“How did the energetic upstart who single-handedly launched his own youth subculture in the '80s turn into the messed-up sociopath and accused murderer of today? How did the twisted creativity of the original club-kid scene tip over into outright evil?”
Originally published December 17, 1996
“These people act like we drink a gallon of blood and hang upside down from crucifixes before we go onstage,” Rob Halford says. “We’re performers, have been for two decades. We do the show and we wear the costumes our audience expect us to.”
Originally published September 4, 1990
“With the gentrification of Chelsea came trouble. Gay witchhunts abound. There have been unprovoked attacks on gay males by bands of white teenagers, with robbery almost an afterthought”
Originally published November 26, 1980
Father Gigante has rebuilt much of the South Bronx. But who has profited more, his parishioners or the mob family run by his own brother?
Originally published March 7, 1989
“At the end of the '80s, while America concerned itself with the consequences of crack, and crack dealers continued in that hyper trade, Boy George was running five heroin locations in the South Bronx”
Originally published December 10, 1991
“The most popular explanation hinged on the impatience of one John Gotti, a violent little fat man from Howard Beach”
Originally published December 31, 1985
“The struggle between the Aryan resistance movement and the government has intensified since the Oklahoma City bombing, with one cell after another coming to the surface”
Originally published March 25, 1997
To grow coca in Peru, all you have to do is find an unclaimed hillside and cut down the trees.
Originally published August 26, 1986
“Evidence in Knight’s apartment indicated that he moved in three worlds: the world of wealth and comfort to which he was born, the creative world of artists and writers, and the underworld of teenage hustlers. He kept the worlds separate”
Originally published January 26, 1976
“You’ve gotta understand, top skaters were like rock stars, traveling all over the world, living the life … and Gator was the wildest of them all”
Originally published December 8, 1992