WHEN I WENT IN THE OLD THEATER BEFORE IT WAS TORN DOWN IT WAS GUTTED….IT WAS A SHELL OF THE SAINT, NOT THE FILLMORE EAST…IT WAS BLACK, NO BAR, NO STAGE, NO STAIRS EXCEPT THE SPIRAL STAIRS FROM THE SAINT, TO THE UPPER BALCONEY….IT STILL COULD HAVE MADE A COOL CONCERT SPACE…THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEVER WOULD HAVE ALLOWED IT. BOB HERMAN TRIED TO SAVE IT…NOBODY WOULD GET INVOLVED….ITS A SHAME REALLY…
the dome was added as part of the saint….the dome was later sold off before the building was vacant again….i got that info from bob herman, the guy who tried to save the fillmore east. when i went into the building a few years before it was torn down, the place was stripped…black walls, a lot of dancefloor left…debris everywhere.
the 1st balconey had been removed…the upper balconey had a set of spiral stairs leading up to it….the upper balconey had been stripped down to the concrete risers….the facade of the upper balconey was black….the only original thing left inside i saw was the procineum ? arch artwork around the outline of the stage….i was alone, and i didn’t feel like getting killed that day, so i got out.pretty dark in there, and homeless were in there…
i remember the nektar show….i saw an empty seat in the front row, so i grabbed it….lotsa dry ice/fog….cool show…..there is good palladium footage on the bootleg zappa holloween mtv broadcast…interior/exterior marquee with jerry garcia on the upcomming shows….
the academy was where i was introduced to live shows….electric hot tuna in ‘73…loud…the bathroom was like an opium den…i remember grabbing some dealers stash out front at a lou reed show and fighting with him…a car burning in the street after the late show….remember when hot tuna broke up—-it was jorma and bob steeler—-nobody else…awesome….went out for breakfast and came back in. jeff beck…johnny winter….kinks…muddy waters…great place !!!!
saw a lot of shows at the academy on 14th st….my first was electric hot tuna in ‘73….the downstairs bathroom was like an opium den…came out of the late show and saw a car burning in the street…went to a lou reed show, grabbed a dealers bag and got punched in the face before the show….we rolled on the ground in front of the place….i remember muddy waters, johnny winter, kinks, lou reed, hot tuna, jeff beck, allmans, …lots more….i can’t beleive they tore it down….it was classic…
i went down to the old fillmore in the 90’s before it was torn down..the steel doors that led behind the stage area were open so i wandered in…..through the tunnel and around the back side…all the doors were open. i went in at ground level and saw that the floor for the saint was raised up even with the first balcony…i climbed up the rickety old fire escape and checked it out…it was full of debris…you could see the artwork around where the stage was..the dance floor for the saint was still there. a set of spiral stairs led to the upper balcony. where the entrance was in the front was a pile of debris…the whole interior was painted black..it was what was left of the saint, not the fillmore….those saint guys gutted that building before they moved in….i took a lot of exterior shots, it was too dark inside….i bought some tickets and a program on ebay for bachman turner overdrive in january 74 at the new fillmore east…does anybody know the history of that incarnation of the fillmore ? i heard it burned at some point…i think kiss played there too.
WHEN I WENT IN THE OLD THEATER BEFORE IT WAS TORN DOWN IT WAS GUTTED….IT WAS A SHELL OF THE SAINT, NOT THE FILLMORE EAST…IT WAS BLACK, NO BAR, NO STAGE, NO STAIRS EXCEPT THE SPIRAL STAIRS FROM THE SAINT, TO THE UPPER BALCONEY….IT STILL COULD HAVE MADE A COOL CONCERT SPACE…THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEVER WOULD HAVE ALLOWED IT. BOB HERMAN TRIED TO SAVE IT…NOBODY WOULD GET INVOLVED….ITS A SHAME REALLY…
the dome was added as part of the saint….the dome was later sold off before the building was vacant again….i got that info from bob herman, the guy who tried to save the fillmore east. when i went into the building a few years before it was torn down, the place was stripped…black walls, a lot of dancefloor left…debris everywhere.
the 1st balconey had been removed…the upper balconey had a set of spiral stairs leading up to it….the upper balconey had been stripped down to the concrete risers….the facade of the upper balconey was black….the only original thing left inside i saw was the procineum ? arch artwork around the outline of the stage….i was alone, and i didn’t feel like getting killed that day, so i got out.pretty dark in there, and homeless were in there…
i remember the nektar show….i saw an empty seat in the front row, so i grabbed it….lotsa dry ice/fog….cool show…..there is good palladium footage on the bootleg zappa holloween mtv broadcast…interior/exterior marquee with jerry garcia on the upcomming shows….
the academy was where i was introduced to live shows….electric hot tuna in ‘73…loud…the bathroom was like an opium den…i remember grabbing some dealers stash out front at a lou reed show and fighting with him…a car burning in the street after the late show….remember when hot tuna broke up—-it was jorma and bob steeler—-nobody else…awesome….went out for breakfast and came back in. jeff beck…johnny winter….kinks…muddy waters…great place !!!!
saw a lot of shows at the academy on 14th st….my first was electric hot tuna in ‘73….the downstairs bathroom was like an opium den…came out of the late show and saw a car burning in the street…went to a lou reed show, grabbed a dealers bag and got punched in the face before the show….we rolled on the ground in front of the place….i remember muddy waters, johnny winter, kinks, lou reed, hot tuna, jeff beck, allmans, …lots more….i can’t beleive they tore it down….it was classic…
i went down to the old fillmore in the 90’s before it was torn down..the steel doors that led behind the stage area were open so i wandered in…..through the tunnel and around the back side…all the doors were open. i went in at ground level and saw that the floor for the saint was raised up even with the first balcony…i climbed up the rickety old fire escape and checked it out…it was full of debris…you could see the artwork around where the stage was..the dance floor for the saint was still there. a set of spiral stairs led to the upper balcony. where the entrance was in the front was a pile of debris…the whole interior was painted black..it was what was left of the saint, not the fillmore….those saint guys gutted that building before they moved in….i took a lot of exterior shots, it was too dark inside….i bought some tickets and a program on ebay for bachman turner overdrive in january 74 at the new fillmore east…does anybody know the history of that incarnation of the fillmore ? i heard it burned at some point…i think kiss played there too.