The life and times of Stiv Bators, legendary frontman of the Dead Boys and The Lords of The New Church.
▻https://vimeo.com/199202135
When he was a senior at Boston’s Emerson College in 1982, Chris Epting was enticed by members of Lords of the New Church (Stiv Bators, Brian James, Dave Tregunna, Nick Turner) to tag along on a short band tour with a video camera. They wanted their own version of Gimme Shelter. The fresh-faced collegian leaped at the chance to hang with the punk supergroup (and, in New York, Johnny Thunders). The following is his account of that wild ride.
▻https://pleasekillme.com/stiv-bators-lords-of-new-church
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34KI7v1HzPc
