Max Fish move to Williamsburg

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2013/04/max_fish_will_m.php


New York, NY, USA

The cultural cleansing of Manhattana continues.
CBGBs, Chelsea Hotel got to an end as punk/rock related landmarks.

Now Lower East Side art/alternative waterhole (bar) Max Fish is moving to Williamsburg and the Hipsterisation of it is compleat.

Some claim that they are not surprised.

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New York Vs London Boys (A battle of words)

Sex Pistols - New York

On the pistols one anly propper studio album was the song New York about New York Dolls.

Frontman and singer John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten was probably tired of hearing on the manager 

Malcolm MacLarens rant about how well he did manage the New York Dolls in the end of their carer ( he didn´t). So to shut the trap Mr Lydon did write the lyric he did. Much to the other SP members embarrasment. The were huge Johnny Thunders (of the NY Dolls) and NY Dolls fans.

The answer came both as elegant as it was a bit childish.




Johnny Thunders - London Boys

The lyrics shows that Thunders was obvious hurt by Lydons tune. It is a bit
schoolyardish and childish. The sarcasm in Sex Pistols lyrics is way over the top of Johnny Thunders.
On the other hand he used the then ex Pistols members Steve Jones and Paul Cook as musicians on one of the recordings, just to tell, I own you.


Battle fought between 1977-78


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CBGBs rock festival

The first punk club, CBGB & omfug, which been the birthblace for the American punk scene in 1975 with bands like The Ramones, Blondie, Patti Smith Group etc will become a music festival.

Since the death of the founder Hilly Kristal in Lung Cancer in 2007, Fashion designer John Varvatos run the place for a while, mostly as a clothing store with the interior intact. But CBGBs was i reallity shut down in 2006 because a rent dispute.

Picture from this blog

However, a place that seen the birth of genres as punk roch, hard core etc is such a strong brand that it is now going to be used for a rock festival held around in New York City, at places as Central park, Lower East Side and Williamsburg. It is said to be a way to support live music, not to be about nostalgia.

Main source Punknews.org