This-Recording9461 t1_iz7vm9p wrote on December 7, 2022 at 2:54 AM

Quick, someone open the Espresso Bar again, I could use a late night pot of coffee and a Forced Fed Shovelhead show.

Ah, the memories.

I share your dismay, I smoked many a cigarette at the coffee kingdom.

your_city_councilor OP t1_iz7y31z wrote on December 7, 2022 at 3:13 AM

Dude, I went to so many hardcore shows at the Espresso Bar. That place was awesome. Such good times back then...

This-Recording9461 t1_iz7zavh wrote on December 7, 2022 at 3:23 AM

So many, Overcast/Shadows fall, ect. Can't remember if I saw Earth Crisis and VOD there, that might have been the church gym in Clinton. Tons of shows.

your_city_councilor OP t1_iza2p96 wrote on December 7, 2022 at 4:22 PM

I think I went to all those shows. And then there were bands like Holdstrong and...something Crow Stomp, and the Psychos. Those were the days.

So, since you know what's up with good music, have you heard anything recently that's new and worthwhile?

foredom t1_iz8e602 wrote on December 7, 2022 at 5:40 AM

Oh man, I’d have placed a bet I’d never see FFSH pop up on Reddit. Good memories of the Espresso Bar, I remember somehow getting into shows there as a mohawked 13 year old - remember Eastcide?

If you want to take a trip down memory lane: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Da4Io17Rp_g

This-Recording9461 t1_iz8htc7 wrote on December 7, 2022 at 6:21 AM

Oh yeah, there were a bunch of super local bands, 7 Hills Psychos too. Some other bands from around Central Ma like Forty Days Rain, saw Fragment a ton too.

It was all ages, I was probably 14 or so when I first went. Actually had two locations on James St if I remember, way down the hallway in back, and later towards the front of the building with street access.

I actually first saw FFSH at the first Waaf local bazooka when it was at Shore Park near the Greendale Y.

your_city_councilor OP t1_izaaccq wrote on December 7, 2022 at 5:13 PM

Eastcide! I haven't thought about them in years. Actually, decades!

Ugh, I wish I could go to a show like those again. I had a friend who used to be in one of those bands, a few friends but one really close friend, and he his band had a band room in one of those old warehouses on Cambridge Street. Awesome place to hang out, too.