THE DRONGOS: FROM THE CALM OF NEW ZEALAND TO THE STREETS OF NEW YORK
Stranded in the States after a tour with a New Zealand theater troupe, drummer Stan Mitchell and his...
1980’s
1980’s
DECOUPAGE!: L.A. POST-PUNKS ON TV! SEALED WITH A KITSCH!
In the late ’80s, L.A. performance artist and musician Craig Roose took his breezy, ‘60s-obsessed “drag” character “Miss Summer...
THE GUN CLUB DOWN UNDER
Gun Club, led by the mercurial Jeffrey Lee Pierce, were booked for a month-long tour of Australia in late...
KIRA ROESSLER: THE ROAD FROM BLACK FLAG
Playing bass for Black Flag (1983-85) was just the start of an impressive and eclectic resume that has...
DAVID WOJNAROWICZ: LIFE INSIDE HIS BURNING HOUSE
David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992), multimedia artist, musician, AIDS activist and provocateur, brought a punk sensibility to NYC’s downtown gallery...
DAVE ALVIN IS STILL BLASTING: ‘IF CHARLES BUKOWSKI OR RAYMOND CHANDLER HAD A BAND’
In 1979, Dave and Phil Alvin formed the Blasters, a band that grew out of their love of...
EXHUMED: BEFORE BLACK FLAG, THERE WAS WURM
Founding WURM member and Black Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski talks to Eric Davidson about the California punk rock...
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES PLAY FREE SHOW AT BROOKLYN SKATE PARK
Free entrance, free beer, free T-shirts, and Suicidal Tendencies playing their first album in its entirety. Plus Taco...
SCENE OF THE CRIME: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MUDD CLUB’S RICHARD BOCH
The Mudd Club in Tribeca had an art gallery curated by Keith Haring, performances by Ginsberg & Burroughs,...
NICK CAVE DOCUMENTARY MADE IN LATE ’80S BERLIN!
Who doesn’t love the quick, cocksureness of a thirty-year-old Nick Cave? The brooding intellectual takes on director Bram...
WEIRD AND WILD: THE B52’S, “ROCK LOBSTER!”
The song "Rock Lobster," was written by vocalist Fred Schneider and guitarist Ricky Wilson. The B52's self titled album featured the long version of this song and was released in 1979. Check out this wacky video for the song, complete with Fred donning harem pants and Kate Pierson in a beehive wig.
JOHNNY THUNDERS BASHES SPACELY OVER THE HEAD AT THE MUDD CLUB!
Johnny Thunders getting rough with Spaceley right before shredding on guitar at The Mudd Club in NYC. The club was located at 77 White Street in TriBeCa. This counterculture mecca was born in October of 1978 and housed many punk misfits of the underground scene until it's demise in 1983.
80’S PUNK ROCK DOCUMENTARY: ‘ANOTHER STATE OF MIND!’
Mike Ness, singer of Social Distortion, in 1982. “People say that punks are rebels without a cause, but...
IGGY POP TAKES ON HECKLER WHO TELLS HIM TO “GO F**K BOWIE!”
Iggy Pop takes on a man who tells him to "Go fuck Bowie", at a show in 1981. This is pretty much the best stage fight I've ever seen.