MAXS KANSAS CITY 1976 CONCERT LINEUP CARD - CHEAP TRICK ETC..

Max's Kansas City was a nightclub and restaurant at 213 Park Avenue South in New York City, which became a gathering spot for musicians, poets, artists and politicians in the 1960s and 1970s. It was opened by Mickey Ruskin (1933–1983) in December 1965 and closed in 1981.

In the New York punk scene of the mid-Seventies, it was important to pick a side. “Some people were Max’s people, some were CBGB people,” explains transgender proto-punker Jayne (formerly Wayne) County.

Whereas East Village landmark CBGB famously launched the careers of the Ramones, Talking Heads and Television, Max’s – located roughly a mile uptown at 213 Park Avenue South – was home to a freer, often campier strain of punk that was more Rocky Horror than Marquee Moon.

It was a distinctive sound that was immortalized on Max’s Kansas City: 1976, a studio compilation showcasing the grit and glitz of the club with a cross section of talent ranging from arty noisemakers like Pere Ubu and Suicide to more theatrical fare from such underrated acts as the Fast and County’s own Backstreet Boys.