Maxwell's

{{Infobox venue

| name = Maxwell's

| address = 1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA 07030

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| location = Southeast corner at Washington and 11th Streets

| coordinates = {{coord|40|44|58|N|74|1|36|W|region:US-NJ_type:landmark|display=inline}}

| type = Music venue, restaurant, brewpub and contemporary art gallery

| genre = Punk, grunge, and indie rock

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| opened = {{Start date|1978|8}}

| renovated = July 26, 1998

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| closed = February 2018

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| owner = Steve Fallon (founder)

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| seating_capacity = 200 (backroom stage)

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Maxwell's, last known as Maxwell's Tavern, was a bar/restaurant and music club in Hoboken, New Jersey. Over several decades the venue attracted a wide variety of acts looking for a change from the New York City concert spaces across the river.{{cite web|url=http://jerseyshore.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/photogallery/maxwells-in-hoboken/570212/content|title=Maxwell's in Hoboken — Let there be (minimal) light — Photo 1/6 — Metromix Jersey Shore|access-date=2009-06-28}} Maxwell's initially closed its doors on July 31, 2013, and reopened as Maxwell's Tavern in 2014, under new ownership.{{Cite news|last=Testa|first=Jim|date=January 27, 2014b|url=http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2014/01/maxwells_finally_closes_but_wi.html|title=Maxwell's Hoboken rock club sold, will reopen with same name|newspaper=The Journey Journal|access-date=2016-10-18}} It closed again in February 2018.{{Cite web|last=Yim|first=Karen |date=February 4, 2018|title=This Hoboken rock music mecca is closing - again|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2018/02/maxwells_tavern_hoboken_rock_club_to_close.html|access-date=July 8, 2021|website=NJ.com|language=en}}

History

The club was opened in August 1978 by Steve Fallon. When the Fallon family bought the corner building in uptown Hoboken with its street-level tavern, Steve Fallon's sisters Kathryn Jackson Fallon and Anne Fallon Mazzolla along with brother-in-law Mario Mazzola were interested in turning the factory workers' tavern (General Foods' Maxwell House Coffee factory was a block away on the Hudson River{{cite magazine|first=Caroline|last=Fraser|title=Anniversary: Good to the Last Drop|magazine=The New Yorker|date=November 20, 1989|pages=44|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1989/11/20/1989_11_20_044_TNY_CARDS_000351084|access-date=2009-06-28}}) into more of a restaurant. The live music quickly caught on and Fallon started booking bands in the back room. Over time, his booking taste, freewheeling personality and respectful treatment towards musicians made Maxwell's and Hoboken a stop to look forward to on many bands' tours.{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/features/silver-jews/maxwells-hoboken/21583/|title=Silver Jews: Show Review (Maxwell's, Hoboken)|date=September 14, 2008|author=Scott, Bruce|access-date=2009-06-28}} By making the blue-collar mile-square city with a rough-and-tumble reputation a cultural gathering place, Maxwell's was instrumental in sparking Hoboken's first wave of early 1980s gentrification — the artists and musicians.See the description of Melissa Holbrook Pierson's book The Place You Love is Gone: Progress Hits Home as reviewed in: {{cite journal|last=Sharpe|first=Katherine|title=Books|journal=The Village Voice|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-03-07/books/books|date=March 7, 2006|access-date=2009-06-30}}{{Cite news|last=DeMarco|first=Jerry|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91525661/jerry-demarco-on-the/|title=On the waterfront. . . sounds of music|date=March 8, 1982|work=The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey)|access-date=December 31, 2021|page=B-1|via=Newspapers.com}} In that light, it is also believed that the Mazzolas may have offered the first successful Sunday brunch in Hoboken.Brunch was also served at the reopened Maxwell's. See: {{cite web|url=http://www.maxwellsnj.com/menu.html |title=Maxwell's: Our Menu |access-date=2009-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225072456/http://maxwellsnj.com/menu.html |archive-date=2009-02-25 }}

