Exterior, Shaw Metro PCS (closer view)
This file appears in: Exploring DC’s Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: Metro PCS, Shaw: The cellphone store doubles as one of the last places in DC to buy live go-go performance CDs.
Current photograph of the Metro PCS storefront's entrance. The red building has been a staple for go-go music and part of the community for decades, which helped it and the owner gain support to keep go-go music playing outside.
This file appears in: Exploring DC’s Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: Metro PCS, Shaw: The cellphone store doubles as one of the last places in DC to buy live go-go performance CDs.
Exploring DC’s Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: Metro PCS, Shaw: The cellphone store doubles as one of the last places in DC to buy live go-go performance CDs.
Despite the tense relationship between go-go music and city officials throughout the 1980s and 1990s, fans kept the genre alive and well. Private businesses and venues continued to provide a home for…