When Venues Close I Cry

[Frank Giaramita]

Syracuse, NY has lost another one. On January 2nd, Club Tundra closed their doors for the final time. Bands like Saosin, Acceptance, Matchbook Romance, Armor For Sleep, Anberlin, As I Lay Dying, Dillinger Escape Plan, Underoath, Motion City, Soundtrack Silverstein, Finch, Blindside, Poison The Well, From First To Last, and Hawthorne Heights played there last year alone, and now, the room is gone. However, the show must go on! The Less Than Jake (www.lessthanjake.com) show scheduled for Tuesday January 24th has been moved to The Furnace! Show details can be found at Myspace.com (www.myspace.com/syracuseshows). Please, if you are from upstate NY, tell everyone you can, so that there is little confusion on show day.

[fedhed7]

That sucks... I don't live close enough to see shows there, but it always sucks when a venue shuts down.

R.I.P. Club Tundra

[Criesofthepast7]

that sucks. someone has to open a sweet venue in monmouth county.

[kallok]

It sucks that for whatever reasons when a good venue closes. I'm still sad about Laga in Pittsburgh that closed a few years back.

[maeisbeautiful]

this really sucks..im from upstate ny...i hope the shows i was planning to go to there in march get moved to another venue and not cancelled...

[iAMhollyood315]

damn....im sure gonna miss that place. i've seen countless shows there and it was such an intimate and nice sounding place....hopefully a new venue will open up in the future

[PopPunkKid]

They must've closed their doors to keep all those shitty bands away

[xTJx]

There aren't nearly enough decent venues to go around

[caliac-brex]

The closing of venues seriously does suck.. Hey, atleast New York is one of the biggest cities in the u.s. and bands Always go through New York on a tour or what not. Pittsburgh has seen so many great venues close that there almost isn't a scene in Pittsburgh anymore - because their's nowhere to play. Any shows booked in Pittsburgh are definatly NOT a dissapointment, but for the most part alot of major tours in the past few years (with a northwest leg) don't even make a stop to the city of steel. >:o

[TakingBackNolan]

They must've closed their doors to keep all those shitty bands away


As much as I disagree with that statement, it made me laugh when I read it.

[van_morrison]

so they get one good band (Dillinger Escape Plan) a year?

[cardiackid]

The closing of venues seriously does suck.. Hey, atleast New York is one of the biggest cities in the u.s. and bands Always go through New York on a tour or what not. Pittsburgh has seen so many great venues close that there almost isn't a scene in Pittsburgh anymore - because their's nowhere to play. Any shows booked in Pittsburgh are definatly NOT a dissapointment, but for the most part alot of major tours in the past few years (with a northwest leg) don't even make a stop to the city of steel. >:o

new york is a big state... i dont know if you realize this, but NYC is over 5 hrs from syracuse. so when you say at least shows come through NY... that doesnt mean the people in that area will see em. this leaves one actual constant show venue in syracuse now too... the furnace (an all ages christian venue). shits fallin off quickly.

[nfgluver1423]

awww that sucks. i saw MCS there last year and it was such an awesome show... even though i did break my jaw. but that place was soooo small. i loved it. sad i cant go back there again now.

[jrtbighurt]

I said this before. The Armor for Sleep/BNO show and TSL/Copeland shows have both been cancelled.

[cory-182]

thats sad i love going to smaller venues by my house.

[rewindthistime]

such sad news. tundra had a lottttt of history.

[BurningStars]

Syracuse, NY has lost another one. On January 2nd, Club Tundra closed their doors for the final time. Bands like Saosin, Acceptance, Matchbook Romance, Armor For Sleep, Anberlin, As I Lay Dying, Dillinger Escape Plan, Underoath, Motion City, Soundtrack Silverstein, Finch, Blindside, Poison The Well, From First To Last, and Hawthorne Heights played there last year alone, and now, the room is gone. However, the show must go on! The Less Than Jake (http://www.lessthanjake.com) show scheduled for Tuesday January 24th has been moved to The Furnace! Show details can be found at Myspace.com (http://www.myspace.com/syracuseshows). Please, if you are from upstate NY, tell everyone you can, so that there is little confusion on show day.

Well fuck! The effin hotel is further away from The Furnace. Oh well LTJ on Tuesday!<3

[maledixtion]

The closing of venues seriously does suck.. Hey, atleast New York is one of the biggest cities in the u.s. and bands Always go through New York on a tour or what not. Pittsburgh has seen so many great venues close that there almost isn't a scene in Pittsburgh anymore - because their's nowhere to play. Any shows booked in Pittsburgh are definatly NOT a dissapointment, but for the most part alot of major tours in the past few years (with a northwest leg) don't even make a stop to the city of steel. >:o

Um... New York is a state first, city second. Syracuse is nowhere near NYC.

[wesgemm08]

so they get one good band (Dillinger Escape Plan) a year?

ouch sweet screen name:( even tho i think most of the other bands suck too tho

[FuckYouOiOiOi]

Good thing it closed. One less place for shitty bands to play.

[Doubleya2002]

Can't say I'm surprised. It was bound to happen sooner or later.

[transitrock]

that sucks. someone has to open a sweet venue in monmouth county.

i agree since krome and birch hill are both history, the closest one we can go to is at starland.

[Crocodile Logic]

don't feel bad about this, people. club tundra was the worst venue in syracuse. the furnace is ten times better.

[Conversations]

so they get one good band (Dillinger Escape Plan) a year?

