Capitol Theatre (Passaic, New Jersey)

The Capitol Theatre was an entertainment venue located at the intersection of Monroe Street and Central Avenue in Passaic, New Jersey. Built in 1926 as a vaudeville house, the Capitol later served as a movie theater and (after John Scher bought the property) a venue for rock concerts.

Throughout the 1970s and into the mid 1980s, the 3,200 seat theatre was a popular stop on nearly every major rock artist's tour. The venue was known for its in house video system which resulted in a number of good quality, black and white video bootlegs. After it closed, the building fell into disrepair and it was demolished in April 1991. A shopping center known as Capitol Plaza occupies the site now.

The Marshall Tucker Band concert from February 18, 1977, which was recorded at the Capitol Theatre was released on December 4, 2007 as a 2 CD/DVD package, called Carolina Dreams Tour '77 marking the 30th anniversary of the concert, on Shout! Factory/Ramblin' Records distributed by Sony BMG. This is the only known footage of a complete concert by the original members of The Marshall Tucker Band.

Notable appearances

• Aerosmith
• The Allman Brothers Band
• The Amboy Dukes
• The B-52's
• Bee Gees
• Blondie
• Blue Öyster Cult
• The Byrds
• The Clash
• Clarence Clements and the Red Bank Rockers
• Alice Cooper
• Elvis Costello
• Cheap Trick
• Miles Davis
• Devo
• Eagles
• Dave Edmunds
• Dire Straits
• Fleetwood Mac
• Foghat
• Four Seasons - Frankie Valli (Promoter James B. Sansone 1972)
• Peter Gabriel
• Gary Numan
• Genesis
• Grateful Dead
• Hall & Oates
• Heart
• Hot Tuna
• Billy Idol
• Janis Joplin
• Jethro Tull
• Joe Jackson
• The New York Dolls
• John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
• Kansas
• KISS
• Little Feat
• Lou Reed
• The Marshall Tucker Band
• Bette Midler
• Metallica
• Mountain
• Outlaws
• The Pretenders
• Procol Harum
• Queen
• Return to Forever
• Bonnie Raitt
• Ramones
• R.E.M.
• Renaissance
• The Rolling Stones
• Todd Rundgren
• The Runaways with Joan Jett and Lita Ford
• Rush
• Santana
• Slade
• Patti Smith
• Southside Johnny and the Asbury Dukes
• Bruce Springsteen
• Stray Cats
• Styx
• Pink Floyd
• Talking Heads
• Dave Edmonds' Ten Great Guitars with Link Wray, Dickey Betts, Johnny Winter, Brian Setzer, Steve Cropper, David Gilmour, Neal Schon, Lita Ford and Tony Iommi on November 3, 1984.
• T. Rex
• The Tubes
• U2
• Uriah Heep
• Tom Waits
• Weather Report
• The Who
• Edgar Winter
• Johnny Winter
• Frank Zappa
• Warren Zevon

External links

• The Capitol Theatre Passaic Website
• Extensive collection of photos and programs from the music era of the Capitol

 Beastie Boys played Capitol in 1987. Pink Floyd stopped there in 1971 to promote their Meddle album.