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3516 is a punk house located in Jamaica Plain, a neighborhood in Boston, MA, founded by some of the former occupants of The Glass House. Also known as Hutch & Matty's Basement, the house has acted as a music venue, crash pad and neighborhood hangout for the better part of 4 years.

3516 is a notable example of a well run underground venue. Though operation on the boarder of legality, it managed to go its entire run without intervention of law enforcement. Incidents were kept to a almost non-existent minimum until the last two party's. Many up and coming bands have gotten their start in the basement, and many seasoned veterans and local legends have graced the stage there as well. Several record releases also occurred there. Notable examples are listed below.

Until recently, 3516 hosted shows on the average of twice a month. While these shows were technically open to the public, they are not advertised, and one must be "in the know" to find it's location.

History

Though shows officially started during April of 2004, the house had already been occupied by Matty for the prior year. During this year Hutch had been studying under the nigh infamous Twitch (TwitchDestroyer) at 74 Broadway in Haverhill. That spring, the 2nd floor of 3516 had become vacant, and some of the tenants of the first floor had decided to expand into the much larger apartment above. Matty however had decided to retain his room. To this day we're not sure if this was laziness, or incredible foresight into the chaos that would commence soon enough. Seizing this opportunity, Hutch immediately moved into the empty room of the two bedroom apartment. The occupancy dwindling from four roommates to two, provided much more ample room for debauchery. The basement had the perfect layout. The ceilings weren't too low. The obstructions were sparse. The corner lent itself to a stage area. The lighting... merely sufficient. This was easily rectified with $5 spot lights from home depot. The corner of the kitchen was perfect for a keg. The windows provided cross ventilation to keep the smoke ventilating. The porch... well that was a death trap for those too cool to see the bands.

The first season began sans stage. Though and area was definitively set aside for bands to play, the stage was not built until later. The decision was fairly easy. the impossibility to keep the amps stable during shows, due to the rough floor, demanded its construction. After a series of amusing incidents, including car keys lost down the sewer, construction began in late july of '04.



And in sept '06 all welcomed Blake into the house. Who didn't have enough punk rock points to enter his own kitchen :)

Notable bands

(This is neither comprehensive, nor in any particular order.)

The Vicious Bastards

Bad Ash

Darkbuster

The Ducky Boys

For The Worse

The Side Effects

SuperPower

Milo's Syndicate

Faulty Conscience

Stray Bullets

Have Nots

Suspect Device

Blue Bloods'

Jason Bennett and The Resistance

Kermits Finger

Morgan Knockers

Crash and Burn

Stressbomb

Pure Impact

Beware!

Lesser Evils

Mouth Sewn Shut

The Happy Bastars

The Cooters

Beerdozer

Drive Like July

Menstrual Tramps

Ruining Tomorrow

Nowhere U.S.A.

Bloodshot Hooligans

The Definite Article

The Deviations

Entrophy

The Few & The Far

The Overdue Abortions

Pariah Beat

Retching Red

All or Nothing H.C.

The Escaped

The Scars

The McGunks

The Swaggering Growlers

External links

Boston Punk