You Drive Me Nervous
It actually was very unsettling to be here taking pictures. The place has since been demolished but a little history for those interested:
Originally a movie theater that opened in 1930, The Eastown Theater, the main rival to the cross town Grande Ballroom, was a big "counter-culture" concert venue from 1969 thru 1972 seating 2,500 people. Concerts there included MC5, Stooges, Pink Floyd, Buddy Miles, Amboy Dukes, Rush, Howlin' Wolf, Alice Cooper, War, BB King, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Albert King, Mountain, Steve Miller, Sly and the Family Stone, Grand Funk - and that was just in the first few months it was open! It was known as the Eastown Theater for most of its life. The theater operated from 1930 until 1967. Outside of Rock Acts, it did reopen briefly in 1975 for Jazz acts, again in 1976 for Performing arts and plays, 1980 for avant garde and exploitation films, and a last attempt in 1984 for live performing arts again. It has also hosted a few techno raves in its time. It was originally designed by VJ Waier and was demolished after a fire completely destroyed the adjoining office building.
This is the place where Alice Cooper first started wearing a Top Hat, he found it in the dumpster here and always said this was one of his favorite places to play. Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes were the house band here.
You Drive Me Nervous
It actually was very unsettling to be here taking pictures. The place has since been demolished but a little history for those interested:
Originally a movie theater that opened in 1930, The Eastown Theater, the main rival to the cross town Grande Ballroom, was a big "counter-culture" concert venue from 1969 thru 1972 seating 2,500 people. Concerts there included MC5, Stooges, Pink Floyd, Buddy Miles, Amboy Dukes, Rush, Howlin' Wolf, Alice Cooper, War, BB King, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Albert King, Mountain, Steve Miller, Sly and the Family Stone, Grand Funk - and that was just in the first few months it was open! It was known as the Eastown Theater for most of its life. The theater operated from 1930 until 1967. Outside of Rock Acts, it did reopen briefly in 1975 for Jazz acts, again in 1976 for Performing arts and plays, 1980 for avant garde and exploitation films, and a last attempt in 1984 for live performing arts again. It has also hosted a few techno raves in its time. It was originally designed by VJ Waier and was demolished after a fire completely destroyed the adjoining office building.
This is the place where Alice Cooper first started wearing a Top Hat, he found it in the dumpster here and always said this was one of his favorite places to play. Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes were the house band here.