PHOTO OF WALT CASSIDY; BY MICHAEL FAZAKERLEY
In our April issue, Christopher Bollen interviewed Michael Alig, the notorious club kid whose excesses and delusions of grandeur drove him to murder. But the club kids weren't all so bad, explains Alig's right-hand man on the club circuit, Walt Cassidy (then: Walt Paper). He sees the decade as the high of an industry that brought together (and significantly, put to work) misfits from around the country–a kind of community-building spectacle. Here, his stories, accompanied by photographs from his personal archive.
Audio and photos after the jump.
PHOTO: AMANDA LEPORE AND MICHAEL ALIG AT A CLUB KIDS DINNER FOR DALE BOSSIO AT DISCO 2000, AUGUST 28, 1991; PHOTO BY TINA PAUL
American Bombshell: Amanda Lepore
Dinner with Michael
PHOTO BY PATRICK MCMULLAN
VIP: Clara the Chicken
PHOTO BY CATHERINE MCGANN
The Club Kids' Hit Big: Autograph Signing at Macy's
LEFT: MICHAEL ALIG; PHOTO BY PATRICK MCMULLAN
Before the Look: Michael Alig
FROMMY COMRADE, EDITED BY LINDA SIMPSON. MICHAEL AND KEOKI
Michael and Keoki: The Building and Limelight
COURTESY WALT CASSIDY
Getting Dark: The Second Wave of Club Kids
COURTESY WALT CASSIDY
On Tour: Boob
THE CLUB KIDS FEATURING SOPHIA LAMAR; PHOTO BY PATRICK MCMULLAN
Clubland: A Downtown Art Colony
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