[1] The venue hosted fast punk bands such as The Stimulators and The Violators.
Slowly, a hardcore scene of initially about 100 persons formed around the club which spawned bands like Agnostic Front, Antidote, Cro-Mags, Heart Attack, Kraut, The Mob, The Abused and Urban Waste who played the A7 regularly, some of them weekly.
[2] Although the venue was putting on performances from lesser known New York punk rock and hardcore bands like False Prophets and The High and the Mighty, it became the scene's unofficial headquarters after Bobby Steele began performing at the venue due to being banned from CBGB and Max's Kansas City.
In October 2013, a plaque was hung in the room, marking the space's history.
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