In Memoriam
Anya Phillips – singer/performer with James White and the Blacks and clothing designer
Hilly Krystal – owner of CBGB and OMFUG
Pat Loud – reality star, author, mother of Lance Loud
Arturo Vega, artist for the Ramones
Mickey Ruskin – original owner of Max’s Kansas City
Mariah Aguiar – photographer
Alison East – guitarist of Spicy Bits, the Swinging Madisons and Minors Aloud
Adam Roth – guitarist with Hoy Boy & the Doys, Del Fuegos, and the Liza Colby Sound
Michael Mule – roadie and sound engineer
Joey Ramone (Jeff Hyman) – singer of the Ramones
Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) – guitarist of The Ramones
Tommy Ramone (Tommy Erdelyi) – drummer and producer of the Ramones
Dee Dee Ramone (John Colvin) – bass player of The Ramones
Jessie Blue – singer of the Slander Band
Walter Lure – guitar player of the Demons, The Heartbreakers and The Waldos
Merv Ferguson – bouncer at CBGB’s
Steve Haan – roadie for The Poppies
Helen Wheels – singer/performer with the Helen Wheels Band, songwriter for Blue Oyster Cult
Lester Bangs – rock writer
Richie Teeter – drummer of the Dictators
Johnny Thunders – guitarist and songwrite of The New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers
Sylvain Sylvain – guitarist and songwriter of the New York Dolls and the Criminals
Jerry Nolan – drummer of the New York Dolls
Bobby Blaine – pianist for David Johansen/Buster Poindexter
Ty Stix (Bela Bizony) – drummer for the Heartbreakers, pianist, scenester
Jim Carroll – musician and poet
Luxe Interior – singer of the Cramps
Stiv Baters – singer of The Dead Boys
Elda Stiletto (Gentile) – singer of the Stilettos
Norman Dunn – sound engineer at CBGB’s
Dennie Dunn – lighting person at CBGB’s
John Belushi – punk scenester and drummer at the Johnny Blitz benefit
Eliot Kidd – singer of the Demons
Jeff Salen – guitarist of Tuff Darts
Linda Stein – manager of The Ramones
Jody Marineiss – sound engineer at CBGB’s
Arthur Kane – bass player of The New York Dolls
Billy Murcia – drummer of The New York Dolls
Marco Sin – bass player of Dirty Looks
Eric Li – pianist and vocalist for The Marbles
Lance Loud – vocalist for the Mumps, and the first reality star – in An American Family
Susan Palermo – leader of Cheap Perfume
Don Hill – club owner