The Static Age - Neon Nights Electric Lives

When I was a student at SUNY Potsdam, there was an on-campus club which was the prime venue in the area for underground music. In general, the venue focused on hardcore, metal and punk bands (not to mention a plethora of local bands, some better than others) when it came to live bands. This club, known as Hurley's, pretty much had a monopoly on the music scene in Northern New York. The only other venues in the area were either bars of the stray coffeehouse. While the college campuses would sponsor a "Springfest" each year, culminating in a concert, these tended to be little more than a college union board's way of saying, "look at the big mainstream act we brought in for the student body - love us!"

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