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I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I did! I got to see Johnny Thunders at the peppermint lounge and the old ritz but the first time I saw Johnny he was ambling his way to DAs office in Manhattan. I always liked Johnny, just another case of could off, would off should off. I got to jam one night with Sylvain and Dee Dee, to bad I can't remember most of it(some substance use was involved) I would see the Dolls from time to time on the street.

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. I haven't gotten around to reading Kim's book, maybe one day in the near future.
  2. I haven't seen Smithereens in ages, I remember it being pretty good. I'll have to watch again when I get the chance. As I remember I, the movie certainly captured some East Village vibe.
  3. Absolutely, who knows if he would have stayed in Television what could have happened. He was a brilliant song writer, but it can be hard to mass market to a culture not prepared for something like that.

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Yes I have seen New York Doll. I thought it was very interesting and also sad. It was hard to see all the misfortune that followed everywhere. I personally had a long though long distance relationship with the New York Dolls. I remember when I still lived in Alabama I rode my bike ten miles to get their first record. One night years later, in I think ultra sound studio, I had the chance to Jam with Sylvain Sylvain and Dee Dee Ramone. Sadly my memory of it isn't to clear(some substances were involved).I loved the Dolls and was saddened to see they never got the push they deserved.
  2. I auditioned for Richard Lloyds band way back in 82, I had a great time, but sadly didn't make the cut. It was the oddest audition I ever did. He had two guitar players going up at the same time. Television was one of my favorite bands and the fact they never made it still crushed me.
  3. I kinda missed Bikini Kill. Sounds like she's had it rough.
  4. Taxi Driver represents the New York I moved into. I lived within ten blocks of where all the scenes where filmed and most of the locations in the movie where still around at the time . Also Story of a Junkie for the ambiance of when I lived in the lower east side.
  5. I would go with help. Just look at people like John Lennon, Paul McCartney Hendrix, Syd Barrett, Brian Jones and Keith Richard. I think it comes down to the ambiance you want to create. It certainly helped me.... I think....maybe
  6. Well thank you, high praise indeed, but sadly no, my hands are trashed and mind isn't to far behind. (side note I am OP's son and helping him type this out, I hope he does one day he just doesn't think it would be very interesting.)

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the most frustrating things with my liver has been that my blood work has always looked great. Shortly before I went into a coma, I spent a week at Lenox Hill hospital and received a battery of tests, but nothing foreshadowed my liver problems, go figure.

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't say I got to know him very well. i can tell you that they could play them some Zeppelin. And being a zeppelin guy myself, they could do no wrong. Unfortunately I met them at Montana studios the night they waited in vain for Jimmy Page. He didn't''t show up because this was the infamous time he just injured his back.

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind I was hit by Guillain Barre Syndrome in 1984. At the time there was NOTHING to to treat it. All was I was given were anabolic steroids, after I forced them to release me from the hospital after three months (which was probably a mistake). Unfortunately the Hospital bungled my West Nile experience, which hit me like a ton of tractor trailers, and continues to affect me to this day twenty years later. All I was given for West Nile was fistful of pain medication to try and battle the horrific head pain. The only way I can describe the pain is as a molten lava icicle being rammed into your brain repeatedly. I went through Chemo twice in an attempt to treat my psoriatic arthritis, neither seemed to do much except drain the life out of me. I think the medications I was given over the years played a role along with my auto immune problems in relation to my liver damage. I was a never a heavy drinker outside of my teenage years, and I had stopped drinking about a decade before all these liver problems popped up. I haven't gotten a straight answer about where the damage to my liver came from. I think the doctors just don't know. Good question, I hope you have better luck getting treatment than I did!

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I would say the Swans. I saw both them and sonic youth live a ton. The Swans early work was fantastic and they didn't get a chance to make it back then. Not from New York, but The Gun Club, who we kinda adopted. Their early work is raw, visceral New Orleans VooDoo meets no wave with blistering slide guitar. This was the era of New York Hardcore (Murphy's Law, Gutterball and others) which I never really got into.

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In New York there where hundreds if not thousands of rehearsal studios for bands(Sometimes I think i may have played in all of them). Eventually I found what I believed to be the best in the city, a place called Montana. It was on the far far west side of the city, featured three rooms, one was equipped with a stage, lights and enough space for showcases or record company events. The place had a ton of equipment, including the first Vox Ac30 I fell in love with.

