Night Fever guest · Season 2, Episode 2 - 15 August 2022
Jayne County
Punk and glam pioneer - and a trans trailblazer.
Timeline
1947
Born in Georgia; heads north to New York.
1970s
Lives and works among Andy Warhol's Superstars.
1977–79
Fronts a pioneering punk and glam-rock career that influences generations after her.
2020s
Devotes herself to making visual art.
What they are doing now
Painting and making art. Punk and trans artists still name her as an influence!
Scenes & rooms
Connected to
On the scene timeline
1970 · Max's Kansas City, Park Avenue South
Max's Kansas City back room becomes the Factory's canteen
Andy Warhol's Superstars hold court in the back room while the Velvet Underground play upstairs. The room becomes the training ground for everyone who follows.
1971 · Roundhouse, London
Warhol's play Pork runs in London
Wayne (later Jayne) County stars. David Bowie sees it and pulls several of the cast into the MainMan orbit that builds Ziggy Stardust.
December 1973 · 315 Bowery
CBGB opens on the Bowery
Hilly Kristal's country-and-bluegrass bar accidentally becomes the birthplace of American punk.
15 October 2006 · 315 Bowery
CBGB closes with a Patti Smith set
Thirty-three years after opening, the Bowery club plays its last show. The East Village of the guests' youth is officially over.
2021 · World of Wonder, Los Angeles
Night Fever starts recording the survivors
World of Wonder's podcast sits the scene's originals down one by one, and they keep naming each other.