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Maxwell's eventually become so successful that it spawned Pier Platters, an independent record store near the PATH train station that Fallon invested in; a whole music and cultural "scene" epitomized by the "Hoboken Sound" (which was featured in an hour-long television special on a local NYC station);The special appeared on channel 5 according to {{cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|title=Movie Review - - 'Hoboken Sound,' A Rock Documentary|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 18, 1985}} and Fallon's own record label, Coyote Records.{{Cite news|last=Reilly|first=Patrick|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91526530/patrick-reilly-go-west-young/|title=Go West, young rocker!|date=April 3, 1985|work=New York Daily News|access-date=December 31, 2021|page=37|via=Newspapers.com}} Fallon hired Todd Abramson to take over the booking of the acts in the mid-1980s. Abramson essentially booked the venue until its 2013 closing (except for a short period in the late 1990s after Fallon sold the club and Maxwell's was converted into a short-lived brewpub).

When Fallon wanted completely out, he and his partners sold Maxwell's in December 1995 to William (Silverback) Sutton,{{cite journal|last=Pristin|first=Terry|title=A Nightclub's Return|journal=The New York Times|date=September 10, 1996}} who then turned it into a brewpub.{{cite news|last=Sisario|first=Ben|title=ON THE MAP; In Hoboken, Out Goes the Microbrewery, Back Comes the Music|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 30, 1998|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/30/nyregion/on-the-map-in-hoboken-out-goes-the-microbrewery-back-comes-the-music.html?scp=7&sq=Maxwell's%20Hoboken&st=cse|access-date=2009-06-30}} Abramson,Todd Abramson is identified as an "owner of Maxwell's in Hoboken" in an article about the breakup of a Hoboken based band in: {{cite news|last=Woliver|first=Robbie|title=A Hoboken Musical Force Is Breaking Up|date=April 1, 2001|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/01/nyregion/a-hoboken-musical-force-is-breaking-up.html?scp=11&sq=Maxwell's%20Hoboken&st=cse|access-date=2009-09-30}} Steve Shelley (drummer of Sonic Youth) and Dave Post of the Amazing Incredibles and Swingadelic arranged to bring Maxwell's back, and renovated and reopened it on July 26, 1998. While some longtime patrons missed the more freewheeling Steve Fallon days, Maxwell's again became as vital a part of the independent music community as it was in the 1980s and 1990s.

Parts of the music video for Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days" were filmed at Maxwell's on May 28, 1985.{{cite journal|last=Schoemer|first=Karen|date=May 3, 1991|page= C 15|title=Pop/Jazz; A Crisis for a Hoboken Institution|journal=The New York Times

|quote=Maxwell's has nevertheless become one of the most famous spots on the small-club circuit in this country since it opened in 1978|access-date=2009-06-30|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/03/arts/pop-jazz-a-crisis-for-a-hoboken-institution.html?scp=5&sq=Maxwell's%20Hoboken&st=cse

}} The music video was directed by Hoboken resident John Sayles.{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1classic.com/view/artist/975/106385/Bruce_Springsteen/Glory_Days/index.jhtml|title=Glory Days Video|publisher=VH1 Classic|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624105035/http://www.vh1classic.com/view/artist/975/106385/Bruce_Springsteen/Glory_Days/index.jhtml|archive-date=2009-06-24|url-status=dead}}

The video for the song "Away" by the Feelies, directed by Jonathan Demme, was recorded at Maxwell's in 1988. After a 17-year hiatus, the Feelies reunited to appear at Maxwell's in July 2008,{{cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|title=A Low-Profile Band Reaches Its Next Stage After a Break of 17 Years|date=July 3, 2008|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/arts/music/03feel.html?scp=16&sq=Maxwell's%20Hoboken&st=cse|access-date=2009-06-30|quote="Endless possibility/Time is right for us to be," Glenn Mercer sang when the Feelies performed at Maxwell's on Tuesday night, at this New Jersey band's first public show in 17 years. "Time — right — now — tonight."|author-link=Jon Pareles}} and they made appearances again every July from 2009 through 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/event/1011905|title=The Feelies at Maxwell's (Hoboken) on 3 Jul 2009 – Last.fm|access-date=2009-07-03}}

