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Address | 1222 Commonwealth Avenue Allston, MA United States |
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Location | 1222 Commonwealth Avenue Allston, Boston |
Owner | Frank Strenk |
Type | Music venue |
Genre(s) | Punk rock, alternative rock, hardcore punk, garage rock, rock and roll |
Opened | 1976 |
Closed | 2020 |
Website | |
https://greatscottboston.com/ |
Great Scott was a live music venue and bar in the Allston neighborhood of Boston that was open from 1976 to 2020.
A fixture for touring bands and local acts, Great Scott hosted performances by ... . [quote on relevance to boston music scene.]
[Basic history, founders, owners, managers]
[DJ nights - the Pill]

Great Scott was the regular location for Don't Ask Don't Tell, a long-running queer dance night and drag show in Boston.
[Pandemic closure]
Reopening
[edit][tentative announcement of reopening at the closed Pizzeria Regina location in a former train depot in Allston.]
Notable acts
[edit]- ADULT.
- Akron/Family
- An Albatross
- Ane Brun
- Angels of Light
- Apollo Sunshine
- Apostle of Hustle
- Arab Strap
- Architecture In Helsinki
- Arms and Sleepers
- Asobi Seksu
- Bang Camaro
- Bat For Lashes
- Battles
- The Bird and the Bee
- Blood On The Wall
- Blue Cheer
- The Blow
- Bomb the Music Industry!
- Bonde do Rolê
- Boy In Static
- Camera Obscura
- Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
- Caspian
- Child Abuse
- The Chinese Stars
- Chromatics
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Cold War Kids
- Coliseum
- Crystal Stilts
- CSS
- Daughters
- Dead Meadow
- The Death Set
- Defeated Sanity
- Diplo
- Disfear
- DMBQ
- Does It Offend You, Yeah?
- Doomriders
- Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School
- The Ducky Boys
- Dungen
- Elf Power
- Erase Errata
- The Fiery Furnaces
- Frightened Rabbit
- Fucked Up
- Genghis Tron
- Glass Candy
- GoGoGo Airheart
- The Gossip
- Gravy Train!!!!
- Grouper
- Gui Boratto
- Hallelujah the Hills
- Harvey Danger
- The Helio Sequence
- The Horrors
- Helios
- Hooray For Earth
- Hot Chip
- Jana Hunter
- Jarboe
- Joan of Arc
- John Butler Trio
- Kayo Dot
- Keith Fullerton Whitman
- Kevin Devine
- Kind Of Like Spitting
- The King Khan & BBQ Show
- Lemuria (American band)
- Lightning Bolt
- Lightspeed Champion
- The Mae Shi
- Maps & Atlases
- Math the Band
- Mean Creek
- Mellowdrone
- Menomena
- MGMT
- Middle Distance Runner
- Mission Of Burma
- Neva Dinova
- The Octopus Project
- Ólafur Arnalds
- Oneida
- Owen
- Parts & Labor
- Passion Pit
- Pattern Is Movement
- Pointed Sticks
- Polar Bear Club
- Polaris
- The Pipettes
- A Place to Bury Strangers
- The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower
- Ra Ra Riot
- The Real Kids
- The Red Chord
- Revocation
- Rocky Votolato
- Say Hi
- Scissors For Lefty
- Secret Machines
- Silversun Pickups
- The Soft Drugs
- Spank Rock
- Stellastarr
- A Sunny Day In Glasgow
- Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
- Tapes 'n Tapes
- Thalia Zedek
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
- Thunderbirds Are Now!
- The Ting Tings
- Titus Andronicus (band)
- Tokyo Police Club
- Totimoshi
- Trans Am (band)
- Trap Them
- Trash Talk
- The Twilight Sad
- Upright Citizens Brigade
- Uffie
- Vivian Girls
- Wolf Eyes
- Wolfmother
- The Wombats
- Wild Light
- Yacht
- Yeasayer
- Yellow Swans
References
[edit]