NWF said:

I've been to all of these places except Culture Club. From what I've heard, Culture Club is more for people who like 80s top 40 as opposed to more authentic new wave. CBGB's is cool for the history, but it's pretty dingy and cramped. I've seen only goth bands perform there.

SteamForest said:

Save The Robots....now THAT'S old skool.

I also went to NYC's Danceteria once in 1987. It wasn't obviously like how it was in its early 80 heyday, but I remember the whole experience being pretty cool. Then again, I was very young and easily impressed at the time.

lilgish said:

I wanted to go there once to see Type O Negative and Lacuna Coil, but then I saw how close it was to Bensonhurst and changed my mind. There are two neighborhoods in NYC that brothers avoid--Howard Beach and Bensonhurst. Maybe if Living Colour were playing or something I would take a chance, but Type O's background is already questionable and I wanted to avoid any potential trouble.

sextonseven said:

It’s actually Grave's End, which is close enough. It's in a very desolate spot and not so safe if anything goes down. As far as Living Color goes, I know Black folks who have been beat up and harassed at Bad Brains' shows. so go figure.

it’s way safer now that the skinhead movement died down in rock.

lilgish said:

I've seen Type O Negative a few times in Manhattan with no problems. Brothers getting harrassed at a Bad Brains concert makes no sense to me.

I've been out to rock clubs and rock concerts millions of times and only once did I feel there might be a problem and didn't go inside. That was at Malibu out on Long Island back in the 90s where the old WLIR alternative station used to simulcast from on Saturday nights. As my cousins and I approached the building, one of the bouncers made a comment that pointed out how we obviously weren't regulars. We looked the club up and down and decided to spend our night elsewhere.