“Maxwell’s felt like a Portkey in Harry Potter,” says ex–Hoboken resident Chris Stamey, one of the many musicians mourning the great venue’s passing. In the pantheon of important New York City rock clubs—Max’s Kansas City, Cbgb, the Bottom Line—Maxwell’s ranks as high as any, even though its legal address is New Jersey. Hoboken was still known mostly as Frank Sinatra’s birthplace when Steve Fallon began booking unknown bands in his tiny, plain bar 35 years ago. On July 31, after countless nights of weird music from acts that went on to fame (Nirvana, R.E.M.) or didn’t (the New Marines drew only one paying customer), the first couple of bands to perform at Maxwell’s—the Bongos and a—will play a final show, and the club will close. Steve Fallon, founding co-owner, Maxwell’s: My brother, my sister, her husband, and...
- 7/22/2013
- by Craig Marks,Rob Tannenbaum
- Vulture
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