Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Wizard of Oz, Godfather I & II, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World, The Party, Freaks, Nosferatu, The Big Lebowski, Apocalypse Now, Suspiria, Out of Sight, 28 Days Later, Breakfast at Tiffanys, The Warriors, Casino, Goodfellas, Ghostworld, Knife in the Water, Dracula, Jason & The Argonauts, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Adventures of Robin Hood, The Others, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Royal Tenenbaums, Blue Velvet, Aguirre The Wrath of God, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Thin Man, Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, Bottle Rocket, City of God, The Battle of Algiers, 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, Wages of Fear, Pride and Prejudice, The Thing, Mildred Pierce, Old School, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Snatch, Thank You for Smoking, Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me, All That Jazz
Television
The Sopranos, DEADWOOD cocksucker, 24, Family Guy, The Simpsons, American Dad, South Park, Reno 911, Padres Baseball and Fox Rox...
Books
Who reads!
Heroes
Joe Strummer, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Keith Richard
The Casbah has been open since 1989. Its first location had a legal capacity of 75 and hosted such bands as: Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Lemonheads, The Jesus Lizard, and Rocket From The Crypt.
In the beginning of '94 we moved just down the road to our larger, plusher quarters and the rest is history. Our "new" location has a capacity of 200+, there is an enclosed smoking patio, a back room featuring pool tables, pinball, the classic video game Galaga, and a full bar. There is also a music room with a full bar and a state-of-the-art 24 channel Yamaha, JBL, QSC, Crest sound system.
Some of the bands that have played at our current location include: Boss Hog, Alanis Morissette, Morphine, the Amps, The Breeders, Elastica, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Royal Crown Revue, Supersuckers, Ben Harper, Liz Phair, G Love & Special Sauce, Social Distortion, The Cult, The Strokes, White Stripes, Razorlight, Electric Six, The Arcade Fire, Radio 4, Autolux, El Vez, Juliette & the Licks, Cadillac Tramps, The Mooney Suzuki, Mouse On Mars, Dave Alvin, Mark Lanegan, Queens of the Stone Age, Gogol Bordello, Helmet, Sahara Hotnights, Dresden Dolls, DKT/MC5, The Walkmen, Ambulance Ltd., Burning Brides, Elefant, Keane, Sloan, Local H, TV on the Radio, Melvins, Von Bondies, Dramarama, Fu Manchu, Urge Overkill, Hank Williams, III, TSOL, Fiery Furnaces, The Evaporators, The Dirtbombs, The Sights, Pretty Girls Make Graves, VUE, The Pattern, The Fever, The Thrills, Adam Green, Mando Diao, Marshal Crenshaw, Shonen Knife, The Felshtones, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Raveonettes, Stella*starr, The Killers, Whirlwind Heat, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols, Evan Dando, A.R.E. Weapons, Soledad Brothers, Singapore Sling, The Kills, The Black Keys, The Fall, Mates of State and local acts such as Rocket From The Crypt, fluf, Drive Like Jehu, Three Mile Pilot, Creedle, the Rugburns, Tanner, Blackheart Procession, Hot Snakes, The Album Leaf, Louis XIV, Reeve Oliver, etc..
The Casbah features live music at least 6, often 7 nights a week with cover charges usually varying from "$0 to $10". Patrons must be 21 with a valid ID. Our hours are 8:30pm-2am.
BOOKING
Please send a CD along with any other info or material you may have (press, photo, show history, crappy bio, etc) to: Casbah 2501 Kettner Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101 Please include your contact info and tentative booking dates. We receive a huge amount of demos every day so it usually takes between 3-6 weeks for us to get to yours. Please plan ahead accordingly. We are in the office only on Wednesday from noon - 2pm for booking calls. 619-232-HELL Tim Mays We can also be reached by e-mail (preferred contact method) at tenmanbren@aol.com. Please do not call or e-mail a few days after sending your package to see if we've received it - the mail and various delivery companies are pretty dependable.
How do I get tickets for The Casbah?
We now sell tickets for most shows .. at www.casbahtickets.com. You can buy tickets directly from the schedule page of our website - www.thecasbah.com. We also sell tickets for some shows at the club - these can be purchased anytime the club is open, generally after 8:30 in the evening or on Wednesday afternoons between noon-2pm, when we're there for deliveries.
What's up peeps! Check out our new single , "Illuminate". Take a listen and let us know what you think, your feedback is always welcome.
We are performing at Brick By Brick on Saturday, November 28th. It's supposed to be 10 bucks at the door, but I can give you a 2 for 1 deal, or $8 for one. Come out, drink, and check out one of the best new rock bands in San Diego. PLEASE HELP US PROMOTE THIS SHOW!! Hit me up anytime. Thanks for your time.
this friday night FREE SHOW! my band the touchies will be playing at the soda bar at 930pm. (elcajon blvd.+36th) we are opening. with the fascination, hotel st. george, and so many wizards
Punk show, PIRATES WELCOME! Friday, November 20th; 5 bands $5 at O'Connells 1314 Morena Blvd, San Diego, CA Starts at 9pm, full sound system, 21 and up & full bar!
The new full-length album from Arms and Sleepers is available now!
Featuring guest appearances by Tom Brosseau & Shelley Short, Ben Shepard & Catherine Worsham of Uzi & Ari, Philip Jamieson of Caspian, Mona Elliott of Travels, Adam Arrigo of The Main Drag, and Matt Lajoie of Cursillistas!
Newly fresh out-the-bag mixes to infest into your ear drums like the winds of the Peruvian desert in mid-August after you've just quit your job and the only thing in life you have left to care about is a crumbled bite-size ammount of a biscuit you couldn't eat from the Grande Ball Extrordinaire the other night. Your pits smell like death and piss because a cat sprayed on you and then you rolled over and killed a gopher when you slept in that park the other night after binge drinking at your daughters 11th birthday. You sick bastard.
Greetings. I just wanted to thank you for your continued support and invite you to have a first listen on myspace to the tracks off the new EP "Monster & Minstrel" due out later this month. Bright stars to you! Ahmond
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