Venue notes: Lost Horizon, Syracuse NYRock club with punk leanings. Remained in operation under that name until sometime in 2004, when it was sold to new owners and renamed the Tundra Tavern, which also eventually went under. The building, located at 5863 Thompson Rd, Syracuse NY 13224, was unoccupied as of summer 2007.Peter Neidhardt recalls: "Back in the day, from circa 1983 to 1990 or so, virtually every indie/hardcore/punk performer who was anybody played the Lost. Some of the bands who played there include: Buttholes, Flag, Ramones, Flipper, M-Pups, Minutemen, DK's, Die Kreuzen, Jerks, Sonic Y, Dino Jr., Replacements, just to name a few. "Incidentally, I lived 20 minutes from the Lost Horizon and was a major Huskers fan at the time of the August 1984 gig but had NO IDEA they were playing there that particular evening." He adds, regarding the capacity figure previously given here that came from some now-forgotten online source, "I think your stated capacity of 750 people is little on the high side. This place was and is very small. I recall Lost Horizon staff stating a capacity number somewhere between 400 and 500." Onetime Nova Mob guitarist Chris Hesler, writing in May 2009, notes that the club apparently reopened under its old name and in fact has a MySpace page here. He adds: "Peter's recollections about the club sound accurate to me, though I was only there a couple of times. I didn't notice at the time but in the photos it really appears to be a home converted into a nightclub. The rear portion of the building (cinder block construction) is where the stage was located. Downstage dead center there was an unsightly vertical steel pole, where evidently they had removed a load-bearing wall. It was a pretty dumpy place all around, and a fitting example of the general aesthetic of Syracuse. But they did book some great acts. I saw the Damned circa 1985, and got thrown down the steps for some misdeed or another. Rolling Stones are purported to have played a quasi-secret warm-up show sometime in the early '90s but I can't find any corroboration on the web. I did find out that the club has reopened, for better or (mostly) worse." [Do you have more information about this venue? Please email me.] Return to Hüsker Dü dates page |