The Daily Show Jon Stewart, Fugazi & Bad Brains Riot on the Dance Floor Film Trailer

What does it take to turn a lifeless, concrete bunker into a legendary club that hosted some of the '80s and '90s biggest bands? What does it take to forge a thriving, vital scene in a downtrodden, dangerous and marginalized city like Trenton, New Jersey, with nothing but flyers, postcards and pre-internet word-of-mouth? It takes passion, vision and, above all else, a dedication to the independent spirit that drove the underground music scene. It requires the ear of someone attuned to diversity and a set of balls big enough to book the envelope-pushing bands that most promoters wouldn't touch. That man was Randy Now, and this is his story.

Riot on the Dance Floor: The Story of Randy Now and City Gardens is a feature-length documentary from director Steve Tozzi that features the unblinkingly stark and iconic photography of Ken Salerno and is told through an oral history format of in-depth interviews and archival footage. It tells the gritty story of one of New Jersey's most infamous clubs and its larger-than-life promoter through the recollected memories, stories, photographs and memorabilia of the people who lived for and by the music.

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Funding campaign ends August 20th 2011.

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[needmorecowbell1]

haha randy now is my uncle. wish i was old enough to go to city gardens! luckily i have a lot of his music knowledge though. and i put all those records he's holding into alphabetical order!!

[aprilalice58]

That's my Brother!!! How cool is it to have your own Brother on UTube and in a movie!! <3 my bro Randy! City Gardens was incredible during it's time!! - April :)

[elkillerx]

whats the song that starts when they show city gardens?

[williamrosenblatt]

Has this film been made yet? I worked at WPRB radio while a student at Princeton 1979-83. City Gardens (or as it was originally known, King Tut's City Gardens) got started then. I wonder if the film mentions WPRB.  WPRB was instrumental (no pun intended) in getting City Gardens off the ground. We promoted the shows, had the bands do on-air appearances, etc. This relationship went on for I don't know how many years, certainly long after I graduated...

[erniekill]

That actually is Jon Stewart in the front of the trailer. He was a bartender at the club for 2 years. Jon speaks of seeing the Bad Brains & Bad Religion at the club, two bands he is a fan of. He also once disarmed a gunman at City Gardens when tending bar... a story he told on Larry King.

[erniekill]

The song at the end of the trailer is "Insert Motivation Here" by A Fire Still Burns.

[IATIKa0tiC]

THat does not sound like John Stewart one bit

[TsMaLLz789]

Who sings that song at the end of this video?

[kentuckychromedesign]

It's not the Outhouse in Lawrence, Kansas...but it's something.

[ajmorocco]

Looks amazing, can't wait to see the finished product.