Days of Punk
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June 13, 2023
Visual Art Preview: “Days of Punk” Showcases Hallowed Era in Boston’s Music History - artsfuse
Michael Grecco: Days of Punk at the Anderson Yezerski Gallery, 460 Harrison Ave. Unit A16, Boston, through June 17. Opening Reception on May 19, 5-9 p.m. Artist Talk on May 20. (The latter event is free and open to the public, but registration is recommended because capacity is limited.)
The late ’70s-mid ’80s was a golden era for a certain subset of black-clad music enthusiasts who hung out in underground Boston clubs. If you attended say, the Rat, the Channel, the Paradise, the Underground, the Bradford Ballroom, Spit, Metro, and other cutting-edge nocturnal haunts, you might have seen a man and cam positioning his focus stage-front. Then again, he could have been behind the curtain, or wherever the featured acts were hanging.
“I was with the band,” Michael Grecco, 64, explained by phone from his L.A. office. “This was my life from 1978 to 1986, in sticky black-walled punk clubs at night, in the bowels of Boston, with bands that would eventually become legends, as they started off on tours around America.”
