I'm moving to Chatt soon, I'm wondering if there's a punk/diy scene here. I saw that there's a hardcore scene that plays at the dark roast(?) but idk i couldn't find much else from searching online. Also house shows are cool and I'd love to know if that's happening here. (feel free to DM me)
Jjs Bohemia
It's definitely fallen off though...
Check out Lo Main, Sluggo's, and JJ's once you get here. Talk to people. You'll find what you're looking for I bet
Sluggos
The wackiest DiY show I’ve ever seen was in the basement(?) here 5 years ago. Don’t remember the name of the band, but some dude on guitar and keys and some other person banging on like two war drums with huge mallets. There was fog and green stage lights. What a ride that show was…
Anarchtica!
Its been a long time since ive seen a diy show like that. Gonna have to check sluggos out for sure
I go to Elder’s Ace Hardware on East Brainerd every Saturday morning and Thursday night
Ah, that kind of diy scene. I dig it
All I know is that the people who work the register at Lupis Downtown are always talking about some “sick punk fest” & seemingly fita the vibe your seek. They would happily take a phone call & answer your question with better details, for real.
Hahah as a former Lupi’s downtown employee that is so real
I’ll pick up a calzone once or twice a week and always love listening to the workers. They’re so nice I’m sure that if OP called they could tell him all about the scene.
This is most likely Subfest but I think they stopped doing that this year
-Sluggo's is owned by a member of This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb.
Also the owners of Pickle Barrel, JJ's, Lo Main, and Cherry Street Tavern are in the old school family.
Came here to point to ChattLab but uh I think you mean something else
the boneyard has a lot of metal shows as well
Sluggos. The Seed Theatre: https://www.facebook.com/theseedtheatre Punk and Drag: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087070388039 Do Ya Hear We: https://www.facebook.com/doyahearwefestival
Toadsmoke and Koza are the only crusty punk/sludge bands that I'm familiar with in the city. Everything else is a different flavor of chugga chugga hardcore or indie/garage.
Also add Dope Skum
Good stoner rock for sure but not very grimey. But I've only seen them once so I may not know the full scope of their work.
Toadsmoke is the best band in Chattanooga that I've seen so far though. Hands down. Crusty sludge with sick death metal parts.
Yeah you are right, more stoner than sludge/ but adjacent and good! Toadsmoke is incredible.
What a weird thing to downvote.
Chat pile is playing here next month
I would follow a few of the local hxc bands they post flyers on instagram of where they play at. Poor Taste had a bunch of shows a couple years back but hardly ever anymore. A few bands to look out for is Gumm, Gel, toad smoke, hard way out, corrupted influence, and bruteforce!
I know this doesn't help but the punk/hardcore/harcore-punk/metal/metalcore scene was BOOMING in 2007-2015. I've been to many shows at The Warehouse, Sluggos, and Ziggy's
Thrift shop called poor taste does a lot of hardcore shows
A long running punk fest called Do Ya Hear We is back this year at the end of May, instagram below
https://www.instagram.com/doyahearwe?igsh=MXJ5M2oybms1eHhsdA==