N.Y.C.'s Only Rock N' Roll Nightclub / The Peppermint Lounge. 1985. Offset lithograph poster. 35½x51cm, 14x20 inches; [New York].
Poster promoting a weekend of shows at the Peppermint Lounge, featuring performances by Personal Effects, Sing Sing, Rough Trade, and Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers in their last U.S. date of an international tour.
The Peppermint Lounge's first incarnation was on 45th street, where it operated from 1958 until 1965 and garnered international fame as the birth place of the Twist, a dance craze which swept the world. It was reopened in 1980 on 5th Avenue and 15th Street by Danceteria founders Jim Fouratt and Rudolf Pieper as a rock and roll venue. Some of the venue's regular featured acts included The Cramps, X, the Raybeats, the Go-Gos, Duran Duran, Marshall Crenshaw, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Big Country, Billy Idol, Afrika Bambaataa, The Bangles, and the Waitresses and Joan Jett; David Bowie and Mick Jagger were regular guests.
Although unsigned, earlier, similar posters for the venue were designed by Marlene Weisman.