While on tour supporting their debut album Bleach, Nirvana appeared at Maxwell's on July 13, 1989. Early in the day, before the show, photographer Ian Tilton took several pictures of the band around Hoboken while John Robb interviewed them for a Sounds front cover feature. The picture of frontman Kurt Cobain has since been used in dozens of magazines, newspapers and websites before and after his death.{{cite web|url=http://www.livenirvana.com/pics/8907it/index.html|title=07/13/89|publisher=Live Nirvana!|access-date=2009-07-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128072210/http://www.livenirvana.com/pics/8907it/index.html|archive-date=2013-01-28}}

In the early 1990s, Maxwell's was voted the "Best Club in New York — Even Though It's in New Jersey" by The New Yorker magazine.{{cite news|url=http://archives.newyorker.com/default.aspx?iid=15792&startpage=page0000011&xml=derek|title=The New Yorker Digital Reader|date=January 21, 1991|newspaper=The New Yorker|access-date=June 4, 2013}} {{subscription required}}{{subscription required}}

In the 2005 Village Voice Best of NY poll, Maxwell's was voted "Best Reason to Leave the State for Dinner and a Show". Also in 2005, The New York Times wrote that Maxwell's was "so New York that it's in New Jersey".{{cite news|last=Doughten|first=Kevin|title=MUSIC; Shed a Tear for CBGB, But Maxwell's Is Still Rocking Hard|quote=But when the fanfare fades and the lights finally dim at CBGB, at 315 Bowery on the Lower East Side, the region's lovers of underground music will still have Maxwell's, a club so New York that it's in New Jersey.|date=October 9, 2005|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2009-09-30|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07E2DB1E30F93AA35753C1A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&&scp=2&sq=Maxwell's%20Hoboken&st=cse}}

The indie rock band Yo La Tengo usually rented out the club for the eight nights of Hanukkah every year.{{cite news|last=Ratliff|first=Ben|title=Music Review: Hanukkah With Love and Noise|date=December 23, 2008|newspaper=The New York Times|page=C5|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/24/arts/music/24teng.html?scp=3&sq=Maxwell's%20Hoboken&st=cse|access-date=2009-06-30}}{{cite news|title=Calendar: HANUKKAH IN HOBOKEN Light the Menorah with Yo La Tengo|newspaper=The Village Voice|first=Elizabeth|last=Thompson|date=December 13, 2008|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-12-10/voice-choices/hanukkah-in-hoboken|access-date=2009-06-30}}

In April 2013, Maxwell's came in third in Rolling Stone magazine's "Venues that Rock" list of the best clubs in America.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-best-clubs-in-america-20130328/maxwells-in-hoboken-n-j-19691231|title=The Best Clubs in America|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=March 28, 2013|access-date=April 3, 2018}}

In June 2013 it was announced that Maxwell's would not renew its lease and the club would close in July.McCall, Tris (June 3, 2013). [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/06/maxwells_a_hoboken_rock_instit.html#incart_m-rpt-1 "Maxwell's, a Hoboken rock institution, to close at the end of July"]. NJ.com. The club closed its doors on July 31, 2013, preceded by an afternoon block party on 11th Street between Washington Street and Hudson Place, beginning that afternoon, to commemorate its final night.{{cite news |date=July 31, 2013 |url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/07/31/maxwells-live-music-venue-closing-after-35-years-in-hoboken/ |title=Maxwell's Live Music Venue In Hoboken, N.J. Closing After 35 Years |work=CBS New York}}

