Our Denver Rock Atlas feature is precisely what it sounds like: a compendium of storied Denver venues, past and present, in which we pick a place and share our favorite memories of the joint. After you read our memories, please feel free to share some of your own. Next up on our list is the Hipster Youth Halfway House -- the neighbor (and precursor) of Garageland.

Our Denver Rock Atlas feature is precisely what it sounds like: A compendium of storied Denver venues, past and present, in which we pick a place and share our favorite memories of the joint. After you read our memories, please feel free to share some of your own. This time we're venturing away from Denver a little and up to Boulder. The reason? Well, we've got a story that we're pretty sure no other venue could possibly ever even come close to topping.

Our Denver Rock Atlas feature is precisely what it sounds like: a compendium of storied Denver venues, past and present, in which we pick a place and share our favorite memories of the joint. After you read our memories, please feel free to share some of your own.You haven't forgotten about Double Entendre have you? The tiny little record shop that was on South Broadway before being on South Broadway was the place to be? No? How could you forget? It was one of those places that helped define a generation.

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Our Denver Rock Atlas feature is precisely what it sounds like: A compendium of storied Denver venues, past and present, in which we pick a place and share our favorite memories of the joint. After you read our memories, please feel free to share some of your own. Where does one even begin with the 15th Street Tavern? It was a pit of despair by the end of its run, with the scent of sewage masking any flavor of rock trying to be held there.

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Anyone who had been to Monkey Mania even once walked away with a story to tell. In fact, choosing just one great show from Monkey Mania is next to impossible. It was a haven for loud-as-fuck rock and roll tailor made to appeal to bands that loved to experiment. The building itself was a haven of history though its many iterations (the Purple Room, Wilted Warehouse, the Arapahoe Warehouse, Monkey Mania, Kingdom of Doom) that played host to some of Denver's finest bands and culture. Throughout its life we saw Mr. Pacman eat hot dogs on stage, Zombie Zombie tear things apart with a gas-mask microphone, the Kindercide punch people in the front row as well as countless one-offs involving basketballs, organs and xylophones.

Our Denver Rock Atlas feature is precisely what it sounds like, a compendium of storied Denver venues, past and present, in which we pick a place and share our favorite memories of the joint. After you read our memories, please feel free to share some of your own.

The summer of 2003 was a rough one for some of us. It was filled with constant rock shows, night after night of local bands, tons of screaming hardcore, experimental noise making and jumpy dance parties. Why? Well, because of Garageland of course. The venue for absolutely anything, the place where crust-punks drank PBR with hipster wannabe's, and underage kids found solace with other Locust belt-buckle toting kids.

Our Denver Rock Atlas feature is precisely what it sounds like, a compendium of storied Denver venues, past and present, in which we pick a place and share our favorite memories of the joint. After you read our memories, please feel free to share some of your own.

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If we had to guess, the Aztlan Theatre has been around since roughly the dawn of time, and the place hasn't been remodeled or even really cleaned well in that stretch. Despite ( or perhaps because of) its seedy, ramshackle appearance, it played host to many, many shows and events, from punk rock shows to raves.

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Okay, so here's an idea we've been kicking around for a while that we think is time to bring to fruition. Our new Denver Rock Atlas feature is precisely what it sounds like, a compendium of storied Denver venues, past and present, in which we pick a place and share our favorite memories of the joint. After you read our memories, please feel free to share some of your own.