A couple of clubs on the Bowery in 1983

About a hundred years before this ad ran in the East Village Eye, 261 Bowery was the decades-long home of Mike Lyons Restaurant.

It was a refuge for politicians, musicians, raconteurs, and other characters who populated the Bowery’s dance-hall heyday.

In 1983, it housed the Buskers Club, a short-lived rock venue.

A little bit north at no. 315 was CBGB’s. This New Wave-y ad also comes from a 1983 East Village Eye.

Does anyone know what happened to Unknown Gender—and Huge Killer Ship and Wild Wild West, for that matter?

This entry was posted on September 15, 2010 at 4:33 am and is filed under East Village, Lower East Side, Music, art, theater, Old print ads. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Nabe News: September 15 - Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle Says:
September 15, 2010 at 5:43 pm | Reply
[…] when 261 Bowery was the home of Mike Lyons Restaurant, circa 1880s. Today, it’s a commercial supply business [Ephemeral […]
reggie Says:
January 14, 2015 at 3:16 am | Reply
the lead singer of Unknown Gender is still making music…..

http://www.whengirlscollide.com/

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