Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983 lgbtq A generous friend or an

A generous friend or an insufferable purist

by which point the band were one of the biggest on the planet

In his own voice and those of the people who knew him--Jerry Garcia

Philip Harper

Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983 lgbtq A generous friend or anAuthor: Tim Lawrence As the 1970s gave way to the 80s, New York's party scene entered a ferociously inventive period characterized by its creativity, intensity, and hybridity. Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor chronicles this tumultuous time, charting the sonic and social eruptions that took place in the city's subterranean party venues as well as the way they cultivated breakthrough movements in art, performance, video, and film.