Coronavirus restriction causes Raleigh music venue to shutter its doors

ISOLATING OR QUARANTINED.

WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE

ABOUT HOW MANY CASES MAY BE

INVOLVED, AND WHAT STEPS THE

UNIVERSITY IS CURRENTLY TAKING.

>>> A LOT OF BUSINESSES HAVE

NOT SURVIVED THIS PANDEMIC.

WHEN A PARTICULAR RALEIGH

BUSINESS ANNOUNCED ITS DOORS

WOULD CLOSE FOR GOOD, THE

RESPONSE WAS SIGNIFICANT.

ADAM OWENS TAKES US TO THE MAIN

WOULD.

>> Reporter: IT IS HARD TO SEE

IT THIS WAY.

THE LIGHT IS DARK, THE BAR IS

EMPTY, AND IT'S QUIET, WHEN IT

USED TO BE SO LOUD.

JOSEPH PLAYS GUITAR FOR THE

LOCAL HEAVY-METAL BRENT BANNED

SUPPRESSIVE FIRE.

>> THIS WAS WHERE WE PLAYED OUR

FIRST SHOW.

A LOT OF BANDS PLAYED THEIR

FIRST SHOW.

IT MEANS A LOT TO A LOT OF

DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: PARTICULARLY THE

OWNER, KEITH.

WHILE HE WENT BY ANOTHER NAME

PREVIOUSLY FOR THE LAST EIGHT

DAYS THIS HAS BEEN THE MAIN

WOULD.

>> I BUILT THE CLUB FROM THE

GROUND UP.

>> Reporter: NOW, HE IS FORCED

TO CLOSE IT DOWN.

THE SIGN OUT FRONT OFFERS THE

ACCLAMATION.

>> IT WAS A STRUGGLE.

EVERY THREE WEEKS, I WAS

WAITING TO BE TOLD I COULD

OPEN.

>> Reporter: COVID-19

RESTRICTIONS KEPT THE DOORS

CLOSED, TOUGH FOR FAIRWEATHER

TO TAKE AS OTHER BUSINESSES

AROUND HIM WERE ALLOWED TO

OPERATE AGAIN IN SOME CAPACITY.

AND, FAIRWEATHER SAYS HE IS NOT

ALONE.

>> A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES

ARE GOING UNDER.

>> Reporter: AND, THE ARTISTS

WHO PLAYED HERE LOST A HOME FOR

THEIR MUSIC.

>> FOR US, IT WAS HEAVY-METAL

CENTRAL FOR RALEIGH.

>> Reporter: FAIRWEATHER

FIELDED FROM BOTH SIDES.

HE IS THE OWNER, BUT HE IS ALSO

A MUSICIAN.

>> THE MUSIC NEEDS TO GO ON.

LIVE MUSIC, ESPECIALLY.

SO, LET'S HOPE IT DOES IN THE

FUTURE, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.

>> Reporter: ADAM OWENS, WRAL

NEWS, RALEIGH.

>> WE DID FIND OUT THERE WERE

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