 13 - today is the day // defcon 4 // christine (tn) // taipan // downhill fast

2008


March 3 - Strike Anywhere // Paint It Black // Riverboat Gamblers
june 9 - CHRISTIAN DEATH // BABY BOY H // TOMBS
june 21 - Only Living Witness // Deadbird // Hackman // Bury The Needle
august 23 - the meatmen // the queers // unnatural axe // the nasties // sleazies
october 22 - Jay Reatard // Cola Freaks // The Tampoffs // Vancougar

2009


april 4 - boston rules, ok? all ages show - REVILERS // RAZORS IN THE NIGHT // FLATFOOT 56 // BLOOD STAINED BRINDLE // THE PINKERTON THUGS // FAR FROM FINISHED
april 4 - boston rules, ok? 21+ show - blanks 77 // the wretched ones // the skels // side effects // oi! the band
april 5 - boston rules, ok? all ages show - the casualties // mouth sewn shut // tommy and the terrors // for the worse // war of words // word for word
april 5 - boston rules, ok? 18+ show - MARK LIND & THE UNLOVED // LOST CAUSE // NOTHING BUT ENEMIES S.C.F.F. // HAMMER & NAILS // DOGGFIGHT U.S. // RED INVASION
May 17 - Blood Stained Brindle // The Cham-Peons // Faulty Conscience // The Designer Drugs
May 28 - Kayo Dot // Secret Chiefs 3
august 12 - chronic sick // mouth sewn shut // razors in the night // nothing but enemies
august 13 - transit // balance and composure // man overboard // nemes
september 20 - the unseen // youth brigade // off with their heads
september 28 - screaming females (nj) // general interest // ralph eats dynamite
october 18 - the pinkerton thugs // tommy and the terrors // for the worse // antibodies
november 28 - Mighty Mighty Bosstones // slapshot
december 19 - thursday // dillinger escape plan // fake problems // endless hallway

2010


february 27 - Crime In Stereo // Transit // Defeater // Make Do and Mend
March 10 - Coalesce // Harvey Milk
march 19 - boston rules ok fest - colin of arabia // panzerbastard // side effects // cromulent // nothing but enemies // the revilers
march 20 - boston rules ok fest - pinkerton thugs // tommy and the terrors // razors in the night // disorderly conduct // oi! the band // colin and the cancers
march 21 - boston rules ok fest - the vigilantes // jason bennet and the resistance // tijuana sweethearts // these lies // paul & the strings // war of words
march 21 - boston rules ok fest - guns up! // for the worse // ashers // watchfire // word for word
july 18 - Lewd Acts // Mammoth Grinder // Revenge // New Lows
august 1 - the f.u.'s // Channel3 (Ca) // Step Forward // Nothing But Enemies
august 7 - Boris (jpn) // Cave In // Russian Circles
august 20 - cro-mags // shipwreck ad // colin of arabia // product of waste

2011


march 10 - defeater // the carrier // disappearer // dreamtigers // the first annual
march 28 - OFF! // Trash Talk // Cerebral Ballzy
april 6 - The Subhumans (UK) // M.D.C. // Libyans // War of Words
april 9 - boston rules, ok - death before dishonor // for the worse // ashers // watchfire // bulldog courage // the bonus army // yellow stitches
april 9 - boston rules, ok - razors in the night // bloodshot hooligans // ska-prest // combat crisis // word for word // taxi driver // choke up
May 22 - Converge // Trap Them // Burning Love // DropDead
may 28 - The F.U.'s // Bring The Knife // Bad Lieutenants // Led To The Grave // Krylls // Hannaford and The Heartstoppers
june 10 - Supertouch // Death Threat // Swaggerin' Growlers // Ashers // Dead Friends
july 17 - Dwarves // Motherboar // For The Worse // Livver // Stalkers
october 1 - Strike Anywhere // A Wilhelm Scream // The Copyrights
october 13 - Polar Bear Club // Fireworks // Balance & Composure // Such Gold // American Verse
november 5 - close call // scapegoat // mfp // new lows // sweet jesus (first show)
november 30 - Touche Amore // Pianos Become the Teeth // Seahaven
november 30 - A Loss For Words // Hit The Lights // The Dangerous Summer // The Story So Far // Divided By Friday
december 3 - Hammer and the Nails // Boston Strangler // Reason To Fight // MFP
december 30 - Caspian // Defeater // Constants // Dreamtigers

