Bands will shred for freedom and independence at an “East Village Rocks for Ukraine” fundraiser concert on Sat., June 8. The bill boasts a trio…
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BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Finally, John Penley’s message about the Sphere has gotten through to someone — Bono! Apparently, the U2 singer has been…
BY KAREN REMPEL | “Girls don’t play rock’n’roll,” 13-year-old Joan Jett’s guitar teacher told her. Two years later, Jett founded the Runaways. Don’t tell a…
BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | The Who on Monday announced “The Who Hits Back!” a 29-date tour with the initial segment in April and May…
BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Let’s face it, many of today’s best rock performers are senior citizens. Billy Idol, for instance, is 65 years old…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | When Frank Mastropolo was growing up in the East Village in the 1950s and ’60s, the Loews Commodore was his “neighborhood…
BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | If there was a mayor of New York’s rock-and-roll nightlife, it would be Jesse Malin. Born and raised in Queens,…
BY EVERYNIGHT CHARLEY CRESPO | Jerry Brandt revolutionized the New York live-music industry in 1980 when he converted the dormant 19th-century Webster Hall in the…
A rocking musical lineup at the final Avenue B Flea on Sun., Nov. 15, had the crowd jamming. The bands included Daddy Long Legs, Pleasure…