Nightclubbing: the Birth of Punk Rock in NY

Danny García / Spain (World Premiere - 2022 - 80’ - VOSE)

Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC tells the story of the legendary New York City club Max's Kansas City and the NY Rock Scene of the 70s that kickstarted Punk Rock. This is the first ever documentary on the renowned New York City nightclub Max's Kansas City and the indelible impact it has had on the world of music, fashion, art and culture. As legendary Alice Cooper puts it: "A million ideas we're launched back there", referring to the Max's Kansas City famous backroom where Andy Warhol held court with artists, actors/actresses and musicians including the highly influential Velvet Underground. The Velvets, Alice Cooper and Iggy & The Stooges played at Max's before the New York Dolls became the house band. That was years before CBGB opened for business. As Billy Idol says in the film: "It was one of the homes of Punk". Besides Alice Cooper and Billy Idol, Nightclubbing features a real summit of NY's underground legends, including Jayne County, Alan Vega (Suicide), Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls), Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), JJ French (Twisted Sister), HR and Dr. Know (Bad Brains), Harley Flanagan (Cro-Mags), Penny Arcade, Jimmy Zero (Dead Boys) and many more.

Data sheet

Director: Danny García
Year: 2022
Country: Spain
Length: 80 min.
Original language: English
Leadings: Jayne County, Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, Elliott Murphy
Camera: Cesar Mendez, Mike Schnapp, Eric Ranx, Mark Brady

Editor:

Producers: Danny Garcia, Cesar Mendez, Mike Schnapp
Film company: Chip Baker Film

Danny García

Barcelona-born Danny Garcia began his career writing for the Spanish music press in the 1990s and has collaborated on several publications including the legendary American magazine High Times. In 2012, The Rise and Fall of The Clash, a somewhat controversial documentary that examines the dark ending of The Clash, is released. Two years later he finished Looking for Johnny. In December 2016, the documentary Sad Vacation is distributed worldwide after winning the prize for best documentary at the Dock of The Bay Festival in San Sebastian. Also in 2016 Autosuficientes was presented in the framework of the In-Edit Festival. The documentary that reviews the short career of Parálisis Permanente by the hand of Ana Curra, also covers the tour The Act made in Spain and Mexico. In 2019, Danny Garcia presents two new documentaries: STIV (about the singer of Dead Boys and Lords of The New Church, Stiv Bators) and Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones.