From New York to Japan to London and back, here’s a Rock & Roll update of what I’ve seen and heard this summer, Jesse Malin, Lily Allen, Billie Joe Armstrong, and many more!  

Exhibitions of my works and great shows to see. Check out my photos with Brittany Howard, Charly Garcia, Chrissie Hynde, Jerry Blavat, Ryan Adams, Jenni Muldaur, Jason Newsted, Marky Ramone, Alice Cooper, Blondie and Green Day…

A lot has been going on with screenings, exhibition openings and live shows. See all the action with Blondie, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, GOASTT, Strypes, and many others, below…

Debbie Harry, NYC – 1977R-484 David Johansen, Danny Fields, Earl McGrath, Joey Ramone & Arturo Vega, NYC – 1977R-230 Danny Fields, Joey Ramone & David Johansen, NYC – 1977R-460 Stilettos, NYC – 1974R-259 Television, NYC – 1976C-311 Ramones, NYC – 1976C-64 David Johansen, Lenny Kaye, Dee Dee Ramone & Andy Paley, NYC – 1977R-229 Suicide, NYC – 1977R-263 Debbie Harry, NYC – 1977R-419 Talking Heads, NYC – 1977C-149 AC/DC, NYC – 1977R-322 Sic Fucks, NYC – 1977R-521 Debbie Harry, NYC… read more →

Runaways, CA – 1976C-287 Joan Jett, Chris Stein & Debbie Harry, PA – 1978R-462 Riley Keough, Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning & Joan Jett, UT – 2010C-289  

Iggy Pop, NYC – 1996Iggy Pop has the best stomach muscles in Rock & Roll, he looks good just standing still.R-251 Iggy Pop, NY – 2010C-235 Iggy Pop, CA – 1974R-370 Iggy Pop, Toronto – 1977R-371 Iggy Pop, Cyrinda Foxe, David Bowie & Lisa Robinson, NYC – 1977R-403 Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry & Chris Stein, NYC – 1982C-141 Kate Moss, Johnny Depp & Iggy Pop, London – 1996R-458  

Debbie Harry, NYC – 1976R-47 Blondie, NYC – 1976R-353 Stilettos, NYC – 1974R-259 Debbie Harry, Toronto – 1977C-182 Blondie, Toronto – 1977R-382 Debbie Harry, NYC – 1977R-484 Debbie Harry, NYC – 1977R-419 Debbie Harry, NYC – 1977C-183 Debbie Harry, NYC – 1977C-108 Debbie Harry, NYC – 1977C-106 Joey Ramone & Debbie Harry, PA – 1978R-405 Joan Jett, Chris Stein & Debbie Harry, PA – 1978R-462 Debbie Harry, MA – 1978R-383 Topper Headon, Joe Strummer, Al Fields, David Johansen & Debbie… read more →

From my birthday party in the fall to a great exhibition opening in the Spring, it’s been a very good few months filled with great times: Billie Joe Armstrong and Debbie Harry, Lez Zeppelin, Patti Smith, The Sundance Festival (for skiing), then to LA to photograph Gene Simmons, and to Austin for SXSW and ending with an opening at Pop International Galleries with Jim Jarmusch and Allison Mosshart in New York…see below.

It’s been a very busy summer and fall as friends played in New York and my new book Rock Seen was released. Check out all the action below…. 

A lot happened in the fall of 2009, starting with a trip to London and Paris, where I’ll be having exhibitions in the coming year. October saw my birthday party and the opening of the ‘Who Shot Rock & Roll’ photo show at the Brooklyn Museum, with Blondie playing at the opening party. Also check out David Bryan, Bob Dylan, Lenny Kravitz, Butch Walker, and more…..see below!

This fall has been one of my busiest times. Following the very successful ‘Rockers’ exhibition at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York, and the opening of an exhibition in Mexico City and then another at the Liss Gallery in Toronto, I went to Paris, London, Los Angeles and back to Mexico to promote my new book ‘New York Dolls – Photographs by Bob Gruen’. There were book signings and more openings, a big birthday party and great live shows… read more →

CBGB was not just a place where some major bands broke out of, much more than that it was a very comfortable club. From the start CBGB had a high quality, high power sound system, where many budding musicians got to try out their songs for the first time, in a place with great sound. CBGB was always open, 7 days a week, with 7 or more bands a night for 32 years, and aside from the few dozen that… read more →

As usual there was a lot going on in the summer with bands touring and places to go. Here’s some of the places I went.

Blondie introduced their new album “The Curse of Blondie” by playing in NY’s City Hall Park. Then with an escort of NY’s Bravest they went to sign CD’s at JR Music World.

It was a very busy summer and it’s taken me a while to put a page together. Check out scenes from Ace Frehley at Don Hill’s Club, Blondie at Jones Beach, and more!! and click here to see a page of Ryan Adams photos from this summer as well.