If We Build The Stage, Can We Play?: Part Two - AIDS, Drugs, Pyramid Club and MTV: An Elegant Mess - Softcover

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IF WE BUILD THE STAGE, CAN WE PLAY? is a four-volume anthology of life stories of artists who forged the New York City rock’n’roll scene. Fifty years (1970-2020) of raucous joy, heartbreaking losses and unmatched resilience. A collection of exclusive narratives (and additional interviews and comments) portraying the lives of young artists facing up to the harsh reality of the City’s bankruptcy, gentrification and terrorist attacks. From the New York Dolls to D Generation to The Strokes; from Max’s Kansas City to Coney Island High to Brownies; an amazing look at the City’s social and cultural changes.

PART TWO - AIDS, Drugs, Pyramid Club and MTV: An Elegant Mess
When Levi Dexter and manager Leee Black Childers landed in New York, Robert Gordon was already a well-established rockabilly star; but it was Levi & The Rockats who really inspired the Stray Cats and gave birth to neo-rockabilly.
Following the success of Studio 54, dance clubs were springing up like mushrooms in NYC: Mudd Club, Pyramid Club, Danceteria, Club 57; never before had New York so much fun dancing… until the AIDS epidemic devastated the art world.

Featuring:
David SCHARFF • Kid CONGO POWERS • Robert GORDON • Levi DEXTER • Gail HIGGINS • Slim Jim PHANTOM • Danny B HARVEY • Allan TANNENBAUM • Peter CASE • Mike SKILL • Michael MONROE • Keith STRENG • Wendy WILD • Deb PARKER • Bob BERT • Mickey LEIGH • Deb O’NAIR • Shari MIROJNICK • Andrea KUSTEN

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