Sean and Amber in front of Troublemaker, 1991
Chris and Randi in front of the Bank ("The Belfry" night), 1992
George and Carrie at Pyramid, 1991
Skinny Puppy at the "new" Ritz, about 1992
Me, Randi and Joe at Jesse's house party, 1992
Jesse, Nancy and Karyn at Troublemaker, 1991
Funny story with this picture:
This photo of the Jesus and Mary Chain was taken by DJ Patrick before their show at the "World" back in 1987 or 1988, as they were getting out of their tour van. We were all lined up outside waiting for them to open the doors of the venue when the band pulled up.
A few years later, when Patrick and I really "met" in the club scene, one of the first things I asked him was, "Didn't you reach into the JAMC tour van and snap off a shot a few years ago?"
A week later Patrick shows up to Troublemaker with the very photo as a gift. Nice...
(Side note: for my personal taste, the opening band, who were making
their debut in NYC at the time, BLEW everyone out of the water that
night: the Pixies. They were incredible).
On even more of a side note: the "World" was such an awesome venue back then. I think the first show I saw there was Xmal Deutschland back in 1985 or so. The place was run down, all the way on the East Side when it WASN'T some hipster doofus retreat, and a hell of a walk from the subway for all of us hoofing it.
Some of the shows that stick out for me: Sugarcubes first show (link here believe it or not: http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/31/arts/reviews-music-icelandic-sugar-cubes-rock-the-world.html); Wolfgang Press, Nick Cave and as I stated earlier, the Pixies first show here when Kim Deal was still calling herself "Mrs. Black".
