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No wave was an avant-garde music genre and visual art scene that emerged in the late 1970s in Downtown New York City. [ 4 ][ 5 ] The term was a pun based on the rejection of commercial new wave music. [ 6 ] Reacting against punk rock 's recycling of rock and roll clichés, no wave musicians instead experimented with noise, dissonance, and ...
The New York Dolls were the catalyst for New York's early punk rock scene, which included Television, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, the Ramones, Blondie and Richard Hell and the Voidoids, [40] in addition to being one of the most influential bands to the development of British punk rock, particularly the Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Damned.
plasmatics.com. The Plasmatics were an American punk rock, hardcore punk and heavy metal band formed by Rod Swenson and Wendy O. Williams in New York City in 1977. They were a controversial group known for chaotic, destructive live shows and outrageous theatrics. These included chainsawing guitars, destroying speaker cabinets, sledgehammering ...
The origins of New York's punk rock scene can be traced back to such sources as late 1960s trash culture and an early 1970s underground rock movement centered on the Mercer Arts Center in Greenwich Village, where the New York Dolls performed. [ 1 ] In early 1974, this early punk scene began to develop around the CBGB club, also in lower ...
Many of these bands delved into punk history and paid tribute to the Voidoids and other New York bands, in particular New York-based noise rockers Sonic Youth, whose frontman Thurston Moore had seen the Voidoids live in the 1970s. [49] The Voidoids were a key influence on the Minutemen, whose D. Boon name-dropped Hell in "History Lesson ...
The Scott and Gary Show!! was a pioneering NYC based public-access cable TV variety show that aired from 1983 to 1989. Paying a 1980’s homage to 1960’s TV dance parties, the show was a mix of alternative, punk, roots, and indie bands performing live along with a live audience and comedy skits.
Talking Heads c. 1980. Left to right: David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz. Talking Heads were an American rock band that began performing under that name in 1975 in New York City. [2] The band was composed of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Frantz (drums), Tina Weymouth (bass) and Jerry Harrison (keyboards, guitar).
Mudd Club plaque on building at 77 White Street, New York City. The Mudd Club was a nightclub located at 77 White Street in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It operated from 1978 to 1983 as a venue for post punk underground music and no wave counterculture events. It was opened by Steve Maas, Diego Cortez and Anya ...