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THE SANTUARY was located at 333
Franklin Street
....In Buffalo, New York. |
 The
Sanctuary was a nightclub designed to fill a certain
niche in Buffalo's society. Till the day The Sanctuary
opened there were no bars catering toward the heavy
metal, punkish, freaky, crowd. So, it's conceptualization
was completely for this group of people, and it worked
very well. Too well in fact, oddly enough it attracted
not just the expected crowd, but people from all walks
of life, business men, city officials, yuppies, older
adults, etc. Curiosity knows no bounds.
 The
Sanctuary was designed to rely upon entertainment as
it's means of attracting a crowd. If you were there,
you came for a reason, otherwise you most likely ran
screaming from the horror. After all Sanctuary's motto
was... "333 Franklin Street, half way to HELL!!!"
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| DAY OF THE WEEK |
TITLE OF NIGHT |
DESCRIPTION |
| MONDAY
| FETISH-A-GO-GO |
Let Mistress Helena whip
away your sins. |
| TUESDAY |
LADIES NIGHT |
Drink specials for the
ladies and a wet T-shirt contest to entertain the
men. |
| WEDNESDAY |
MUMMIFICATION/FREAK
SHOW |
See how many ways a body
can be wrapped up or somebody grossed out. |
| THURSDAY |
PUNK ROCK THURSDAYS |
Free, live punk bands
along with DJ Aaron spinning the best of garage
and punk rock tunes. |
| FRIDAY |
HEAVY FRIDAYS |
Nowhere else is the party
this wild with a DJ who spins all heavy and all
hard. |
| SATURDAY |
LIVE MUSIC |
Live bands ranging from
local acts to national headliners play every Saturday
night. |
| SUNDAY |
LIVE HEAVY METAL/HARDCORE |
Every Sunday night live
heavy metal and hardcore bands. Shows are all ages. |
The popularity of the
fetish nights soared through the roof, packing in record
crowds every week. Following right behind them was the
live music scene that THE SANCTUARY was creating in
the conservative Buffalo culture. Much to the chagrin
of many, this music scene spawned many famous garage
and punk bands. Local bands like THE BLOWTOPS, THE VINNY
BABARINO EXPERIENCE, and THE BASEBALL FURIES all came
out of this scene. National acts like Bantam Rooster
and Nashville Pussy stopped by on their tours to play
shows. In fact to this day Nashville Pussy had one of
the most messed up, whacked out shows ever at Sanctuary.
Finally, out of this
menagerie was spawned the greatest garage, punk, rock
and roll label ever.....BIG NECK RECORDS.
Alas, even though the
crowds were enormous and the patrons love for the place
abundant, THE SANCTUARY was closed on June 4, 1998.
R.I.P.
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