In 1974, New York Dolls clothing designer Vivienne Westwood saw the Neon Boys and returned to London to create stagewear for the band the Sex Pistols. The Neon Boys which included Tom Verlaine, Richard Hell & Billy Ficca, reformed as Television the first band to perform legendary CBGB in New York. What followed was the Talking Heads, Blondie, the Clash, the Ramones - history, basically. Studio 54 meanwhile, was the melting pot of the inebriated and celebrity alike. That is until 1984, what George Orwell portrayed as the end of the world as we know it! Glam garage artist Dylan Nirvana was one of the last artists to take the legendary stage of Manhattan's CBGB before it closed in 2006. His signature guitar & vocals singed the Knitting Factory, CBGB, Mercury Lounge, M.E.A.N.Y. Fest, Trash, Lit Lounge, Luna Lounge, Anti-Folk Sidewalk Cafe, TLA Philadelphia, Nietzches, Continental, Warsaw, London's B-Max Festival, Brockley & New Cross UK. His band the Bad Flowers includes Seafoam Green & Billy Ficca from the Neon Boys, Television & the Waitresses - remember I Know What Boys Like? Artist & musician Dylan Nirvana has a characteristically edgy & literary quality to his work. Irreverent, funny, cinematic, if you are expecting a contemporary Fleurs du Mal, you won't be disappointed. See Myspace.com/DylanNirvana. The EP Pentagonal Flower (Icarian Records) recieved radio play in the US & UK. Dylan Nirvana's new record Anne Boleyn (Icarian Records) is a punk retelling (complete with subtitles) of the story of Anne Boleyn replete with lust, torture and redemption. The Headless Queen visits her fightened almoner in visions and FREAKS HIM OUT. Model Caitlin Lyon plays Anne Boleyn in the music video Ganymede directed by Alex Engel with Fat Boy Productions. Both records Pentagonal Flower and Anne Boleyn were produced by Walter Manning of Brunswick Records and are available in stores & on Apple iTunes. ***
