Music - Stores & Shows

CUgrad
Mon, 14 May 2007 04:15:12 +0000

dude, seriously…given the bands you mentioned, you will go crazy (in a good way) with the music selection in berkeley and the bay area in general. The indi scene is huge and amoeba is a great record store. I’ve found more cool stuff there used than most places have new.

Also, just down the street is Rasputin…it’s like 3 stories of crazy good music. The live scene in the bay area is nuts. Just about every band you mentioned plays shows in San Francisco and smaller acts play in and around berkeley. Gillman in berkeley is famous for giving bands like AFI, Rancid, Green Day etc., a venue to play when they were just getting started long long ago.

I’d say the bay area and LA without a doubt have the best music scenes in the country (better than both boston and NYC, and I’ve spent plenty of time on the east coast).

Anyway…there’s usually good shows every night of the week in San Francisco and you can get there on Bart in like 25 minutes.

Good luck.