“I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music.” KindFansNew YorkGrewGrew UpPopsPostsPunk80sPop MusicGrunge Author:Jessica Pare
“[Columbia House] magazines were how I found out about the punk world going on in New York. Because of what I read, at the age of 15, I hounded the local record store to order a copy of Horses [1975] for me by Patti Smith.” WorldAgeOrderFoundHouseRecordsNew YorkHorseStoresLocalsMagazinesCopiesPunkColumbiaRecord Stores Author:Michael Stipe
“CBGB represents a lot to New York City and to underground rock and to new wave and post-punk and whatever. But, you know, it's like tearing down the Jefferson Memorial or something.” KnowsCitiesRocksNew YorkWavePostsNew York CityPunkMemorialCbgbJefferson Memorial Author:Dave Grohl
“When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it was where Leonard Cohen wrote 'Chelsea Hotel', it was CBGBs and all the punk rock clubs. Artists and musicians lived there, and it was cheap and dangerous.” ArtistCitiesGrowing UpGrowingLandRocksDangerousNew YorkMusicianClubsHotelNew York CityPunkPunk RockVelvetReedsChelseaVelvet UndergroundCbgb Author:Moby
“I definitely care about how the concept of New York punk was constructed, and why it mattered. But I wasn't gonna do that. Partly because I'm not a great journalist...” CareNew YorkConceptsJournalistPunk Author:Jonathan Lethem