…boutique has been the go-to destination for rock stars, punk enthusiasts, and fashion rebels alike. For its enormous contributions to the sartorial scene of the punk and rock & roll…
Read More…Foreclosure….and then why there were so many abandoned buildings around. You make a lot of distinctions between punks/skinheads/anarchists/hardcore people etc. Which of these tribes do you identify with? Are all…
Read More…CBGB – 315 Bowery From 1973 to 2006, CBGB’s was an influential incubator for underground groups in the punk rock scene. The venue remains an extraordinary icon of the East…
Read More…sure to take a look at our East Village Punk Rock tour where you can find a plethora of East Village venues that gave birth to the Punk Rock genre….
Read More…‘n’ roll in the neighborhood (and, I mean, the East Village is about as punk rock as it gets!). This author leading last year’s continuing ed tour of architectural and…
Read More…District. Village Preservation has a plethora of resources to learn more about the history of Punk Rock in the East Village: Visit our Guided Punk Rock Tour as a part…
Read More…and perform an east-west hybrid of Indian music, one that combined traditional elements with more American and European rock and punk rock sounds. During the 1960s and ‘70s, Indian instruments…
Read MoreFrom Greenwich Village and the East Village, we’ll see how punk rock developed — from forebears like the Velvet Underground and the New York Dolls to it’s commercial peak in…
Read More…Music Venue tour. https://buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org/guided-tour/punk-rock-tour/ And of course CBGB wasn’t solely a punk rock venue. Our Historic Image Archive includes some photos taken there of a different nature. In the fall…
Read More…here at CBGB. We called this music ‘street rock’ and later ‘PUNK’- ‘come as you are and do your own thing’ rock and roll…..I certainly didn’t love every band that…
Read More…D. Rockefeller, Sr. What we think of as the modern American economy was, in essence, the creation of four men: Andrew Carnegie, Jay Gould, J.P. Morgan, and John D. Rockefeller….
Read MoreVillage Preservation has been offering an East Village Rock Tour, which has met with great enthusiasm and large groups gathering to learn more about the history of Rock ‘n Roll…
Read MoreBack By Popular Demand: East Village Rock Tours – Part 2 Thursday, August 25 6:00pm – 7:15pm ET In-Person Outdoor Walking Tour. Free. In July we offerred our first Rock Tour…
Read More…East Village Rock Tour: Part 2. Rock n’ roll has been deeply rooted in our neighborhoods since the art form was first invented, with many of its greatest practitioners drawn…
Read MoreIn July of 2022 we offered our first Rock and Roll Tour to overwhelming demand – so we’re bringing it back in 2023. Rock n’ roll has been deeply rooted…
Read MoreBack By Popular Demand: East Village Rock Tours – Part 1 Thursday, August 18 6:00pm – 7:15pm ET In-Person Outdoor Walking Tour. Free. In July we offerred our first Rock Tour…
Read More…Rock Tour: Part 2, including a celebration of East Village history and Jane Jacob’s legacy with Jane’s Walk 2023. Rock n’ roll has been deeply rooted in our neighborhoods since…
Read More…Louis Farese, a kindergarten teacher from Staten Island. Rocky Horror playing at the Waverly. Thanks in large part to the midnight showings, the Rocky Horror Picture Show is the longest…
Read More…for underground groups in the punk rock scene. The venue helped launch the careers of rock music staples including Blondie, the Ramones, and of course the Talking Heads. CBGB after…
Read MoreWe have two great birthdays in the world of punk to mark. The two celebrants straddle the East and West Village, and both sides of the Atlantic. Today, May 14,…
Read MoreGreenwich Village and the East Village Rock Tour Thursday, July 14 at 6:00pm ET Free In-Person, pre-registration is required. Limited spaces remain. Starting and ending location will be shared with…
Read More…Doors playing with a Joshua Light Show display behind them. Photo care of Joshua White It was a place to catch an amazing concert: the early show was rocking, the…
Read MoreThe record cover, rippling through time. Preservation and rock ‘n’ roll are rarely mentioned in the same breath, it seems fair to say – with at least one notable exception….
