Abby Weissman
Abby Weissman reviewed regularly for New York weeklies such as Downtown and the East Coast Rocker in the 1980s. He is now a graphic designer and resident of Brooklyn.
9 articles
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Eric Burdon: The Ritz, New York
Live Review by Abby Weissman, East Coast Rocker, 16 July 1986
ERIC BURDON gave a party and nobody came. His Ritz gig was a testament to the ephemeral nature of the music biz and the rock ...
10,000 Maniacs, The Cure: The Cure/10,000 Maniacs: The Pier, New York City
Live Review by Abby Weissman, East Coast Rocker, 23 July 1986
THE CURE do what they damn please; it is both their strength and their curse. During their ten years together, the band has changed attitude ...
Live Review by Abby Weissman, East Coast Rocker, 30 July 1986
"THIS IS THE new improved, nice-guy version of Lou Reed," Reed announced at his sold-out Ritz gig, the kick-off for a major tour. Some people in ...
Live Review by Abby Weissman, East Coast Rocker, 10 September 1986
THE JURY IS still out on the music of the '70s, but the smoke is starting to clear. It's easier to see who was truly ...
The Ramones: The Ritz, New York
Live Review by Abby Weissman, East Coast Rocker, 26 November 1986
TEN YEARS AND 10 blocks north of CBGB's – the bar on the Bowery which first unleashed them onto an unsuspecting world – the Ramones ...
Live Review by Abby Weissman, East Coast Rocker, December 1986
BRITAIN IS STILL the best breeding ground for creative angst. The combination of unemployment, Margaret Thatcher and cloudy, rainy weather has produced a generation of ...
Live Review by Abby Weissman, East Coast Rocker, 28 January 1987
SEEING JOHNNY Thunders live is kind of like a crap shoot. Even his diehard New York fans, long disillusioned by failed comebacks and cures, cautiously ...
Live Review by Abby Weissman, East Coast Rocker, June 1987
THE NIGHT the Cult played the Ritz on a few hours' notice was such a perfect media event, a seasoned rock publicist couldn’t have schemed ...
The Ramones: Ramonesland: An Interview with the First Family of Punk
Interview by Abby Weissman, East Coast Rocker, 21 September 1988
IT'S NOT uncommon for strangers to come up to the Ramones to thank them for existing and to pay their respects. Sometimes it's just kids ...
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