This Was The Scene Podcast

Ep. 267: Hamilton St Cafe & Stage w/ Adam Toris


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Hamilton St Cafe & Stage in Bound Brook, NJ was a beloved hybrid venue that blended a cozy café atmosphere with an intimate stage for live music. Throughout the early 2000s, it became a cultural hub for local and touring punk, indie, and alternative acts, fostering a tight-knit community. Though it closed in 2007 after severe flooding, it’s still remembered fondly as a cornerstone of the NJ music scene.

I got Adam on the Zoom and this is what we chat about:

  • The Melody Bar
  • Picking Chris Ross’ brain
  • How Hamilton St opened
  • The random box story
  • The Palace
  • Opening night
  • My Chem and Jack Antinoff
  • The cocaine story
  • Getting in a fight with the dude from LFO
  • The World/Inferno Friendship Society
  • Myths and Legends about the place
  • Johanna Angel
  • Was it haunted
  • Closing down
  • And a ton more

Go check out Into the Void Printing run by Alf from Ex Number Five - https://www.intothevoidprintco.com/

and Autodidact Brewery

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