The Damned played Hurrah in September 1979. New York’s Misfits opened the show. The 62nd Street club was packed with punks. I was working security and my job was to lead the band up to the stage. Several minutes before the show I asked them if they needed anything and one of them said, “4 Bottles of Vodka.”
I went to the bar and returned with the requested 4 bottles. They twisted off the caps and poured the vodka straight into their mouths like hungry baby birds feeding on their mother’s spew. Most of it ended up on the floor.
The show was classic. Fast and Loud.
Afterwards Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys fell asleep in the baggage storage of the group’s touring bus. He woke up in some other town.
Punk rock at its best and I love NEW ROSE