Maxwell's reopened temporarily in August 2013, solely as a bar and restaurant, while the owners sought to sell the venue;{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/09/maxwells_to_temporarily_reopen_as_a_restaurant_only.html|last=McCall|first=Tris|title=Maxwell's to temporarily reopen as a restaurant only|work=Inside Jersey|date=September 3, 2013|access-date=April 3, 2018}} Justin Timberlake was allowed to film a commercial there.{{cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jen |date=September 3, 2013 |url=http://gothamist.com/2013/09/03/maxwells_now_staying_open_as_restau.php |title=Maxwell's Staying Open as a Restaurant... For Now |website=Gothamist |access-date=2013-12-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907030939/http://gothamist.com/2013/09/03/maxwells_now_staying_open_as_restau.php |archive-date=2013-09-07 }}

In early 2014, it reopened under new ownership (a group of investors headed by Pete Carr and Rick Sorkin), with the name changed to Maxwell's Tavern.{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2014/10/maxwells_tavern_bringing_live.html|last=Testa|first=Jim|title=Maxwell's Tavern bringing live music back to the venue, working with Hoboken scene insiders|work=The Jersey Journal|date=October 21, 2014a|access-date=March 23, 2018}}

The new group decided to refocus the tavern from music to food, converting the "venue's fabled backroom—which in the '80s and '90s had proved a launching pad for up-and-coming bands like R.E.M., Hüsker Dü, the Replacements and Nirvana"—into a dining room.{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2018/02/post_951.htm|last=Testa|first=Jim|title=Looking back at Maxwell's roller coaster as club announces closing, two final send-off shows|work=The Jersey Journal|date=February 4, 2018|access-date=March 23, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The front room was fitted with large flatscreen televisions. However, when Maxwell's Tavern opened as a family-friendly pizzeria in April 2014, the owners realized it was a mistake,{{sfn|Testa|2014a}} and for the next sixth months, retooled the premises to again present music. It reopened in October 2014, but was only able to book cover bands.{{sfn|Testa|2014a}} By 2015, the owners gave up the pizzeria idea and engaged local promoter Dave Entwistle, who redesigned the sound stage and booked local talent.{{sfn|Testa|2018}}

The tavern continued to struggle, however. One cause was Carr's "disastrous interview" with the Hoboken Reporter, in which he slammed the previous ownership's maintenance of the building. The interview alienated many locals, who withheld their patronage.{{sfn|Testa|2018}} The owners were never able to book the up-and-coming bands that the older venue was known for, and eventually focused on trivia nights and country music. In early February 2018, the tavern announced on Facebook that it would close, and the final performances took place on February 10.{{sfn|Testa|2018}}

Bands

Early bands to play Maxwell's include Hoboken natives the Bongos, who played under an alias, the Cucumbers, the Wygal sisters (later forming Splendora) and also the Feelies who played frequently from 1985.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-7cBAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71 |page=71 |title=Rock Club |last=Virshup |first=Amy |magazine=New York Magazine |date=December 23, 1985 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-feelies-mn0000762177|title=The Feelies: Biography|publisher=allmusic|access-date=June 4, 2013}}

In 1980, the Athens, Georgia band Pylon played there three times.{{cite web|url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/pylonrandy.html |title=Pylon: Biography |publisher=Perfect Sound Forever |access-date=July 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703204144/http://www.furious.com/perfect/pylonrandy.html |archive-date=July 3, 2016 }} In the mid-1980s, fellow Athens band R.E.M. played there on a frequent basis.Shows on January 30, 1982; October 28, 1982; and November 27, 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.remring.com/?q=node/7|title=R.E.M. - Maxwell's, Hoboken, New Jersey|access-date=2009-06-28}},{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/rem/1982/maxwells-hoboken-nj-7bd6f27c.html|title=R.E.M. at Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ Setlist on October 28, 1982|website=setlist.fm|access-date=2009-07-01}}, and {{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/rem/1982/maxwells-hoboken-nj-6bd6f276.html|title=R.E.M. at Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ Setlist on November 27, 1982|website=setlist.fm|access-date=2009-07-01}}

The club was important to emerging 1980s and 1990s trends as diverse as punk, grunge and indie rock. Notable bands that played the venue during those years include:

