Eldergays, tell me about the Peppermint Lounge. Apparently, it had a strong gay clientele. And then straight people started going there and took over. Could that be possible? Was it a gay club or just one with a strong gay presence?
Memory serving for over a year ago - there is a DL poster who's parents met at the Peppermint Lounge. Mom was a dancer and Dad was a Bouncer. Both bisexual. He even posted pics of them.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 13, 2020 12:22 AM |
The Peppermint Lounge was not a gay club per se, if I recall its history correctly. It was evidently one of the first places considered a disco. P.J. O'Rourke had a joke about French rock and roll sounding like "someone chasing Edith Piaf around the Peppermint Lounge with an electric hedge trimmer".
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 13, 2020 1:08 AM |
Where was this lounge?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 13, 2020 1:11 AM |
OP you're going to have to ring up Shady Pines to find any elder gays who frequented the original Pep.
I was 18 when I started going to the new Pep in 1980 and followed it downtown. I saw so many cool bands. It was a mix of everything and there were a lot of cute rockabilly types. I learned all the coolest dances there and at CBGB and Mudd Club. Mostly I wore black jeans and penny loafers to all clubs but sometimes I wore vintage sharkskin. Those three clubs were so gay but we were around and we knew each other.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 13, 2020 1:14 AM |
I meant to type WERE NOT SO GAY. they were not gay clubs but there were some of us around of course.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 13, 2020 1:15 AM |
128 West 45th Street was the original location, in an old Edwardian hulk no longer with us.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 13, 2020 1:15 AM |