September is Suicide Prevention Month
If you or someone you know is suffering, please know there is help, and it is just a phone call away by dialing 988.
If you or someone you know is suffering, please know there is help, and it is just a phone call away by dialing 988.
The current iteration of the Vibrators came across the pond from merry old England to play Bowery Electric last weekend and I made it out. It was an uncharacteristically good weekend for punk rock in NYC this one particular weekend with Fear playing Gramercy Theatre the night before (Friday) and Leggs McNeil lecturing the following Sunday […]
Though I was not that familiar with Richie Ramone’s tenure as drummer for the Ramones (1983-1987), I was curious enough to head over to Bowery Electric the other night, and I was not the only one. It was a mixed bag of opening bands, from melodic, punk Ramone’s like emo (The Young Rochelles) to straight […]
It was a killer show, truly…. no pun intended, no hyperbole either. It was the reunion of the old/new Dead Boys featuring Cheetah Chrome & Johnny Blitz and it was the 1st stop on their 2018 tour. For those of you who don’t know the Dead Boys, you can read all the gory & fascinating details […]
New Years Eve Eve of 2017 (Dec. 30th, 2017) I had the opportunity to finally catch the famous Richard “Handsome Dick” Manitoba of The Dictators , (AKA the “hansomest man in rock-n-roll), a legendary Jewish Punk Rocker from the Bronx. He was performing with his new bandmates “The Soul Punk Kings” at the Bowery Electric in downtown […]
After missing a ton of great shows due to my travel schedule and just pure laziness (just being transparent), I finally caught up with a trio of bands playing at the Bowery Electric, just steps away from where the famed CBGBs changed the world music scene in what seems like forever ago. The Bowery Electric […]
Last night saw a nice punk show at the Bowery Electric, just up the street from the old CBGBs in NYC. The show featured a good mix of psychobilly and punk and began with an old local favorite of mine that I first saw at the Psychobilly Luau last year, Psychocharger. As usual, the guys […]