Zero's New Wave Lounge

Zero's New Wave Lounge Zero's New Wave Lounge Zero's New Wave Lounge was Fort Worth's first punk club, owned and operated by Bill Engberg and Richard Fenner. Trivia alert!

Zero's opened in 1980 mainly to create a venue for Bill and Richard's favorite band The Fort Worth Cats who were featured there often. Along with many local punk bands like The Ralphs, NCM, The Telefones, Playthings, Bobby Soxx and Stickmen, Bobby Soxx and NME, Nervebreakers, Bag of Wire, Red Tapes, Memluks, Brave Combo and many many more. Zero's also featured lots of early touring bands like X, F

ear, The Fix, Alleycats, Black Flagg, Subhumans as well as Stevie Ray Vaughan who was a really cool dude. Zero's was named after a bar in Bremerhaven, Germany that Bill and Richard discovered on their obligatory hitchhiking trip after college.

05/18/2025

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04/12/2022

Joe Strummer’s handwritten lyrics for The Clash's "London Calling"

RIP Bill, miss you everyday.
04/09/2022

RIP Bill, miss you everyday.

Are we not cool?
04/08/2022

Are we not cool?

Devo / 1980

📷 Neil Zlozower

Address

2637 E Lancaster Avenue
Fort Worth, TX
76103

Opening Hours

Monday 2pm - 11:59pm
Tuesday 12am - 2am
2pm - 11:59pm
Wednesday 12am - 2am
2pm - 11:59pm
Thursday 12am - 2am
2pm - 11:59pm
Friday 2pm - 11:59pm
Saturday 2pm - 11:59pm
Sunday 2pm - 11:59pm

Telephone

+18177015033

Website

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