The story
The rat-infested basement next to Ford's Theatre where Nirvana, Fugazi, and Bad Brains ignited DC's hardcore scene.
Everything that was here
- 1980–1995
9:30 Club (Original)Bar
The rat-infested basement next to Ford's Theatre where Nirvana, Fugazi, and Bad Brains ignited DC's hardcore scene.
See the map in 1981 →
Nearby history
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Hecht's
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The Occidental
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW · 609 m away
Old Ebbitt Grill
675 15th Street NW · 685 m away
National Air and Space Museum
600 Independence Avenue SW · 1.2 km away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House
1318 Vermont Avenue NW · 1.3 km away
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