 | |
| Formation | 1975 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 1977 |
| Type | Film and video makers |
| Headquarters | New York City |
Key people | Paul Dougherty John Hazard |
| Website | www |
Metropolis Video was a group of filmmakers and video makers who documented on video the early years of the punk rock music scene in New York City, from 1975 to 1977. They shot footage of numerous punk rock and new wave bands at CBGB, the downtown music club, which in 1975 had been open only two years.
Much of Metropolis Video's work was shown on public access cable television. In October 1977 there was a two-day show of their work at The Kitchen, New York’s premiere avant-garde and experimental arts center, which was located in SoHo at that time.
The New York Times music critic John Rockwell wrote that because of Metropolis Video's work and their cable TV series, "the efflorescence of the New York underground rock scene at the CBGB club will live on past the present moment.[1]
- ^ The New York Times. September 19, 1975.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)