Read More…home. Some also went on to pursue the arts on their own, and made significant contributions in their respective fields — including the then-burgeoning genre of hardcore punk, and later,…
Read More1950 was a seminal year in the life of the “last rock star poet,” Dylan Thomas (October 27, 1914 –November 9, 1953). On February 20th of that year the much-celebrated…
Read MoreReel Rockers: Come Get Crazy in the East Village, a Film Screening & Discussion Rediscover the rowdy days (and nights!) of the East Village in the time of the Fillmore…
Read More…Gilded Age and acts like Patti Smith, The New York Dolls. Traveling from MacDougal Street to Broadway, we’ll learn how the folk and punk scenes were intertwined and interrelated. We’ll…
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See images from: Fred W. McDarrah: Bob Dylan’s Greenwich Village See images from: Fred W. McDarrah: Iconic Images of the Village & East Village from the 1950s and 60s See…
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This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…
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This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…
Posted September 8, 2021
Read More…anthems as “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Rockaway Beach,” and “Teenage Lobotomy,” the Ramones helped launch the musical force known as punk rock. Joey Ramone The style became intertwined…
Read More…that has defined rock fashion for decades. This legendary boutique has been the go-to destination for rock stars, punk enthusiasts, and fashion rebels alike. For its enormous contributions to the…
Read More…over the past decade, some of which are below: 2024: Trash & Vaudeville Trash & Vaudeville’s East 7th Street location This legendary punk rock boutique is not just a store,…
Read More…and black artists who were in the early 1980s mixing in the downtown clubs which just a few years earlier spawned the punk rock that inspired the first phase of…
Read More…referred to them as the, “Martha Stewarts of punk rock.” Tish and Snooki closed their store on St. Mark’s Place in 1989 due to escalating rent and now operate Manic…
Read More…anti-war movement. Astor calls herself a young revolutionary and punk rocker, and though arguably the quintessential East Villager of her time, she’s not of any clear relation to the Astors…
Read More…West, Madonna, Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Billy Idol, U2, and Daft Punk, among many others, have recorded there. By many accounts, Patti Smith ushered in the punk rock era by making…
Read More…a declaration of committed mutiny, a statement of faith in the transfigurative powers of rock & roll. Horses made her the queen of punk before it even really existed, but…
Read More…or a senator. He found rock & roll, and it found him, his heroism.” To take a tour of sites in the East Village connected to punk rock, click here….
Read More…of focus image, which seemed to encapsulate the raw energy of punk, was actually an homage to Elvis’ similarly composed self-titled debut album cover. The image was voted best rock…
Read More…Sex Pistols punk rocker Sid Vicious was found dead of a heroin overdose in an apartment at 63 Bank Street. Born John Simon Ritchie, Vicious joined the band in 1977,…
Read More…new wave music by integrating elements of punk, art rock, funk, dance, pop and world music with art school sensibilities (they all went to the Rhode Island School of Design)…
Read More…be selling a lot of 70’s punk rock and heavy metal. But of course the greats like Dylan and Beatles are always big sellers.“ Great illustration thanks to https://www.instagram.com/coffeecakescafe/. Visit here to…
Read More…and Yiddish performance popularity died down, which led to rock promoter Bill Graham taking over to transform the venue into what many call “the Church of Rock and Roll” in…
Read More…To stay current on all our posts, follow us on X or Facebook, or subscribe to our blog feed via email here. A rock star, a legend, a genius, Jimi…
Read MoreIf you were to ask me to name a truly perfect album, it would take a very quick punk-rock-beat to say “London Calling!” Released on December 14, 1979, this iconic…
Read More…“Horses” in 1975. Opening with the line “Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine,” the record fused elements of nascent punk rock and beat poetry. Smith would go on…
Read MoreOn this day in 1979, Sex Pistols punk rocker Sid Vicious was found dead of a heroin overdose in a Greenwich Village apartment. Born John Simon Ritchie, Vicious (as he…
Read More…and spread the punk gospel across the U.K. and the world. The Ramones live. But make no mistake; the adrenaline-fueled three-chord rock-n-roll the Ramones espoused, introduced on the album with…
Read More…Bow Wow Wow at the Ritz. McLaren was an early promoter of punk subculture as the promoter and manager of numerous punk and new wave bands such as the New York Dolls, the Sex…
Read More…band is of course considered the inventors of punk rock, as well as the ultimate downtown band and the embodiment of the CBGB’s scene. The Ramones’ lightning-fast performances rarely lasted…
Read More…Fame in 1988, and is listed as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s “500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.” It can easily be said that no…
Read More…rock music, permanently transforming both art forms. But perhaps in some ways his most lasting impact came from a project completed just three weeks before his death–the opening of Electric Lady…
Read More…after. Glam rock, pop, punk, dance, electro, funk and soul music were never the same after Bowie dipped his toe into the waters of the music industry, and imitators will…
Read More…of the East Village punk scene and queer subculture, making him a beloved figure of 1970’s counterculture. DeSana’s work challenged traditional notions of beauty and sexuality, and he often used…
Read More…a Polish church. Fellow artist and close friend Kenny Scharf described it as a scene where “art merged with punk rock and lost its preciousness.” This was a time when…
