Disgraceland

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July 26 2006 - May 2 2009

1 Location
2 History
3 Local Bands
4 Touring Bands
5 Posters
6 Videos
7 Links

Location

Disgraceland was a few blocks from downtown PA.

History

Disgraceland was an unlicensed venue that operated in the basement of a home in the mid 00's. Many Punk and Metal bands played there. The first show was with headliners "Self Rule" and local support Burning Camelot, Dishonourable Discharge, and Cheap Excape in 2006. The show was set up after the new management of the Apollo bar dropped the show. Disgraceland at that time was considered to be born in the wake of the "old Apollo". Shortly thereafter, Disgraceland started to gain popularity in the local scene. In the first year there were several notable shows including "Disgracefest",(an all day all local festival) and "Gate Night Bloodfest" (Devils Night themed show that just recently had its 4th annual installment at Kilroy's). It quickly became the choice punk/metal venue in the community with help from the nascent community forming at Baycore. Over the years, several bands had their first sets at Disgraceland, and grew artistically with the help of the venue. Amongst those bands were Trench Foot, Bottom Rockers, Revenge Of The Mormons, and DEAD. Several notable touring bands played at the venue as well including punk legends The Ripcordz, and the U.K. Subs. The final show was in May 2009, when someone went upstairs and spray-painted a peace sign onto the wall of one of the bedrooms.

Local Bands

The following local bands played Disgraceland:

Touring Bands

The following out-of-town bands are known to have played Disgraceland:

The Ripcordz
U.K. Subs
C'mon
Ninja Spy
Discord Of A Forgotten Sketch
Self Rule
Leper
The Mad Cowboys
Despised Icon
High Five Drive
Broadcast Zero
Trigger Effect
The Real Deal
Rockets Away
Terrorhorse
The Blame Its
Dead Dogs
Defect Defect
Mass Grave
Vicious Cycle
Ab Irato
Troma Lisa
Ruiner
Brain Dead
The Great Sabatini
Les Taberfucks
Crimson Tides
The Rebel Spell
Bionic
Die Bruke
Mudlark
Fatty Matty
Kid Gib
Rough Sea
Thick As Thieves
Audio Rocketry
Haggard On The Rockpile
Die Young
Go It Alone
Cambridge
Switchblade Valentine
Eviction Party
Dr. Benway
Big Bucket
Red Blanket
Azriels Curse
Be Bad
Captain Finger
The Regulations

Posters

May 3, 2007 High Five Drive	May 9, 2007 Mass Grave	May 20, 2007 The Real Deal w/ Kid Gib	June 1, 2007 Red Blanket w/ Big Bucket
June 9, 2007 Les Taberfucks w/ The Crimson Tides	August 17, 2007 Les Taberfucks	October 8, 2007 UK Subs w/ Ab Irato	October 11, 2007 High Five Drive
October 16, 2007 The Rough Sea w/ Cambridge	January 19, 2009 Bye Bye Bush	April 20, 2009 420 show	May 2, 2009 Faceless Hulk w/ Terrorhorse