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Firehose,Firehose appeared on April 19, 1991. See: {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/firehose1991-04-19.shnf|title=Internet Archive: Free Download: fIREHOSE Live at Maxwell's ? on 1991-04-19|date=19 April 1991|access-date=2009-07-01}}
Fugazi,Fugazi appeared on October 8, 1989. See: {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/fugazi1989-10-08.flac16|title=Internet Archive: Free Download: Fugazi Live at Maxwell's on 1989-10-08|date=8 October 1989|access-date=2009-07-01}}
Blue Öyster CultBlue Öyster Cult appeared November 16, 2008. See: {{cite web|url=http://www.hobokeni.com/blogs/primitivesoundsystem/boc-fans-only-show-maxwells|title=BOC Fans Only Show at Maxwell's — Hobokeni.com - Hoboken, NJ|access-date=2009-07-02}}
NirvanaNirvana appeared at Maxwell's on at least July 13, 1989 and April 28, 1990. See:{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nirvana/1989/maxwells-hoboken-nj-4bd60336.html|title=Nirvana at Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ Setlist on July 13, 1989|website=setlist.fm|access-date=2009-07-01}} and {{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nirvana/1990/maxwells-hoboken-nj-13d67d61.html|title=Nirvana at Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ Setlist on April 28, 1990|website=setlist.fm|access-date=2009-07-01}}
the Smashing Pumpkins,The Smashing Pumpkins appeared on February 8, 1991. See: {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/tsp1991-02-08.flac16|title=Internet Archive: Free Download: Smashing Pumpkins Live at Maxwell's Pub on 1991-02-08|date=8 February 1991|access-date=2009-07-01}}
MinutemenThe Minutemen (band) appeared on October 27, 1985. See: {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/minutemen1985-10-27.flac16|title=Internet Archive: Free Download: Minutemen Live at Maxwell's on 1985-10-27

|date=27 October 1985

|access-date=2009-07-01}}

Robyn Hitchcock,Robyn Hitchcock appeared on at least October 27, 1990; December 30, 1990; January 9, 2004; November 14, 2004; March 26, 2005; November 18, 2006; and November 19, 2006. See: {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/RobynHitchcock1990-10-27.cm-s20.flac16|title=Internet Archive: Free Download: Robyn Hitchcock Live at Maxwell's on 1990-10-27|date=27 October 1990|access-date=2009-07-01}}; {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/RobynHitchcock1990-12-30.cm-s20.flac16|title=Internet Archive: Free Download: Robyn Hitchcock Live at Maxwell's on 1990-12-30|date=30 December 1990|access-date=2009-07-01}}; {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/rhitchcock2004-01-09early-schoeps.shnf|title=Internet Archive: Free Download: Robyn Hitchcock Live at Maxwell's on 2004-01-09|date=9 January 2004|access-date=2009-07-01}}; {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/robynhitchcock2004-11-14.flac16|title=Internet Archive: Free Download: Robyn Hitchcock Live at Maxwell's on 2004-11-14|date=14 November 2004|access-date=2009-07-01}}; {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/robynhitchcock2005-03-26.flac16|title=Internet Archive: Free Download: Robyn Hitchcock Live at Maxwell's on 2005-03-26|date=26 March 2005|access-date=2009-07-01}}; {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/robynhitchcock2006-11-18.sp-cmc-8.flac16

|title=Internet Archive: Free Download: Robyn Hitchcock Live at Maxwell's on 2006-11-18|date=18 November 2006|access-date=2009-07-01}}; and {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/robynhitchcock2006-11-19.at831b.flac16|title=Internet Archive: Free Download: Robyn Hitchcock Live at Maxwell's on 2006-11-19|date=19 November 2006|access-date=2009-07-01}}

The Cowsills,
The Strokes,The Strokes appeared on May 28, 2001. See {{cite web|url=http://www.thestrokes.com/|title=The Strokes|access-date=2009-07-02}} and {{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-strokes/2001/maxwells-hoboken-nj-5bd60b10.html|title=The Strokes at Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ Setlist on May 28, 2001|website=setlist.fm|access-date=2009-07-02}}

