The Electric Banana
Nightclub in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Electric Banana was a nightclub in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Beginning as a disco in the 1970s, it was a punk rock music venue from 1980 until 2000, and helped establish a place in alternative culture for the city of Pittsburgh.[1]
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Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Owner | Johnny "Banana" Zarra |
Type | Nightclub |
Genre(s) | Punk rock |
Opened | 1980 |
Closed | 2000 |
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The venue hosted such acts as Black Flag, Circle Jerks, The Misfits, Hüsker Dü, Sonny Vincent and the Extreme, Dead Milkmen, Meat Puppets, Descendents, Rhythm Pigs, Snakefinger, Wreckless Eric, Ian Dury, Sepultura, Candlemass, Morbid Angel, New Model Army, They Might Be Giants, Minutemen, The Dancing Cigarettes, and others.
Located at 3887 Bigelow Boulevard, it was transformed by owner Johnny "Banana" Zarra into an Italian restaurant called "Zarra's: A Taste Of Southern Italy."