Richard Lloyd, The Feelies, They Might Be Giants, Del Fuegos?
Looks like a decent lineup for the end of December 1985 at the Ritz, a club that occupied Webster Hall on East 11th Street from 1980 to 1989.
I’m not so sure about their New Year’s Eve lineup though. John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band had that one hit. And Soft White Underbelly . . . Blue Oyster Cult?
You could pick up tickets from Bleecker Bob’s on West Third Street—now closed, sadly.
[Both ads come from the Village Voice December 23, 1985]
Tags: Bleecker Bob's, Del Fuegos, Downtown clubs 1980s, East Village in 1985, New York in the 1980s, Punk scene New York City 1980s, Richard Lloyd, The Feelies, The Ritz Webster Hall, They Might Be Giants
Ephemeral New York 
September 16, 2013 at 12:07 pm |
There is avery good chance I was at that Circle Jerks show!
September 16, 2013 at 12:20 pm |
I totally forgot about the Ritz. I used to drive with my friend in her gold trans am, sip cheap pink champ-ale and go to the shows there.haha
September 16, 2013 at 8:39 pm |
I saw lots of shows at the Ritz…The English Beat, The Godfathers, the Cramps, the Vipers… just the first few I could recall. Miss that place even if it was dumpy.
September 17, 2013 at 3:24 pm |
Used to say that The Ritz was the pits! Did put on some decent shows though.
September 17, 2013 at 8:51 pm |
I went there once and thought it was very cool…but I was in high school. Everything in the East Village to me back then was cool!
September 20, 2013 at 2:51 am |
B.O.C. often did local giggs under their original name, Soft White Underbelly. It was a way of cost effectively booking a gigg outside of their normal management arrangement.
January 21, 2019 at 4:00 pm |
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