We welcome Lizzy Goodman as we travel to New York City to discuss her seminal oral history of the NY scene Meet Me In The Bathroom - the Rebirth and Rock in Roll in New York City 2011 - 2011.
Lizzy met Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi a couple of years before the band broke but it’s actually Jonathan Fire*Eater who are the first band to break, signing to DreamWorks. Their success is short lived & the subsequent album flops.
9/11 becomes a catalyst for what follows as Is This It is released a couple of weeks after & the Strokes play a key show at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
In a pre-social media world Lizzy keeps track of the Strokes burgeoning success largely via email. Yet it’s the coverage in the UK media via The Face & the NME which breaks many of these bands.
Ryan Adams is also in New York around the same time & shared a manager with the Strokes but Interpol are the next band to break & they sign with Matador.
This & more in Part 1 of our 2 part discussion with Lizzy.
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