The famed music venue Maxwell’s, which was positioned in Hoboken, New Jersey, is getting a documentary. Directed by Paul Rachman, No Backstage at Maxwell’s will function archival footage, images, and interviews with the venue’s house owners, musicians, bartenders, and followers. Manufacturing can also be actively in search of images, video footage, and different submissions from followers, former patrons, and bands who performed there. Try the poster for No Backstage at Maxwell’s under, and contribute materials by emailing [email protected].
“Maxwell’s wasn’t only a membership—it was a group. It was a proving floor,” Rachman mentioned of the venue in press supplies. “It was the place music scenes collided, friendships had been solid, and bands discovered each their viewers and their soul.”
Began by authentic proprietor Steve Fallon, Maxwell’s opened in 1978 and closed in 2013. Over time, the bar and music venue turned recognized for internet hosting music acts in its small, 200-capacity again room from the indie-rock, post-punk, and faculty rock spheres, together with bands reminiscent of R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Nirvana, the Replacements, and Hüsker Dü. Bruce Springsteen and the Feelies additionally filmed music videos at Maxwell’s, and Ira Kaplan labored on the venue as a sound man earlier than beginning Yo La Tengo.
