Despite their impact, the Ramones struggled for commercial success. Their debut album, Ramones, has been called the most influential punk record, but it was only…
Mike Doughty On Downtown Nostalgia: ‘This Disease Is Omnipresent’
Last week, Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing launched a crowd-funding campaign for his next two solo albums. Yesterday, as part of “Closing Time: Stories of…
Richard Hell Will Chat With Robert Christgau Tomorrow Night
If you missed your chance to dine with Richard Hell, you’ll have a chance to see him for free tomorrow night when the punk-rock royal…
NY1’s Roger Clark Is In a Band, and Pat Kiernan Is One of His Groupies
While reporting from remote locations for NY1, Roger Clark has sung Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” and shredded on the air guitar for…
This Hardcore Band Is Back After 30 Years to Play the Scene’s Old Stomping Grounds
Avenue A seems more like Bourbon Street some nights, but this Thursday a hardcore show with several reunited New York bands will evoke the spirit…
There’s a Debbie Harry Bobblehead (and No, It Doesn’t Have a Heart of Glass)
Nothing is real but the girl, but what about this? That’s right: there’s now a Debbie Harry bobblehead. Till now, we’ve had to settle for…
Would You Get One of These Memorial CBGB Tattoos?
Okay, so Glenn Branca thinks CBGB was “just a shithole where bands got up on stage and played,” but others think the place was pretty…
Watch Glenn Branca Hold Forth On Bowie, Byrne, CBGB, Sonic Youth + His Own Bad Self
As excited as we were to celebrate Glenn Branca’s 65th birthday at the B+B Newsroom last week, we didn’t expect our discussion with the trailblazing…
Watch the House Videographers at CBGB Call Richard Hell a Crybaby
As you may have read over at Rolling Stone, Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong — in what’s sure to be one of the highlights of…
Nightclubbing | Levi and the Rockats
Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong continue sorting through their archives of punk-era concert footage as it’s digitized for the Downtown Collection at N.Y.U.’s Fales Library.