New York Dolls Vinyl Building Collapse

The south section of the building came down at 5 10 p m.

New york dolls vinyl building collapse.

That building actually did collapse on august 9 1973 and four people died. The collapse of the mercer art center depicted at the end of the episode is one such instance. The building didn t collapse so much as it caved in. The building itself which also housed a hotel was famous in greenwich village.

The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar. New york dolls is the debut album by the american hard rock band new york dolls it was released on july 27 1973 by mercury records in the years leading up to the album the dolls had developed a local fanbase by playing regularly in lower manhattan after forming in 1971. However most music producers and record companies were reluctant to work with them because of their vulgarity and onstage. The mercer arts center as seen on hbo s vinyl was one of the most important venues for live rock and roll in new york city from 1971 through 1973 when the building it was housed in collapsed.

And the new york dolls weren t performing when it happened during an episode extras feature on hbo one of the crew explains that another. The new york dolls rock so hard that a building falls down as a lifelong music nerd i m all for dramatic representations of music s power over the mind body and spirit of the listener. In vinyl s cgi version it happens late at night as the dolls play and the feeling is that sheer guitar power causes the collapse. However it collapsed at 5 p m and the new york dolls were not present.

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