music history
Agent Orange playing CBGB | Tour Dates
“Agent Orange is a punk rock band from Fullerton, California. They were a surf-punk band from the 1980s and first gained attention with their song Bloodstains which they wrote for a local Orange County compilation album…
New York's Hit Factory Studios turned into condos
“New York’s Hit Factory studio, which closed in early 2005 after being home to recording sessions by John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Madonna and U2, is being converted into condominiums worth more than $1 million…
Flipper playing Northsix & CBGB (again) | 2006 Tour Dates
FLIPPER @ CBGB (BENEFIT) | AUGUST 26, 2005 (CRED)
“The original members of Flipper, barring the late Will Shatter (with Bruno DeSmartass replacing Shatter once again as he had done for a 1982 tour), reunited to support CBGB on August 26 and 28, 2005…
Dead Kennedys (sort of) playing CBGB & Boston | $35 tix
DEAD KENNEDYS | NOVEMBER 2005 (VIA)
The Jello Biafra-less Dead Kennedys are playing CBGB on September 21, 2006. That’s nine days before the club closes for good and one day before the The Dead Kennedys play Axis in Boston…
Jesse Malin playing third to last show @ Continental | Tix
As previously reported, Murphy’s Law are playing the final Continental show ever on September 16, 2006 (with Two Man Advantage and others TBA)…
The Dears on Arts & Crafts | 2006 Tour Dates (Bowery Ballroom)
Arts & Crafts (the new home of Phoenix and the Hidden Cameras) is releasing the new album by The Dears (“Gang of Losers”) on October 6, 2006…
Gut Instinct | Discograpy CD, 3 Reunion shows, 1 @ CBGB
“Probably the most influential and first pure Baltimore hardcore band was Gut Instinct. Though lasting little beyond a handful of demos and a 7 inch in the early 1990s, the band had a tremendous impact on the local scene…
John "Bloodclot" Joseph (Cro-Mags, Bad Brains) wrote a book | playing (as Fearless Vampire Killers) @ CBGB & in CT
A quote from my (John’s) good friend – Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys):
“This book kicked my ass. I have known Bloodclot (aka John Joseph) for many years…
Syd Barrett RIP
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Syd Barrett, the troubled Pink Floyd co-founder who spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, the band said Tuesday…
CBGB most likely moving to Vegas | Hilly has lung cancer
HILLY KRISTAL
“I have been looking for space in New York and the rent’s $125,000 a month on Broadway.” He said he came close to securing a space downtown on Essex Street, but the deal didn’t make it past the negotiations phase…
