Max’s Kansas City

New Wave Rock 

Tentative Decisions: How Talking Heads Grew up in Public

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1976, CBS Records, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Max's Kansas City, Rhino, Talking Heads, Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live, Tina Weymouth

Hear New Wave being invented on a box of early live and demo tracks 

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Punk Rockabilly 

Rabbling Up The Rousers

November 9, 2025November 9, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1979, 2025, CBGB, Duane Eddy, Hurrah, Left For Dead Records, Madonna, Max's Kansas City, New York City, Rousers, Seymour Stein, Sire Records, The Rousers

Rediscovering a lost NYC punk band

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Punk Rock 

LISTEN: NYC Punk Heroes The Senders Preview Career-Spanning Anthology

November 22, 2022November 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, All Killer No Filler (1977-2001), Dr. Feelgood, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Thunders, Left For Dead Records, Max's Kansas City, Phil Marcade, The Blasters, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, the Red Devils, The Senders

Hear All Killer, No Filler (1977-2001) ahead of its release

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Punk Remembrance 

Long Live The King: Remembering Dee Dee

September 18, 2021September 19, 2021 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments ” Ramones, CBGB, Dee Dee King, Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Max's Kansas City, Mickey Leigh, the Mudd Club, The Ramones, Vera Ramone King

Honoring the 70th birthday of the legendary bassist for the Ramones with his beloved first wife Vera

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Punk Remembrance Rock 

Walter Lure: April 22, 1949 – August 22, 2020

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Binky Phillips, Bob Dylan, Bobby Rondinelli, CBGB, Dexter Romweber, Joe Ely, Joe Strummer, Johnny Thunders, Lemmy, Lux Interior, Mark E. Smith, Max's Kansas City, New York City, Poison Ivy, Randy Pratt, The Waldos, Walter Lure

Tim Sommer salutes the Holy Ghost of New York City Punk Rock

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Glam Punk Rock 

Whatever Happened to the Eddie Criss Group?

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Eric Davidson 4 Comments 1980, Abby Hoffman, CBGB, David Peel, Eddie Criss, Eddie Criss Group, Gang War, GG Allin, HoZac Books, HoZac Records, John Voight, Max's Kansas City, New York City, Undertaker, Wayne Kramer

Wherein a NYC kid befriends notorious yippie, David Peel, and records a chintzy glam record with Wayne Kramer that stays lost for 40 years

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New Wave Punk 

Starman and Rashomon

March 14, 2019April 11, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Blondie, David Bowie, Laura Davis-Chanin, Max's Kansas City

A conversation with Laura Davis-Chanin, renowned drummer and author of the intriguing NYC rock scene narrative ‘The Girl in the Back’

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