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

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

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