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First Avenue

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Okay, First Ave. is not a band, so why I am listing them here?  Simply, no single place has done more for the Minnesota punk scene than First Ave.  They gave the Ramones & Black Flag, a place to play.  They helped foster this whole punk scene, from the Suicide C0mmandos,  Hypstrz, Husker Du, Wilfull Neglect, Bloodline, Blind Approach & Dillinger Four to the Suburbs, Replacements, Soul Asylum & Impaler.  Dance music to hardcaore punk.  First Ave. was a home to it all.  Local and national acts alike played here.  From the big room the to Entry, many of Minnesota’s most notible bands found time to play on the stages of this, the most impressive of Minnesota rock bars.  Heck, I heard Prince even made a movie there once.

The producer of this clip, Rick Fuller, was (is?) part of the Harder/Fuller duo that produced rock videos for many of the bigger and not so bigger local bands in the 90’s.

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