Read More…punk rock shows. C-Squat As noted in an earlier blog post, during July 4th weekend of 1995, a city-ordered siege occurred during which police in riot gear came into Loisaida…
Read More…and broke rules. Neo-expressionism, figuration, and punk rock were among the artistic movements that germinated in the East Village in the 80’s. Jean-Michel Basquiat In Italian 1983 In June of…
Read More…against. Emerging from the staid milieu, the downtown punk rebellion took hold. Music, art, film, and fashion defied conventional standards. They took risks and broke rules. Neo-expressionism, figuration, and punk…
Read More…like Limited To One (221 East 10th Street, Basement West). These collectors not only specialize in punk rock, indie, hip-hop, hardcore, pop-punk, and 90’s alternative music, but also collaborate with…
Read More…performed a mixture of punk rock and beat poetry. She gave her first public reading of poetry in 1971 at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, 131 East 10th Street. Narrated by Chris…
Read More…wave music by integrating elements of punk, art rock, funk, dance, pop and world music with art school sensibilities and the tension-filled stage persona of lead singer and guitarist David…
Read More…Jewish Lower East Side, the old public baths, music from klezmer to punk rock, and legendary food establishments such as Russ and Daughters. Our Lady of Greenwich Village A discussion…
Read MoreOn March 30, 1974, the Ramones played their very first public performance. The Ramones are of course considered the inventors of punk rock, as well as the ultimate downtown band and…
Read More…drag show at Tompkins Square Park. Madonna appeared at her first AIDS benefit here. New York Magazine referred to it as “A temple of iniquity for punk rockers, Goth betties,…
Read More…there would have been no punk rock. Brooklyn indie rock of the 2000s was only able to come together because of the borough’s many empty warehouse spaces. But these scenes…
Read More…have been no punk rock. Brooklyn indie rock of the 2000s was only able to come together because of the borough’s many empty warehouse spaces. But these scenes are more…
Read More…Rock and Roll. The original single cover. Like so many other great moments in rock and popular music, it was also recorded in Greenwich Village, at Electric Lady Studios on…
Read More…amazing number of things you can do through a rock n’ roll song and that you can do serious writing in a rock song if you can somehow do it…
Read More…on contemporary American art, while American artists have for generations dominated western art. 11. First “Rocky Horror” midnight show Hartley and Sal Piro, who originally ran the “Rocky Horror” performance groups,…
Read More…“rocker” or “rocking” skate (and is now known as a “quad”) because it allowed the skater to easily shift on the skates in order to smoothly navigate turns and perform…
Read More…years to come, but also the direction of much of popular music in the decades which followed. This is Radio Clash built upon The Clash’s punk roots, adding elements of…
Read More…Repertory Theatre where he saw the Open Theater’s production of Megan Terry’s “Viet Rock” and first met Gerome Ragni, an Open Theater actor, who handed him the script of what…
Read MoreKnown for her powerful, raspy voice and electric stage presence, Janis Joplin was one of the most outstanding musicians of her generation. Her combination of 1960s folk rock and southern…
Read More…rehearsed for the first time while on hiatus from the Talking Heads. However, Frantz and Weymouth and the Talking Heads got their musical start in the downtown punk and new…
Read More…But there it is, forever – the quintessence of articulated punk. And no one goes near it.” The FourOhFive stated, “White Light/White Heat essentially gave birth to New York punk,…
Read More…OMFUG, which stood for “Country Bluegrass Blues and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers” actually belied the club’s status as an incubator for underground groups in the punk and rock scene….
Read MoreDeborah Harry, lead singer of the seminal punk and new wave band Blondie, was born July 1, 1945. Both she as an artist and the group Blondie grew out of…
Read More…“a landmark of the New York punk scene,” and you couldn’t be talking about anyone but Jim Carroll, a figure who by the early 1970s was also very much entrenched…
Read More…punk and psychedelic rock, but the neighborhood has a rich history of nurturing jazz and the blues, as well as those who produced it. Prominent examples include 412 East 10th Street, home…
Read More…and punk rock. This area’s tremendous prosperity and the throngs of visitors who come here are proof positive that its low-rise historic character is the precious key to its allure…
Read More…club eventually became known as an incubator for underground groups in the punk and rock scene, giving starts to such acts as The Ramones, Blondie, Patti Smith, and the Talking…
Read More…and dereliction. It held that reputation for almost 100 years – for most of the 20th century, the Bowery was famous for flop houses, drug deals, gambling, punk rock, and…
Read More…to dance, theater, baseball, streetcars, tattooing, Irving Berlin, Abe Lincoln, and Harry Houdini. In the 20th century, it helped launch Beat literature, Abstract Expressionism, and punk rock. It is one…
Read More…Topics slated for discussion include: the disappearing Jewish Lower East Side, the old public baths, music from klezmer to punk rock, and legendary food establishments such as Russ and Daughters….
Read More…has lived for decades. He also founded the Great Jones Café and maintained his love for punk rock, film, and culture while managing a successful and growing business. Full Transcript…
Read More…it was replaced by another legendary vintage clothing shop, the punk rock outfitter Trash and Vaudeville. Trash & Vaudeville occupied the basement and expanded to the first floor as well….
Read More…business and building ownership. On a side note, he mentions the East Village’s punk rock scene, and Joey Ramone coming to Veniero’s to buy a cake. Veniero’s itself has changed…
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