the avalon in chicago


" After months of living with this friend and going to gigs, she ran into Billy Corgan outside one of the local clubs she frequented at the time, leading to that fortuitous event in The Smashing Pumpkins’ history. "

'  “[It was at a] local Chicago goth club called The Avalon. They played that Bryan Ferry song at Avalon every night at the close, when they were kicking everyone out. I was outside talking about a live band that plays there all the time and that I liked. Some asshole just butts into my conversation while we are standing on the sidewalk and says, ‘What the hell were you talking about? That band was crap and besides that, they were put together by a record company’. ...'



https://www.google.com/amp/s/spfreaks.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/pumpkins-of-the-past-darcy-wretzky/amp/




' Avalon Nightclub Closes Its Doors '

February 10, 1995|By David Rothschild.



http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-02-10/entertainment/9502100245_1_hip-hop-new-releases-avalon