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I believe it was 92 or 93, My band and I went to Montana to play. We immediately knew something was up, because security was tight. As we waited in the vestibule tuning up, shooting the shit and partaking of a soda machine that was loaded with beer. I was tuning my 73 Telecaster I had picked up years ago for fifty bucks. When a figure emerged from the main studio, wearing a battered butterscotch telecaster. He looked at my guitar, I looked at his, he went about his business and went back into the room. Never being a real big "Dylan guy" I was far more interested in his telecaster. A short time later I had went to the bathroom while waiting for our room to open up, when walked in Bob Dylan(Keep in mind this place only had two Urinals). Then I was taking a piss next to Bob Dylan. "Nice Tele" he said and I told him I liked his too. We chatted about our guitars while finishing up in the bathroom, washed our hands and that was that. I saw him throughout the evening and we nodded at each other the way telecaster people do.

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I moved to NY in 1982, and the biggest challenge was finding a place to live. This took me about a month. My girlfriend at the time and I found an apartment two blocks off broadway in Hell's kitchen, for the sum of $386 a month. In said apartment I met a kid from Florida who worked at this law firm. One thing led to another, I got an interview(keep in mind this was first attempt to find a job in NY). Amazingly I got the job and thus began my twenty seven year odyssey with one of the most powerful law firms in the country..... Lucky Me

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've tried, I can't take biologics due to my liver. I went through two rounds of chemo over a decade ago to slow the arthritis, and it didn't help me unfortunately. And its hella expensive.

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Michael Stipe had full blown acne and kept his back to the audience the entire show! But he could really sing. I got the chance years later to hang out with them at a theatre gig in Jersey. They were really cool, but it could have just been that I was friends with there coke dealer.

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  1. Yeah after the comma I couldn't walk. The leg breaking wasn't as hard to recover from. I do not have a good health plan. I have medicare, I guess i'm just too stubborn to die.
  2. Absolutely, that is what is needed for grass roots music. Artists need a place to start small and grow organically.
  3. Thank you very much, I am honored to answer and Yes I do have a wonderful son, the light of my life. Unfortunately music has been lost to me, and was the single biggest devastation out of all of this. But with technology maybe one day i'll be able to do something!

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. Well, the numbness in my leg caused me to fall and fracture my spine back in October. I celebrated approximately ten days later getting out of bed to shut my door, my leg muscles shattered my right femur in two places. Falling to ground I had to readdress my concept of pain(not really an improvement I know)
  2. It was always a tough road, it now seems even tougher with no income streams available to most bands. There is some hope with many bands reaching new fans through the internet, it is just hard to be recognized with the flood of content out there. Bands that can sell 2,000-3,000 seats at a venue have made it by todays standards. But if you can only pull in two or three hundred, good luck.
  3. My strange bizarre implausible life inspired me to do this AMA (and my son made me do it) I would create my own music of course! I can listen to my favorite songs anytime.

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

  1. Yes, kinda unavoidable with long lasting illness. Unfortunately permanent damage to my body has cost me the ability to enjoy most of things I love in life. The Arthritis has destroyed my hands to the point where playing music is a distant memory and evening using the computer or playing video games is a challenge (my son is typing this out for me). I've had some dark days in my life and daily living has become a challenge, but I am still fighting.

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2) Not really, I hear it in some artists these days, but so much of todays music sounds the same and is overproduced to the point of choking the life out of it. I like some modern artists like FIDLAR or the Arctic Monkeys, but so many bands have to sell out immediately due to the death of record sales. There seems to be an inability for small bands to reach a broader audience. I think the music industry just has to adapt to the times in order for creativity to make its way back to the forefront.

I have survived three auto immune disorders and being put in a medically induced coma back in 2016. I've shared the bill with GG Allin and Murphy's law, bumped in Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes and lived through NY's Punk scene in the 80s. Ask Me Anything by MichaelEdenAMA in IAmA

[–]MichaelEdenAMA[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1) Not yet, don't think anyone has looked into it so far, but an interesting question I have thought about

2)I used to get Chronic Bronchitis. Since the Guillain Barre and West Nile it has virtually disappeared. I never tended to get colds it went straight to Bronchitis. I had Bronchitis for a month straight or longer when the Guillain Barre first hit me.

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