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The club continued its tradition of booking new bands into the 2000s and 2010s, including the Othermen, the Dirtbombs,{{cite web|url=http://www.thedirtbombs.net/tour_na.html |title=Tour: North America/ Australia 2008 |publisher=The Dirtbombs |access-date=June 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731202456/http://www.thedirtbombs.net/tour_na.html |archive-date=July 31, 2013 }} Lemuria,Lemuria (band) appeared June 7, 2009 and on May 9, 2006 with Kind of Like Spitting. See {{cite web|url=http://www.lemuriapop.com/shows.html|title=hearts and crap: past shows: 2009|access-date=2009-07-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719084919/http://www.lemuriapop.com/shows.html|archive-date=2009-07-19}} Crooked Fingers,Crooked Fingers appeared on October 19, 2004. See {{cite web|url=http://www.emusic.com/album/Crooked-Fingers-Crooked-Fingers-Live-at-Maxwell-s-10-19-2004-MP3-Download/10843944.html|title=Crooked Fingers Live at Maxwell's 10/19/2004 mp3s|access-date=2009-07-03}} the Wrens,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2009/12/the_wrens_celebrate_20th_anniv.html|title=The Wrens celebrate 20th anniversary at Maxwell's in Hoboken|date=9 December 2009|access-date=2016-09-18}} My Chemical Romance,{{Cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hXAyLLLosk | title=- YouTube | website=YouTube }} Screaming Females, Titus Andronicus, and Máxima Alerta.Sullivan, Al (October 16, 2016). [http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/27291234/article-Trash-truck-worker-competes-for-a-Latin-Grammy-Local-Cuban-exile-fulfills-dream-as-musician-?instance=union_city "Trash truck worker competes for a Latin Grammy: Local Cuban exile fulfills dream as musician"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322020639/http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/27291234/article-Trash-truck-worker-competes-for-a-Latin-Grammy-Local-Cuban-exile-fulfills-dream-as-musician-?instance=union_city |date=2018-03-22 }}. The Hudson Reporter.[http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/27457461/article-Everyone-s-invited-to-a-special-concert-by-Maxima-Alerta?instance=top_story "Everyone's invited to a special concert by Maxima Alerta"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322020833/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/27457461/article-Everyone-s-invited-to-a-special-concert-by-Maxima-Alerta?instance=top_story |date=2018-03-22 }}. The Hudson Reporter. August 5, 2017.

Live albums

Several bands recorded live albums at the venue, including Guided by Voices (For All Good Kids), the Reigning Sound (Live at Maxwells),{{cite web|url=http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/bands/r/reigningsound.htm|title=Reigning Sound|publisher=Grunnen Rocks|access-date=June 4, 2013}} the Meat Puppets (Live at Maxwell's 2.08.01),{{cite web|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-maxwells-20801-mw0000216102|publisher=allmusic|title=Live at Maxwell's 2.08.01|access-date=June 4, 2013}} My Chemical Romance (The Black Parade Is Dead!),{{cite web|url=http://www.mychemicalromance.co.uk/|title=My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade is Dead!|access-date=2009-07-01|archive-date=2008-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709051911/http://mychemicalromance.co.uk/|url-status=dead}} the Wedding Present (Live Tape No. 7 - Hoboken, 10th June 1990), Imperial Teen (Live at Maxwell's) and the Replacements (For Sale: Live at Maxwell's 1986).

Criticism

As a music venue, Maxwell's was not very large. In fact, it only held about 200 people and was considered dark. The live music at a club in a residential area led some neighbors to complain about the noise as well as dancing in the streets during the early days of the club, before the expansion into the back room for appearances by musical acts. A Hoboken restaurant survey website gave Maxwell's a rating of 3.33 out of a possible 5 in October 2008.{{cite web|url=http://hoboken411.com/archives/58|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619051327/http://hoboken411.com/archives/58|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 19, 2006|title=Maxwell's Bar & Restaurant|website=Hoboken 411|date=October 19, 2008|access-date=2009-06-30}}