"[1] In the nearly sixteen years the club was open before it closed in 1987, My Father's Place presented more than 6,000 shows from over 3,000 diverse artists.

Its promoter Michael "Eppy" Epstein refused to book cover bands, and so the club became known as a place aspiring artists could perform.

[4] Unlike most other clubs that highlighted one genre or one particular era of music, the variety of My Father's Place was possibly its most important trait.

Along with CBGB and Max's Kansas City, My Father's Place was a nurturing ground for young punk and new wave acts like The Runaways, The Ramones, Blondie, The Police, and Talking Heads.

[citation needed] Development pressures led to the village of Roslyn closing down the club on May 3, 1987, with a final performance by the band Tower of Power.