No, this asshat only chose to list the pop rock bands that came through Tundra. That venue has a lot of fucking history. This year alone, it had the last show for The Promise, accompanied by Bane and Freya. We had Verse, Outbreak, Most Precious Blood, Dead Hearts, Unearth, and countless other great bands come through.

It wasn't the best venue, but it's a loss of a venue nonetheless, which is always shitty.

[FREEZE]

Good thing it closed. One less place for shitty bands to play.

Fuck you dude, This seriosly really sucks for Syracuse since there is such a lack of Venues already.

But, Ive heard some rumors that its only closing for awhile to be remodeled to accomdate a kitchen and undergo new management?

[Crocodile Logic]

Fuck you dude, This seriosly really sucks for Syracuse since there is such a lack of Venues already.

But, Ive heard some rumors that its only closing for awhile to be remodeled to accomdate a kitchen and undergo new management?
but you can't honestly say that club tundra was a good venue. i think even planet 505 was better than tundra.

[Conversations]

but you can't honestly say that club tundra was a good venue. i think even planet 505 was better than tundra.

Who cares, Jesus, it was a venue. Now all we've really got is The Furnace and the Westcott. Both great venues, but we need more than two, and regardless of whether or not you liked the place, it held so many memorable shows I can't even count them.

[Crocodile Logic]

Who cares, Jesus, it was a venue. Now all we've really got is The Furnace and the Westcott. Both great venues, but we need more than two, and regardless of whether or not you liked the place, it held so many memorable shows I can't even count them.
it's a sin to use the lord's name in vain. and i've seen more memorable shows at 505, but it was a shitty venue. and unfortunately, that's what happens to shitty venues. they close.

[PlunketChris]

Great thing about Club Tundra is that when tour bands come through town, your "VIP" pass got you into the strip club across the parking lot.

There's nothing better than seeing your drummer get his ass spanked by a leather belt.. for like $2 (gotta give the ladies something!), in an empty strip club on a Wednesday night.

Seriously though, I'm kind of bummed, this was a pretty nice club, good sound if nothing else.

[FREEZE]

Great thing about Club Tundra is that when tour bands come through town, your "VIP" pass got you into the strip club across the parking lot.

There's nothing better than seeing your drummer get his ass spanked by a leather belt.. for like $2 (gotta give the ladies something!), in an empty strip club on a Wednesday night.

Seriously though, I'm kind of bummed, this was a pretty nice club, good sound if nothing else.


hahaha yea dude, when my band played there that was my first time goin to a strip club cause it was free haha, it was sweet.

And even though it looked like shit from the outside, it was a nice club on the inside, it was A Venue, and Syracuse cant afford to lose another venue because there is such a lack of venues for touring bands in the first place in Syracuse

[InTheShadows102]

I hate hearing about clubs that close. Pretty soon there's going to be no where to go to shows except arenas. Not that I'm against them, but nothing beats a good club show, nothing at all.

[PlunketChris]

hahaha yea dude, when my band played there that was my first time goin to a strip club cause it was free haha, it was sweet.

And even though it looked like shit from the outside, it was a nice club on the inside, it was A Venue, and Syracuse cant afford to lose another venue because there is such a lack of venues for touring bands in the first place in Syracuse

Hell yeah, it was my first strip-club experience too.. I went all out, fell for the backroom dance with the cutie that was flirting with me all night. I know.. thats what they do to make this happen, but shit, it was the beginning of the tour, so I had money, and.. well, I like naked girls on me. She went all out too.. interesting night to say the least. I do dig Syracuse, we'll be back there at the end of March, though, not at Club Tundra. I'm honestly sad, I wouldn't mind another free night in the strip joint.

Now that I sound like a total hornball/creep, I'm going to stop talking.

[rewindthistime]

don't feel bad about this, people. club tundra was the worst venue in syracuse. the furnace is ten times better.
the furnace can't be open a whole lot & westcott is only so big.
so where exactly are the larger tours [such as the starting line] supposed to go?

[rewindthistime]

Fuck you dude, This seriosly really sucks for Syracuse since there is such a lack of Venues already.

But, Ive heard some rumors that its only closing for awhile to be remodeled to accomdate a kitchen and undergo new management?
i haven't heard that, but that would be good.

all i know is that last weekend there was a change in ownership which promptly fell through, & now the inside is gutted.

[Crocodile Logic]

the furnace can't be open a whole lot & westcott is only so big.
so where exactly are the larger tours [such as the starting line] supposed to go?
to be honest with you, i don't care that much about seeing the starting line in syracuse. that's what warped is for.

[trinket]

The closing of venues seriously does suck.. Hey, atleast New York is one of the biggest cities in the u.s. and bands Always go through New York on a tour or what not. Pittsburgh has seen so many great venues close that there almost isn't a scene in Pittsburgh anymore - because their's nowhere to play. Any shows booked in Pittsburgh are definatly NOT a dissapointment, but for the most part alot of major tours in the past few years (with a northwest leg) don't even make a stop to the city of steel. >:o


we're talking syracuse new york, not NYC. syracuse is a good four hours from NYC

and MOTHERFUCK. this means we have ONE small venue in syracuse. not counting SU's schine underground. and if you've ever been to the furnace you know that [a] its tiny [b] its regulars are 14 year old goth kids [c] its in the middle of nowhere.

like i mentioned to someone else earlier, syracuse is turning more small town everyday.

[rewindthistime]

to be honest with you, i don't care that much about seeing the starting line in syracuse. that's what warped is for.
i wasn't saying you wanted to, it was a fucking example. you don't need to be such an asshole.

[Crocodile Logic]

i wasn't saying you wanted to, it was a fucking example. you don't need to be such an asshole.
sorry. it's kinda what i do.