

Origin Story
Acrylic on wood
36’ x48”
Although CBGC is recognized as the birthplace for the early American punk and alternative music scenes, the seeds of those movements were planted elsewhere. The Mercer Arts Center was an old, rundown hotel and theatre where emerging new music and art was finding its legs. Unfortunately, the Mercer Arts Center suffered a total structural collapse, leaving the yet to be coined “punk rock” scene without a home.
Acrylic on wood
36’ x48”
Although CBGC is recognized as the birthplace for the early American punk and alternative music scenes, the seeds of those movements were planted elsewhere. The Mercer Arts Center was an old, rundown hotel and theatre where emerging new music and art was finding its legs. Unfortunately, the Mercer Arts Center suffered a total structural collapse, leaving the yet to be coined “punk rock” scene without a home.
Acrylic on wood
36’ x48”
Although CBGC is recognized as the birthplace for the early American punk and alternative music scenes, the seeds of those movements were planted elsewhere. The Mercer Arts Center was an old, rundown hotel and theatre where emerging new music and art was finding its legs. Unfortunately, the Mercer Arts Center suffered a total structural collapse, leaving the yet to be coined “punk rock” scene without a home.