J., when agent Don Davis spotted them and offered them a weekend at the Peppermint Lounge. The money wasn’t great, but it was New York and the timing was perfect: There was a new dance craze in ...

A lot of that had to do with the Peppermint Lounge, a New York nightclub where celebrities went to twist. Judy Garland and John Wayne and Truman Capote and, eventually, the Beatles all visited ...

In March 1981, Black Flag played their first East Coast show at New York’s Peppermint Lounge. This show was the spark for groups like the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, and led to Henry Rollins ...

IT WAS ALL the rage in New York (at the famous Peppermint Lounge) and L.A. It was OK., too, in Cambodia — and in all the fashionable nightclubs in London. But it was banned in Lebanon and in ...

"The Twist hit like an atomic bomb, and the Peppermint Lounge was ground zero." The dance craze had swept the nation and the house band at the New York club was taking full advantage of it.

Donation Options Search Search Search Barbara Trent Balin, co-owner of the Peppermint Lounge ... She was featured in a 1971 New York Times story about the flamboyant clothing at the so-called ...