There were three times more people outside the 300-capacity club than were able to fit inside, where it was brutally hot and gloriously sweaty. Sitting in little clumps on the sidewalk and standing in the street behind the stage, the throng drank 7-11 beer, smoked joints and reminisced about nights spent in the glorious black wooden box where Bad Brains would play one night and Lou Ann Barton the next. And you'd go to both. A club where you’d go even if you’ve never heard of the band (which explains why a handful of kids in mohawks and leather jackets showed up to see 10,000 Maniacs in 1985), the Continental Club closed its doors for good on Aug. 29,...
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