*GoGos 1981 @ClubFoot Saw *TheRomantics *EchoandtheBunnymen *SamandDave *BillyIdol *Steppenwolf *JuniorWalker *FabulousThunderbirds *OMD *BigYouth *PeteShelley *TheVentures *GraceJones *DavidJohansen *NevilleBrothers *MariaMuldaur *theFleshtones

1984 @688CLub (1980-1986) saw *REM early on. Saw *AlexChilton *LydiaLunch *8EyedSpy *NewOrder *10000Maniacs *Bangles *BillyIdol *BlackFlag *BlackCrowes *BoDiddley *GlennBranca *ChubbyChecker *CircleJerks *ButtholeSurfers *CabaretVoltaire

@MetroChicago (1979) in 1927 building. Saw *SonicYouth *GlennDanzig *theRamones *REM *TheReplacements *HuskerDu *SoulAsylum *ButtholeSurfers *X *MetallicA *Bangles *NewOrder *OMD *DepecheMode *KillingJoke *BillyIdol *CabaretVoltaire

1986 *SteveRapport *NewOrder @RoxyNY Dec 5 1986 Benefit for *RuthPolsky (Dec 5 1954-Sep 7 1986) *StephenMorris *GillianGilbert *BernardSumner *PeterHook *BillyIdol tried to get in free. Hook driven by R's dad to @TomsRiverJewishCommunityCemetery

*TalkingHeads *TrueStories (1986) Wild Wild Life has *JerryHarrison parodying *BillyIdol *KidCreole *RalphMacchio in *KarateKid, and *Prince *JohnGoodman came on *MTV version. Recorded at *LeonRussell @OHenrySoundStudios *EricThorngren cameo