2012


february 11 - English Dogs // The Casualties // Toxic Holocaust // Havok
february 12 - The Queers // The Ataris // Far From Finished // The Acro-Brats
february 19 - Less Than Jake // Samiam // Flatfoot 56 // A Wilhelm Scream
may 1 - Psycho // FUKK // Insult // Enemy Within
may 15 - fast Death // Mountain Man // Chrome Over Brass // DJ Into the pit
june 30 - Razors in the Night // The Blue Bloods // Cradle to the Grave // By The Throat
july 3 - The Pinkerton Thugs // The Scarred (ca) // Tenebrae
august 7 - Scott Reynolds // Fred Maschernio // Lenny Lashley's Gang of One // The Toy Cannons // The Old Edison
augusst 21 - Teenage Bottlerocket // Masked Intruder // Nothington // Goddamn Draculas
september 22 - Misser // Diamond Youth // Young Statues // Rescuer // Alan Day
october 2 - Propagandhi // Comeback Kid // Disaster Strikes
october 21 - OFF! // The Spits // Negative Approach // Double Negative // Power Trip
october 29 - Municipal Waste // Napalm Death // Exhumed // Vektor
november 21 - metz // pile // speedy ortiz
december 20 - Bomb the Music Industry! // Math The Band // The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die // Sean Eldon & The Greatest Date

2013


january 4 - WHITE PAGES // CATHY CATHODIC // ST. RIPPER // ROTTEN APPLES
february 11 - potty mouth // hilly eye // slutever // tomboy
february 11 - Dead Kennedys // Welch Boys // The Cryptics // Burning Streets
april 10 - rvivr // dogjaw // peeple watchin' // tomboy
june 9 - Swingin' Utters // Goddamn Gallows // Welch Boys
june 13 - Black Flag // Good For You // Ho-Ag
june 14 - Down by Law // Doc Hopper // The Fatal Flaw // Rebuilder // Silver Screams
june 15 - The Adolescents // The Casualties // Tenebrae // Done With You
august 22 - Union 13 // Brunt Of It // The F.U.'s // Red Line Rebels
august 24 - The Welch Boys // The Bluebloods // The Warning Shots // Yellow Stitches
august 24 - sheer terror // new lows // rival mob // nothing but enemies
september 12 - DOA // DISASTER STRIKES // OPPOSITION RISING // THE F.U.'S // ST. RIPPER
september 13 - Screaming Females (nj) // Waxahatchee // Tenement (wi) // The Fagettes
september 15 - The Hip Priests (UK) // The Cretins // The Sprained Ankles // Bad Sex
september 21 - Koffin Kats // Hudson Falcons // Turbo AC's // Two Fisted Law // American Pinup // New Red Scare // Svetlanas // Cry Havoc // The Old Edison // OC45
september 23 - pogo + work punk night - bloodkrow butcher
october 27 - pogo + work punk night - funeral cone
november 11 - Circle Takes the Square // B Dolan // United Nations // VYGR
november 11 - The Business // The Welch Boys // The Warning Shots // Silver Screams
november 24 - pogo + work punk night - st. ripper
december 28 - The Real Kids // Nervous Eaters // The Connection // Blinders // St. Ripper

2014


january 4 - Burning Streets // Cradle to the Grave // OC45 // The Warning Shots
february 4 - NOBUNNY // The Hussy // The Fagettes // Banditas // Gangbang Gordon
april 24 - YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN (TOR) // PERFECT PUSSY // GREEN DREAMS (NY) // PARASOL // FAGETTES
june 22 - bane // cruel hand
july 31 - power trip // mammoth grinder // my fictions // raindance // draize // caught in a crowd // i am become death // kimachi // streetsweeper // violence to fade
august 29 - crime & punishment // matahari // bomb threat // empty vessels // honest john // 2nd flyer // 3rd flyer
october 7 - Code Orange // Twitching Tongues // Soul Search // I am become Death
october 18 - edge day - step forward // invasion // world war 4 // caught in a crowd // clear // down but not out // violence to fade // test of time // through these eyes // 2nd flyer
november 2 - sheer terror // stars and stripes // peacebreakers // mfp // honest john // 2nd flyer
november 18 - forward // long knife // prisoner abuse // aspects of war
december 5 - america's hardcore fest - supertouch // self defense family // dead end path ("last show") // give // caught in a crowd // pocketknife // ancient heads // death injection // westpoint // fiddlehead // iambecomedeath // 2nd flyer
december 6 - america's hardcore fest - rotting out // big contest // hard stripes // barge // red death // protestor // stand united (jpn) // some nerve // 2nd flyer

