Adam, Bowery Electric is a cool venue, but it's not a veteran New York venue. Bowery Electric the band predates the venue by quite a while. Back when Bowery Electric were playing, CBGB's was the only venue on the (at the time) derelict Bowery. Venues then were Mercury Lounge, Brownies, The Cooler, Maxwell's (in Hoboken,) Coney Island High (same co-owner as the then future Bowery Electric,) CBGB's/CB's313, Under Acme, Fez, ABC No Rio, C-Squat, Pyramid Club... Larger rooms were Tramps (about the size of the then future Bowery Ballroom,) Irving Plaza (big,) The Academy (bigger,) Roseland (even bigger,) Madison Square Garden (much bigger,) and Giants Stadium.
Their official website doesn't say, and neither does the band's wiki. But if I had to guess, I'd say the band is probably named after the bar, not the other way around.
Probably not.
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