BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5@coolcleveland.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20260401 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DTSTAMP:20260408T201238Z URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/the-birth-of-punk-in-neo/ SUMMARY:The Birth of Punk in NEO DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Birth of Punk in Neo celebrates the fountainhead of pun k rock in Northeast Ohio prefacing the scenes in New York and London\, pre sented by Thomas Mulready and Vanity Crash. The NEO Rewind Series celebrat es the surprising musical history of the region with 10 events in 2026 acr oss 5 venues in NEO.\n\nWed 5/13\nSat 5/23\nThe Birth of Punk in NEO. Year s before punk reared its ugly head in NewYork or London\, a group of misfi ts\, art students and disaffected youth in Cleveland\, Akron &\; Kent\, Ohio\, many of them appalled by the massacre at Kent State University\, s pun off bands and artists that eventually moved on to New York and London as leaders of the new punk scene.\n \;\n*Wednesday\, May 13\, 2026 at 7:30PM at The Music Box Supper Club Concert Hall\, 1148 Main Avenue\, Clev eland\, OH 44113. Tickets here:\n*Saturday\, May 23\, 2026 at 8PM at The K night Stage\, 182 S. Main St\, Akron\, OH 44308. Tickets here:\n \;\nO bsessive musicologist Thomas Mulready\, in collaboration with glam punk go th heroes Vanity Crash/Queue Up\, turn their attention to a movement that still shakes the world to this day. This multi-media event includes specia l musical guests from the Cleveland/Akron/Kent axis performing seminal mus ic from this pioneering era that changed music for all time. Performing li ve in concert:\n* Bizarros\n* Robert Conn Band\n*Massive Hotdog Recall\n*P atty No!\n*Vanity Crash/Queue Up\n*Mirrors (CLE show only)\nIn addition to live music\, the shows feature exclusive video interviews with artists fr om the region who were instrumental in the early punk scene\, and whose in fluence penetrated worldwide:\n* Stiv Bators (Dead Boys\, Lords of The New Church\, in a vintage interview from 1979)\n* Craig W. Bell (Mirrors\, Ro cket From The Tombs\, Saucers\, X__X\, co-wrote Final Solution)\n* Adele B ertei (The Wolves\, The Contortions\, The Bloods\, Brian Eno\, Thomas Dolb y)\n*Chris Butler (Waitresses\, Tin Huey)\n* Denny Carleton (The Lost Soul s\, The Choir\, Moses\, Milk\, The Pagans)\n*Robert Kidney (15-60-75 The N umbers Band\, spawning Devo\, The Waitresses\, Tin Huey)\n*Marky Ray (Rock &\; Roll Mercenary\, Nine Inch Nails\, Butthole Surfers\, Jesus &\; Mary Gang\, terrible parade\, Death on a Stick\, Death of Samantha\, The New Salem Witch Hunters\, the Jim Rose Circus)\n*Plus all the performing a rtists on the billThe live shows will feature legendary bands performing s ongs that made Northeast Ohio known as a punk breeding ground\, along with a selection of their own original songs. Bizarros will rock the stage wit h their early standout Young Girls at Market\, plus two newer originals. R obert Conn Band with original Pagan vocalist Bill DeGidio will perform Six and Change\, the first Pagans release\, along with newer material. Al Mot hersbaugh of Massive Hot Dog Recall channels his cousins\, Mark &\; Bob Mothersbaugh\, by covering DEVO’s Shout\, plus their own hit\, Kick My Ass in the Balls and another original. Mirrors most recent lineup will hon or the recently passed Jamie Klimek by performing the classic Shirley plus two recently released songs. Patty No! vocalist Kristin Casale performs t he Pretenders’ My City Was Gone and the Dead Boys’ Sonic Reducer\, plu s an original. Vanity Crash reunites as Queue Up with Ali Garrigan to perf orm Unit 5’s No Ones Girl and Pere Ubu’s Final Solution.\nLive perform ances will take place on the following dates:\n*Wednesday\, May 13\, 2026 at 7:30PM at The Music Box Supper Club Concert Hall\, 1148 Main Avenue\, C leveland\, OH 44113. Tickets here: https://musicboxcle.com/event/neo-rewin d-may13/\n*Saturday\, May 23\, 2026 at 8PM at The Knight Stage\, 182 S. Ma in St\, Akron\, OH 44308 Tickets here: https://www.akroncivic.com/neo-rewi nd-series-vanity-crash-presents-the-birth-of-punk-in-cleveland-akron-kent- 2026-05-23\nTickets &\; info: https://VanityCrash.com\nEverything is su bject to radical change. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://coolcleveland.com/wp-content/uploads/202 6/03/Stiv-Bators-1977-by-Anastasia-Pantsios-800-e1775135374946.jpeg CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurialism,Thomas Mulready,Visual Arts,Theatre,Dance,Film,Performance,Festival,Eats,Civic Affairs,Fashion,History,Uncategorized,Drinks,Party,Comedy,Technology,Educa tion,Culture,Photography,Music: Rock and Roll,Spirituality,Kids,Teen,Archive,college END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR