From the churches and street corners of Harlem and The Bronx to the
underground clubs of the East Village, New York City has been a
musical mecca for generations, and Rock & Roll Explorer Guide
to New York City is the definitive story of its development
throughout the five boroughs. Plug in and walk the same streets a
young Bob Dylan walked. See where Patti Smith, the Ramones, Beastie
Boys, and Jeff Buckley played. Visit on foot the places Lou Reed
mentions in his songs or where Paul Simon grew up; where the
Strokes drowned their sorrows, Grizzly Bear cut their teeth and
Jimi Hendrix found his vision. Rock and Roll Explorer Guide gives
fans a behind-the-scenes look at how bands came together, scenes
developed, and classic songs were written. Artists come and go,
neighborhoods change, venues open and close, but the music lives
on. Contents Upper Manhattan and Harlem Upper West Side The Velvet
Underground Upper East Side The Beatles John & Yoko Central
Park Patti Smith Midtown West Beastie Boys Midtown East Madonna
Chelsea & Hudson Yards Jimi Hendrix & Electric Lady Union
Square & Madison Square New York Dolls West Village Bob Dylan
East Village Blondie Soho & TriBeCa Sonic Youth Lower East Side
The Strokes Brooklyn Talking Heads Queens Ramones Simon &
Garfunkel The Bronx Kiss Staten Island Rock & roll may not have
been born in New York, but this is one of the places it grew up and
blew up and presented itself to the world. From the churches and
street corners of Harlem and the Bronx to the underground clubs of
the East Village, New York City has been a musical Mecca for
generations, and The Rock & Roll Explorer Guide to New York
City is an historical journey through its development across all
five boroughs. The Rock & Roll Explorer Guide to New York City
restores a sense of time and place to music history by identifying
and documenting critical points of interest spanning genres and
eras, and delineating the places in New York City critical to its
musical development and ultimate triumphs and tragedies. Through
this lens, we can see and understand how bands came together,
scenes developed, and classic songs were written. In some cases,
the buildings are still there, in others only the address remains,
but you still get a sense of the history that happened there. Among
the many locations in this book are addresses musicians and other
key rock & roll figures once called home. In a very few
instances we’ve included current addresses, but only when the
location is historically significant and widely known; otherwise,
we consciously left current residences out. The Rock & Roll
Explorer Guide to New York City is intended as a fun travel guide
through music history rather than a means of locating famous
musicians. Most New Yorkers understand that everyone has a right to
privacy. That’s one of the reasons many of these artists live
here. Because of the city’s rich history, this book cannot be a
comprehensive encyclopedia of music, rock venues, or the music
industry; nor do we present the definitive biographies of the
musicians included. The artists and locations chosen represent a
sometimes broad look at the history of rock & roll in the city,
with an eye on those who either grew up or spent their formative
years here. But there’s so much more we couldn’t include, and
we hope readers will be inspired to go even further, whether
they’re hitting the streets themselves or experiencing the city
vicariously from afar. Artists come and go, neighborhoods change,
venues open and close, but the music lives on.
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