re: Was early 2000’s the greatest era of local band scene in BR?

Stardrag
Girlscout Heroin
Thoughts of Mary
Elsah
The Myrtles
Becky Sharp
Zaemon
Funkhaus
Farmer Not So John
Allgood

Not there then but late 80’s Loved

Dash Rip Rock
Cowboy Mouth
Better than Ezra (yes, they were late 80s)
What was the name of the really good techno-rock band that played all over?

Lazy K

Not that they were good but a local band no one has mentioned is Crosstown Traffic.

Do not forget Amos Moses and a band I liked was Popular Creeps that later on became Good Night City. A lot of talent in those two bands

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Micheal Chua

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Anybody remember the pink floyd cover band that used to play at the caterie?

Those shows were awesome

Politics and raising the drinking age killed the scene of the pate 80’s/early 90’s. There was a big overreaction to someone getting trampled to death at a concert at the PMAC. The government’s response resulted in tours stopping in Lafayette, Biloxi, and New Orleans and skipping BR entirely.

I don’t know what caused the decline during the 2000’s, but the burning of the Caterie in 2010 followed by the closure of Chelseas in 2013 and the Spanish moon in 2017 all left original bands with a major shortage of venues. I think it was just changing consumer tastes. BR bar patrons want a cover band to provide background music for a tailgate atmosphere, so 80’s, 90’s, and pop country cover bands get the gigs.