Max's Kansas City closed 25 years ago this night. Although
Hilly Kristal's CBGB's is
more iconic and perhaps better known today,
Mickey Ruskin's Max's Kansas City (and its infamous
back room) was every bit as important to fostering the
punk scene of the late 1970s and early 80s. Located a
213 Park Avenue South, just up the street from historic
Union Square, Max's played host to
the Heartbreakers,
Bruce Springsteen,
the Ramones,
Wayne/Jayne County and the Fast,
the New York Dolls, and quite a few others. What's standing there today? Why, the
213 Park Avenue South Deli, of course.
posted by psmealey
on Dec 31, 2007 -
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Another member of the Blank Generation lost. Robert Quine was found dead in his apartment in NYC yesterday, he committed suicide. He was sixty years old and had played with
Richard Hell &
the Voidoids,
Lou Reed,
Matthew Sweet,
Lloyd Cole, Materia,
Brian Eno and others, he also cut an LP with Jody Harris (Escape), and one with Fred Maher (Basic). It has been reported that he was suffering depression brought on by the death of his wife Alice last August. Robert also recorded the Velvet Underground on a hand held cassette deck, the highlights were issued last year as
The Quine Tapes a three CD set. Personally, I'll always remember him from the jagged guitar parts from Richard Hell and Voidoids' "Blank Generation", which were the only guitar parts that I ever bothered to learn and faithfully reproduce note for note in the many times my band covered the song. Condolences to those that survive him.
posted by psmealey
on Jun 7, 2004 -
18 comments
