Big City Rebels 3

Chad Cherry of The Last Vegas

Party Death & Wild Street boys

Josh of The Party Death

The Party Death

Ali of Wildstreet and The Party Death

Bobby Flores

Josh of The Party Death and Marty E of The Dirty Pearls

me

Lips Velvet

Alex York

Marcelo Dutra

NC Shuva

Toxic Vision Fashion Show

Big City Rebels is a bi-annual rock n' roll event hosted by Sammy Valentine, one of New York's finest rock n' roll nightlife mavens. If you follow AFS you've heard me rave about it here and here. I came to Rebels armed with a camera and the aim to capture a bit of the action. Like most R&R events the audience is as interesting as what's on stage. In addition to rock bands, Sammy mixed things up with a rock n' roll fashion show, Toxic Vision by Sharon Toxic. Rock n' roll and fashion collide once again and the results were marvelous. The four looks above are my favorites from the show. Not surprisingly, I can't get enough of rock n' roll muppetry... those furry sleeves are calling my name. You can get some of those Toxic goods here.

Rebel, Rebel

low-fi pics from "Big City Rebels" with Sammy Valentine and his amazing 8 inch spiky black and green hair. i'm wearing the red flame tee.

I meant to post this back in October but only got around to it now. This was from Sammy Valentine's "Big City Rebels" show at Santos Party House with "Wild Street" and "Veins of Jenna". I love Sammy's shows because they're a total 80s hair metal/glam revival. The bands are always full of energy and fun to watch. Posted about the previous show here. I have no idea who the dude in Kiss makeup is, but he exemplifies the vibe of "Big City Rebels" with his open shirt and over the top makeup. Looking back on it my hair could have been muuuuch bigger!

Big City Rebels

Guns Dress 2.0 Les Chiffoniers latex pants, vintage Whiteing and Davis clutch
photo by Trully



Saturday night I went to see the "Big City Rebels" show at Webster Hall. Jamie and I lamented not being born a generation earlier. However, as we stepped into the venue it felt we had went into a time machine and were transported to 1985. Talk about outfits..leather, latex, leopard, and glam galore. It was a fun spectacle with plenty of lithe, hyped up rockers. Unfortunately I forget most of the names of the bands..save for Wild Streets and the Sex Slaves. Let's hope this party is weekly event!