They went from “Get Off of My Cloud” to “Get Off of My Flatbed Truck.” That was the case when the Rolling Stones, taking their name quite literally, wheeled down Fifth Avenue in a surprise performance on a flatbed truck 50 years ago on May 1, 1975. But photographer Bob Gruen — who shot the … Read more
When Kiss suited up to shoot the iconic cover of the band’s 1975 album “Dressed to Kill” on the southwest corner of 23rd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan, there were no stylists or tailors involved. “I did not own a suit or a tie, so I had to borrow our manager at the time … Read more
In the mid- to late ’70s, the B-Girls were just one of the many bands that found their punk people at CBGB — the iconic New York rock club that started a music moment five decades ago. In fact, the all-female act made themselves so at home at the East Village institution that they once … Read more