Lydia Lunch and James Chance at Max’s Kansas City. Photo : Marcia Resnick - 1978.

Ramones captured by Uwe Möntmann at Max’s Kansas City 1976.

Max's Christmas dinner party at Max's Kansas City, NYC. December, 1975. Photo by Bob Gruen

(L-R) Jimmy Wynbrandt, Robert Gordon, Jayne County, Sable Starr, Richard Hell, Tommy Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone and Johnny Ramone

Andrea Feldman photographed by Anton Perich in front of Max’s, NYC.

1981

Kickin’ it out, lookin’ tough

I made it to CBGB's once, but never to Max's. More's the pity.

Debbie Harry at Max’s Kansas City, NY, late 70s

📷 Nicky L/Lower Third Enterprise and Steven Kasher Gallery, NYC

Anton Perich Presents: The Great American Silent Movie (starring Taylor Mead, Candy Darling, Tiger Morse, Max’s Kansas City, NYC, 1971). Watch here, photos via Anton Perich's instagram.

Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh, Max's Kansas City, NYC 1977

some dolls scans i came across while looking for sabel photos<3

Jackie Curtis posing with Scott Asheton, Iggy Pop & Lou Reed at Max’s Kansas City, 1973, as captured by Danny Fields during what could have possibly been the afterparty for the Stooges’ Raw Power gig.

“I am not a boy, not a girl, I am not gay, not straight, I am not a drag queen, not a transsexual – I am just me, Jackie.”

Jackie Curtis was one of the superstars in Andy Warhol’s galaxy, a ‘60s/’70s East Village playwright, poet & genderqueer performer, who died at 38 of a heroin overdose and has been immortalized in Lou Reed’s “Take a Walk on the Wild Side”: “...Jackie is just speeding away / thought she was James Dean for a day / then I guess she had to crash…”. 

Jackie’s trashy glam style of DIY ripped clothes covered in glitter along with elements of the Theatre of the Ridiculous, the underground theatre art of that era that she was involved in, were defintely incorporated into the burgeoning NY glam rock scene of the ‘70s and though more than obvious, the influence on Iggy’s voyeuristic & gender-bending performances is often underestimated. In this light, Scott Asheton’s quote that the Stooges scared people off in a different way can take new meaning in terms of blowing up people’s stereotypes on sexuality and gender roles.

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Devo - Gut Feeling/Slap Yer Mammy - 1977 - Max's Kansas City, NYC -