2015


march 29 - biohazard // sworn enemy // tenebrae // dot rats // villain // 2nd flyer
april 6 - the mob (uk) // perspex flesh // blazing eye // sadist // stranger
may 19 - water torture // hirudinea // rattrap // empty vessels // necklacing
june 13 - in my eyes // think i care // rival mob // boston strangler // so be it // stand accused // invasion // new lows // labeled // 2nd flyer
june 13 - taxi driver // honest john // the pink parts // spo
september 20 - acxdc (la) // outer heaven (pa) // ratstab (pvd) // beartrap // streetsweeper
september 26 - sheer terror // forced reality // colin of arabia // mfp // 2nd flyer
october 7 - DISIPLINE // URSULA // long gone // BLOOD CLUB
october 28 - aye nako (nyc) // joanna gruesome (uk) // king of cats // bent shapes
november 27 - twitching tongues // harm's way // homewrecker // malice at the palace // fuming mouth // j.h. (first show)
november 28 - negative approach (det) // night birds (nj) // casanovas in heat // dark thoughts (phl) // conmen
december 2 - agnostic front // rival mob // hammer and the nails // mfp
december 5 - america's hardcore fest - red death // freedom // intent // big contest // clear // barge // demolition // wild side
december 5 - all pigs must die // wormwood // v-sect
december 12 - foundation (atl/last boston show) // king nine (ny) // criminal instinct // iron edge

2016


january 4 - (remember) SPORTS // GRAVEL // bent shapes
march 23 - palehound // ursula // gay sin // gravel // girls rock boston campaign bands // 2nd flyer
april 4 - tau cross // dropdead // morne // stranger
may 14 - peach kelli pop // secret lover // gravel // electric street queens
may 21 - weekend nachos (chi/last ma show) // the afternoon gentlemen // gets worse // vein // goolagoon // tinnitus
may 31 - Rotten Sound // Ramming Speed // Backstabbers INC. // Fucking invincible // Fuming Mouth // Eaten
june 21 - NAILS // FULL OF HELL // GOD'S HATE // ETERNAL SLEEP
september 8 - FULL OF HELL/THE BODY // GAS CHAMBER // EMPTY VESSELS // CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
september 21 - pms 84 (pdx) // conspiracy (nyc) // contingent // cinderblock
december 8 - DOWNTOWN BOYS // DENT (LAST SHOW) // FUNERAL CONE // THE CAVEMeN

2017


january 6 - MADBALL // SLAINE // BRICK BY BRICK // JAYSAUN
april 22 - templars // battle ruins // shipwrecked // fit for abuse // boston strangler
july 27 - una bestia incontrolable // video filth // innocent // bombers
august 22 - rixe (fr) // the brass (nyc) // savageheads // bombers // security // the stance
september 19 - savageheads // vagra // urchin // banshee // purgatory
november 10 - Fast Times // Silver Screams // The F.U.'s // Channel 3
december 1 - america's hardcore fest - Protester // Wild Side // Ecostrike // Day By Day // Candy // Nosebleed // Brother // Diztort // Illusion // AmmuNation // Restraining Order
december 2 - america's hardcore fest - Unified Right // Violence to Fade // Free // Abuse of Power // Line of Sight // Glory // Faze // Lowest Priority // Substance

2018


march 1 - Mammoth Grinder // Wound Man // Fuming Mouth // Immortal War
june 2 - Sheer Terror // Nothing But Enemies // Burden // American War Machine // Kuya
June 6 - Ecostrike // Magnitude // Search For Purpose // Vantage Point // Antagonize (first show)
july 12 - suffer on acid // leather lung // maniac // corrode
july 20 - jerry's kids (last show) // moving targets // straw dogs // mung // "bullet lavolta"
july 26 - D.O.A // The Turbo A.C.'s // The Welch Boys // DNZL
september 12 - Dead Boys // The Ghost Wolves
september 13 - EYEHATEGOD // THE OBSESSED // TODAY IS THE DAY // PANZERBASTARD // PSYCHO
september 23 - FEAR // Slapshot // Pint killers
december 13 - Every Time I Die // Turnstile // Vein // angel dust
december 22 - The A-Team // Last In Line // Down But Not Out // Rampage // MFP // Restraining Order

2019


february 2 - fuerza bruta // hammer and the nails // thunder and glory // burden // the stance
march 2 - King Nine // Hangman // Buried Dreams // Antagonize

???


july 28 - close call // bottom line // r'n'r // dump truck
july 30 - sheer terror // maximum penalty // swingin' utters
november 28 - kevorkian's angels // superkollider // dead pedestrians