Photos: NYC's Early '80s Music Scene Revisited At New MCNY Exhibit
14 photos
Debbie Harry, Fab 5 Freddy, Grandmaster Flash, Tracy Wormworth, and Chris Stein]
Courtesy Charlie Ahearn
Joey Ramone, St. Marks Place
Courtesy GODLIS
Laurie Anderson, 1983
Courtesy Allan Tannenbaum
The Feelies, New Jersey
Courtesy Harvey Wang
Kurtis Blow at a record release party for The Breaks
Courtesy Allan Tannenbaum
DJ Love Bug with Grandmaster Caz at the battle of the MCs at the Ecstasy Garage Disco
Courtesy Charlie Ahearn
Miles Davis
Courtesy William Coupon
Lydia Lunch, Adele Bertei, and Anya Phillips at CBGB
Courtesy Julia Gorton
Talking Heads
Courtesy William Coupon
DNA (Ikue Mori, Arto Lindsay, and Tim Wright), New York City
Courtesy of Tom Warren
Cyndi Lauper
Courtesy William Coupon
Celia Cruz
Courtesy Adál Maldonado
Keith in Protest
Courtesy Q. Sakamaki
Tito Puente at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
Courtesy of Joe Conzo / Joe Conzo Archives