The Music Box

CTL-E-1191 · Venue · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

After Frankie Knuckles's 1982 departure from the Warehouse, owner Robert Williams rebranded/reopened the club as the Music Box (1983) at a new location and hired Ron Hardy as resident DJ.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BMI-002; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BMI-002:the-music-box; source research type(s): venue. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

City landmark report; Wikipedia (Warehouse nightclub; Ron Hardy)
Wikipedia (Ron Hardy)
Wikipedia says March 2, 1992; ravesuperstore copy says 1991
Warehouse history (Wikipedia); NME (2023); Landmark report
Ron Hardy history (Wikipedia); YouTube archivist descriptions
Ron Hardy history (Wikipedia)

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