Skank Or Die

June, 1984

Skank or Die"We Want to break down the barrier between performer and audience," Michael Vraney calmly explains as a few hundred early-arriving teenaged boys chant, "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" while pounding on the glass doors of The Beacon Theater on upper Broadway in New York City. "You'll notice the stage is as bare as we can make it. No floor monitors or cables. Just two amplifiers and two mike stands. We don't want anyone tripping on obstructions. You'll see. It does look li...