The Decline of Local Venues

I saw my friend's band, Leaving Sideways play this past weekend. This band is fairly new and some of the members also make up the band In.Spite.Of who have been around over ten years. They played at a local joint called Chubby's in Red Bank, NJ. They sounded great and had a new song called Believe that I really enjoyed the guitar and vocals on. We also learned that night that this local establishment who is pretty much the only venue where you can see a rock band in Red Bank is now getting shut down. What will it turn into you ask? Well yet another restaurant of course.

I could not believe my ears when Davin the lead singer of the band told me this! I was so shocked because that town already has plenty of restaurants to enjoy. This bar was the only place were you could see a band on a stage without feeling suffocated by other night club goers in Red Bank. Most of the places do not even have enough room for a whole band if they even bring in the bands. Most of the places like Red just have DJ's who do not even show any original style.