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'''Dante's''' is a [[nightclub]] and music venue in [[Portland, Oregon]] that opened in February, 2000. Since its opening, the club has hosted many internationally famous touring acts and artists such as [[Bo Diddley]], [[Nina Hagen]], [[Steven Seagal]], [[Electric Six]], [[Berlin (band)]], [[George Clinton]], [[The Killers (band)|The Killers]], [[Peaches (musician)]], [[Eagles of Death Metal]], [[Mini Kiss]], [[X]], [[Patton Oswalt]], [[Doug Stanhope]], [[The Porcelain Twinz]] and [[Tommy Chong]]. |
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Dante's is also home to [[Storm Large]], the lead singer of the "lounge-core, mash-up" band Storm & The Balls, who have a regular Wednesday night show at Dante's. She is most recently a contestant on the hit [[CBS]] television show [[Rockstar: Supernova]]. |
Dante's is also home to [[Storm Large]], the lead singer of the "lounge-core, mash-up" band Storm & The Balls, who have a regular Wednesday night show at Dante's. She is most recently a contestant on the hit [[CBS]] television show [[Rockstar: Supernova]]. |
Revision as of 20:59, 23 August 2006
Dante's is a nightclub and music venue in Portland, Oregon that opened in February, 2000. Since its opening, the club has hosted many internationally famous touring acts and artists such as Bo Diddley, Nina Hagen, Steven Seagal, Electric Six, Berlin (band), George Clinton, The Killers, Peaches (musician), Eagles of Death Metal, Mini Kiss, X, Patton Oswalt, Doug Stanhope, The Porcelain Twinz and Tommy Chong.
Dante's is also home to Storm Large, the lead singer of the "lounge-core, mash-up" band Storm & The Balls, who have a regular Wednesday night show at Dante's. She is most recently a contestant on the hit CBS television show Rockstar: Supernova.
Ownership Origins
Ownership of the venue is split between the charismatic Frank Faillace [1] and the enigmatic Paul S. Park.
Legend has it that Faillace, who was thrown out of a Quaker bible college, wandered Central Asia on a vision quest, finally becoming disillusioned and hiring himself out as a mercenary for opium smugglers, to raise funds for his flailing spiritual trek. During one particular convoy through the Khyber Pass, his party was ambushed by a group of CIA commandos. Luckily for Faillace, the keenly-observant Park was serving as the team's medic in exchange for school loan repayment. Park quickly realized that the swarthy, bearded, and oddly silent sole Caucasian in the group was an American, and had him transported to a secret base near Kabul. The two became fast friends during Faillace's interrogation and debriefing on the base and it is rumored that Park expedited Faillace's safe transfer back to his native soil, despite his admittedly checkered history with the mujahideen opium cartels.
Once back in the USA, Faillace didn't remain dormant for long. Through a series of bold business moves, he was able to slowly legitimize himself from drug smuggler, to smut-peddler (see Exotic Magazine [2]) and owner of topless bars, and finally as the founder and owner of Dante's in Portland, Oregon. The financing of Dante's in the early years was suspiciously intertwined with figures reputedly linked to organized crime, and it was at this opportune moment that his friend from the Khyber Pass came calling. In the wake of 9/11, Park had been re-assigned to domestic duties, choosing a posting in his native Portland, OR as well. Through a series of brazen moves, the pair solidified their hold upon Dante's in a coup worthy of a Mario Puzo novel, which finally climaxed in a crescendo of violence and cruelty that still resonates within the underground community of Portland.
Local rumor still claims that as a final indignity, the remains of Faillace's former partners, and possibly several strippers, were liquified and used as mortar for the masonry in the lower foundations of the club.
Accolades
AOL.com 2006 - Best Bar, Portland[3]
AOL.com 2005 - Reader's Choice, Live Music, Portland
Willamette Week 2004 - Favorite House of Rock
Willamette Week 2004 - Favorite Hetero "Meet" Market
Portland Citysearch.com 2002 - Best Live Music Venue