New Brookland Tavern
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Location | West Columbia, South Carolina |
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New Brookland Tavern is a bar and music venue located in West Columbia, South Carolina. New Brookland Tavern is one of, if not the oldest, continuous running music venues in the Columbia area. It opened in at least 1979. It is known for presenting live music 365 days a year. They have an annual New Year's Eve cover show, Emo Nights with 2000s music, and rap battles. It takes its name from the previous name for West Columbia.
In 1999, it hosted Collapsis, a late 90s band from the Chapel Hill scene. In 2000, it hosted then very popular Canadian band Our Lady Peace (who also played at Rock 93.5 Fallout at Finlay Park in '02). In the early 00s, it had Switchfoot (their sticker is on the left wall when you walk in). In '01, they had Bayside. In 2002, it had (separately) Taking Back Sunday (Adam Lazzara is from Charlotte), My Morning Jacket, Long Island's Brand New, and Rilo Kiley with Jenny Lewis. In 2003, they had then little known My Chemical Romance. In 2004 they had Florida's Underoath with nationally known hardcore punk Columbia band Stretch Arm Strong (they have a painted album cover from 2001 on the wall next to the men's bathroom). In 2004, Jordan Miller of Columbia's The Movement (reggae band) rapped there, and it had Orlando's Trivium and Canada's Silverstein. In 2005 they had Steely Dan. In 2006 they had Atlanta's Manchester Orchestra and Nashville's Paramore (who had a #1 album on Billboard 200 in 2013 with Paramore (album). In '06 they also had O.A.R. and Florida's Mayday Parade. In '07, they had The Almost and A Day to Remember, both from Florida. In '07, they also had Between the Buried and Me, a Raleigh metal band. In '08 it had Columbia's new wave Baumer (band), The Gaslight Anthem, and Memphis May Fire. In the late 00s, New Brookland had bands like Florence's sillybits (Justin Osborne of SUSTO's old band), Columbia's chillwave musician Toro y Moi, Flyleaf, and The Wonder Years. In 2010, Florida's Anberlin played there, Ohio's Hawthorne Heights, Ohio's Black Veil Brides, Charleston's hard rock Deepfield, and In This Moment (with a female lead singer). In 2011, they had Frank Turner and The Joy Formidable, both from the UK. In 2012, they had Hartsville's Sent by Ravens, Florida's New Found Glory, early 00s band Smile Empty Soul and 90s band Sponge. From 2013-2016 they had bands like Rock Hill's Emery with Jacksonville's Red Jumpsuit Apparatus in '15, Gainesville's Against Me!, L.A.'s Capital Cities, Atlanta's Cartel, Atlanta's Norma Jean, Chapel Hill's Southern Culture on the Skids, Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins, Sleeper Agent, Ohio's Foxy Shazam in '14, We Came as Romans in '14, I Am Dynamite, Family of the Year, Middle Class Rut in '13, Nico Vega, Crash Kings, and Knuckle Puck in '14. In 2017, it hosted Chicago 90s band Local H (who also played there in '04) and Atlanta's '68 (band).
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