RE: Backroom closing; Dangeous Toys asked to be final show

Caddilac — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:28:54 GMT

Not sure if this was posted but I found this link for Batfest Info: http://www.roadstarproductions.com/RoadStar/Events-cat.asp?media1Id=544

Does your band have a site webmaster Bare?

RE: Backroom closing; Dangeous Toys asked to be final show

Bare — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:22:14 GMT

[quote][b]Caddilac (6/23/2006)[/b][hr]You catching a Teeth show Bare? They are playing here in Dallas on Saturday with the Sex Slaves. Are you going to make BatFest?[/quote]

1. Broken Teeth are playing with my band on July 29... So, I'll definitely be catching their show ;) lol

2. I'm working real hard on the Batfest thing... That will be hellacious, indeed!!!

RE: Backroom closing; Dangeous Toys asked to be final show

Caddilac — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:19:45 GMT

You catching a Teeth show Bare? They are playing here in Dallas on Saturday with the Sex Slaves. Are you going to make BatFest?

RE: Backroom closing; Dangeous Toys asked to be final show

Bare — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:14:03 GMT

Jason will be rocking out with me on July 29... but this is sad news about the Backroom... sad day, indeed.

Backroom closing; Dangeous Toys asked to be final show

Caddilac — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:02:26 GMT

Interesting Dangerous Toys related news:

Back Room backs out
Storied rock, hip-hop club to close July 29
By Joe Gross
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Wednesday, June 21, 2006

After three decades of folk, rock, metal and hip-hop, the Back Room is closing its doors July 29.

The club at 2015 E. Riverside Drive has drawn crowds to its cavernous darkness for 33 years.

"I am numb and feel as if one of my family has just died," Back Room booker Phillip Nitch said.

During the early 1980s, the room was a top destination for touring acts — Cheap Trick, Motorhead, the Ramones, Public Enemy and Richard Thompson — and an incubator for homegrown talents. Later it became known as the city's headquarters for heavy metal.

Recently, gigs by Texas hip-hop acts had made a vital contribution to the club, which includes a 600-person-capacity performance space, a large pool hall and a beer garden.

There are no plans to move the business.

Former Back Room manager Mark Olivarez, brought back to the club for its final month, said Wednesday that owner Ronnie Roark has not sold the venue's Rivertown Mall location. Roark was not available for comment.

"The club business has changed," Olivarez said. "After 33 years, we thought it was time to close."

He added that many of the mall's surrounding businesses think that location is slated for mixed-use development or condominiums. Several large residential and commercial projects have been announced for land north of Riverside Drive, some of those fronting Town Lake. This is among the first signs of redevelopment south of the street.

General Manager Sean McCarthy announced plans for a series of final concerts, with former Dangerous Toys frontman Jason McMasters closing the venue.

"I can tell you he will be the last one to walk off that stage," McCarthy said. Dangerous Toys, part of the hair metal explosion in the late 1980s, got its start at the Back Room.

The club began life in 1973 in the space currently occupied by the Thundercloud Subs shop on East Riverside Drive. After the venue moved to its current location in the late '70s, its owners bought the Copper Dollar bar next door, turning it into a game room in the early '80s.

During that era, the Back Room hosted roots rock bands such as the LeRoi Brothers, Commandos, and Omar and the Howlers. Touring acts and metal bands started filling the hall in the late '80s.

The Back Room was one of the very first clubs booked for the South by Southwest Music Festival and has been home to a SXSW showcase every year. The festival has directed hip-hop acts to the Back Room, one of its only East Austin venues, since 1999; weekly hip-hop shows are a recent innovation.

Though the metal acts usually booked at the Back Room are likely to find a home at downtown clubs such as Redrum, Emo's and Room 710, the hip-hop gigs may prove more problematic to house. With its midsize capacity and an indestructible feel, the Back Room proved a perfect venue for Texas hip-hop stars such as Bun B, Chamillionaire, Devin the Dude and Austin rappers.

Rapid Ric, a DJ and rising talent in the Texas hip-hop scene, said the club on East Riverside Drive was an ideal location. He was unsure what could rise to take its place.

"Hip-hop venues are like the table where the popular kids don't sit," Ric said. "It's tough to say, 'This club will take the Back Room's place.' It will just sort of happen."

Emo's recently started booking hip-hop acts at its new Emo's Lounge venue at Sixth and Red River streets.

McCarthy denied that the closing had anything to do with the sexual assault charges filed Tuesday against Daniel Bill Garza, 20, who authorities say met at least one of the female victims, who ranged in age from 19 to 25, at the Back Room.

The venue's closing "has been in the works for over a year," McCarthy said.

And Jason's Response:

in response to the austin american statesman blurbage about myself
being the
last to walk off the stage...
i have respect and get respect at and for the backroom and all staff.
its a
crazy time that we have all had there... the best!!!
a place for the freaks to rock free!!! i truly dont know what mid sized
venue there is in town for the ilk of bands that the backroom has
catered to
and contnued to cater to.
the unfortunate info is, broken teeth will be on tour miles away when
the
doors close (i will be in south dakota on july 29th )
the closing date is a surprise yank of the rug under the feet.
bad timing... i cannot cancel or postpone a tour for the closing of my
fave
venue.
the honor is that the club wanted me and the toys to be involved in the
sad
but honorable closing night.
i plan at some point in the next two weeks , to do a video taped walk
thru/narration of the famous club, for my personal and maybe even
worldwide
dvd release somewhere on a documentary.
jason mcmaster

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